Alagappa University , Leading university study centres in Coimbatore, Trichy, Vellore, Kancheepuram, Tuticorin and Pondicherry offers Under Graduate, Post Graduate and M.Phil. Programmes in the disciplines of management, computer applications

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Alagappa University found in 1985 as emerged from the galaxy of institutions initially founded by the munificent and multifaceted personality, Dr. R.M.Alagappa Chettiyar in his home town at Karaikudi and is groomed to prominence as yet another academic constellation in Tamil Nadu. It is located in sprawling and ideally suited expanse of about 420 acres in Karaikudi.
The Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) was established in the University in 1992. In the year 2001, DDE was revived with the initiatives of the foresighted Honorable Vice Chancellor Dr.A.Ramasamy and expanded itself to new frontiers by the persevering efforts of Professor. Dr.S.Sudalaimuthu, then Director and the present Syndicate Member of the University.
The University has had the unique fortune of having a succession of eminent Vice-Chancellors to guide its destiny. The Present Vice-Chancellor Dr.P.Ramasamy is a renowned academician, and an able administrator. Under his leadership the University is witnessing a spectacular growth in teaching, research and extension activities.

The Directorate Distance Education was established in 1992 at Alagappa University and from 2001 onwards the development has been steep and the image of the University transcending to new boundaries and levels. The just 50+ Courses in various disciplines, the University has been entrusted by more than 1,00,000 students and consistently has been the trust of 30000+ every year.
Many programmes are innovative, job oriented and the methodology inculcates skills and knowledge to enhance employability. The centres established countrywide and across-border, function as the extended arms of the University to serve the students with various student support services effectively under the able guidance and righteous control of the DDE.