Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

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Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education
Former names	Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering (AKCE) (1984–2006)
Type	Private & Deemed University
Established	1984
Chairman	Mr. Kalasalingam
Chancellor	K. Sridharan
Vice-president	S. Shasi Anand, S. Arjun Kalasalingam
Vice-Chancellor	Nagaraj R
Location	Krishnankoil, Tamil Nadu, India; 9°34′27″N 77°40′34″E / 9.5743°N 77.6761°ECoordinates: 9°34′27″N 77°40′34″E / 9.5743°N 77.6761°E
Campus	Suburban, 320 acres (130 ha)
Colors	Blue
Affiliations	UGC, NAAC, AICTE, NBA
Website	kalasalingam.ac.in

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE), formerly Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering and Kalasalingam University, is a private deemed to be university located in Krishnankoil near Rajapalayam in Tamil Nadu, India. The campus is close to the ancient temple town of Srivilliputhur.

History[]

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education was established in 1984 by the Kalasalingam Anandam Ammal Charities.^[2] "Kalvivallal" Thiru T. Kalasalingam, veteran freedom fighter, was the founder chairman.^{[citation needed]} It was granted deemed to be university status in 2006.^[2] In November 2017, following a directive by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to drop the "University" from the name^[3]

Location[]

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education is situated at Krishnankoil, 65 km (40 mi) south of Madurai and 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Srivilliputhur, in Madurai-Shenkottah National Highway (NH208). The location is at the foothills of the Western Ghats in a rural setting of Virudhunagar District.

Courses offered[]

The Deemed to be university offers Bachelor of Technology (BTech) and Master of Technology (M.TECH.) degrees in the following fields:

Agricultural Engineering
Automobile Engineering
Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Food Engineering
Information and Communication Technology
Information Technology
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Aeronautical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

There is different approaches of getting admitted into undergraduate, postgraduate and research program of Kalasalingam university.^[4]

Central and departmental libraries[]

Extensive collection of academic volumes and titles
Popular periodicals
National and international journals
Supplementary digital resources (CD-ROMs and audio cassette equivalent)

Campus[]

The Deemed to be University sporting facilities include an athletic track, basketball courts, tennis courts and a football ground. The campus is WiFi enabled and available with a SunFire 4800 enterprise server, a SunFire T1000 server, six IBM Blade servers, four Wipro rack servers, six desktop servers (from HP and HCL), and nine TB of storage for the computing and storage needs of the faculty and students. The central server farm includes file servers, a database server, a mail server, a web server, a backup server, a proxy server, and an e-learning server.

Examination system[]

The academic year is divided into two semesters named as Even and Odd. Each semester has three internal exams and one final exam (semester exam) for all theory subjects. Generally, semester exam questions are from Anna University. Laboratory courses usually have two internal exams followed by the final exam. Most of the exams are theoretical, similar to other engineering colleges in India. It follows the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS).

Rankings[]

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education was ranked 61 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2019.^[5]

References[]

^ "Deemed University Tamil Nadu". University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education – About us". kalasalingam.ac.in. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
^ "Don't use 'university' in institute names, UGC directs deemed-to-be varsities". The Indian Express. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ "Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education Admission". CollegeSearch.in.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 2018.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Deemed University Tamil Nadu". University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[about-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education – About us". kalasalingam.ac.in. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

[3] "Don't use 'university' in institute names, UGC directs deemed-to-be varsities". The Indian Express. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[4] "Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education Admission". CollegeSearch.in.

[Rankings_NIRF_E_2019-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 2018.

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