Annamalai University is a leading, single-unitary and residential institution of higher learning situated in Annamalainagar in the state of Tamil Nadu and was founded by a great visionary philanthropist, Dr.Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar in 1929. Established as an institution of higher learning and research with a noble objective in mind of enhancing higher education and research in South India, the university has since grown into one of the most respected educational provider institutions of the country since its inception, literally serving as the lighthouse of knowledge and excellence through a period of almost a century.