Vellore Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar Ethiraj (18 July 1890 – 18 August 1960) was an Indian lawyer and philanthropist who founded Ethiraj College for Women, a college in Chennai, India.His father was Thiru. Vellore Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar from Thottapalayam village in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India.V. L. Ethiraj received his undergraduate degree from what is today Presidency College, Chennai and received his law degree from the University of Dublin. When he returned to India, he joined The Madras Bar. He was the first Indian to be appointed as Crown Prosecutor by the British Raj. Wikipedia