Madurai Kamaraj University

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Madurai Kamaraj University
Motto"To Seek Truth Is Knowledge"
TypePublic
Established1966
ChancellorGovernor of Tamil Nadu
Vice-ChancellorDr J. Kumar[1]
Location
Madurai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India
CampusUrban
Websitewww.mkuuniversity.org
www.mkudde.org
File:Mkulogo.jpg

Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) is a public state university located at Madurai city in southern Tamil Nadu, India, established in 1966. MKU is one of the 15 universities in India with 'University with Potential for Excellence' status which is awarded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in India.[2] In 2021, the university has been awarded 'A++' grade from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 4th cycle.[3]

History[edit]

The university was established in 1966 as Madurai University. In 1978, the name was changed to Madurai Kamaraj University to honour K. Kamaraj, former Chief Minister of Madras State.[4]

Vice Chancellors[edit]

Sl. No. Name Period of Service
1 T. P. Meenakshisundaram 01.02.1966 to 18.01.1971
2 Mu. Varadarajan (Dr. Mu.Va) 01.02.1971 to 10.10.1974
3 S. V. Chittibabu 24.02.1975 to 23.02.1978
4 V. C. Kulandaiswamy 31.03.1978 to 02.03.1979
5 V. Sp. Manickam 17.08.1979 to 30.06.1982
6 J. Ramachandran 29.08.1982 to 28.08.1985
7 S. Krishnaswamy 04.10.1985 to 20.11.1988
8 M. Lakshmanan 20.01.1989 to 19.01.1992
9 M. D. K. Kuthalingam 20.01.1992 to 19.01.1995
10 K. Aludiapillai 19.05.1995 to 18.05.1998
11 M. Salihu 24.07.1998 to 23.07.2001
12 P. K. Ponnuswamy 01.02.2002 to 31.01.2005
13 P. Maruthamuthu 07.03.2005 to 06.03.2008
14 R. Karpaga Kumaravel 20.04.2008 to 19.04.2011
15 Kalyani Mathivanan 09.04.2012 to 08.04.2015
16 P. P. Chellathurai 27.05.2017 to June 14, 2018
17 Prof Dr. M. Krishnan 02.01.2019
18 Prof Dr. J. Kumar

Academics[edit]

There are 121 colleges and institutions under MKU which include 16 aided colleges, 24 autonomous colleges (including both government and self financed), 4 constituent colleges, 1 MKU college, 5 MKU evening colleges, 57 self financed colleges and 14 approved institutions. Currently, the university consists of 77 renowned Departments and 20 renowned Schools as a whole.

Rankings[edit]

University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[5]84
NIRF (Universities) (2020)[6]60

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Madurai Kamaraj University 83rd overall in India and 63rd among universities in 2021.

Notable Alumni and Faculties[edit]

  1. Arumugam Manthiram, fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
  2. A. S. Gnanasambandan, Tamil writer, scholar and literary critic
  3. G. Balasubramanian, former Vice Chancellor of Tamil University, Thanjavur, in Tamil Nadu, India (4 October 2018 – 3 October 2021)
  4. G. S. Venkataraman, Padma Shri awardee
  5. Charle, Indian actor
  6. AR Chelliah, Indian religious leader
  7. Dharmakkan Dhanaraj, Indian Old Testament Scholar
  8. Kuppamuthu Dharmalingam, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)[7]
  9. P. Sathasivam, 40th Chief Justice of India
  10. Rajan Sankaranarayanan, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences) and Infosys Prize winner[8]
  11. Rajiah Simon, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Physical Sciences)[8]
  12. Rishikesh Narayanan, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)[8]
  13. Ramamirtha Jayaraman, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)[8]
  14. Tho. Paramasivan, Tamil anthropologist, writer, folklorist, archeologist and professor
  15. Mohan Raghavan, Malayalam film director
  16. Mushi Santappa, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Chemical Sciences)[8]
  17. Nirmal Selvamony, Indian scholar and academician
  18. S. Kameswaran, renowned ENT surgeon and Padma Shri awardee
  19. H. Raja, eminent politician
  20. Gunasekaran Paramasamy, eminent scientist
  21. Ram Rajasekharan, N-BIOS awardee
  22. Mukul Roy, eminent politician
  23. R. Sankararamakrishnan, N-BIOS awardee
  24. Syed Zahoor Qasim, Padma Bhushan awardee
  25. Kaustuv Sanyal, N-BIOS awardee
  26. K. S. Krishnan, Padma Bhushan awardee, Fellow of the Royal Society and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Physical Sciences)[8]
  27. M. K. Chandrashekaran, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)[8]
  28. Nirmal Selvamony, Indian academician and scholar
  29. Sonajharia Minz, eminent Adivasi activist and current Vice Chancellor of Sido Kanhu Murmu University
  30. Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Indian Tamil poet, lyricist, orator, politician and writer
  31. Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)[8]
  32. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan, Padma Shri awardee
  33. Ganapathy Baskaran, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Physical Sciences)[8]
  34. Gopi Shankar Madurai, Indian equal rights and Indigenous rights activist
  35. Govindappa Venkataswamy, Padma Shri awardee and founder of Aravind Eye Care System
  36. Vijay Siva, Carnatic music vocalist
  37. Vivek, Indian actor and Padma Shri awardee
  38. Kailasavadivoo Sivan, eminent Indian space scientist and current Secretary (Space) and ex-officio chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Space Commission
  39. Kumaravel Somasundaram, N-BIOS awardee
  40. Nazarene Soosai, Roman Catholic Bishop
  41. A. R. Venkatachalapathy, Indian historian
  42. Shiv Nadar, Padma Bhushan awardee and Indian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist
  43. S. Viyalendiran, Sri Lankan-Tamil politician
  44. M. Thiurumalai, Tamil scholar, writer and professor
  45. Sendurai Mani, Indian-American oncologist
  46. Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy, Robert W. Parry Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
  47. K.K. Pillay, eminent Indian historian, headed the Department of History in University of Madras and the first President in the premises of the School of Historical Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University

