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| Anna University | |
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| அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகம் | |
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| Motto | Progress Through Knowledge |
| Established | 1978 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Surjit Singh Barnala (Governor of Tamil Nadu, Ex-officio) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. P. Mannar Jawahar |
| Registrar | Dr. S. Shanmugavel |
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Campus | Chennai-100 acres (400,000 m²), Coimbatore & Trichy-land yet to be acquired |
| Website | www.annauniv.edu |
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Anna University (Tamil: அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகம் ISO 15919:aṇṇā palkalaikkaḻakam) is a university in Tamil Nadu state, India, offering higher education in Engineering, Technology and Allied Sciences.
Anna University was formed on September 4, 1978 as a unitary type of university. It integrated four technical institutions in the city of Chennai (previously known as Madras), including the College of Engineering, Guindy, established in 1794, and Madras Institute of Technology, established in 1949, which offered the first engineering degrees in India.
Perarignar Anna University of Technology (PAUT) was the original name used in 1978. In 1982 the current name of Anna University was adopted, removing the words "Perarignar" and "Technology". In December 2001, it was converted into an affiliating university, with almost all engineering colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu under its fold and also absorbing all the six government engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu as its constituent colleges. In all, it brought together about 250 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu.
Since 13 February 2007 only the colleges situated in the districts of Chennai, Thiruvallur, Vellore, Kanchipuram, Thiruvannamalai and Vilupuram in Tamil Nadu have been affiliated to Anna University.
Anna University has four campuses (CEG, ACT and SAP in the main campus and MIT in Chromepet) having departments of Engineering, Technology and Applied sciences, and, under affiliation, about 108 self financing colleges and 1 Government College located in those districts.
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History
Survey School
On 17 May 1794 the Survey school was started with just eight boys in a building near Fort St. George.
- 1858 The Survey School was upgraded to Civil Engineering School
- 1859 School was renamed as Civil Engineering College with Lt. G. Winscom as the first Principal
- 1862 The Civil Engineering College was raised to the status of an Engineering College
- 1864 Graduation of first batch of B.C.E. students
- 1894 First institution in India to start a Mechanical Engineering Course
- 1920 College was shifted to its present campus in Guindy.
- 1932 First institution to introduce B.E. Electrical Engineering Degree
- 1935 Introduction of Research Degree in Engineering
Further developments and establishment of other colleges
- 1944 Establishment of Alagappa College of Technology
- 1945 First institution in India to start Telecommunication and Highway Engineering
- 1949 Establishment of Madras Institute of Technology.
- 1957 First institution to introduce Architecture and Planning
- 1963 Computer Centre was established with an IBM 1620 computer system
- 1970 Postgraduate in Applied Electronics
- 1971 Postgraduate in Aircraft Structural Mechanics
University status
- 1978 Establishment of Anna University as technological university of unitary type
- 1981 First institution in Asia to start a Postgraduate programme in Medical Physics
- 1982 Establishment of Institute of Remote Sensing
- 1983 First Institution in India to start B.E. in Printing Technology
- 1992 First Institution in India to start B.E. in Geo-Informatics
- 2007 Anna University has organised end hosted the 82nd Annual Conference on Association of Indian Universities during 26-28th, November, 2007.
- 1992 First Institution in India to start M.Tech. in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals
- 1996 First Institution to introduce Single Window System of Engineering admission.
- 2001 First Institution in India to start postgraduate programmes in Electronic Media
- 2001 Anna University becomes affiliating type technological university.
- 2004 Introduction of Distributed System of Single Window Admission to Engineering Colleges
- 2005 India’s First Community Radio Anna FM 90.4 MHz; First University to offer Interactive Satellite based Education to affiliated colleges Centre for Empowerment of Women
- 2005 Providing State level placement Services
- 2005 Providing Group Health Insurance facilities to all the students
- 2005 Providing professional, communication and soft skill training to all 11w engineering students
- 2006 First Institution in India to start B.E in Material Science and Engineering First Institution in India to start BE in Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering
- 2006 First Institution in India to start ME. in Integrated Water Resources Management exclusively for women
- 2006 Only the colleges situated in the districts of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Vellore, Thiruvannamalal and Villupuram in Tamil NadLi Slidi’ have been affiliated to Anna University Chennai.
