The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a
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state university
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in
Chennai
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,
Tamil Nadu
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, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an act of the
Legislative Council of India under the
British government
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It is a
collegiate research university
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and has six campuses in the city:
Chepauk
Chepauk is a locality in Chennai, India. The name Chepauk is popularly used to refer to the M. A. Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium, also known as the Chepauk Stadium. It is also home to the Chepauk Palace, built in the Indo-Saracenic ...
,
Marina
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A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...
,
Guindy
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,
Taramani
Tharamani is an area in the south Indian city of Chennai. It is known for the presence of the city's first IT parks and numerous government educational and research institutions. It is located adjacent to the posh residential area of Adyar an ...
,
Maduravoyal
Maduravoyal is a residential neighbourhood located in the west of Chennai, India. As of 2011, the town had a population of 86,195.
Maduravoyal also has a name as "ettam kal" (8th mile), so it could be famous in British Period too, it is exac ...
and
Chetpet. It offers more than 230 courses under 87 academic departments of post-graduate teaching and research grouped under 18 schools, covering diverse areas such as sciences, social sciences, humanities, management and medicine along with 121 affiliated colleges and 53 approved research institutions. The university houses the national centres for advanced research in
nanotechnology
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,
photonics
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and
neurotoxicity
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. In addition, it has three ''Centres of Advanced Study (CAS)'' in
biophysics
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,
botany
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and
mathematics
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.
University of Madras is the alma mater of five
presidents of India
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, including
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; two Indian physics
Nobel laureates
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,
CV Raman
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (; 7 November 188821 November 1970) was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering.
Using a spectrograph that he developed, he and his student K. S. Krishnan discovered that wh ...
and
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar; several notable mathematicians including
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan (; born Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar, ; 22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis ...
;
Abel Prize
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winner
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
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; and
Turing Award
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winner
Raj Reddy
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among others.
The
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a government organisation in India that assesses and accredits Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It is an autonomous body funded by the University Grants Commission and headquarte ...
has conferred 'five star' accreditation to the university in the first cycle, and subsequently with its highest 'A' grade. The University of Madras has been given the status of 'university with potential for excellence (UPE)' by the
University Grants Commission. Madras 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
drug development
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and
climate change
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.
History
The first-ever demand for higher education in
Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the ...
was given in a public address to
Lord John Elphinstone, governor of Madras, signed by 70,000 residents when the
Governor-in-Council
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was contemplating "some effective and liberal measures for the establishment of an improved system of national education." This public petition, which was presented by the Advocate General Mr George Norton on 11 November 1839, pressed the need for an English college in the city of Madras. Pursuant to this, Lord Elphinstone evolved a plan for the establishment of a central collegiate institution or a ‘university.’ This university had twin departments – a high school for the cultivation of English literature, regional language, philosophy and science, and a college for instruction in the higher branches of literature, philosophy and science.
The University Board was constituted in January 1840 with Mr George Norton as its president. This was the precursor of the present
Presidency College, Chennai
Presidency College is an art, commerce, and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. On 16 October 1840, this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school, and then a gra ...
. A systematic educational policy for India was formulated 14 years later by
Wood's despatch
In 1854, Sir Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the British East India Company, sent a formal dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor-General of India, suggesting a large shift to English language use within India. Sir C ...
, which pointed out the rationale for "creating a properly articulated system of education from the primary school to the University." The dispatch recommended the establishment in the universities of professorships "for the purposes of the delivery of lectures in various branches of learning including vernacular as well as classical languages." As a result, the University of Madras, organised on the model of the University of London, was incorporated on 5 September 1857 by an act of the
Legislative Council of India.
The university progressed and expanded through the 19th century to span the whole of
South India
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, giving birth to universities like
Mysore University
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(1916),
Osmania University
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(1918),
Andhra University
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History
King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest do ...
(1926),
Annamalai University
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(1929),
Travancore University
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(1937) presently
University of Kerala
University of Kerala, formerly the University of Travancore, is a state-run public university located in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chit ...
