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University in Tamil Nadu, India
Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology
, formerly
Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for Women
and
Periyar Maniammai University
(
PMU
), is a
private
deemed-to-be university
[1]
headquarters is in the town of
Vallam
in
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
, India. The campus is on 115 acres (47 ha) 45 km (28 mi) east of
Tiruchirapalli
and 10 km (6.2 mi) west of
Thanjavur
.
History
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The Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology was established in 1998 as Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for Women, named after social reformers
Periyar
and his wife
Annai E. V. R. Maniammai
. The college was originally affiliated to
Bharathidasan University
until 2001, when it was reassigned to
Anna University
. In 2007 it was awarded the
deemed-to-be-university
status and renamed as Periyar Maniammai University.
[2]
In 2010,it was listed as one of the fake universities in India. it was one of 44 institutions which were due to lose the deem university status,
[3]
which resulted in student protest and violence.
[4]
The decision was halted by the
Supreme Court
[5]
and the issue was left undecided until 2014.
[6]
In 2017, following the
University Grants Commission
's
directive to 123 institutes not to use "university" in the title of deemed universities, it was renamed Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology. It was never been ranked or got any position in the National Institutional Ranking Framework ranking by MHRD.
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Faculty and departments
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- Faculty of Architecture and Planning
- Faculty of Engineering and Technology
- Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering (FCSE)
- Faculty of Humanities, Science and Management (FHSM)
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