DON BOSCO COLLEGE ( ARTS AND SCIENCE) , KARAIKAL (DB-CASK) is an institute of higher education owned and managed by the South IndianSalesian Society. The Salesians of Don Bosco in India are committed to the holistic growth and development of the young, especially the poor and the less fortunate among them. The Coat of Arms depicted above summarizes the goals and the policies of the institution and the philosophy behind everything that takes place within it. All education tends towards the arriving at the highest of all goals, the Divine Being ‘in whom we live, move and have our being.’ Often referred heavenwards this Being is the source of all illuminations of mind and spirit, the indomitable source of light that illumines the path of knowledge and wisdom.