Thiruvalluvar University

Thiruvalluvar University

Motto in English	Lead them to lead
Type	State
Established	2002;23 years ago (2002)
Chancellor	Governor of Tamil Nadu
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. T. Arumugam [1]
Location	Vellore, Tamil Nadu , India 13°01′46″N79°12′36″E / 13.02944°N 79.21000°E / 13.02944; 79.21000
Campus	Urban, 112 acres (0.45 km2)
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.tvu.edu.in

Thiruvalluvar University is a public state university in the city of Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu, under the Thiruvalluvar University Act, 2002 (Tamil Nadu Act 32 of 2002). The university was named after the Tamil poet and sage Thiruvalluvar.

It began functioning as the 'Post Graduate Extension Centre of University of Madras', at the Fort Campus, Vellore. After bifurcation from the University of Madras, Thiruvalluvar University moved to a new campus at Serkadu, Vellore. ^[2]  The university affiliates Arts and Science colleges under the area comprising the districts of  Ranipet, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore.

Campus

University campus is spread over an area of 112 acres at Serkadu about 16 km from the Vellore city on NH-4. ^{[3] [4]} The campus was inaugurated by Karunanidhi on 27 November 2010. It was constructed at a cost of ₹ 203.5 million.

The campus has an administrative block, academic and computer science blocks, and a library. ^[5]

Administration

• Chancellor  : R.N.Ravi, Governor of Tamil Nadu
• Pro-Chancellor  : K. Ponmudi, Minister for Higher Education of Tamil Nadu
• Vice-Chancellor : Prof.Dr.T.Arumugam

Departments

University has following departments which offer several courses. ^[6]

• Department of Economics
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Tamil
• Department of English
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Physics
• Department of Commerce

Course offered

Courses offered at the university are ^{[7] [8]}

Biotechnology

• M.Sc. (Biotechnology)
• Ph.D. (Biotechnology)

Chemistry

• M.Sc. (Chemistry)
• Ph.D (Chemistry)

Zoology

• M.Sc. (Zoology)
• Ph.D. (Zoology)

Mathematics

• M.Sc. (Mathematics)
• Ph.D. (Mathematics)

Economics

• M.A. (Economics)
• Ph.D.(Economics)

Tamil

• M.A. (Tamil)
• Ph.D (Tamil)

English

• M.A. (English)
• Ph.D.(English)

Computer Science

• M.Sc. (C.S)
• Ph.D (C.S)

References

1. Sujatha, R. (17 August 2022). "Vice-Chancellors appointed to three varsities". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
2. "Thiruvalluvar University building inauguration on November 27". The Hindu . 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012.
3. "112 acres allotted for Thiruvalluvar University". The Hindu . 20 December 2007.
4. "Bhoomi Puja for Thiruvalluvar University building today". The Hindu . 4 June 2009.
5. "Karunanidhi renames Officers' Line in Vellore Anna Salai & Inaugurates Thiruvalluvar University Campus, Vellore". The Hindu . 20 December 2007.
6. "Departments at the University" (PDF). Thiruvallauvar University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2014.
7. "Thiruvalluvar University Opens PG Course Admission". Education oneindia.
8. "Biotechnology courses offered". Thiruvallauvar University.