,
Sri Venkateswara University
Sri Venkateswara University (commonly referred as S. V. University or SVU) is a public state university located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. The university is named after Lord Venkateswara, whose shrine is located in the city.
The univ ...
(1954),
Madurai Kamaraj University
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(1966),
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is the state agricultural university of Tamil Nadu located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
History
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University had its genesis from establishment of an agricultural sc ...
(1971),
Anna University
Anna University is a public state university located in Tamil Nadu, India. The main campus is in Chennai. It was originally established on 4 September 1978 and was named after C. N. Annadurai, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
History & ...
(1978),
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 ...
(1981),
Bharathidasan University
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(1982),
Bharathiar University
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(1982),
Mother Teresa Women's University
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(1984),
Alagappa University
Alagappa University is a public university located in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India. Originated from Alagappa Arts College, founded by Alagappa Chettiar in 1947, it was established in 1985 by an Act of the Tamil Nadu government. It was conve ...
(1985),
Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (1989),
Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (1989),
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University is a university in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was hived off the Madurai Kamaraj University on 7 September 1990.
The motto of the university is "In Pursuit of Excellence". It is named after the Tamil s ...
(1990),
Periyar University
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(1997),
Dr. Ambedkar Law University (1996) and
Thiruvalluvar University
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(2002).
In 1912 endowments were made to the university to establish departments of Indian History, Archaeology, Comparative Philology and Indian Economics. In that year the university had 17 departments, 30 teachers, and 69 research scholars. Later the research and teaching functions of the university were encouraged by the
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and the gains of the university were consolidated by the enactment of the Madras University Act of 1923. About this time, the territorial ambit of the Madras University encompassed from
Berhampur
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of Odisha in the North East,
Trivandrum
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of Kerala in the South West,
Bangalore
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and
Mangalore
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of Karnataka in the West and
Hyderabad
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of Andhra Pradesh in the North.
Between 1926 and 1939, the university published the comprehensive ''
Tamil Lexicon
''Tamil Lexicon'' (Tamil: தமிழ்ப் பேரகராதி ''Tamiḻ Pērakarāti'') is a twelve-volume dictionary of the Tamil language. Published by the University of Madras, it is said to be the most comprehensive dictionary of ...
'' dictionary, which is the first among the dictionaries published in any Indian language.
Coat of arms
The description of the
coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...
of the university, designed in 1857, is:
"Argent ''(silver or white)'' on a Mount issuant from the basement a Tiger passant proper ''(walking and coloured naturally)'', on a Chief Sable ''(black across the top)'', a Pale Or ''(a gold or yellow vertical strip down the centre 1/3 of the top or chief)'', thereon, between two Elephants heads couped of the field, a lotus flower leaved and slipped of the third, together with this motto ''Doctrina Vim Promovet Insitam''".
The coat of arms colours are: the base is light green, the tiger is yellow on a white background, the elephant is grey on a black background, the lotus is a white flower with olive green leaves, on a gold background. The motto scroll is edged red, with black lettering. The English translation of the motto of the University of Madras is: "Learning promotes natural talent."
Campus
The university has six campuses:
Chepauk
Chepauk is a locality in Chennai, India. The name Chepauk is popularly used to refer to the M. A. Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium, also known as the Chepauk Stadium. It is also home to the Chepauk Palace, built in the Indo-Saracenic ...
,
Marina
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A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...
,
Guindy
Guindy is one of the most important neighborhoods of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and is nicknamed as ''The Gateway to Chennai''. The Kathipara junction where Anna Salai, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Inner Ring Road, 100 Feet Road or Jawaharlal Nehru Roa ...
,
Taramani
Tharamani is an area in the south Indian city of Chennai. It is known for the presence of the city's first IT parks and numerous government educational and research institutions. It is located adjacent to the posh residential area of Adyar an ...
,
Chetpet and
Maduravoyal
Maduravoyal is a residential neighbourhood located in the west of Chennai, India. As of 2011, the town had a population of 86,195.
Maduravoyal also has a name as "ettam kal" (8th mile), so it could be famous in British Period too, it is exac ...
