Alagappa University
One of the widely reputed and fast progressing universities of Tamil Nadu, is the visionary Alagappa University, located at Karaikkudi town of the Sivaganga district. Accredited and approved by UGC and NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council), this State university is at present both educational and affiliating university, about 30 colleges and institutions established in the Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram being affiliated to this. Founded in 1985 under an special Act of the State Government of Tamil Nadu, this alagappa university provides superlative and cutting-edge education through the modes of regular, distance learning, week-end, and collaborative, to over one lakh students and scholars residing in India and many countries abroad. The campus of this ambitious university is spread over an extensive and lush green area of over 440 acres, and is well-equipped with all necessary academic and educational and research amenities and facilities, for the purposes of fostering innovative research, proper and cutting-edge educational and professional development, and efficient and prolific dissemination of creative knowledge. As very active and reputed member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and the Association of Common Wealth Universities (ACU), alagappa university maintains collaborative and harmonious rapport with many academic institutions, universities, and research laboratories of India and abroad (China, Malaysia, West Indies, U.S.A. and South Korea).
This one of the highly reputed and top universities in tamil nadu, is also famous nationwide and internationally, for its rich gamut of distance learning courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Directorate of Distance education (DDE) of the alagappa university was established in the year 1992, to provide superlative education to students residing in remote areas and the working students and professionals. The fields of subjects covered by the distance learning courses of this alagappa university india, are Management, Computer Applications, Arts, Science, Information Technology, Education, and Languages. The main foreign countries benefited by its distance education courses are Singapore, Malaysia, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, and Sri Lanka.
The faculty departments, schools, and study centers of this opulent alagappa university tamil nadu, are the following at present:
- Faculty of Arts - It contains the Departments of Tamil; Women's Studies; English and Foreign Languages; Economics and Rural Development; Library and Information Science; and Centre for Fine Arts.
- Faculty of Science - It contains in the Departments of Mathematics; Physics; Industrial Chemistry; Computer Science and Engineering; Biotechnology; Oceanography & Coastal Area Studies; Bioelectronics and Biosensors; Bioinformatics; Animal Health and Management; Nano-Science and Technology; Energy Science; and Computer Centre.
- Faculty of Management - It consists of the Departments of International Business & Commerce; Corporate Secretaryship; Bank Management; and Alagappa Institute of Management.
- Faculty of Education - The constituent Departments of this faculty are Education; Lifelong Learning; Physical Education and Health Sciences; and Colleges of Education and Physical Education.
- Central Library
- Centre for Gandhian Studies
- Centre for Nehru Studies
- Directorate of Distance Education (DDE)
The most of the above-mentioned departments and centers of this alagappa university india, conduct the postgraduate and doctoral courses in the concerned subjects or fields. The facilities for students and scholars available within the campus of this alagappa university karaikkudi are lavish and well-equipped Cells and Clubs, NSS, Health Care Center, Hostel Facility, General Facilities, Workshop cum Instrumentation Center, Cultural Activities, Consultancy Services, LCTL, Centre for Adult Continuing Education and Extension, and so on. For getting more or specific information about the courses of this university, please visit its website: www.alagappauniversity.ac.in.