Notable people[edit]

1. S. Ramachandran, Padma Bhushan awardee

2. Ch. Mohan Rao, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Medical Sciences), Executive Committee member for the Centre of Excellence of the Bioinformatics Centre (founded by Prof. Kappamuthu Dharmalingam), Madurai Kamaraj University, 2004

3. P.N. Rangarajan, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Medical Sciences) and N-BIOS awardee

4. Sathees Chukkurumbal Raghavan, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)

In 2011, Prof. Sathees Chukkurumbal Raghavan was the convener and Prof. P.N. Rangarajan was the co-convenor of the lecture workshop on Recent Advances in Biotechnology of Health and Disease (BHD-2011) organized by Madurai Kamaraj University.[9]

5. Erwin Bünning, eminent German chronobiologist

In 1978, from 16 to 24 December, to conduct the ‘Biological Oscillations’ workshop in Madurai, Prof. Erwin Bünning, W Engelmann, David Saunders (Edinburgh) and Klaus Brinkmann (Bonn), all readily agreed to come to MKU as teacher participants meeting their own travel expenses, in response to the invitation of Prof. MK Chandrasekaran, who himself was invited by Prof. Erwin Bünning as Alexander von Humboldt Scholar to the University of Tubingen, Germany. In this workshop on Biological Oscillations, one of the hand-picked student participants was Prof. Madhav Gadgil (Padma Bhushan and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate for Biological Sciences).

6. Nagarajan Vedachalam, Padma Shri awardee and recipient of Honoris Causa from MKU[10] was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award[11]

7. Dorairajan Balasubramanian , Padma Shri awardee, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Chemical Sciences), addressed the MKU Convocation

8. Mylswamy Annadurai, Padma Shri awardee, former Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore and received Eminent Scientist award in 76th Indian Science Congress held in MKU (Madurai Kamaraj University endowment)[12]

9. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Bharat Ratna, former Honorable President of India, conferred Honorary D.Sc. from Madurai Kamaraj University; addressed the Madurai Kamaraj University convocation-1990

10. Muthusamy Lakshmanan, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Physical Sciences), Professor of Eminence in Department of Nonlinear Dynamics, Bharathidasan University and recipient of Distinguished Scientist award in 76th Indian Science Congress held in MKU (2004)

11. Samaresh Mitra, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Chemical Sciences) and C. Natarajan endowment medalist from Madurai Kamaraj University (1998)[13]

12. Barry Ramachandra Rao, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Physical Sciences), addressed Sir CV Raman Endowment Lecture of Madurai Kamaraj University (1981)[14]

13. Narayanaswamy Srinivasan, N-BIOS awardee and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)

14. P. Namperumalsamy, Padma Shri awardee, Chairman-Emeritus of Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, and Co-investigator on a  research  Project  “Clinical and Laboratory Studies on  Eales  Disease”  in  collaboration  with National  Eye Institute,  Washington,  USA and Indian Council  of Medical Research and Madurai Kamaraj University

15. Govindarajan Padmanabhan, former Director of IISc and Chancellor of Central University of Tamil Nadu,[15] Padma Bhushan awardee, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences), addressed the 45th Convocation of Madurai Kamaraj University

16. Gursaran Talwar, Padma Bhushan awardee and Founder Director of Talwar Research Foundation

On 22nd September, 2017, Madurai Kamaraj University organized the session named “Meet the Scientists”. Two eminent scientists Padma Bhushan Prof. G. P. Talwar and Prof. D. N. Rao, Former Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS, New Delhi interacted with all MKU Life Science students and constituent College students.

17. R. Krishnamurthy, former editor of the Tamil daily Dinamalar and renowned Tamil script epigraphist and numismatist, honoured with the Tolkappiyar award by the President of India, recipient of Honorary D.Sc. from Madurai Kamaraj University[16]

Other associated personalities who served as mentors or resource persons in MKU:

  1. V. Nagaraja (IISc), the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)
  2. Ramamirtha Jayaraman (MKU), the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)
  3. Dipankar Chatterji (IISc), Padma Shri awardee and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)
  4. Umesh Varshney (IISc), the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)
  5. Gunasekaran Paramasamy (MKU), eminent Microbiologist
  6. Kappamuthu Dharmalingam (MKU), the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)
  7. Jayaraman Gowrishankar (IISER Mohali, CDFD), Padma Shri awardee and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate (for Biological Sciences)[17]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/PressReleases/2022/PR290322-1.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF
  2. ↑ "UGC Shortlists 15 Universities with Potential for Excellence | CollegeDekho". CollegeDekho.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Staff Reporter (25 March 2021). "MKU gets A++ accreditation". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to the official website of MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY". mkuniversity.org. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "BHD-2011" (PDF). Indian Academy of Sciences. 2017.
  10. ↑ "The Hindu". The Hindu. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Online News | Movie Download | Wallpaper Download | MP3 Download | Chennai HOT News: "Chandrayaan-1 victory due to team effort"". Chnonlinenews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016.
  14. ↑ "Deceased fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2017.
  15. ↑ "Chancellor". Central University of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  16. ↑ Sethuraman, Suresh. "In Memoriam: Dr. R. Krishnamurthy – Journalist-turned-Numismatist". Madras Musings. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  17. ↑ https://web-japps.ias.ac.inTemplate:Bare URL PDF

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