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in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. The sprawling campus offers courses of higher education in arts, science, engineering, medical, management, humanities, agriculture, and physical education. The university also provides more than 500 courses through

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. With over 32,480 students residing on campus, it is one of the largest unitary, teaching, and residential universities in Asia, and is among the most reputed and ranked universities in India including the rankings from

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has conferred accreditation to the university in the fourth cycle, and subsequently with its highest 'A+' grade in 2022. Annamalai University is also recognized among the 18 universities in India having the 'Centre with Potential for Excellence in Particular Area (CPEPA)' with a focus on

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Established in 1929, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India. The university was also ranked as 18th most influential institution in India and It is also among the topmost google searched universities in India as well as in the World. The university is also a permanent member of AMDISA (Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia) that provides the SAQS Accreditation (South Asian Quality System) to the Institutions.

History

The university was founded in 1929 by the entrepreneur Rajah Sir S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar in the aftermath of the

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. In the early 1920s, to serve the downtrodden and to promote Tamil literature, Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar founded Sri Minakshi College, Sri Minakshi Tamil College and Sri Minakshi Sanskrit College in a rural setup at Chidambaram. In 1928, Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar agreed with the local government to hand over the above said institution for establishing a university. Thus, on 1 January 1929 Annamalai University was established as per Annamalai University Act 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929). The most significant development is the enactment of the Annamalai University Act, 2013 (Tamil Nadu Act 20 of 2013), which came into force from September 25, 2013, after obtaining the assent of the president of India.

Faculties

The university has ten faculties, namely

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both hi ...

(including management studies),

dentistry Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

and

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

, fine arts, Indian languages,

marine sciences Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamic ...

Rajah Muthiah Medical College Government Cuddalore Medical College Formerly (Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital) is a government medical college and hospital located in Chidambaram, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India. It operates as Government Cuddalore Medical Col ...

(medicine, de-affiliated in 2021) and science.

Organization and administration

Governance

The organizational structure of Annamalai University consists of the Senate, the Syndicate, the Academic Council, the faculties, the Finance Committee, and the Boards of studies. The

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is the chancellor of the university. The vice-chancellor is the executive head of the university. The registrar of the university, who is the secretary of the Syndicate, is the custodian of all the records and chief administrator of the university. The examinations of the university is managed by Office of the Controller of Examinations.

Schools and departments

Annamalai University is one of the largest unitary, teaching, and residential Universities in Southern Asia consisting of 10 faculties and 49 departments of study. This university has played a pivotal role in providing access to higher education to thousands of youths cutting across the social spectrum, especially from economically and socially disadvantaged classes. In this respect, this university's service to the Nation is tremendous. Annamalai University is organized into ten main schools, each of which comprises multiple departments and centres as below. Annamalai University gate , chidambaram

Faculty of Arts

English, History, Political Science and Public Administration, Economics, Commerce, Sociology and Social Work, Population Studies, Business Administration, Library and Information Science, Centre for Rural Development, Philosophy.

Faculty of Science

Department of Mathematics, Department of Statistics, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, Department of Botany, Department of Zoology, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Department of Computer and Information Science.

Faculty of Marine Sciences

Centre of Advanced Study (CAS)

Faculty of Indian Languages

Department of Tamil Studies Research, Hindi, Sanskrit, Center of Advanced Studies in Linguistics.

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning), Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science), Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing).

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Fine Arts

Nagaswaram, Thavil, Miruthangam , Flute, Bharathanaatiyam , Nattuvangam, Vocal, Thevaram

Faculty of Agriculture

Agronomy, Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Microbiology, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Agricultural Economics, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Extension.

Faculty of Medicine

Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Community Medicine, Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Pediatrics, TB & Chest Disease, Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Orthopaedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Anaesthesiology, Neuro Surgery, Urology, Plastic Surgery, Nursing, Emergency Medicine.

Faculty of Dentistry

Periodontology, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Oral Medicine & Radiology, Public Health Dentistry, Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Microbiology, Anatomy, Pharmacology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

Affiliated colleges

In July 2021 Higher Education Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr K. Ponmudy announced to change the status of Annamalai University from unitary to affiliating university. The university have colleges affiliated to it from four districts, namely

Cuddalore Cuddalore, also spelt as Kadalur (), is the city and headquarters of the Cuddalore District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated south of Chennai, Cuddalore was an important port during the British Raj. While the early history of Cudda ...

Kallakurichi Kallakurichi is a Municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Kallakurichi district in Tamil Nadu. As of 2019, the town had a population of 73528. Member of the Legislative Assembly (Tamilnadu) is M ...

Mayiladuthurai and

Villupuram Viluppuram, Villupuram, or Vizhuppuram () is a Municipality and the administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district. Located south west of a Tiruvannamalai and north west of Cuddalore null The town serves as a major railway junction, ...

