Madurai Kamaraj University

Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) is a public university in Madurai city in southern Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1966 and has about 130,000 students in 18 schools comprising 72 departments and 109 affiliated colleges.

Madurai Kamaraj University
Motto"To Seek Truth Is Knowledge"
TypePublic
Established1966
ChancellorGovernor of Tamil Nadu
Vice-ChancellorDr M.Krishnan
Location
Madurai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India
CampusUrban
Websitewww.mkuuniversity.org
www.mkudde.org

History

Madurai Kamaraj University was inaugurated on 6 February 1966, based on the extension centre of the University of Madras, at Madurai. In 1968, the foundation stone for a new campus was laid by Zakir Hussain, the then President of India. The Directorate of Distance Education of the university was established in 1971.

In 1978, the name was changed to Madurai Kamaraj University to honour K. Kamaraj, former Chief Minister of Madras State.[1]

Campus

The Madurai Kamaraj University campus is located at Palkalai Nagar in the Madurai to Theni High road. The university campus is located 13 km away from the Periyar Bus-stand and Railway station, 18 km away from the Integrated Bus-stand Mattuthavani. Buses are frequently available from Periyar Bus-stand.

Hostel

The university campus has five hostels for men and three hostels for women which accommodates post graduate students, M.Phil Students and Research Scholars. There are separate residential quarters available for married research scholars and post doctoral fellows.

Vice Chancellors
Sl. No.NamePeriod of Service
1T. P. Meenakshisundaram01.02.1966 to 18.01.1971
2Mu. Varadarajan (Dr. Mu.Va)01.02.1971 to 10.10.1974
3S. V. Chittibabu24.02.1975 to 23.02.1978
4V. C. Kulandaiswamy31.03.1978 to 02.03.1979
5V. Sp. Manickam17.08.1979 to 30.06.1982
6J. Ramachandran29.08.1982 to 28.08.1985
7S. Krishnaswamy04.10.1985 to 20.11.1988
8M. Lakshmanan20.01.1989 to 19.01.1992
9M. D. K. Kuthalingam20.01.1992 to 19.01.1995
10K. Aludiapillai19.05.1995 to 18.05.1998
11M. Salihu24.07.1998 to 23.07.2001
12P. K. Ponnuswamy01.02.2002 to 31.01.2005
13P. Maruthamuthu07.03.2005 to 06.03.2008
14R. Karpaga Kumaravel20.04.2008 to 19.04.2011
15Kalyani Mathivanan09.04.2012 to 08.04.2015
16P. P. Chellathurai27.05.2017 to June 14, 2018
17Prof Dr. M. Krishnan02.01.2019 to

Rankings
University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[2]84
NIRF (Universities) (2020)[3]60

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Madurai Kamaraj University 84th overall in India[2] and 60th among universities[3] in 2020.

See also

References
  1. "Welcome to the official website of MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY". mkuniversity.org. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  3. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.

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