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Motto | "In Pursuit of Excellence" |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1990 |
Chancellor | Governor of Tamil Nadu |
Vice-Chancellor | N. Chandrasekar[1] |
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Campus | Rural |
Affiliations | UGC, NAAC |
Website | http://www.msuniv.ac.in |
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Manonmaniam Sundaranar University is a public university located in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India, It was hived off the Madurai Kamaraj University on 7 September 1990.
The motto of the university is "In Pursuit of Excellence". It is named after the Tamil scholar/professor Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai. The university has 24 departments in arts, languages, sciences, engineering and technology. 102 colleges in the Kanyakumari, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts are affiliated to it.