Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya
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| Motto | Vande Sadgurum Chandrasekharam |
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| Type | Deemed |
| Established | 1993 |
| Chancellor | S.Jayarama Reddy |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr. S.V. Raghavan |
| Location | , , 12°51′39″N 79°44′1″E / 12.86083°N 79.73361°E |
| Campus | Enathur, 50 acres (200,000 m2) |
| Affiliations | UGC, AICTE, AIU, NAAC, CSI, CII, British Council |
| Website | www.kanchiuniv.ac.in |
Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Viswa Maha Vidyalaya (SCSVMV) is deemed university at Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, India. The university was established in 1993 with the blessing of Their Holiness Pujyasri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal and Pujyasri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal. It attained the status of Deemed University in 1993.
The Ministry of Human Resources Development declared the institution a 'Deemed University' under Section 3 of the UGC Act, on 26.05.1993.[1]
Location
The university is on a campus of 50 acres (200,000 m2) at Enathur, four kilometres from Kancheepuram and 80 kilometres from Chennai.
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Memoranda of understanding
The university has MOUs with the following institutions:
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science
- French Institute of Pondicherry
- Great Lakes Institute of Management
- Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
- Kellogg Graduate School of Management
- National Stock Exchange of India Ltd, Mumbai
- Universitas Hindu Indonesia, Bali, Indonesia
- Yogi Ramsurtkumar Research Foundation for Asian Culture, Tiruvannamalai
Research
The university promotes research and development in all its departments, under the dean of research and development.
Ph.D. programmes are offered in all departments. The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Culture has produced more than 25 doctoral degrees. A large number of researchers are pursuing their doctoral research programmes. Admissions are offered twice a year into the doctoral programmes.
Academic departments
The university consists of the following schools:
- School of Management
- School of Education
- School of Engineering and Technology
- School of Science
- School of Social Science and Humanity
- School of Health and Life Science
- School of Languages
- School of Sanskrit and Indian Culture
Facilities
Transport
The institution has buses for students and staff members commuting from Kancheepuram, Chennai, Walajabad and Ranipet.
Accommodation
Men's and women's hostels provide on-campus accommodation for students and a mess which provides food for day-scholars and hostelers.[citation needed]
Library
The university has the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi International Library, established in 1995, housed in Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Diamond Jubilee Mahal. It is spread across an area of 7,500 square feet (700 m2) with three floors. There are around 200,000 books, periodicals and electronic services including over 1,000 tapes and CD-ROMs. The library has a collection of books relating to Engineering and Technology, Management, Science, Humanities, Sanskrit Literature, Tamil Literature, Arts, Indian Culture, Life Sciences, Education, and subscribes to over 200 national and international journals and also all Leading Magazines and Newspapers.
Medical centre
A medical centre in the campus provides medical care to students and staff.
References
- ^ "Deemed University Status". University Grants Commission (India). 26 May 1993. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
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