1929
University Grants Commission (UGC), Medical Council of India (MCI)
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WELCOME
TO ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
In
the early 1920s, to serve the downtrodden and to promote Tamil Literature,
Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar founded Sri Minakshi College, Sri
Minakshi Tamil College and Sri Minakshi Sanskrit College in a rural setup at Chidambaram.
In 1928, Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar agreed with the local Government
to handover the above said institution for establishing a University. Thus, on
01.01.1929 Annamalai University was established as per Annamalai University Act
1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929).
Annamalai
University Act 2013
The most significant development is the enactment of the Annamalai University
Act, 2013 (Tamil Nadu Act 20 of 2013), which has come into force from September
25, 2013, after obtaining the assent of His Excellency, the President of India.
Accolades
Annamalai University, accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC in 2014, is
one of India’s largest public residential universities with 10 Faculties and 49
departments of study. Sprawling over 950 Acres of land, the University does
yeoman service in taking education to the doorsteps of the people who are
otherwise far from access to centres of higher learning. The University has
initiated several innovative teaching programmes over the years and has been a
pioneer in distance education.
“The NIRF-2020” by
the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has ranked the University in
the band 101 - 150 in the University Category. In the Pharmacy Category the
ranking is 12th in India. In the Medical Category the ranking is 35th.
“The Times
Higher Education World University Ranking - 2020” has ranked Annamalai
University in 1000+ for Overall category. In the Subject category Ranking,
2020, the University is ranked in the band of 501-600 for Life Sciences and
600+ for Pre-clinical, clinical & Health Subjects. 800+ in the Physical
Sciences and Engineering subject.
“The
QS World University Ranking - 2020” has ranked Annamalai University
in the band of 291 - 300 in Asia Ranking and 39 in India Ranking.
"The CWTS
Leiden Ranking 2019", on scientific impact of universities and on
universities' involvement in scientific collaboration & scientific
performance, has ranked the University at 23rd based on the number of
publications and 7th based on the proportion of publications that, compared
with other publications in the same field and in the same year, belong to the
top 10% most frequently cited.
“The SCImago
Institutional Ranking” (2019) has ranked 9th in Tamil Nadu and 29th among
the top 212 ranked institutions for Higher Education in India.
International
Comparative Performance of India's Research Base (2009-14), a report published
by Elsevier in April, 2016, prepared in collaboration with the Department of
Science and Technology, Ministry of Science, Government of India has rated the
University as the top Indian Institute in Pharmacology, 17th among the top 30
Indian Universities in Publications with highest subject area Publication Count
in Pharmacology.
As
far as the Global Exposure, Indian Science Ascending, a Springer Nature report,
done in conjunction with Confederation of Indian Industries, has ranked the
University as 11th among the top 20 Indian Institutions in International
Collaborations.
The
University has participated in the Southern (Antarctic) Ocean Expeditions (SOE)
organized by National Centre for Antarctic Ocean Research 2011 - 12 onwards.
Research
& Partnership
Annamalai University has a commendable track record in projects and
publications and has been awarded the PURSE Programme by the Department of
Science and Technology. Ten departments are supported by UGC-SAP, Ten by
DST-FIST and two departments have attained the status of Centre of Advanced
Study. Annamalai University has joint research and innovation partnerships with
24 institutions across the USA, Europe, Australia, Japan, and the UK. The list
of partners includes prestigious institutes like Karolinska Institute, John
Hopkins University, and University of Michigan amongst others.
Two of the
most notable international collaborations in which Annamalai University is the
Co-ordinating Institute include the Indo- EU FUNCFOOD Project and the 21st
Century Indo-US Knowledge Initiative. There are several ongoing research
projects with international foundations and industrial players like Bayer,
CavinKare, Dow Agrosciences, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, HCL, L&T,
Accenture, and Huawei.
MoUs
& Patents
To its credit, The University has obtained 15 Patents and has 40 MoUs
with research partners like FAO, IRRI and USDA.
Institutional
Social Responsibility Activities
The ISR activities of the University include, Hospital on Wheels, Free Medical
and Dental Camps in Villages, Lifestyle & Hygiene Awareness, Rural &
Urban Health Centres through the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry which is
attached with a 1400 bedded hospital. The Faculty of Agriculture carries out
extension activities like Agripreneurship Development Programme, Sustainable
Livelihood Projects for Tsunami affected people and Training Farmers in
Integrated Farming.
