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Madurai Kamaraj University

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Type
  
Public

Vice-Chancellor
  
Kalyani

Phone
  
0452 245 8471

Established
  
1966

Campus
  
Urban

Founded
  
1965

Chancellor
  
Governor of Tamil Nadu (Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao)

Location
  
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Address
  
Palkalai Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625021

Motto
  
"To Seek Truth is Knowledge"

Notable alumni
  
Shankar Narayanan, Narayanan Krishnan, Chimbu Deven, T N Seshagopalan, A R Venkatachalapathy

Similar
  
Alagappa University, Bharathidasan University, Annamalai University, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, University of Madras

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(Madurai Kamaraj University) (MKU) is a public university in India located 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.

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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 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.

References

Madurai Kamaraj University Wikipedia