Anna University

This article is about the Indian university that existed until it was split between 2007 and 2010. For the current university, see Anna University, Chennai.

Anna University

அண்ணா ப‌ல்கலைக்கழகம்
College of Engineering, Guindy, one of the four constituent colleges of Anna University
Motto	Progress Through Knowledge
Type	Public
Active	1978 (1978)–2007 (2007)
Location	Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Campus	Chennai-100 hectares (1,000,000 m²),
Website	www.annauniv.edu

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Originally the university was named Perarignar Anna University of Technology (PAUT). In 1982 the current name of Anna University was adopted, removing the words "Perarignar" and "Technology". In December 2001, it was converted into an affiliating university, with many engineering colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu under its fold and also absorbing all the six government engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu as its constituent colleges. In all, it brought together about 250 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu.

Between 2007 and 2010 it was split into six universities, namely, Anna University, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli and Anna University of Technology, Madurai. On September 14, 2011 a bill was passed to merge back the universities.

History

The statue of C. N. Annadurai at the CEG campus of Anna University

• 1978 Establishment of Anna University as technological university of unitary type
• 1981 First institution in Asia to start a postgraduate programme in Medical Physics
• 1982 Establishment of Institute of Remote Sensing
• 1983 First institution in India to start B.E. in Printing Technology
• 1992 First institution in India to start B.E. in Geo-Informatics.
• 1992 First institution in India to start M.Tech. in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals
• 1996 First institution to introduce Single Window System of engineering admission.
• 1999 First institution in India to start M.E. in Mechatronics.
• 2001 First institution in India to start postgraduate programmes in Electronic Media
• 2001 Anna University becomes affiliating type technological university.
• 2004 Introduction of Distributed System of Single Window Admission to Engineering Colleges
• 2005 India’s First Community Radio Anna FM 90.4 MHz; First University to offer Interactive Satellite based Education to affiliated colleges Centre for Empowerment of Women
• 2005 Providing State level placement Services
• 2005 Providing Group Health Insurance facilities to all the students
• 2005 Providing professional, communication and soft skill training to all 11w engineering students
• 2006 First institution in India to start B.E. in Materials Science and Engineering and also B.E. in Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering
• 2006 First institution in India to start ME. in Integrated Water Resources Management exclusively for women
• 2006 Only the colleges situated in the districts of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Vellore, Thiruvannamalal and Villupuram in Tamil Nadu have been affiliated to Anna University Chennai.
• 2007 Anna University has organised and hosted the 82nd Annual Conference on Association of Indian Universities from 26-28th, November, 2007.
• 2008 Anna university introduced Bio medical engineering test
• 2009 ANUSAT an indigenous developed micro satellite of Anna University, was launched into orbit.
• 2010 First institution in India to introduce Tamil as medium of instruction in Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering courses; introduced the same in counselling. This was introduced in view of commemorating the Classical World Tamil Conference held in Coimbatore in June 2010.

Scrapping of CET

The Common Entrance Test, conducted over the years by Anna University in the name of the Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination (TNPCEE) for admission to professional courses in the state was abolished in 2006. From the academic year 2007-08, students were admitted to engineering colleges on the basis of their Plus-Two marks.

TV station

ISRO has permitted Anna University to start a separate TV channel by providing equipment. The university has established Tamil Nadu’s first Interactive Satellite Terminal under the Ku Band of EDUSAT and identified as one of the channel partners in the Southern region for EDUSAI Live interactive Audio-Video lecture programmes are transmitted through Ku Band and it helps to conduct free examinations in all its affiliated colleges.

Achievements

A Research Center for Nanosciences and Technology has been established. The government of Tamil Nadu has provided ₹ 5 million as seed money to establish a clean room facility for developing semi-conductor devices at Crystal Growth Centre, which was established in 1990 by the UGC, New Delhi.

Anna University Chennai, in collaboration with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has planned to design core engineering modules which are attractive in the job market.

Anna University Chennai has created a “Centre for Distance Education” to conduct MCA, MBA and M.Sc. computer related courses under Distance Education Mode. The IT companies namely TCS., Infosys, L&T and HCL have agreed to have a common aptitude test that would rank students on the skill sets required for the industry.

The university has proposed to establish a building in the proposed CT Park in the Guindy Campus and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC),and has agreed to provide infrastructure for its R&D training research centre. HP announced that the university has been awarded a "Technology for Teaching” Grant of US $70,000. This grant will be used to establish a Centre for M-learning with the support of HP to engage the faculty to promote the use of mobile and wireless technologies.

A Digital Knowledge Centre has been inaugurated in the University Library. The library was upgraded by establishing the infrastructure facilities for Digital Library with the assistance of the student of CEG -79 batches.

Anna University Chennai has conducted “Training the Trainer” programmes in collaboration with ELCOT and software companies such as Infosys, Wipro, CTS , TCS and Scope International under the scheme of “Enhancing the Employability of Students” from the Affiliated Colleges of Anna University Chennai. The objective of this programme was to train teachers to impart communication and soft skills to students more effectively. Nearly 250 teachers benefited from this programme.

Anna University Chennai introduced a medical insurance scheme to provide health care to the students and employees of the University. Nearly 6000 students and 1500 staff members have benefited through this scheme.

Anna University Chennai is establishing tie-ups with universities and organizations abroad in order to promote research in technical Education. More than 108 national and 69 international Memorandum of Understanding have been signed.

The UGC has conveyed its approval for the upgradate of the DRS programme in the department of CSE to the level of DSA (Phase I) for a duration of five years, with the financial assistance of ₹ 7.5 million.

The USC has sanctioned ₹ 2 million each to three DSA Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering and four DRS Departments of Chemistry, Computer Science Engineering, Biotechnology and Geology for strengthening of infrastructure facilities.

The USC has conveyed its approval for the upgradation of DSA (Phase Ill) programme in the DEEE to the level of centre for Advanced studies (CAS) for duration of five years with the financial assistance of ₹ 7.5 million for implementing the programme.

The Resource Center for Indian Language Technology Solutions – Tamil, Anna University has been working in the area of language technology with emphasis on the following areas: • Linguistic Tools • Language Technology Products • Content Development • Research On Information And Knowledge Extraction

Campus

The University's main campus is situated in the southern part of Chennai and extends over 100 acres (400,000 m²) adjoining the Adyar River and the Raj Bhavan. It contains College of Engineering, Guindy, Alagappa College of Technology, and School of Architecture and Planning. The campus houses three technical departments of the University of Madras. The Madras Institute Of Technology at Chromepet constitutes the second campus and extends over 200,000 m². The third campus of the University is located at Taramani near the Instronic campus, Adyar.

Constituent colleges

In 1978 the following colleges/schools were taken over by the university as its constituent colleges

• College of Engineering, Guindy
• Alagappa College of Technology
• Madras Institute of Technology
• School of Architecture and Planning

Aided and affiliated colleges

The Anna University Amendment Act of 2001 brought almost all engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu under the university. This included six government engineering colleges, three government-aided private institutions, and 225 self-financing colleges.

See also

• Anna University, Chennai
• Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore
• Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
• Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli
• Madras School of Economics, an affiliated college

• Anna University Counselling 2012