- 2007 Dr D. Viswanathan, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University Chennai was given the International Socrates Award by Europe Business Association, Oxford
- 2008 Anna university has introduced Bio medical engineering test
- 2009 ANUSat an indigenous developed micro satellite of Anna University, was launched into orbit.
Student numbers
Anna University, Chennai turns out over 65,000 engineering graduates every year. The university has over 3,800 Ph.D. scholars registered in its various departments of the university and in affiliated engineering colleges in the state and approved R&D organizations.
Anna University, Chennai has conducted university examinations with the assistance of 10 zonal centers since 2002. About 2,550,000 undergraduate students and 35,000 postgraduate students register for semester examinations and the examinations are conducted for 31 undergraduate and 70 postgraduate programmes involving 3,000 subjects. Nearly 2 million answer scripts are evaluated in 10 zonal centers by 8,000 examiners.
TV station
ISRO has permitted Anna University to start a separate TV channel by providing required equipment. The university has established Tamil Nadu’s first Interactive Satellite Terminal under the Ku Band of EDUSAT and identified as one of the channel partners in the Southern region for EDUSAI Live interactive Audio-Video lecture programmes are transmitted through Ku Band and it helps to conduct free examinations in all its affiliated colleges.
Achievements
A Research Center for Nanosciences and Technology has been established by the University. The Government of Tamil Nadu has provided Rs.50.00 lakhs as seed money to establish clean room facility for developing semi-conductor devices.[citation needed]
Anna University Chennai, in collaboration with the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) has planned to design core engineering modules which are attractive in the job market.
Anna University Chennai has created a “Centre for Distance Education” to conduct MCA, MBAand M.Sc. Computer related courses under Distance Education Mode. The IT Companies namely TCS., Infosys, L&T and HCL have agreed to have a common aptitude test that would rank students on the skill sets required for the industry.
The university has proposed to establish a state-of-the-art building in the proposed CT Park in the Guindy Campus and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC),and has agreed to provide infrastructure for its R&D training research centre. HP announced that the university has been awarded a "Technology for teaching” Grant of US $70,000. This grant will be used to establish a Centre for M-learning with the support of HP to engage the faculty to promote the use of mobile and wireless technologies.
A Digital Knowledge Centre has been inaugurated in the University Library. The Library was upgraded by establishing the infrastructure facilities for Digital Library with the assistance of the student of CEG -79 batches.
Anna University Chennai conducted a series of “Training the Trainer” Programmes in collaboration with ELCOT and software companies such as Infosys, Wipro, CTS , TCS and Scope International under the scheme of “Enhancing the Employability of Students” from the Affiliated Colleges of Anna University Chennai. The objective of this programme was to train teachers to impart communication and soft skills to students more effectively. Nearly 250 teachers were benefited from this programme.
Anna University Chennai introduced Medical Insurance Scheme to provide health care to all the students and employees of the University. Nearly 6000 students and 1500 staff members are being benefited through this scheme.
Anna University Chennai is establishing tie-ups with Universities and organizations abroad in order to promote research in technical Education. More than 108 National and 69 International Memorandum of Understanding have been signed so far.
The UGC has conveyed its approval for the upgradation of DRS programme in Dept of CSE to the level of DSA (Phase I) for a duration of 5 years, with the financial assistance of Rs.75.00 lakhs.
The USC has sanctioned Rs.20 lakhs each to three DSA Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering and four DRS Departments of Chemistry, Computer Science Engineering, Biotechnology and Geology for strengthening of infrastructure facilities.
The USC has conveyed its approval for the upgradation of DSA (Phase Ill) programme in the DEEE to the level of centre for Advanced studies (CAS) for duration of5 years with the financial assistance of Rs.75.00 lakhs for implementing the programme.
The USC has conveyed its approval for the continuation of the programme at tho level of DRS (Phase II) for a period of 5 years with financial assistance of Rs.46.50 lakhs for the Department of Geology.
Ranking
It is also ranked tenth (10) by the Outlook India magazine for the year 2007 in the top 50 government engineering colleges in India.
