Thiruvalluvar University is a

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in the city of

Vellore, Tamil Nadu Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separa ...

, India. It was established by the

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, under the Thiruvalluvar University Act, 2002 (Tamil Nadu Act 32 of 2002). The university was named after the Tamil poet and sage

Thiruvalluvar Thiruvalluvar (Tamil: திருவள்ளுவர்), commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'', a collection of couplets on ethics, political and ...

. It began functioning as the 'Post Graduate Extension Centre of

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', at the Fort Campus,

Vellore Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separ ...

. After bifurcation from the University of Madras, Thiruvalluvar University moved to a new campus at Serkadu,

. The university affiliates Arts and Science colleges under the area comprising the districts of

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Campus

University campus is spread over an area of 112 acres at Serkadu about 16 km from the Vellore city on

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. The campus was inaugurated by Dr. Karunanidhi on 27 November 2010. It was constructed at a cost of Rs.20.35 crores. The campus has an administrative block, academic and computer science blocks, and a library.

Administration

* Chancellor : R.N.Ravi,

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* Pro-Chancellor : K. Ponmudi, Minister for Higher Education of Tamil Nadu * Vice-Chancellor : Prof.Dr.T.Arumugam

Departments

University has following departments which offer several courses. * Department of Economics * Department of Zoology * Department of Chemistry * Department of Biotechnology * Department of Mathematics * Department of Tamil * Department of English * Department of Computer Science * Department of Physics * Department of Commerce

Course offered

Courses offered at the university are

Biotechnology

*M.Sc. (Biotechnology) *Ph.D. (Biotechnology)

Chemistry

*M.Sc. (Chemistry) *Ph.D (Chemistry)

Zoology

*M.Sc. (Zoology) *Ph.D. (Zoology)

Mathematics

*M.Sc. (Mathematics) *Ph.D. (Mathematics)

Economics

*M.A. (Economics) *Ph.D.(Economics)

Tamil

*M.A. (Tamil) *Ph.D (Tamil)

English

*M.A. (English) *Ph.D.(English)

Computer Science

*M.Sc. (C,S) *Ph.D (C.S)

References

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