Madurai Kamaraj University

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Madurai Kamaraj University
Motto	"To Seek Truth Is Knowledge"
Type	Public
Established	1966
Chancellor	Governor of Tamil Nadu
Vice-Chancellor	Dr M.Krishnan
Location	Madurai , Tamil Nadu , India
Campus	Urban
Website	www.mkuuniversity.org www.mkudde.org

Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) is a public state university located in Madurai city in southern Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1966.

History[]

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

Vice Chancellors[]

Sl. No.	Name	Period of Service
1	T. P. Meenakshisundaram	01.02.1966 to 18.01.1971
2	Mu. Varadarajan (Dr. Mu.Va)	01.02.1971 to 10.10.1974
3		24.02.1975 to 23.02.1978
4	V. C. Kulandaiswamy	31.03.1978 to 02.03.1979
5		17.08.1979 to 30.06.1982
6		29.08.1982 to 28.08.1985
7	S. Krishnaswamy	04.10.1985 to 20.11.1988
8		20.01.1989 to 19.01.1992
9		20.01.1992 to 19.01.1995
10		19.05.1995 to 18.05.1998
11		24.07.1998 to 23.07.2001
12		01.02.2002 to 31.01.2005
13		07.03.2005 to 06.03.2008
14		20.04.2008 to 19.04.2011
15		09.04.2012 to 08.04.2015
16		27.05.2017 to June 14, 2018
17		02.01.2019 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.

References[]

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

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