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Estd. 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929) · Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Estd. 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929)
Admissions office, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram. Mon–Sat, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm.
+91 4144 238 248Annamalai University was constituted by the Annamalai University Act, 1928, enacted as Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929. The Act establishes the university as a body corporate with perpetual succession, empowered to hold property, enter contracts and sue and be sued in its own name.
The Act defines the university's jurisdiction, its officers, the composition and powers of its Executive Council and Academic Council, and the procedure by which statutes and ordinances may be made. It also fixes the university's obligation to affiliate colleges within its territorial limits and to inspect them at least once every three years.
The Act has been amended several times since 1929. The most consequential amendments — those of 1973, 1994 and 2019 — are summarised below.
Layer 1
Passed by the Legislature. Defines the university's legal existence, officers, councils and territorial jurisdiction. Only the State can change it.
Layer 2
Made by the Executive Council under the Act. Cover service conditions of staff, the conduct of examinations, and the constitution of faculties.
Layer 3
Made by the Academic Council. Govern admission, curricula, attendance, assessment and the award of degrees and diplomas.
Year
What changed
1973
Postgraduate teaching departments brought directly under the university; the affiliation system for master's programmes discontinued.
1981
Provision for a Finance Committee and for an internal audit of all university accounts.
1994
Autonomy granted to faculties for curriculum design, subject to Academic Council approval.
2006
Reservation and fee-waiver provisions aligned with State policy; student grievance machinery made statutory.
2019
Executive Council reconstituted; term of office fixed at three years; provision added for an online examination cell.
2023
Clause added permitting the university to offer programmes in blended mode, with not more than 40 per cent delivered online.
Certified copies of the Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances are issued by the Registrar's office on written request, ordinarily within seven working days. The consolidated Act and Statutes are also published in the university's annual report, available under Downloads.
Forms, annual reports and the consolidated statutes are available in the downloads library.
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