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Other name | SASTRA Deemed University |
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Former name | Shanmugha Engineering College |
Motto in English | Think Merit, Think Transparency, Think SASTRA |
| Type | Private,Deemed University |
| Established | 1984; 42 years ago (1984) |
Academic affiliation | UGC |
| Chancellor | R. Sethuraman |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. S. Vaidhyasubramaniam |
| Location | ,, 613401 , |
| Campus | Rural, 232 acres (94 ha) |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
TheShanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy, also known asSASTRA, is aprivate anddeemed university in the town ofThirumalaisamudram,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu,India. SASTRA gained the Deemed University status in 2001 by UGC. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses in Engineering, Science, Education, Management, Law and Arts.[1][2]
SASTRA Deemed University started in 1984 as Shanmugha Engineering College by S Ramchandra Iyer, affiliated to theBharathidasan University,Trichy. In 2001 it was renamed as Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy. It was the first institution to get the 'Deemed University status' inTamil Nadu.Srinivasa Ramanujam Center atKumbakonam is attached to it.[3]
In 2011, a software companyTata Consultancy Services set a world record of recruiting 1,755 students from SASTRA, the largest recruitment by any company in the world from a single campus.[4]
The campus is built on 232 acres (94 ha) of land. The total built area is about 195,000 square metres (2,100,000 sq ft), out of which about 85,000 square metres (910,000 sq ft) are hostels, quarters and guest houses.[5] SASTRA will provide totally 119 courses across the 10 streams.
| University rankings | |
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| General – international | |
| QS (Asia) (2024)[6] | 401–450 |
| Times (World) (2024)[7] | 1201–1500 |
| Times (Asia) (2024)[8] | 401–500 |
| General – India | |
| NIRF (Overall) (2024)[9] | 47 |
| NIRF (Universities) (2024)[10] | 28 |
| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF (2024)[11] | 38 |
| Law – India | |
| NIRF (2024)[12] | 14 |
Internationally, SASTRA was ranked in the 401–450 band among Asian universities by theQS World University Rankings: Asia 2024.[6] TheTimes Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it in the 1201–1500 band in the world and the 401–500 band in Asia.[7][8]
In India, SASTRA was ranked 38 among engineering colleges by theNational Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024,[11] 28 among universities,[10] and 14 among law colleges and 47th overall.[12][9]
The first edition of Kuruksastra was held on 2–3 March 2007.[13] The second edition of Kuruksastra was on 6–9 March 2008.[citation needed]
It started the tradition of hosting musical celebrities for a "Pro Nite" show with singers such asShankar Mahadevan,Karthik,Mahathi,Pop Shalini,Stephen Devassy,Sid Sriram,Anirudh,Vijay,Ed Sheeran,Rajhesh Vaidhya andSuchitra. It had over 1200 participants, making it one of the largest such festivals in the country.[14]
In 1985, the Thanjavur Revenue Department accused the institution with encroachment and issued an eviction notice. The institute objected and the parties engaged in a long judicial battle. The institute was sent with an eviction notice by theMadras High Court in 2018. The institute challenged this again seeking assignment of the said lands in its name, but the High Court rejected the case and issued a Government Order preventing lands to the assigned to the institute. The Tamil Nadu government on February 25, 2022 issued an eviction notice after the court's order.[15][16]
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