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{{Short description|Private university in Tamil Nadu, India}}
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| name = Shiv Nadar University, Chennai
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| established = 2018
| type = [[private university (India)|Private]]
| chancellor = [[R. Srinivasan (businessman)|R. Srinivasan]]<ref name=VC/>
| vice_chancellor = Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya
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| city = Kalavakkam, [[Thiruporur]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = India
| website = {{url|https://www.snuchennai.edu.in/}}
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'''Shiv Nadar University Chennai''' ('''SNU Chennai''') is a [[private university (India)|private university]] located in Kalavakkam, a locality in [[Old Mahabalipuram Road]], in the outskirts of [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It was launched in October 2020, the second university to be set up by the Shiv Nadar Foundation, following [[Shiv Nadar University|Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida]]. It is the first private university to be legislated in Tamil Nadu in nine decades.<ref name=Launch>{{cite news |title=Shiv Nadar University, Chennai launched; admissions open in April 2021 |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/education/shiv-nadar-university-chennai-launched-admissions-open-in-april-2021/article32971118.ece |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=[[Business Line]] |language=en|date = 29 October 2020}}</ref> It shares the campus with [[Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering]].

== History ==
The university came up as a result of a memorandum signed between [[HCL Technologies]] and the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] in 2015 to facilitate the creation of a private university<ref name=bill>{{cite news |title=TN adopts Bills for setting up Shiv Nadar, Sai varsities |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/tn-adopts-bills-for-setting-up-shiv-nadar-sai-varsities-118070501158_1.html |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=[[Business Standard India]] |date=5 July 2018}}</ref> and another memorandum signed by HCL and [[Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu]] (ELCOT) in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sujatha |first1=R. |title=New universities to come up on outskirts |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/new-universities-to-come-up-on-outskirts/article24347194.ece |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=6 July 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref> The university was legislated through the ''Shiv Nadar University Act, 2018''<ref>{{cite web |title=Shiv Nadar University Act, 2018 |url=http://www.bareactslive.com/TN/tn1008.htm |access-date=21 March 2021 |date=16 July 2018|publisher=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]}}</ref> which was passed in July 2018,<ref name=bill/> the first private university to be legislated in Tamil Nadu in nine decades, since the legislation of [[Annamalai University]].<ref name=Launch/>

The university was launched in October 2020.<ref name=Launch/> Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya was appointed the founding [[vice chancellor]] of the university in March 2021.<ref name=VC>{{cite news |title=Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya appointed V-C of Shiv Nadar University, Chennai |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/sriman-kumar-bhattacharyya-appointed-v-c-of-shiv-nadar-university-chennai/article33995459.ece |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=5 March 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|https://www.snuchennai.edu.in/}}

{{Education in Tamil Nadu}}
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[[Category:Universities in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Chengalpattu district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2018]]
[[Category:2018 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

Shiv Nadar University, Chennai - Revision history

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