Campus
The University's main campus is situated in the southern part of Chennai and extends over 100 acres (400,000 m²) adjoining the Adyar River and the Raj Bhavan. It contains the College of Engineering,the Alagappa College of Technology, and the School of Architecture and Planning. The campus also houses three technical departments of the University of Madras. The Madras Institute Of Technology at Chromepet constitutes the second campus and extends over 200,000 m². The third campus of the University is located at Taramani near the Instronic campus, Adyar.
Constituent colleges
In 1978 the following colleges/schools were taken over by the university as its constituent colleges
- College of Engineering, Guindy
- Alagappa College of Technology
- Madras Institute of Technology
- School of Architecture and Planning
In Jan 2001 the following 6 government engineering colleges were also taken over by the university as its constituent colleges
- Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
- Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi
- Government College of Engineering, Salem
- Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli
- Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology Vellore
- Government College of Engineering, Bargurbhinmal
A recent Bill (2007) for taking over these 6 constituent colleges back again as government colleges is pending approval.
Aided and affiliated colleges
The Anna University Amendment Act of 2001 brought almost all Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu under the University. This includes 6 Government Engineering colleges, 3 government-aided private institutions, and 225 Self-Financing Colleges.
Alumni
- Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India and a notable scientist
- Sujatha Rangarajan, a famous Tamil writer
- Raj Reddy, A. M. Turing Award laureate
- Akkineni Nagarjuna, movie actor
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth, cricketer
- Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricketer
- Upendra J. Chivukula, politician in the United States
- Raghav, film music director
- Vineeth Srinivasan, singer
- Crazy Mohan, comedy actor and writer
Quadfurcation of Anna University
Anna University have been split as Anna University Chennai, Anna University Trichy and Anna University Coimbatore from January 2007. In the view to improve the quality of education in southern part of Tamil Nadu, the government of Tamil Nadu has announced to form one more Anna University at Tirunelveli from March 2007 Refer item no. 51 in [1]. [2], [3]. While Prof. P. Mannar Jawahar continues as the vice Chancellor but with limited jurisdiction of Engineering colleges around Chennai only, separate Vice chancellors named below have been appointed for each of the 3 new Universities. Dr.R.Radhakrishnan-VC, Anna University Coimbatore Dr.V.Ramachandran-VC Anna University Trichy Dr. S. Kaliappan-VC Anna University Tirunelveli.
Dr. S. Kaliappan was a Professor and Director in Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS), Anna University, Chennai before being appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the newly formed Anna University Tirunelveli.
Currently Anna University Tirunelveli is operating from Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli Campus. University has proposed to introduce new B. E. programs in the ensuing academic year 2008-09 [4].
Miscellaneous
- Perarignar Anna University of Technology (PAUT) was the name used from 1978 through 1982. In 1982 the current name of Anna University was coined primarily removing the prefix "Perarignar".
- Anna University Chennai, has been granted 5 STAR status by the National Accreditation Committee.[citation needed]
- College of Engineering, Guindy, constituent college of Anna university, is ranked 8th among top engineering colleges in India, only next to the seven IITs.[1][2]
- Anna University Chennai has bipartite service tie-ups with institutes like CLRI, Coastal Carolina University, Beach University of Southern Florida, Ansal Institute of Technology, NOIDA and Amity Business School, Ghaziabad etc, to improve their educational structure as well its own.
- Cypress Semiconductor and Anna University Chennai in India have agreed to set up a joint PSoC programmable system-on-chip laboratory. The PSoC lab will be a platform for providing technical training, development of intellectual property and embedded systems in the vibrant and growing embedded system design community in India.[3]
Recent events
Cancellation of entrance exams
In June 2005 the Government of Tamil Nadu decided to discontinue the TNPCEE, an entrance examination for professional courses in all engineering and medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, that is held annually by Anna University, and to base admissions into professional courses solely based on the Higher Secondary school examinations. This order was challenged in the court. The court decided to go with the TNPCEE model for admission. So, for the year 2006, the admission process will be very similar to previous year. Then in 2007 the entrance exams were finally done with and the Higher Secondary School Exams became the sole crietrion.
College of Engineering, Guindy has successfully tied up with the Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) to help its research and also collaborate to establish an exclusive research building.
See also
External links
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