. The Chepauk campus of the university houses the administrative buildings, the historic
Senate House, central library, clock tower, centenary auditorium, and several departments under arts, humanities and social science streams. The schools of oriental and Indian are located at the Marina campus. The Guindy campus incorporates the natural sciences departments while the campus at Taramani houses the school of basic medical sciences. The sports union and the botanical garden are based on Chetpet and Maduravoyal campuses respectively. The Department of Mathematics of the university is operated as the
Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics
Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (RIASM) is the Department of Mathematics of University of Madras. This name was adopted in 1967.
History
The University of Madras was incorporated in 1857 and the Department of Mathematic ...
located close to the Chepauk campus. The university has two
constituent college
A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the C ...
, in
Nemmeli
Nemmeli is an agricultural village in Madukkur Panchayat Union, Pattukkottai taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India, also known as 28.Nemmeli. Nemmeli village is division of Musugundha Nadu in Chola nadu. It comes under Pattukottai legi ...
and
Thiruvottiyur
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, offerings courses in arts and science.
Since 1981, the university has also developed an Institute of Distance Education, offering various academic and professional programmes approved by
University Grants Commission under the choice-based credit system (CBCS) pattern.
Senate House
The University of Madras has a historical monument –
Senate House – which is one of the landmarks of the city of Chennai.
[ Srinivasachari, p 341] The Senate House, the university's first building, inaugurated in the year 1879, is a masterpiece of
Robert Fellowes Chisholm
Robert Fellowes Chisholm (11 January 1840 – 28 May 1915) was a British architect who pioneered the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture in Madras.
Early life
Chisholm was born in London on 11 January 1840 (or on 3 November 1838, according ...
, an architect of the 19th century, who blended the Indo-Saracenic style with Byzantine and European architectural features.
[ Srinivasachari, Introduction, p xxxi] The university renovated the Senate House in 2006.
Organisation and administration
Governance
The organisational structure of Madras University consists of the Senate, the Syndicate, the Academic Council, the faculties, the Finance Committee, and the boards of studies. The
governor of Tamil Nadu
The governor of Tamil Nadu is the head of state of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at central level. They exist in the state appointed by t ...
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
University of Madras is organized into eighteen main schools, each of which comprises multiple departments and centres as below:
Affiliated colleges and research institutions
The university currently has 121 affiliated colleges, with 3 approved institutions, 5 institutions for diploma and certificate courses, 15 stand alone institutions for professional education, and 53 approved research Institutions as of 2019.
Notable colleges
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Loyola College
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Presidency College
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Madras Christian College
Madras Christian College (MCC) is a liberal arts and sciences college in Chennai, India. Founded in 1837, MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges. The college is affiliated to the University of Madras but functions as an autonomous institu ...
*
Stella Maris College
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Women's Christian College
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Ethiraj College
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Queen Mary's College
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The New College
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Madras School of Social Work
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Madras Sanskrit College
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AM Jain College
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* Guru Nanak College, Budhlada, a colle ...
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Vaishnav College
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Pachaiyappa's College
Pachaiyappa's College is one of the oldest educational institutions in Chennai, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In addition, it is the first sole Indian college in Madras Presidency.
History
Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai is the resul ...
*
SHASUN College
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Vaishnav College for Women
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Vivekananda College
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JBAS College for Women
Research institutions
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Adyar Cancer Institute
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*
Central Leather Research Institute
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*
Central Institute of Brackish Water Aquaculture
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Defence Services Staff College
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International Institute of Tamil Studies
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History
The International Institute of Tamil Studies was ...
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Institute for Financial Management and Research
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King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research
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*
Loyola Institute of Business Administration
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Madras Institute of Development Studies
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*
Madras School of Economics
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MSE offers ...
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Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
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MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
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*
National Defence College
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National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis
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Zoological Survey of India
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National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research
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National Institute of Epidemiology
Academics
Rankings and reputation
Internationally, Madras University is ranked 541-550 overall and 48th global research institution in the
QS World University Rankings
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for the year 2023. In India, the
National Institutional Ranking Framework
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ranked it 22nd among universities in 2020.
