Annamalai University
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| Motto | With courage and faith |
|---|---|
| Type | Public State University |
| Established | 1929 |
| Chancellor | Barnala |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr. M. Ramanathan |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Rural |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in |
Annamalai University is a State university in Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India. The university offers courses in several fields of higher education including Arts, Science, Indian Languages, Engineering and Technology, Education, fine Arts, Agriculture, Medicine, Dentistry etc. The varsity has been consistently expanding both in terms of infrastructure and academic programs.
The university has the distinction of providing more than 380 courses under distance mode that have substantial recognition all across the world. The Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) of Annamalai University aims at offering education to those people who are unable to attend the campus on regular basis for some reasons and have desire to pursue their further studies with keenness.
History
Annamalai University owes its existence to the vision, wisdom, benefaction and philanthropy of Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar. As early as 1920, he founded Sri Meenakshi College at the temple town of Chidambaram. In 1928, the Annamalai University Act was passed by the Madras State (government) with Sri Meenakshi College forming the nucleus of this unitary and residential University. With its rural setting and progressive outlook, the seat of this seminary of higher education came to be called Annamalai nagar after its illustrious Founder. Dr.Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar donated to the Madras State (government) a fabulous sum of Rs.20 lakhs and 300 acres (1.2 km2) of land besides the buildings, hostels, library and playgrounds of Sri Meenakshi College, thus paving the way for establishing, the University by the Madras Presidency in 1929 and the founder was gratefully honoured by the Government with the Pro-Chancellorship of the University. During his tenure of Pro-Chancellorship for a long period of two decades, he took great care of the University and paid devoted attention to its growth and development. Whoever was found an expert in a particular academic field was approached by the Founder and was brought to the University to head the various departments of study. Annamalai University is one of the largest and oldest State Universities in southern India. Its alumni have gone on to become great academicians and researchers in India and in many western countries.
Service
The University has had the unique good fortune of having a succession of eminent Vice-Chancellors to guide its destinies. Annamalai University is one of the Oldest and Largest State Universities in the state of Tamilnadu after Madras University. During the last seventy five years the University has not grown rapidly and couldnot consolidated its position as a unitary and residential University with Forty eight Departments of Study and over 2,500 members on its teaching staff. It has the record for most students studied through postal way. Annamalainagar is already a busy and full-fledged University poor town east of Chidambaram, the abode of Lord Nataraja. The University campus, including the colleges, hostels and playgrounds occupies an area of about one thousand acres (4.5 km²)along with a large number of local people staying who are very greedy ,poor and always try to snatch money from north indian people,so sad to say but its the reality
Overseas
In 2005, Annamalai University opened a small campus in Toronto, Canada. It only provides classes for learning Indian fine arts such as music and dance.
Overseas Centres:
Twinning Programme
- AMER - Academy for Medical Education & Research, Doctor's House, Shastri Nagar, Vasai Road (W), Mumbai 67.
External links
Template:Universities in Tamil Nadu