. In his recent announcement 14 more colleges of Mayiladuthurai district merged with Annamalai University which was earlier affiliated with

Bharathidasan University Bharathidasan University (BDU) is a university in the city of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located on Tiruchirappalli-Pudukkottai National Highway 336. It has affiliated colleges in the districts of Ariyalur district, Karur, Nag ...

Controversies

In March 2022, the UGC warned students against enrolling for any online and distance learning courses offered by the university as it did not have the requisite recognition to do so from the UGC. According to University Vice-Chancellor Mr. RM Kathiresan the degrees were offered as per the

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direction as the university is having a stay order to the UGC's direction imposing jurisdictional restriction is still valid. And all the hearings and proceedings were in the favour of our varsity. So Unless the UGC's gets that stay vacated the degree distance programmes are valid. He further added that a

review team visited the campus between March 16 and 18. As the results are expected anytime, we will go for distance education board approval and get it done. The problem will be sorted out soon. Mr. R Singaravel, director of distance education at the university, said the students degree will not become invalid with the UGC notice. As we are the oldest and most prestigious university under

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and offering our programmes before the existence of UGC and IGNOU. UGC's circular that distance education courses at Annamalai University are not valid is incorrect. Contempt of court. The High Court issued a restraining order in our favor in 2018 in favor of the UGC Circular on the grounds that it was in our favor in relation to our university jurisdiction. The UGC reissued a similar circular while the injunction was in force. Subject to contempt of court. Students studying at our university actually have no legal issues. Their courses are legally valid. University officials also stated that Annamalai University Act 1929 was signed and approved by both the then governor general of the British government and the governor general of the central government. The Annamalai University Act 2013 was approved by both the governor and the president of the state. Therefore, the jurisdiction of the Annamalai University. The same applies to the whole of India as it does to the central universities. Other state university laws are not like that. One approved by the governors of the State. And Annamalai University remote drive is something that appeared long before the emergence of Delhi IGNOU University. Distance Education as DEC. Something that appeared even before the Council appeared and announced the protocols.

Academics

Accreditation

The

accredited Annamalai University with a grade of "A+" in 2022. The Faculty of Agriculture of Annamalai University is accredited with ICAR (NAEAB).

Rankings

The Annamalai University was ranked 1001+ in the world by the ''

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'' of 2020 and 351–400 in Asia. It was ranked in the 151-200 band overall in India by the

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(NIRF) for 2020 and in the 151-200 band among universities. NIRF also ranked it 12 in its pharmacy ranking in 2020. On 6 August 2022 Annamalai University was ranked 15th in India overall among government universities by the magazine ''India Today''br>

Distance education

The Directorate of Distance Education was established in 1979 and offers more than 500 courses, including MBAs. All study programmes offered are approved by the

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. The B.Ed. programme is approved by the

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. Annamalai University opened its first international office in

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, Canada, in 2006, named Annamalai Canada. As it does not have degree-granting authority in the province of

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, it acts as a recruitment office for international students for programs and courses in Tamil language, literature, arts, yoga and dance. It offers bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees awarded by Annamalai University's main campus. Annamalai University is India's first and oldest university to offer distance education programmes after receiving assent from the central government.

Scholarships and awards

A total of 356 scholarships and awards are given to eligible candidates every year.

Notable alumni

P. C. Alexander Padinjarethalakal Cherian Alexander (20 March 1921 – 10 August 2011) was an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1948 batch who served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 1988 to 1990 and as the Governor of Maharashtra from 1993 to 2002. H ...

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officer, former

and

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K. Anbazhagan Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan (19 December 1922 – 7 March 2020) was an Indian Tamil politician. He was a long-standing leader of the Dravidian movement and was the General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (DMK) for nine terms. He h ...

, former Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu, MLA ( Park Town constituency) and General Secretary of DMK * Subbiah Arunachalam *

C. Sylendra Babu C. Sylendra Babu (born 5 June 1962) is an Indian Police Service Officer who served as the Director General of Police and Head of Police Force, Tamil Nadu Police. Early life and education Sylendra Babu was born in the town of Kuzhithurai, Kan ...

, renowned

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officer of

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cadre *

K. Balachander Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian film maker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of un ...

, Indian director, producer, writer, actor, playwright, stage conductor, and comedian who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry; graduated in Zoology * Bala V. Balachandran, founder and Dean,

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, India * K. Balakrishnan (CPI-M), politician * R. K. Baliga, father of the Electronic City in

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, India * T. K. Doraiswamy, poet and novelist * Ere. Elamvazhuthi, MLA for Cuddalore constituency of Tamil Nadu from 1967 to 1970 representing

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(DMK) *

Kulandei Francis Kulandei Francis (born 1946) is an activist, social worker, and the founder of the Non-governmental organization, NGO Integrated Village Development Project in Tamil Nadu, India. He was one of six recipients of the Magsaysay Award in 2012 for "h ...