The Week-Hansa Research best university survey of 2019 ranked it 11th in the multi-disciplinary university category and it was ranked 20th in the
Outlook-ICARE university ranking of 2020.
Madras University Library System
The library system of the university consists of four central libraries located at its Chepauk, Marina, Guindy and Taramani campus. Besides, many of the departments and centres have their own library collections. The main university library located at Chepauk was started in 1907 in the
Connemara Public Library
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The Connemara Public Library at Egmore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India. Established in 1896, the library is a re ...
, later shifted to the existing building in 1936.
S. R. Ranganathan
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan ( 9 August 1892 – 27 September 1972) was a librarian and mathematician from India. His most notable contributions to the field were his five laws of library science and the development of the first major fa ...
(a mathematician) was appointed as the first librarian of the university, whose contribution in the development of the field of
library sciences
Library science (often termed library studies, bibliothecography, and library economy) is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, an ...
is noteworthy. The library collection includes textbooks, reference books, journals, theses, archives of government gazettes, newsprints, magazines, photographs, rare manuscripts, with a total collection of approximately 1 million volumes, which is among the largest collection of a university library in India. The library system also maintains a database of e-books, digital multimedia resources and subscribed to over four thousand e-journals under the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium. The
Government of Tamil Nadu
Government of Tamil Nadu is the subnational government for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, lik ...
oriental manuscripts library and research centre is located within the main library building at Chepauk. The library is considered as the treasure house for ancient Indian knowledge. Comprises over 25,373 reference books and 72,714 Sanskrit and Tamil manuscripts written on palm leaf, copper plates, tree barks, leather etc. on subjects, like mathematics, astronomy, ayurveda, architecture, fine arts, grammar and literature. The Library of the
Indian Mathematical Society
Indian Mathematical Society (IMS) is the oldest organization in India devoted to the promotion of study and research in mathematics. The Society was founded in April 1907 by V. Ramaswami Aiyar with its headquarters at Pune. The Society started ...
, started in 1907 in Pune, is now housed in the campus of the
Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics
Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (RIASM) is the Department of Mathematics of University of Madras. This name was adopted in 1967.
History
The University of Madras was incorporated in 1857 and the Department of Mathematic ...
.
Research
In 2007, the university was given a special grant of by the
Ministry of Human Resource Development
The Ministry of Education ( MoE; formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The Ministry is further di ...
to establish a nanotechnology research centre in commemoration of its
sesqui-centenary (150th year) celebration. In 2011,
University Grants Commission (UGC) selected the university for its third phase of ''University with Potential for Excellence (UPE)'' scheme, under which were sanctioned for a period of five years.
Earlier, the university was selected for the inaugural phase of the scheme in 2001-02 along with
JNU, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad University, Jadavpur University and Pune University. The ''National Centre for Ultrafast Process (NCUFP)'' of the university has mobilized research grants to the tune through several funded projects including the Department of Science and Technology (India), DST, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, DRDO and University Grants Commission (India), UGC.
The Department of Crystallography and Biophysics was upgraded as a ''Centre of Advanced Study (CAS)'' in 2007 and a grant of was given for modernising research laboratories. The ''School of Life Sciences'' of the university received a grant of by the Department of Biotechnology, under BUILDER (Boost to University of Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments for Education and Research) for strengthening teaching and research programmes during 2014–2019.
A study performed by the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, NISTADS on the research performance of universities in India during 1998–2008 ranked Madras University at No. 5 based on publication for that period.
In addition, University Grants Commission (India), UGC has identified the Department of Geology and Department of Zoology as the ''Centres of Excellence'' and has allotted each for their development.
In 2019,
Ministry of Human Resource Development
The Ministry of Education ( MoE; formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The Ministry is further di ...
of Government of India granted to the university for upgrading its research capabilities under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme.
Notable alumni
The University of Madras has a strong alumni network, with its alumni taking over many prestigious positions across the world. Some of the prominent alumni include Nobel laureates Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, C. V. Raman and S. Chandrasekhar, mathematicians
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan (; born Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar, ; 22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis ...
