ANNA UNIVERSITY History

 

The statue of C. N. Annadurai at the CEG campus

Formation

• 1978:
  • The Government of Tamil Nadu established Anna University of Technology (previous name of Anna University) on 4 September 1978 through the The Perarignar Anna University of Technology Act, 1978(Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1978).
  • The new university formed with the erstwhile University of Madras's Faculty of Engineering and Technology (i.e., College of Engineering, Guindy, Alagappa College of Technology, Madras Institute of Technology and the School of Architecture and Planning of Chennai City) as nucleus of university.
  • The institutes became constituent colleges of the newly formed university. It was named after former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, C. N. Annadurai.
  • 1982: In 1982 the name Anna University was adopted, removing the words "Perarignar" and "Technology".^[4]

Restructuring

• 2001: In 2001, under the Anna University Amendment Act of 2001, AU became an affiliating university, taking under its wings almost all the engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. This included six government engineering colleges, three government-aided private institutions, and 426 self-financing colleges.^{[citation needed]}
• 2007: On 1 February 2007 as a result of a Government of Tamil Nadu decision, AU was split into six universities, namely, Anna University, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli and Anna University of Technology, Madurai.^[5] The institutes were formally created between 2007 and 2010.
• 2011: On September 14, 2011, a bill was passed to merge back the universities.^[6] However, as of February 2012, the separate universities are still operating.^[7]
• 2012: Since August 2012, all of the Anna University of Technology - University Campuses and Anna University Affiliated Anna University College are merged with Anna University Chennai. Now it is called as: