Sai University is a private university located on SH-49A near Paiyanur, Thirupporur block, Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 2018, It is one of the first private universities to be legislated in by the Tamil Nadu government for over 90 years, since the establishment of Annamalai University.
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 2018 |
| Chancellor | K. V. Ramani |
| Vice-Chancellor | Jamshed Bharucha |
| Location | Paiyanur , , India 12°39′15″N 80°09′28″E / 12.65416°N 80.15771°E |
| Website | saiuniversity |
History
editSai University is the brainchild of the founder-chancellor K.V. Ramani, an Indian entrepreneur who donated more than 85% of his wealth to the Sri Sai Trust (by its full name, the Sai Education, Medical, Research and Charitable Trust), which promoted the university.[1][2] The trust committed to investing ₹320 crore (US$38 million) in building the infrastructure for the university.[3]
Ramani approached the state government in January 2018[4] which led to the introduction of the Sai University Act, 2018.[2] The Bill was passed by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in July 2018 together with the bill establishing Shiv Nadar University, the first private universities to be legislated in Tamil Nadu for over 90 years, since the establishment of Annamalai University.[5][4][6] Jamshed Bharucha was appointed the founding vice chancellor of the university in July 2020[citation needed] and the foundation stone was laid by chief minister (CM) Edappadi K. Palaniswami in August 2020.[7] The university opened admission for year 2021–22 in January 2021, in the schools of arts and sciences, computing and data science and the school of law.[8] It started operation in August 2021.[1] The academic buildings were inaugurated by CM M. K. Stalin in May 2022.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ a b Swathi, Moorthy; Srikanth, Chandra R. (3 November 2021). "Meet KV Ramani, who donated 80% of his wealth to Shirdi Sai Baba and is now building Sai University". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Sai University Act, 2018". www.bareactslive.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ Sujatha, R. (6 July 2018). "New universities to come up on outskirts". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b Sujatha, R. (9 June 2021). "Sai University to start functioning from August, says founder". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "TN adopts Bills for setting up Shiv Nadar, Sai varsities". Business Standard India. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Shiv Nadar University, Chennai launched; admissions open in April 2021". Business Line. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "CM Palaniswami lays foundation stone for Sai University". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Sai University opens Admissions for its first Academic Session 2021-22". India Education Diary. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "30,000-sqft academic building at Sai University inaugurated by Stalin". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Stalin inaugurates Sai University's first academic block". The Hindu. 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-10-19.