University of Madras
Motto:	"Learning Promotes (One's) Natural (Innate) Talent"
Established	1857
Type:	Public
Endowment:	US$50 million
Faculty:	300
Undergraduates:	3000
Postgraduates:	5000
Location	Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Campus:	Urban
Colors:	Cardinal
Mascot:	Lion
Affiliations:	UGC
Website:	www.unom.ac.in

The University of Madras is one of the three oldest universities in India (along with University of Mumbai and University of Calcutta). The University of Madras, organized on the model of London University, was incorporated on 5 September 1857 by an Act of the Legislative Council of India. The university is situated in the southern city of Chennai (formerly known as Madras). It has four campuses in the city - Chepauk, Marina, Guindy and Taramani. More than 50 Departments offer a range of specialisation subjects. Image File history File links MUlogo. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... , Madras redirects here. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... The city of San Luis Obispo, an example of an urban area. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... For other uses, see Lion (disambiguation). ... The University Grants Commission of India is a central government body that provides funds for government-recognised universities. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... The University of Mumbai (मुंबई विद्यापीठ)(formerly University of Bombay) is a university situated in Maharashtra state of India. ... Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) (Bengali: কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), located in the city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta), India, is the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administration offices and its library The University of London, founded in 1836, is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Council of India was the advisory council to the Governor-General of India during the years of British administration. ... , Madras redirects here. ... Chepauk is a locality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. ... The Marina Beach is a beach situated along a 12 km shoreline in the city of Chennai, India. ... Guindy is a location in Chennai, India Categories: India geography stubs | Chennai ... Taramani is a suburb of the south Indian city of Chennai. ...

In 2004, all engineering courses of the University were shifted to Anna University. The University provides affiliation to several colleges for various courses ranging from BSc to M.B.A.. The various departments of the University also conduct research in addition to teaching. There are nearly 43 external research institutes in addition to centres of excellence within the University. The university has been granted the 5 star status, the highest grade by the NAAC of University Grants Commission. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... BSC is an abbreviation for: Bachelor of Science (usually written BSc), an academic science degree Base Station Controller, a subsystem in a GSM mobile phone network Binary symmetric channel in coding theory Binary Synchronous Communications, a data link protocol developed by IBM in the 1960s In medical literature: best supportive... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... University Grants Commission can refer to: The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh The University Grants Commission of India The University Grants Commission of Pakistan The University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka The similar term University Grants Committee is or has been in the past used in some other Commonwealth countries. ...

History

The first ever demand for higher education in Madras Presidency was voiced forth in a public address to The Right Honourable Lord John Elphinstone G.C.H., Governor of Madras signed by 70,000 native inhabitants when the Governor in Council was contemplating "some effective and liberal measures for the establishment of an improved system of national education." This public petition, which was presented by the then Advocate General Mr. George Norton on 11.11.1839, pressed the need for an English College in the city of Madras. Pursuant to this, Lord Elphinstone evolved a plan for the establishment of a Central Collegiate Institution or a ‘University.’ This University had twin Departments (1) High School for the cultivation of English literature, regional language, philosophy and science, (2) College providing instruction in the higher branches of literature, philosophy and science. Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The University Board was constituted in January 1840 with Mr. George Norton as its President. This was the precursor of the present Presidency College, Chennai. However, a systematic educational policy for India was only formulated 14 years later by the historic dispatch of 1854 (Sir Charles Wood’s Education Dispatch), which pointed out the rationale for "creating a properly articulated system of education from the primary school to the University." The Dispatch recommended the establishment in the Universities of Professorships "for the purposes of the delivery of lectures in various branches of learning including vernacular as well as classical languages." As a sequel, the University of Madras, organized on the model of London University, was incorporated on 5 September 1857 by an Act of the Legislative Council of India. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Presidency College could refer to the following Indian institutions: Presidency College, Chennai Presidency College, Kolkata Category: ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The University of Madras progressed and expanded throughout the nineteenth century to span the whole of South India and subsequently gave birth to and nourished universities like Mysore University (1916), Osmania University (1918), Andhra University (1926), Annamalai University (1929), Travancore University (1937) presently Kerala University, Sri Venkateswara University (1954), Madurai Kamaraj University (1966), Bharathidasan University (1982), Bharathiar University (1982), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (1971), Anna University (1978), Tamil University (1981), Mother Teresa University (1984), the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (1989), Tamil Nadu Veterinary Sciences University (1990), Periyar University (1997) and the Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University (1997). Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The geographical south of India includes all Indian territory below the 20th parallel. ... st. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Osmania University (also known as OU in short) is a public university situated in the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Andhra University (Telugu - ఆంధ్రా యూనివర్శిటి) is located in Visakhapatnam, North East Coastal Andhra Pradesh. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Annamalai University is a STATE UNIVERSITY in Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati was established in 1954, in the famous temple town of Tirupati, South India, under the auspices of Late Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, and with support of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Madurai Kamaraj University, located in Madurai town (in southern Tamil Nadu, India) established in 1966, has 18 Schools comprising 72 Departments. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Bharathidasan University is a university in the city of Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu state, India. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Bharathiar University is a postgraduate university in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in South India. ... The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) came into being on June 1, 1971. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The Tamil language, in the south of India is known for its antiquity, its richness of vocabulary and its great classical literature. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is the only Government Medical University in Tamil Nadu capable of granting affiliation to new medical and paramedical colleges, government or self - financing; and awarding degrees. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Periyar University was established on September 17, 1997 on the 119th birth anniversary of E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker better known as Periyar by the Tamil Nadu government. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council has conferred the "Five star Status" to the University of Madras. The University of Madras has been given the status of "University with Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

