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			{{Short description\|University in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India}}
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	\| established = {{start date\|df=yes\|1956}}<ref>https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/aboutgri?content=profile</ref>		\| established = {{start date\|df=yes\|1956}}<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/aboutgri?content=profile\|title = The Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University}}</ref>
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	\| chancellor = KM. Annamalai<ref name="Chancellor">{{cite web\| url=https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/administration?content=chancellor\|title="Chancellor"}}</ref>		\| chancellor = KM. Annamalai<ref name="Chancellor">{{cite web\| url=https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/administration?content=chancellor\|title="Chancellor"}}</ref>
	\| vice_chancellor = M.R.Kubendran <ref>https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/Governance?content=System</ref>		\| vice_chancellor = M.R.Kubendran <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/Governance?content=System\|title = The Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University}}</ref>
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	'''Gandhigram Rural University''' ('''GRI''')<ref>[http://ruraluniv.ac.in Gandhigram Rural University website]</ref> is ~~near~~ [[Dindigul]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].		'''The Gandhigram Rural University''' ('''GRI''')<ref>[http://ruraluniv.ac.in Gandhigram Rural University website]</ref> is a centrally-funded [[Deemed university\|Deemed University]] based on [[Dindigul]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University \|url=https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/Governance?content=System \|access-date=2022-04-28 \|website=www.ruraluniv.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Gandhigram Rural Institute {{!}} Dindigul, India {{!}} GRI \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/institution/Gandhigram-Rural-Institute \|access-date=2022-04-28 \|website=ResearchGate \|language=en}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
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	In 2006 it was renamed Gandhigram Rural Institute as per the guidelines of UGC.<ref>[http://ruraluniv.ac.in/aboutus.htm About Us]</ref>{{Clarify\|date=January 2020\|reason=Renamed Institute, not University? Sounds backwards. The cite is a deadlink. Please clarify the use of University vs. Institute consistently throughout the article.}}		In 2006 it was renamed Gandhigram Rural Institute as per the guidelines of UGC.<ref>[http://ruraluniv.ac.in/aboutus.htm About Us]</ref>{{Clarify\|date=January 2020\|reason=Renamed Institute, not University? Sounds backwards. The cite is a deadlink. Please clarify the use of University vs. Institute consistently throughout the article.}}

	With devotion to Mahatma Gandhi's revolutionary concept of ‘[[Nai Talim]]’ system of education, Gandhigram Rural Institute has developed academic programmes in Rural Development, Rural Economics and Extension Education, Rural Oriented Sciences, Cooperation, Development Administration, Rural Sociology, English and Foreign Languages, and, [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] and [[Languages of India\|Indian Languages]].		With devotion to Mahatma Gandhi's revolutionary concept of ‘[[Nai Talim]]’ system of education, Gandhigram Rural Institute has developed academic programmes in Rural Development, Rural Economics and Extension Education, Rural Oriented Sciences, Cooperation, Development Administration, Rural Sociology, English and Foreign Languages, and, [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] and [[Languages of India\|Indian Languages]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI) Dindigul Courses & Fees Structure: Duration, Seats & Study Mode \|url=https://www.careers360.com/university/the-gandhigram-rural-institute-dindigul/courses \|access-date=2022-04-28 \|website=www.careers360.com \|language=en}}</ref>
	<!--SUCH A WIDE STATEMENT NEEDS REFERENCES BEFORE IT CAN BE ACCEPTED HERE..........Today, it has become a nationally and internationally recognized institute for its contribution to rural education, so much so that the [[New Education Policy of the Nation]] reflects the principles evolved here in developing the rural university concept.-->		<!--SUCH A WIDE STATEMENT NEEDS REFERENCES BEFORE IT CAN BE ACCEPTED HERE..........Today, it has become a nationally and internationally recognized institute for its contribution to rural education, so much so that the [[New Education Policy of the Nation]] reflects the principles evolved here in developing the rural university concept.-->

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	==Campus==		==Campus==
	The Gandhigram Rural Institute has a campus of nearly {{convert\|200\|acre\|km2}} in a rural setting, nestling in one of the enclaves of the beautiful Sirumalai range. To its west are chains of mountains including the Kodaikanal Hill Station. Lying north of Madurai, Gandhigram is easily accessible by rail and road. The climate is hot throughout the year.{{citation needed\|date=July 2020}}		The Gandhigram Rural Institute has a campus of nearly {{convert\|200\|acre\|km2}} in a rural setting, nestling in one of the enclaves of the beautiful Sirumalai range. To its west are chains of mountains including the Kodaikanal Hill Station. Lying north of Madurai, Gandhigram is easily accessible by rail and road. The climate is hot throughout the year.{{citation needed\|date=July 2020}}
			==Notable alumni==
			* [[Raghavan (actor)]], Malayalam film industry

	== Transport ==		== Transport ==
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	\| ~~NIRF_U_2020~~ = 91		\|NIRF_U_2021=90
	\| ~~NIRF_O_2020~~ = 101–150		\|NIRF_O_2021=101–150}}
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	Gandhigram Rural Institute was ranked 91 among universities in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in ~~2020~~<ref name=~~Rankings_NIRF_U_2020~~/> and in the 101–150 band overall.<ref name=~~Rankings_NIRF_O_2020~~/>		Gandhigram Rural Institute was ranked 91
			0 among universities in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2021<ref name="Rankings_NIRF_U_2021" /> and in the 101–150 band overall.<ref name="Rankings_NIRF_O_2021" />

