Arignar Anna Research Chair
Genesis

The University has instituted “Arignar Anna Research Chair” during 2008-2009, the Birth Centenary year of the most illustrious Dravidian Leader and Chief Minister of Tamilnadu from the DMK party that swept to power on 1967, Dr C.N. Annadurai, reverently called as “Anna”, the ‘elder brother’.

The multi –faceted leader was a great writer, dramatist, play- writer, statesman, astute politician, socialist, original thinker and satirist as well. As a writer, Anna has been compared with Bernard Shaw, Ibsen and Galsworthy. He had penned 12 plays, 28 Novels, 113 Short Stories, 45 Short plays and 66 Poetic works. As an orator, Anna combined the skills of Demosthenes, Ingersoll, Winston Churchill, Edmund Burke and Macaulay. All his speeches are known for Euphonic rhythms and rhymes, apt and arresting similes and revolutionary thoughts and comradeship.

A sum of Rs 1.00 crore was made into corpus fund for the creation of “Arignar Anna Research Chair” for undertaking activities to study the works of the great leader in diverse fields. The interest from the corpus deposit shall be used for funding those activities.

Activities (2018-19 to 2022-2023)
  1. 24.09.2018 – Conducted Competitions of Poem Writing, Essay Writing and Elocution for University and Affiliated College Students.
  2. 28.09.2018 - Organized Special Lecture. Chief Guest: Prof. N.Rajendran, Vice – Chancellor, Alagappa University and Prof. T. Rajagopalan, Chennai.
  3. Ph.D Research Scholar fellowship per month Rs 8000/ and Contingency Per year Rs 10,000/- provided Two years Period from 25.02.2017 to 24.02.2019 to Mr AR.Selvamani. Ph.D Topic: “வரலாற்றியல் நோக்கில் அறிஞர் அண்ணாவின் படைப்புகள்.
  4. 13.09.2019 - Conducted Competitions of Poem Writing, Essay Writing and Elocution for University and Affiliated College Students.
  5. 17.09.2019 - Organized Special Lecture. Chief Guest: Prof. N.Rajendran, Vice – Chancellor, Alagappa University and Dr K.Vijayaraghavan, Director, Department of Tamil Development, Directorate of Tamil Development, Chennai.
  6. 15.09.2020 - Organized Special Lecture through Google Meet. Chief Guest: Prof. N.Rajendran, Vice – Chancellor, Alagappa University and Prof. P.Sakthivel, Annamalai University.
  7. 15.09.2021 - Organized Special Lecture. Chief Guest: Prof. T.R.Gurumoorthy, VC Officiating Committee Member and Dr R.Anbazhahan, Puvanagiri.
  8. Ph.D Research Scholar fellowship per month Rs 8000/ and Contingency Per year Rs 10,000/- provided Two years Period from 18.04.2022 to 17.04.2024 to Mrs M.Muthumeenakshi. Ph.D Topic: “அறிஞர் அண்ணாவின் படைப்புகளில் பெண்கள் மேம்பாடு.
  9. 12.09.2022 – Conducted Competitions of Poem Writing, Essay Writing and Elocution for University and Affiliated College Students.
  10. 15.09.2022 - Organized Special Lecture. Chief Guest: Prof. G.Ravi, Vice – Chancellor, Alagappa University and Mathukkoor Ramalingam, Madurai.
  11. Ph.D Research Scholar fellowship per month Rs 8000/ and Contingency Per year Rs 10,000/- provided Two years Period from 18.04.2022 to 17.04.2024 to Mrs M.Muthumeenakshi. Ph.D Topic: “அறிஞர் அண்ணாவின் படைப்புகளில் பெண்கள் மேம்பாடு.
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