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Encyclopedia > Gandhigram Rural Institute

Gandhigram Rural Institue is situated around 10km from Dindigul, around 65 from Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Its surrounded by the Sirumalai hills of the Kodai mountain ranges.


Birth of Gandhigram

During the late forties, when Mahatma Gandhi was going around the country mobilising people to fight against the British, he got down at a spot near the sirumalai hills, and rested for a while, and Gandhigram was "born".


GRI was the child of T. S. Soundaram and G. Ramachandran. It is a Deemed University and boasts of courses in a variety of subjects and areas. The admission is through a nation wide entrance exam, and there is a 50% reservation for backward classes.


Gandhigram offers courses (Bachelors and Masters) in:

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Gandhigram is around 10 km from Dindigul which is the nearest District Headquarters. Dindigul is also the nearest major railway station. The nearest airport is Madurai, about 60 km away. Chinnalapatti is another busy village that is nearby, around 3 km away. Chinnalapatti is known for its weaving industry.


External links

  • Gandhigram Rural Institute (http://www.ruraluniv.org/)

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Gandhigram Rural Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (176 words)
Gandhigram Rural Institue is situated around 10km from Dindigul, around 65 from Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India.
During the late forties, when Mahatma Gandhi was going around the country mobilising people to fight against the British, he got down at a spot near the sirumalai hills, and rested for a while, and Gandhigram was "born".
Gandhigram is around 10 km from Dindigul which is the nearest District Headquarters.
The Hindu : Education Plus Madurai : With ambitious plans (567 words)
GANDHIGRAM RURAL Institute, one of the premier rural institutes to provide teaching and training, was started with an objective of fostering a class and casteless society.
The Gandhigram Rural Institute was established on its campus in 1956, under the National Council for Rural Higher Education, Union Ministry of Education.
A speciality of the institute is the village placement programmes under which students and the faculty visit villages periodically and study problems of villagers and recommend solutions.
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