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Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN) is a
central university located in
Thiruvarur
Thiruvarur () also spelt as Tiruvarur is a town and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Thiruvarur district and Thiruvarur taluk. The temple chariot of the Thyagaraja temple, weighing and mea ...
,
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
.
History
CUTN was established by the
Government of India
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in 2009 under the ''Central Universities Act, 2009''. It was inaugurated in September 2009 and
B. P. Sanjay has been appointed the first
vice-chancellor
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In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...
(VC). Aditya Prasad Dash was appointed VC in August 2015.
G. Padmanabhan replaced
V. Krishnamurthy as
Chancellor
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in July 2018. Karpaga Kumaravel replaced Aditya Prasad Dash as acting VC in August 2020. A selection panel for a new VC was set in October 2020 and a shortlist was submitted in January 2021 but , no VC was appointed. Prof. M. Krishnan has joined as new regular VC of CUTN on 6th August, 2021.
Ranking
CUTN was ranked in the 101–150 band among universities in India by the
National Institutional Ranking Framework
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(NIRF) in 2020.
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Notable alumni
* Vinayak Sasikumar
Vinayak Sasikumar (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian lyricist, who works in Malayalam cinema.
Personal life
He was born in Trivandrum, Kerala to S. Sasikumar and Asha Sasikumar. At the age of 12, he started writing poetry. Later, he moved to Ch ...
, Lyricist
References
External links
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Central universities in India
Central University of Tamil Nadu
Tiruvarur district
Educational institutions established in 2009
2009 establishments in Tamil Nadu
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