The description of the Coat of Arms of the University of Madras as designed in 1857 and now being followed is as follows: A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

"Argent (silver or white) on a Mount issuant from the basement a Tiger passant proper (walking and coloured naturally), on a Chief Sable (black across the top), a Pale Or (a gold or yellow vertical strip down the centre 1/3 of the top or chief), thereon, between two Elephants heads couped of the field, a lotus flower leaved and slipped of the third, together with this motto Doctrina Vim Promovet Insitam".

The coat of arms are shown in the following tints. `the base Vert’ - a light green Tiger - yellow on white ground Elephants - grey on black ground Lotus - white flower, olive green leaves, on gold ground Motto Scroll - edger red, black lettering

The English translation of the motto of the University of Madras is: "Learning promotes (one’s) natural (innate) talent."

Honorary Doctorate conferred on Dr.MGR

In 1912 endowments were made to the University to establish departments of Indian History, Archaeology, Comparative Philology and Indian Economics. In all there were 17 University departments, 30 University teachers, 69 research scholars and 127 University publications in that year and the budget was for Rs.11 lakhs. Later, the research and teaching functions of the University were encouraged by Sadler Commission and the gains of the University were consolidated by the enactment of Madras University Act of 1923. About this time, the territorial ambit of the Madras University encompassed from Berhampur of Orissa in the North, Trivandrum of Kerala in the South West, Bangalore and Mangalore of Karnataka in the West and Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh in the North. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2016x1512, 2050 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2016x1512, 2050 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (born July 3, 1861 - died October 14, 1943) was a British historian, educationalist and university administrator. ...

However, Indian independence in 1947, the setting up of the University Grants Commission in 1956 and changes in political, social and cultural milieu had brought several amendments to the University of Madras Act of 1923 to permit qualitative and quantitative changes in its jurisdictions and functions. The policy strands as they have emerged since then and being operated as follows:

1. Keep furtherance of knowledge in the various disciplines and subjects as its primary goal. In the search for new knowledge, encourage and support continuously
   1. socially relevant education
   2. improvement of the quality of education and
   3. an equitable access to all sections of the society to higher education.
2. Provide leadership in higher education to its affiliated colleges and encourage, support and wherever necessary, regulate them to adhere to established norms in conducting courses of study as well as other related matters. #Take holistic decisions and actions by bearing in mind its primary goal and remain accountable to the students, teachers, employees, funding agencies the society as a whole and the Government and be dictated by a democratic process moderated by rectitude.
3. Be responsive to the changes in the frontiers of knowledge, nationally and internationally.

Vice Chancellor of the University Prof Ramachandran addressing the students of Dr.MGR-Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women, Chennai in February 2007

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Notable Personalities

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his discovery of Raman effect), enrolled in the University of Madras in 1902 Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, CBE (Tamil: சந்திரசேகர வெங்கடராமன்) (November 7, 1888 – November 21, 1970) was an Indian physicist, who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... When light is scattered from a molecule most photons are elastically scattered. ...

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Dr A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Former President of India & famous Scientist Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: , Hindi: ; born October 15, 1931, Tamil Nadu, India, usually referred to as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ^) is the current President of India. ...

Dr G.N. Ramachandran (biophysicst) described the structure of collagen Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran (8 October 1922 - 7 April 2001), is widely acknowledged as one of the most important Indian scientists of the 20th century, best known for creating the Ramachandran Map for understanding peptide structure. ... Tropocollagen triple helix. ...

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Dr.VSR.Subramaniam [1] - B.Sc(Physics) from St.Xavier's College, Palayamkottai-1959. First Ph.D degree holder in Management, from the University of Bombay (Mumbai University) after the inception of this subject. (Jamanalal Bajaj Institute of Management stidies-1975) ISO 9001:2000 and MIS specialist. Expert in Economics [2](Past "Data Processing Expert" of the Commonwealth and "Consulant Adviser" to Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados). Author of many innovative books. [3]

Professor Ramasamy Selvam, PhD. Professor Ramasamy Selvam, scientist and educator who carried out pioneering work on the role of free radicals in initiating kidney stone disease; established kidney stone matrix proteins as a diagnostic marker for the disease; served as president of the Urolithiasis Society of India from 1998 to 2000; also as a scientific consultant for various universities, corporations, and government scientific organisations; was chairman of the board of studies at the University of Madras. In 2002, he was posthumously awarded the prestigious Dr. B. C. Roy National Award in medicine by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The award was presented to Professor R. Selvam's wife Mrs. Geetha Selvam on August 3rd, 2004 by Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam. In 2001,

