Annamalai University is a state university located in Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. The university is spread across 1,500 acres (6.1Â km2) in Chidambaram and offers courses of higher education in science, engineering, Management (MBA), humanities, agriculture and arts. The university was founded in 1929 by the entrepreneur Annamalai Chettiyar in the aftermath of the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms. It was the first private university in India. It was taken over by the Tamil Nadu government in 2013.
The university also provides more than 500 courses through distance education. The Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) of Annamalai University offers education to those people who are unable to attend the campus but who desire to study. It is credited with the largest enrollment in India and is well equipped with computers and other infrastructure, separate teaching faculty and administration, study centers, and computer training centers to serve its students. It was the first institution in India to offer postgraduate degree programmes in Applied Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Bioinformatics and Law, Business Administration and Management (MBA) through distance education. The Directorate of Distance Education also offers programmes in Fashion Design, Textile Design, Interior Design, Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Retail Management, Twinning, Health Science, a Commonwealth Youth Programme, Yoga, Music, Fire and Safety, Pharmaceutical and Taxation.
Accreditation
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The National Assessment and Accreditation Council accredited Annamalai University with a grade of A in 2014.
Ranking
Annamalai University was ranked 801-1000 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2018. It was ranked 92 overall in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for 2017 and 56 among universities. NIRF also ranked it 13 in its pharmacy ranking in 2017.
Faculties
The university has ten faculties, namely agriculture, arts (including management studies), dentistry, education, engineering and technology, fine arts, Indian languages, marine sciences, medicine and science.
Distance education
The Directorate of Distance Education was established in 1979 which now offers more than 500 courses under the distance education mode. All the programmes of study offered have the approval of the Distance Education Council. The B.Ed. programme through distance education mode is approved by the National Council for Teacher Education.
Scholarships and awards
A total of 356 scholarships and awards are given to eligible candidates every year.
Campuses
In 2006, Annamalai University opened its first Study Center in Toronto, Canada, offering programs in music, dance, Tamil and yoga. Other overseas centres include the Al Mihad Institute, Dubai, OUR international (Dhafir Institute) Abu Dhabi and the Al Hilal Education Centre, Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates as well as the Al Noor Education Centre in Muscat, Oman.
Notable alumni
- K. Anbazhagan, former Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu, MLA (Park Town constituency) and General Secretary of DMK
- Subbiah Arunachalam
- C. Sylendra Babu, renowned Indian Police Service officer of Tamil Nadu cadre
- K.Balachander, Indian director, producer, writer, actor, playwright, stage conductor, and comedian who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry; graduated in Zoology at the Annamalai University
- Bala V. Balachandran, founder and Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India
- T. K. Doraiswamy, poet and novelist
- Ere. Elamvazhuthi, Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Cuddalore constituency of Tamil Nadu from 1967 to 1970 representing Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
- A. S. Gnanasambandan, Tamil writer, scholar and literary critic from Tamil Nadu, India
- Ravi Gomatam, quantum physicist, director of Bhaktivedanta Institute and Institute for Semantic Information Sciences and Technology, Berkeley, and Mumbai
- D. R. Karthikeyan, Indian Police Service officer from Tamil Nadu
- Narayanaswamy Jayaraman, organic chemist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Venniradai Moorthy, Tamil comedy actor
- G. Balakrish Nair, Indian microbiologist
- K. S. Narayanaswamy, Carnatic veena exponent of the Thanjavur style
- Nedumaran, Tamil politician from the state of Tamil Nadu, South India
- V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu
- K. Ponmudi, former state minister
- Vijaya T. Rajendar, Tamil actor, singer, director and politician
- Panruti S. Ramachandran
- Savitha Reddy, dubbing artist in the southern India film industry
- V. T. Sambanthan, fifth President of Malaysian Indian Congress and one of the founding fathers of Malaysia
- E. V. Sampathkumaran, condensed matter physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- N. S. Satya Murthy â€" physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Narayanasami Sathyamurthy, scientist
- Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan, forensic expert and Padma Bhushan recipient
- S. S. Sivasankar, MLA (Kunnam (State Assembly Constituency))
- S. D. Somasundaram, former cabinet minister
- S. Srinivasan, aerospace scientist and Padma Bhushan recipient
- Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam, Carnatic music vocalist
- Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan, Indian physicist
- G. Nammalvar, agriculturist, scientist
- V. Narayanasamy, politician, Chief Minister of Puducherry
- Sujatha Ramdorai, professor of mathematics and Canada Research Chair at University of British Columbia
- P. C. Alexander Indian Administrative Service officer, former Governor of Tamil Nadu and Governor of Maharashtra
- Kulandei Francis, activist, social worker, recipients of the Magsaysay Award in 2012
See also
- List of educational institutions in Tamil Nadu
References
External links
- Official website