Tamil Virtual Academy

Tamil Virtual Academy
தமிழ் இணையக் கல்விக்கழகம்
Tamil Virtual Academy
Established	17 feb 2001
Chairman	T.K.RAMACHANDRAN IAS
Director	T. Udhayachandran IAS
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nickname	TVA
Website	http://tamilvu.org

The government of Tamil Nadu established the Tamil Virtual University (TVU) on 17 February 2001 as a Society. The university provides internet-based educational resources and opportunities for the Tamil diaspora as well as for others interested in learning the Tamil language and acquiring knowledge of the history, art, literature and culture of the Tamils.

Tamil Virtual University offers certificate courses at three levels (Basic, Intermediate and Advance) and B.A. Programme in Tamil. The postgraduate Programme M.A. (Tamil) has been approved by Tamil University, Tanjore.

The Chairman of the university is T.K.RAMACHANDRAN IAS.^[1]

Digital Library

The digital library of TVU provided literature, glossaries and dictionaries. It accommodates literature starting from Sangam Era to the present day, with the following features:

Classified sections of books.
Ancient and Medieval literature, with their commentaries.
Romanized versions of Tolkappiyam, Patthuppaattu and Ettutthogai.

The library has subject-indexing and search facilities.

References

↑ http://www.tamilvu.org/coresite/html/cwchairmanen.htm

External links

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Official website

Education in Tamil Nadu

List of educational institutions by districts	Chennai Coimbatore Cuddalore Dharmapuri Erode Kanyakumari Krishnagiri Madurai Namakkal Nilgiris Perambalur Pudukkottai Salem Sivagangai Thanjavur Thoothukudi Tiruchirapalli Tirunelveli Tiruvarur Vellore Viluppuram Virudhunagar

List of public universities	Alagappa University Anna University Annamalai University Bharathiar University Bharathidasan University IIT Madras Madurai Kamaraj University Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Mother Teresa Women's University Periyar University Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Tamil Nadu Open University Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Tamil University Thiruvalluvar University University of Madras

List of deemed universities	AMET University Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Avinashilingam University Bharath University B. S. Abdur Rahman University Chennai Mathematical Institute Chettinad Academy of Research & Education Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute Gandhigram Rural Institute Kalasalingam University Karpagam University Karunya University Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research Noorul Islam University Periyar Maniammai University Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University - Coimbatore Campus Sathyabama University Saveetha University Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute SRM University Vels University Vinayaka Missions University VIT University

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