University Departments

Adult and Continuing Education, Agro Economic Research Centre, Anatomy, Analytical Chemistry, Ancient History and Archaeology, Anna Centre for Public Affairs, Applied Geology, Arabic, Persian and Urdu, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Botany, Central Instrumentation and Service Department, Centre for South and South Asian Studies, Chair in Tamil Christian Literature, Christian Studies, Commerce, Computer Science, Criminology, Crystallography and Biophysics, Defence and Strategic Studies, Economic Studies - Dr.Ambedkar Centre, Econometrics, Economics, Education, Endocrinology, Energy, English, French, Genetics,Molecular biology, Geography, Geology, Hindi, Indian History, Indian Music, Information Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Islamic Studies, Journalism and Communication, Jainology, Kannada, Legal Studies, Malayalam, Management Studies, Mathematics, Medical Biochemistry, Microbiology, Nuclear Physics, National Centre for Ultrafast Process, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Philosophy, Physical Chemistry, Physiology, Politics and Public Administration, Polymer Science, Psychology, Saiva Siddhantha, Sanskrit, Sociology, Statistics, Tamil Language, Tamil Literature, Telugu, Theoretical Physics, Thirukkural Research Endowment, Vaishnavism, Zoology.

The University of Madras has a historical monument - Senate House - which is one of the landmarks of the city of Chennai. The Senate House, the University's first building, inaugurated in the year 1869, is a masterpiece of Robert Fellowes Chisholm, the greatest architect of 1800s, who harmoniously blended the Indo-Saracenic style with Byzantine and European architectural features. This University of Madras renovated the Senate House in 2006. Senate House is a term frequently used to describe the main administrative building of a university. ...

Constituent Colleges

Autonomous - Arts and Science College

• Bharathi Women's College
• Loyola College, Chennai
• Madras Christian College, Tambaram
• Presidency college
• Queen Mary's college
• The New College, Chennai

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Non - Autonomous - Arts and Science Colleges

• Dr.Ambedkar Government Arts College
• Government Arts College
• Government College of Arts and Crafts
• Government college of Architecture and Sculpture
• Loganatha Narayanasamy Government Arts College
• Quaid-e-Millath Government College for women
• Rajeswari Vedachalam Government Arts College
• Sri Subramaniaswami Government Arts College
• Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, Enathur, Kanchipuram

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Aided Colleges

SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS

• Defense Service Staff College
• Forensic Science Department
• King Institute of Preventive Medicine
• Tamilnadu Institute of Labour Studies

AUTONOMOUS - Arts and Science Colleges

• The New College, Chennai
• Ethiraj College for Women
• Loyola College, Chennai
• Madras Christian College
• Meenakshi College for Women
• Stella Maris College(SMC)
• Women's Christian College (WCC)
• Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College (RKMVC)
• Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women (JBAS)

MG_Ramachandran Receiving the Doctorate conferred on him by the University of Madras

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NON-AUTONOMOUS - Arts and Science Colleges

• A.A Arts And Science College
• Alpha Arts and Science College
• J.A.Arts and Science College
• Valliyammal Arts and Science College For Women
• Dr.MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women(MJC)
• A.M. Jain College
• Chellammal Women's College
• C. Kandaswami Naidu College for Men
• D.G. Vaishnav College
• Dharmamurthi Rao Bahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty's Hindu College
• Dhanraj Bain Jain College
• Guru Nanak College
• Anna Adarsh College for Women
• Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women
• Madras School of Social Work
• Pachaiyappa's College
• Pachaiyappa's College for Men
• Pachaiyappa's College for Women
• Patrician College of Arts and science
• Quaid-e-Milleth College
• St.Louis College for the Deaf
• Sir Theagaraya College
• SIVET College
• Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College for Women
• The New College
• Jaya College of Arts and Sciences,Thiruninravur
• T S Narayanaswami College of Arts and Science

Logo Dr.MGR-Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women was established as per the wishes of Janaki Ramachandran, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who wished that a college for women as a tribute to her late husband Bharat Ratna Dr.MG_Ramachandran be established in the Sathyabama MGR... A.M. Jain College is one of the premier colleges in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. ... Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College (DG Vaishnav College) is a college in Arumbakkam, Chennai, India that is affiliated to the University of Madras. ... Madras School of Social Work, established in 1952, is located in Chennai, South India, and is affiliated to the University of Madras. ... Pachaiyappas College is one of the oldest educational institutions in Chennai, India. ... // T S Narayanaswami College of Arts and Science is a co-educational institution of higher learning. ...

In popular culture

• The fictional character Mohinder Suresh in NBC's TV show Heroes (TV series) was a genetics professor at the University before moving to New York City to investigate his father's death and continue his research.

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See also

• Category:People associated with the University of Madras

External websites

• University of Madras official website
• University of Madras Institute of correspondence education
• University of Madras Courses, Syllabus and Testpapers
• Senate House Restoration
• Latest news headlines from Chennai