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{{Infobox university
| name = Annamalai University
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| image_size = 200px
| motto = "With Courage and Faith"
| established = {{start date and age|1929}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| endowment =
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| principal =
| rector =
| chancellor = [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]]
| vice_chancellor = Dr. V. Murugesan
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| academic_staff = 2,281<ref name="OU"/>
| students = 32,480<ref name="OU">{{cite web |title=University Student Enrollment Details |url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversitylist.aspx?id=31&Unitype=2 |website=www.ugc.ac.in |access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref>
| undergrad = 23,256<ref name="OU"/>
| postgrad = 8,067<ref name="OU"/>
| doctoral = 998<ref name="OU"/>
| city = [[Chidambaram]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = [[India]]
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| campus = [[Rural areas|Rural]]
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| affiliations = {{unbulleted list|[[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]|[[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]]|[[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]]|[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in}}
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[[File:The Administrative Building, Annamalai University 01.JPG|thumb]]

'''Annamalai University''' is a [[Public university|public]] [[State university (India)|state university]]<ref name=State>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/State%20University/State%20University%20as%20on%2029-06-2017.pdf|title=List of State Universities as on 29.06.2017|date=29 June 2017|access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]}}</ref> located in [[Annamalai Nagar]], [[Chidambaram]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is spread across {{convert|950|acre|km2}} in Chidambaram and offers courses of higher education in Arts, Science, Engineering, Medical, Management (MBA), Humanities, Agriculture, and Physical Education. The university also provides more than 500 courses through [[distance education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/distance_edu.htm |title=Distance Education |publisher=Annamalai University |date=March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118101436/http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/distance_edu.htm |archive-date=2013-01-18 }}</ref>

==History==
The university was founded in 1929 by the entrepreneur Annamalai Chettiyar in the aftermath of the [[Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms]]. In the early 1920s, to serve the downtrodden and to promote Tamil literature, Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar founded Sri Minakshi College, Sri Minakshi Tamil College and Sri Minakshi Sanskrit College in a rural setup at Chidambaram. In 1928, Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar agreed with the local government to hand over the above said institution for establishing a university. Thus, on 1 January 1929 Annamalai University was established as per Annamalai University Act 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawsofindia.org/pdf/tamil_nadu/1929/1929TN1.pdf|title=1929TN1.pdf|date=21 October 2019|access-date=21 October 2019|publisher=[[laws of India]]}}</ref> The most significant development is the enactment of the Annamalai University Act, 2013 (Tamil Nadu Act 20 of 2013), which has come into force from September 25, 2013, after obtaining the assent of His Excellency, the President of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/download/univact/auact2013.pdf|title=auact2013.pdf|date=21 October 2019|access-date=21 October 2019|publisher=Annamalai University}}</ref>

== Faculties ==
The university has ten faculties, namely [[Agriculture]], [[Arts]] (including management studies), [[Dentistry]], [[Education]], [[Engineering]] and [[Technology]], [[Fine arts]], [[Languages of India|Indian languages]], [[Marine Sciences]], [[Rajah Muthiah Medical College]] (medicine) and science.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/|title=Annamalai University Home Page}} under Faculties.</ref>

==Academics==
===Accreditation===
The [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] accredited Annamalai University with a grade of ''A'' in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naac.gov.in/Institutions_Accredited_by_NAAC_whose_accreditation_validity_period_is_over_modified_%2807022013%29_0.doc|title=Institutions Accredited / Re-accredited by NAAC whose accreditation validity period is over}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Faculty of Agriculture of Annamalai University is accredited with ICAR (NAEAB)

===Rankings===
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and college
| THE_W_2020 = 1001+
| THES_A_2020 = 351-400
| NIRF_P_2020 = 12
| NIRF_O_2020 = 151-200
| NIRF_U_2020 = 151-200
}}
Annamalai University was ranked 1001+ in the world by the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' of 2020<ref name=Rankings_THE_W_2020/> and 351–400 in Asia.<ref name=Rankings_THES_A_2020/> It was ranked in the 151-200 band overall in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) for 2020<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_O_2020/> and in the 151-200 band among universities.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_U_2020/> NIRF also ranked it 12 in its pharmacy ranking in 2020.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_P_2020 />

=== Distance education ===
Directorate of Distance Education was established in 1979 which now offers more than 500 courses including MBA. All the programmes of study offered have the approval of the [[Distance Education Council]]. The B.Ed. programme is approved by the [[National Council for Teacher Education]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Directorate of Distance Education|url=http://www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/dde/index.php|website=www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in|publisher=Annamalai University|language=en}}</ref>

===Scholarships and awards===
[[File:Annamalai University - CSE Department.JPG|thumb|Annamalai University - CSE Department]]
A total of 356 scholarships and awards<ref>{{cite web|url=http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/scholorship.htm |title=Scholarships |publisher=Annamalai University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721014126/http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/scholorship.htm |archive-date=2008-07-21 }}</ref> are given to eligible candidates every year.

