DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
Affiliation with the Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu.
Annamalai University
The Annamalai University was founded in the year 1929 by the munificence and single-minded devotion of the far-sighted and noble-hearted philanthropist and patron of letters, the Hon’ble Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad, Kt., LL.D., D.Litt. Since then, during these seventy-nine years, the Annamalai University has grown into a premier, unitary, residential institution of higher learning and research.
The University today is spread over an extensive campus of about one thousand acres and has the Faculties of Arts, Science, Indian Languages, Engineering and Technology, Education, Fine Arts, Agriculture, Medicine and Dentistry and, in all, they comprise 49 Departments of Study.
Dr. Rajah Sir M.A. Muthiah Chettiar of Chettinad, Kt., B.A., D.Litt., the Founder Pro-Chancellor from 1948 to 1984 assiduously nurtured the growth and development of the University and devoted his life to realize the aims of his noble father Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar.
Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy, B.A., D.Litt., D.Sc., the present Founder Pro-Chancellor, the distinguished son of Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, is a philanthropist and patron of sports, and has fulfilled the dreams of his illustrious father by building up the Rajah Muthiah Institute of Health Sciences. Under his dynamic leadership, the University has become one of the frontline universities in India.
The University has had the unique good fortune of having a succession of eminent Vice-Chancellors to guide its destiny. The University is all set to grow from strength to strength under the stewardship of the present Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. M. Ramanathan, who is a reputed surgeon, conscientious educationist, an able administrator and an ardent promoter of social activities. His perceptive understanding of the expanding horizon of distance education in the country and his encouragement to the Directorate of Distance Education are highly appreciated by educationists.
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
CHANCELLOR
His Excellency Sri Surjit Singh BArnala
Governor of Tamil Nadu
PAST FOUNDER PRO-CHANCELLORS
Dr. Rajah Sir ANNAMALAI CHETTIAR OF CHETTINAD,KT., LL.D., D.Litt.
Dr. Rajah Sir M.A. MUTHIAH CHETTIAR,KT., B.A., D.Litt.
PRESENT FOUNDER PRO-CHANCELLOR
Dr. M.A.M. RAMASWAMY, B.A., D.Litt., D.Sc. M.P. (Rajya Sabha)
VICE-CHANCELLOR
Prof. Dr. M. RAMANATHAN, M.S. (G.S.)
REGISTRAR
Dr. M. RATHINASABAPATHI
B.E., M.Sc. (Engg.), Ph.D., MISTE.
DIRECTOR
Dr. S.B. NAGESWARA RAO, Ph.D.
MOU signing between Annamalai University and Sugam Karnatica.
From left: DR. A.K. PALANIVEL (Dean of Faculty of Fine Arts), SUJIETRA (Executive Director of Sugam Karnatica), Prof. Dr. M. RAMANATHAN (Vice-Chancellor), Dr. M. RATHINASABAPATHI (Registrar), Dr. S.B. NAGESWARA RAO (Director for Directorate of Distance Education)