	== Former Chancellors ==		== Former Chancellors ==
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{{Infobox university
| name = Gandhigram Rural University
| other_name = Gandhigram Rural Institute
| native_name=காந்திகிராம் கிராமிய நிகர்நிலைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்
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| image = A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting a citation to Padma Vibhushan Shri Adoor Gopalakrishnan, an alumnus of the Gandhigram Rural Institute at a function held at Gandhigram Rural University in Tamil Nadu on September 23, 2006.jpg
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| caption = Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in an event in the university
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| established = {{start date|df=yes|1956}}<ref>https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/aboutgri?content=profile</ref>
| endowment =
| budget =
| chancellor = KM. Annamalai<ref name="Chancellor">{{cite web| url=https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/administration?content=chancellor|title="Chancellor"}}</ref>
| vice_chancellor = M.R.Kubendran <ref>https://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/Governance?content=System</ref>
| students =
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| city = [[Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu|Gandhigram]], [[Dindigul]]
| country = [[India]]
| campus = Rural
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| affiliations = [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]], UGC of India
| website= {{Official website|www.ruraluniv.ac.in}}
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'''Gandhigram Rural University''' ('''GRI''')<ref>[http://ruraluniv.ac.in Gandhigram Rural University website]</ref> is near [[Dindigul]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].

==History==
Dr. T.S. Soundaram and Dr. G. Ramachandran developed the institute. The Gandhigram [[Rural]] Institute of Higher Education was founded in 1956 to carry on [[Mahatma Gandhi]]’s ‘[[Nai Talim]]’ system of education. In 1976 it was declared as [[Deemed University]], by [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC), [[New Delhi]], Under Section 3 of [[University Grants Commission Act, 1956|UGC Act 1956]].<ref>{{cite web|title=UGC Act-1956|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/upload_document/ugc_act.pdf|website=mhrd.gov.in/|publisher=Secretary, University Grants Commission|access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> It is fully funded by UGC.

In 2006 it was renamed Gandhigram Rural Institute as per the guidelines of UGC.<ref>[http://ruraluniv.ac.in/aboutus.htm About Us]</ref>{{Clarify|date=January 2020|reason=Renamed Institute, not University? Sounds backwards. The cite is a deadlink. Please clarify the use of University vs. Institute consistently throughout the article.}}

With devotion to Mahatma Gandhi's revolutionary concept of ‘[[Nai Talim]]’ system of education, Gandhigram Rural Institute has developed academic programmes in Rural Development, Rural Economics and Extension Education, Rural Oriented Sciences, Cooperation, Development Administration, Rural Sociology, English and Foreign Languages, and, [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Languages of India|Indian Languages]].


The institute has developed into a major educational complex, comprising seven faculties, offering in 50 programmes. It awards [[Doctoral]], [[Master's degree|Master's]] and [[Bachelor’s degree]]s, diplomas, and certificates through its seven academic faculties: Rural Development, Rural Social Sciences, Rural Oriented Sciences, English and Foreign Languages, Tamil, Indian Languages and Rural Arts, Rural Health and Sanitation, and, Agriculture and [[Animal Husbandry]].

It has 3000 students and 150 teaching and 250 non-teaching staff.

The institute was accredited with Five Star status by NAAC, in February 2002. It was re-accredited with A grade in 2010.

Recently, It named as Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University)

==Campus==
The Gandhigram Rural Institute has a campus of nearly {{convert|200|acre|km2}} in a rural setting, nestling in one of the enclaves of the beautiful Sirumalai range. To its west are chains of mountains including the Kodaikanal Hill Station. Lying north of Madurai, Gandhigram is easily accessible by rail and road. The climate is hot throughout the year.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

== Transport ==
The nearest railway station is [[Ambathurai]], the nearest railway junction is [[Dindigul]], and the nearest major town is Dindigul. The nearest airport is [[Madurai Airport]].

== Rankings==
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and College

| NIRF_U_2020 = 91
| NIRF_O_2020 = 101–150
}}

Gandhigram Rural Institute was ranked 91 among universities in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2020<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_U_2020/> and in the 101–150 band overall.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_O_2020/>

== Former Chancellors ==

* [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]], seventh Chief Justice of India
* [[T. S. Soundram]], Indian physician and politician
* [[R. Venkatraman]], eighth President of India
* [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]], eighth Vice President of India
* [[K.R. Narayanan]], tenth President of India
* [[Krishan Kant]], tenth Vice President of India
* [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]], eleventh Vice President of India
* [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]], twelfth Vice President of India
* [[Renana Jhabvala]], social worker in India

== Former Vice Chancellors ==

* [[G. Ramachandran (social reformer)|G. Ramachandran]], social reformer
* [[M. Aram]], educator and peace activist
* Devendra Kumar
* D. K. Oza
* T. R. Natesan
* N. Markandan
* G. Pankajam
* [[T. Karunakaran]]
* Sm. Ramasamy

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|www.ruraluniv.ac.in}}

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[[Category:Colleges in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Education in Dindigul district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1956]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in Madras State]]