The Mohamed Sathak Trust is an educational body established in 1973 by the philanthropic Mohamed Sathak Family of Kilakarai with the noble aim of promoting the cause of Higher Education. The objective of the Mohamed Sathak Trust is to promote Technical, Scientific and Management Education and to train the students belonging to all levels of society, particularly the youth of the backward communities, to meet the Technological and Managerial requirements of the country. With the sole aim of promoting Teacher Education, the Mohamed Sathak Trust approached the National Council for Teacher Education, Govt. of India(NCTE), the Govt. of Tamil Nadu and the University of Madras for establishing a teacher training college at Padur, Kancheepuram District. .