The Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy, also known as SASTRA, is a

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and deemed university in the town of Thirumalaisamudram,

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. SASTRA is ranked by global ranking agencies such as Times Higher Education and QS. It offers undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral courses in Engineering, Science, Education, Management, Law and the Arts.

History

SASTRA Deemed University started in 1984 in the form of Shanmugha College of Engineering, affiliated to the

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 ...

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. In 2001 it was renamed as Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy. It was the first institution to get the 'Deemed University status' in

. Srinivasa Ramanujam Center at

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is attached to it. In 2011, software company

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set a world record of recruiting 1,755 students from SASTRA, the largest recruitment by any company in the world from a single campus.

Campus

The campus is built on of land. The total built area is about , out of which about are hostels, quarters and guest houses. SASTRA will provide totally 119 courses across the 10 Streams.

Ranking

The ''

QS World University Rankings ''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...

'' ranked SASTRA 451-500 in Asia in 2020. SASTRA was ranked 38th among engineering colleges in India by the

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(NIRF) in 2021, 22nd among universities, 17th among law colleges and 42nd overall.

Festivals

The first edition of Kuruksastra was held on 2–3 March 2007. The second edition of Kuruksastra was on 6–9 March 2008. It started the tradition of hosting musical celebrities for a "Pro Nite" show with singers such as

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, Karthik,

Mahathi Mahathi. S, known by the mononym Mahathi is a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in several Indian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Punjabi. Family Mahathi hails from a family of musicians: her father ...

, Pop Shalini, Stephen Devassy and

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. It had over 1200 participants, making it one of the largest such festivals in the country.

Land encroachment case

In 1985, the Thanjavur Revenue Department accused the institution with encroachment and issued an eviction notice. The institute objected and the parties engaged in a long judicial battle. The institute was sent with an eviction notice by the

Madras High Court The Madras High Court is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and is the third oldest high court of India after the Calcutta High C ...

in 2018. The institute challenged this again seeking assignment of the said lands in its name, but the High Court rejected the case and issued a Government Order preventing lands to the assigned to the institute. The Tamil Nadu government on February 25, 2022 issued a eviction notice after the court's order.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sastra University Private engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu Education in Thanjavur district Deemed universities in Tamil Nadu Educational institutions established in 1984 1984 establishments in Tamil Nadu