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Karunya University
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- Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Telephone Numbers
- 91 422 2614300
- 91 422 2615615 (fax)
- Official Website: [2]
- Email: info@karunya.edu
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- History & Memorable Moments
In the year 1981, Dr. D. G. S. Dhinakaran, believing that he received a divine commission, embarked on the path to start a Technical University which could turn out outstanding engineers with leadership qualities at the national, global level. The institute was inaugurated on 4 October 1986 A.D. as Karunya Institute of Technology by Arjun Singh, the Human Resources and Development (HRD) minister in the current Indian government. The institute was then affiliated to Bharathiar University in Coimbatore and functioned as a private self-financing engineering college. It was promoted by the Karunya Educational Trust. In 2004, the institute was awarded the deemed university status in recognition of its academic excellence by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India and subsequently renamed as "Karunya University" under sec. 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 vide Notification No. 9-3-2000-U3 dt. 23.6.2004 of the Government of India. [1]
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- D, Benny Karunakar (January 1992 - August 1996)
- Palaniappan, Arvind (August 1999 - August 2000)
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