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=March 2016}}


* [[P. C. Alexander]], [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer, former [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]] and [[Governor of Maharashtra]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|website=[[Rajya Sabha]] website|access-date=23 October 2017}} Click his name "Alexander, Dr. P. C." and then "Biodata".</ref>
* [[K. Anbazhagan]], former Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu, [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] ([[Park Town (State Assembly Constituency)|Park Town constituency]]) and General Secretary of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|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
* [[Bala V. Balachandran]], founder and Dean, [[Great Lakes Institute of Management]], [[Chennai]], India
* [[K. Balakrishnan (CPI-M)]], politician
* [[R. K. Baliga]], father of the [[Electronic City]] in [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
* [[T. K. Doraiswamy]], poet and novelist
* [[Ere. Elamvazhuthi]], [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] for [[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddalore constituency]] of Tamil Nadu from 1967 to 1970 representing [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK)
* [[Kulandei Francis]], activist, social worker, recipient of the [[Magsaysay Award]] in 2012<ref>{{cite news|last1=Akbar|first1=Irena|title='Poverty is a crime; it needs to be eliminated' - Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/poverty-is-a-crime--it-needs-to-be-eliminated/986145/0|access-date=23 October 2017|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=23 August 2012|language=en-gb}}</ref>
* [[R Gandhi]], retired deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India
* [[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
* [[Vijay Govindarajan]], best selling author, Coxe Distinguished Professor at Tuck School at Dartmouth
* [[Narayanaswamy Jayaraman]], organic chemist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref name="Faculty profile-Narayanaswamy Jayaraman">{{Cite web |url=http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/nj/ |title=Faculty profile-Narayanaswamy Jayaraman |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science |access-date=2017-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220050852/http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/nj/ |archive-date=2016-12-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[D. R. Karthikeyan]], [[Indian Police Service]] officer from Tamil Nadu
* [[G. Nammalvar]], agriculturist, scientist<ref name=obi>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Organic-farming-veteran-Nammalvar-dead/articleshow/28152899.cms |title=Organic farming veteran Nammalvar dead |work=The Times of India|date=30 December 2013 |access-date=31 December 2013}}</ref>
* [[V. Narayanasamy]], politician, [[Chief Minister of Puducherry]]<ref name="firstpost">{{cite news|last1=Kishore|first1=Kavita|title=In Puducherry, V Narayanasamy is a chief minister whom almost no one wants|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/in-puducherry-v-narayanasamy-is-a-chief-minister-who-almost-no-one-wants-2818242.html|access-date=23 October 2017|date=6 June 2016|publisher=[[First Post]]}}</ref>
* [[K. A. Mathiazhagan]], senate member of this university, Minister of Tamil Nadu and speaker of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly.
* [[Venniradai Moorthy]], Tamil comedy actor
* [[N. S. Satya Murthy]] – physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref name="Deceased fellow-N. S. Satya Murthy">{{Cite web|url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N81-0713 |title=Deceased fellow-N. S. Satya Murthy |date=2017 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425205030/http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N81-0713 |archive-date=25 April 2017 }}</ref>
* [[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]]
* [[Sujatha Ramdorai]], professor of mathematics and [[Canada Research Chair]] at [[University of British Columbia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Home page of Sujatha Ramdorai|url=http://www.math.tifr.res.in/~sujatha/cv.html|website=www.math.tifr.res.in|access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
* [[Savitha Reddy]], dubbing artist in the southern India film industry
* [[V. Sethuraman]], dermatologist and actor
* [[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 Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref>{{cite web|title=INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail - Professor EV Sampathkumaran|url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P02-1322|website=insaindia.res.in|access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref>
* [[Narayanasami Sathyamurthy]], [[scientist]]
* [[Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan]], forensic expert and [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient
* [[S. S. Sivasankar]], [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] ([[Kunnam (State Assembly Constituency)]])
* [[S. D. Somasundaram]], former cabinet minister
* [[S. Srinivasan]], aerospace scientist and [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient<ref name="Pioneer of Indian rocketry">{{cite journal | url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1619/16191120.htm | title=Pioneer of Indian rocketry | author=T. S. Subramnian | journal=Frontline | date=September 1999 | volume=19 | issue=11}}</ref>
* [[Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam]], [[Carnatic music]] [[vocalist]]
* [[M. Swaraj]], MLA Kerala
* [[Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan]], Indian physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (1976), UGC Raman Award (1983)



== See also ==
*[[List of educational institutions in Tamil Nadu]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Annamalai University}}
*{{Official website}}
{{Education in Tamil Nadu}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Annamalai University| ]]
[[Category:Universities in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Education in Cuddalore district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1929]]
[[Category:1929 establishments in India]]
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