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Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology

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Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology

Former names	Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for Women Periyar Maniammai Universitry
Motto	Think Innovate and Transform
Type	Private
Established	1988
Accreditation	UGC
Chancellor	K. Veeramani
Vice-Chancellor	S. Velusami
Location	Vallam, Thanjavur District , Tamil Nadu , India
Campus	Rural, 115 acres (47 ha)
Website	www.pmu.edu

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 VallaminThanjavur, 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[edit]

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.^{[clarification needed][7][8]}

Faculty and departments[edit]

• Faculty of Architecture and Planning
  • Department of Architecture
• Faculty of Engineering and Technology
  • Department of Aerospace Engineering
  • Department of Biotechnology
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering (FCSE)
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Department of Information Technology
  • Department of Computer Science and Applications
  • Department of Software Engineering
• Faculty of Humanities, Science and Management (FHSM)
  • Commerce
  • Chemistry
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Management Studies
  • Education
  • Physical Education

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External links[edit]

• Official website

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