, activist, social worker, recipient of the

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in 2012 * R Gandhi, retired deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India * A. S. Gnanasambandan, Tamil writer, scholar and literary critic from Tamil Nadu, India * Kovai Gnani, writer and Marxist thinker *

Ravi Gomatam Ravi Veeraraghavan Gomatam (born 1950, in Chennai, India) is the director of ''Bhaktivedanta Institute'' (Berkeley and Mumbai) and the newly formed ''Institute of Semantic Information Sciences and Technology'' (Berkeley and Mumbai). He teaches gr ...

, quantum physicist, director of Bhaktivedanta Institute and Institute for Semantic Information Sciences and Technology, Berkeley, and Mumbai *

Vijay Govindarajan Vijay Govindarajan (born 18 November 1949), popularly known as VG, is the Coxe Distinguished Professor (a Dartmouth-wide chair) at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business and Marvin Bower Fellow, 2015–16 at Harvard Business School. He ...

, best-selling author, Coxe Distinguished Professor at Tuck School at Dartmouth *Justice

V. R. Krishna Iyer Justice Vaidyanathapuram Rama Krishna Iyer (15 November 1915 – 4 December 2014) was an Indian judge who became a pioneer of judicial activism. He pioneered the legal-aid movement in the country. Before that, he was a state minister and poli ...

judge, presidential candidate, Minister for Law and Irrigation Kerala * Narayanaswamy Jayaraman, organic chemist and

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar OBE, FNI, FASc, FRS, FRIC, FInstP (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Indust ...

laureate * D. R. Karthikeyan,

officer from Tamil Nadu * G. Nammalvar, agriculturist, scientist * V. Narayanasamy, politician, Chief Minister of Puducherry *

K. A. Mathiazhagan K. A. Mathiazhagan was an Indian politician and co-founder of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He served as the Finance Minister, Minister of Food, Revenue and Commercial Taxes in the Tamil Nadu government and Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

, senate member of this university, Minister of Tamil Nadu and speaker of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. *

Venniradai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ...

, Tamil comedy actor *

N. S. Satya Murthy Nivrathi Suryanarayanashastry Satya Murthy (5 February 1936–8 October 1984) was an Indian physicist and the head of the Nuclear Physics Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Known for his research in Molecular reaction dynamics, Murthy wa ...

– physicist,

laureate * G. Balakrish Nair, Indian

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K. S. Narayanaswamy K. S. Narayanaswamy, (full name Koduvayur Sivarama Iyer Narayanaswamy; 27 September 1914 – 1999) was a Carnatic veena exponent of the Thanjavur style, in which nuances and subtleties are given more importance over rhythm based acrobatics.

, Carnatic veena exponent of the Thanjavur style *

Nedumaran Pazha Nedumaran ''Krishnan Pillai Pazhaniyappan'' ( ta, பழ. நெடுமாறன்/கிருஷ்ணன் பிள்ளை பழநியப்பன்) is a Tamil politician from the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He is an ex-n ...

, Tamil politician from the state of Tamil Nadu, South India * V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, former

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of Tamil Nadu *

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, Minister Of Higher Education *

Vijaya T. Rajendar Thesingu Rajendar (born 9 May 1960), also known as Vijaya T. Rajendar or T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker, musician, cinematographer and distributor who works primarily in Tamil film industry. He is also a politician in Chennai, Tamil Nadu ...

, Tamil actor, singer, director and politician * Panruti S. Ramachandran * Sujatha Ramdorai, professor of mathematics and

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Savitha Reddy Savitha Reddy, also known as Savitha Engula Radhakrishnan in the Tamil films, is a dubbing artist in the southern India film industry. She has lent voice for heroines in the Tamil and Telugu industries. She is a recipient of Tamil Nadu State F ...

, dubbing artist in the southern India film industry * V. Sethuraman, dermatologist and actor * V. T. Sambanthan, fifth president of

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and one of the founding fathers of Malaysia *

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, condensed matter physicist,

laureate *

Narayanasami Sathyamurthy Narayansami Sathyamurthy (born July 10, 1951 in Sethur, Puducherry, India) is a chemist in India. He is the founding director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab, India and the President of Chemical ...

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* Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan, forensic expert and

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recipient * S. S. Sivasankar, MLA (

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) *

S. D. Somasundaram Early life and background Thiru S.D.Somasundaram,( ta, எஸ்.டி.சோமசுந்தரம்), popularly known as S.D.S., is a veteran political leader and administrator who served as a Cabinet Minister in the State Government. ...

, former cabinet minister *

S. Srinivasan Suryanarayanan Srinivasan (1941–1999) was an Indian aeronautical engineer and the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), known for his pioneering work in rocket science. He also served as the director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre ...

, aerospace scientist and

recipient *

Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam is an Carnatic music vocalist. As a student and performer of classical music for over three decades, she has performed extensively in India and abroad since the age of twelve. She has conducted numerous workshops and ...

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, MLA Kerala * Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan, Indian physicist,

laureate (1976), UGC Raman Award (1983)

References

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