Tamil Virtual Academy, formerly known as the Tamil Virtual University, is a
distance education institution based in
Chennai,
Tamil Nadu, India. The
Government of Tamil Nadu established the Tamil Virtual University on 17 February 2001 as a society.
The announcement was made at the closing ceremony of the Second Tamil Internet Conference in 1999 by
M. Karunanidhi
Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He was popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Art ...
. The university provides internet-based educational resources and opportunities for the
Tamil diaspora as well as for others interested in learning the
Tamil language and acquiring knowledge of the history, art, literature and culture of the
Tamils.
Tamil Virtual Academy offers certificate courses at three levels (Basic, Intermediate and Advance) and B.A. programme in Tamil. The postgraduate programme M.A. (Tamil) has been approved by
Tamil University
The Tamil University is a public state university located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established to provide higher research in the Tamil language.
Location
The university is situated in a campus of about , granted by the ...
, Tanjore.
Digital library
The
digital library of TVU provides literature, glossaries and dictionaries. It accommodates literature starting from Sangam era to the present day, with the following features:
* Classified sections of books.
* Nigandu, Agarāthi
* Ancient and medieval literature, with their commentaries.
* Romanized versions of
Tolkappiyam,
Patthuppaattu and
Ettutthogai.
The library has subject-indexing and search facilities.
References
External links
*
TVA Digital Library
{{Education in Tamil Nadu
Tamil computing
Tamil-language literature
Dravidian studies
Distance education institutions based in India
Colleges in Tamil Nadu
Educational institutions established in 2001
2001 establishments in Tamil Nadu