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Chasing thoughts, not limits
The New Indian Express Chennai
|February 16, 2026
MANY students walk into college unsure of their voice, hesitant about their abilities, and carrying more self-doubt than certainty.
Over the years, the institution quietly builds a reputation for doing the opposite, shaping that uncertainty into confidence and transforming potential into achievement. On Thursday evening, that journey was celebrated at the 8th edition of the MOP Yuva Sammaan Awards held at MOP Vaishnav College for Women.
This story is from the February 16, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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