K. S. Chandrasekharan, and
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan FRS (born 2 January 1940) is an Indian American mathematician, widely recognised as one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century. He is known for his fundamental contributions to ...
, leading scientists, Raja Ramanna, Rajagopala Chidambaram, M. Visvesvaraya, E. C. George Sudarshan, G. N. Ramachandran, V. S. Ramachandran and Alladi Ramakrishnan
Former presidents Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, V. V. Giri, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, R. Venkataraman and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, politicians Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, Chidambaram Subramaniam, C Subramaniam, CN Annadurai, and V. K. Krishna Menon, civil servants T. N. Seshan, Benegal Rama Rau, Y. Venugopal Reddy and C. Sylendra Babu
Rhodes scholars Eric Prabhakar and Tanjore R. Anantharaman, pioneers Verghese Kurien,
Raj Reddy
Dabbala Rajagopal "Raj" Reddy (born 13 June 1937) is an Indian-American computer scientist and a winner of the Turing Award. He is one of the early pioneers of artificial intelligence and has served on the faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mello ...
and M. S. Swaminathan, economist K. N. Raj and C. Rangarajan, business persons Indra Nooyi, Ram Shriram and Prathap C. Reddy, artists and film personality M.G. Ramachandran, K. C. S. Paniker, Gemini Ganesan, Mani Ratnam and Mahesh Babu, sports stars Viswanathan Anand, Vijay Amritraj, Ramanathan Krishnan
and Srinivas 'Venkat' among others.
File:Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg, Last governor-general of India, C. Rajagopalachari
File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg, 2nd president of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
File:VV Giri 1974 stamp of India (cropped).jpg, 4th president of India, V.V. Giri
File:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.jpg, 6th president of India, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
File:President Shri R Venkataraman (narendramodiofficial Flickr).jpg, 8th president of India, R Venkataraman
File:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2008.jpg, 11th president of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
File:General K. M. Cariappa.jpg, 1st Indian commander-in-chief of the Indian Army, K. M. Cariappa, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa
File:Justice M. Patanjali Sastri.jpg, 2nd chief justice of India, M. Patanjali Sastri
File:Vishveshvarayya in his 30's.jpg, 19th Diwan of Mysore and Civil Engineer, M. Visvesvaraya, Sir. M. Visvesvaraya
File:Sir CV Raman.JPG, Physics Nobel laureate, Sir C. V. Raman
File:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.gif, Physics Nobel laureate, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
File:Srinivasa Ramanujan - OPC - 1.jpg, Mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan (; born Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar, ; 22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis ...
File:Srinivasa Varadhan Heidelberg.JPG, Mathematician, Abel Prize Winner, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan FRS (born 2 January 1940) is an Indian American mathematician, widely recognised as one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century. He is known for his fundamental contributions to ...
File:ECG_Sudarshan.jpg, Theoretical Physicist, E. C. George Sudarshan
File:Rajagopala Chidambaram.jpg, Nuclear Physicist, Rajagopala Chidambaram
File:Photo of Prof Raj Reddy taken in Hyderabad.jpg, Computer scientist, Turing Awardee, Raj Reddy
Dabbala Rajagopal "Raj" Reddy (born 13 June 1937) is an Indian-American computer scientist and a winner of the Turing Award. He is one of the early pioneers of artificial intelligence and has served on the faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mello ...
File:Vilayanur S Ramachandran 2011 Shankbone.JPG, Cognitive neuroscientist, V. S. Ramachandran
File:IndraNooyiDavos2010ver2.jpg, PepsiCo Chairperson, Indra Nooyi
File:Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan - Kolkata 2013-01-07 2674.JPG, Father of Green revolution, M. S. Swaminathan
File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpg, Former Union Minister of Finance (India), Minister of Finance, P. Chidambaram
File:VishyAnand09.jpg, Chess grandmaster, Viswanathan Anand
See also
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Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics
Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (RIASM) is the Department of Mathematics of University of Madras. This name was adopted in 1967.
History
The University of Madras was incorporated in 1857 and the Department of Mathematic ...
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