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{{Infobox university <br />
|name =Madurai Kamaraj University<br />
|native_name =<br />
|logo = Mkulogo.jpg<br />
|motto ="To Seek Truth Is Knowledge"<br />
|established =1966<br />
|type =[[Public university|Public]]<br />
|endowment =<br />
|staff =<br />
|faculty =<br />
|president =<br />
|principal = <br />
|rector =<br />
|chancellor =[[Governor of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|vice_chancellor = Dr M.Krishnan<br />
|dean =<br />
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|students =<br />
|undergrad =<br />
|postgrad =<br />
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|city =[[Madurai]]<br />
|state =[[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|country =[[India]]<br />
|campus =[[Urban areas|Urban]]<br />
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|website =[http://www.mkuniversity.org www.mkuuniversity.org]<br/>[http://www.mkudde.org www.mkudde.org]<br />
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'''Madurai Kamaraj University''' ('''MKU''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[State university (India)|state university]] located in [[Madurai]] city in southern [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It was established in 1966. <br />
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==History==<br />
In 1978, the name was changed to Madurai Kamaraj University to honour [[K. Kamaraj]], former [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]] of [[Madras State]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44?s_id=44 |title=Welcome to the official website of MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY |work=mkuniversity.org |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101091613/http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44%3Fs_id%3D44 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref><br />
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== Vice Chancellors ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
!Sl. No. !! Name !! Period of Service<br />
|-<br />
|1 || [[T. P. Meenakshisundaram]] || 01.02.1966 to 18.01.1971<br />
|-<br />
|2 || [[Mu. Varadarajan]] (Dr. Mu.Va)|| 01.02.1971 to 10.10.1974<br />
|-<br />
|3|| [[S. V. Chittibabu]]|| 24.02.1975 to 23.02.1978<br />
|-<br />
|4|| [[V. C. Kulandaiswamy]]|| 31.03.1978 to 02.03.1979<br />
|-<br />
|5|| [[V. Sp. Manickam]]|| 17.08.1979 to 30.06.1982<br />
|-<br />
|6|| [[J. Ramachandran]]|| 29.08.1982 to 28.08.1985<br />
|-<br />
|7|| [[S. Krishnaswamy]]|| 04.10.1985 to 20.11.1988<br />
|-<br />
|8|| [[M. Lakshmanan]]|| 20.01.1989 to 19.01.1992<br />
|-<br />
|9|| [[M. D. K. Kuthalingam]]|| 20.01.1992 to 19.01.1995<br />
|-<br />
|10|| [[K. Aludiapillai]] || 19.05.1995 to 18.05.1998<br />
|-<br />
|11|| [[M. Salihu]] || 24.07.1998 to 23.07.2001<br />
|-<br />
|12|| [[P. K. Ponnuswamy]] || 01.02.2002 to 31.01.2005<br />
|-<br />
|13|| [[P. Maruthamuthu]] || 07.03.2005 to 06.03.2008<br />
|-<br />
||14|| [[R. Karpaga Kumaravel]] || 20.04.2008 to 19.04.2011<br />
|-<br />
|15|| [[Kalyani Mathivanan]]|| 09.04.2012 to 08.04.2015<br />
|-<br />
|16|| [[P. P. Chellathurai]]|| 27.05.2017 to June 14, 2018<br />
|-<br />
||17|| [[Prof Dr. M. Krishnan]] || 02.01.2019 to<br />
|}<br />
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==Rankings==<br />
{{Infobox India university ranking<br />
| NIRF_U_2020 = 60<br />
| NIRF_O_2020 = 84<br />
}}<br />
The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked Madurai Kamaraj University 84th overall in India<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_O_2020/> and 60th among universities<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_U_2020/> in 2020.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Sri S. Ramaswamy Naidu Memorial College]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category}}<br />
* [http://www.mkuniversity.org Madurai Kamaraj University]<br />
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{{Education in Tamil Nadu}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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{{Coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Madurai Kamaraj University| ]]<br />
[[Category:Colleges in Madurai]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1966]]<br />
[[Category:Universities in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Madurai]]<br />
[[Category:1966 establishments in Madras State]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments and memorials to Kamaraj]]</div>
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