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Karunya University
Karunya University
Motto	"Arise and Shine"
Established	1986
Type	Private
Chancellor	Dr. Paul Dhinakaran
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Paul P. Appasamy
Faculty	350
Undergraduates	3619
Postgraduates	973
Location	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Campus	rural, 700 Acres
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.karunya.edu

Karunya University (formerly Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences) is a fully residential Christian private university located in Coimbatore, India. It was founded as a Christian minority institution by late Dr. D. G. S. Dhinakaran, his son Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, Christian evangelists and founders of Jesus Calls Ministries, India. The University is ranked among the top 15 private engineering colleges in India [1] and among the top 10 for engineering infrastructure by Outlook magazine[2].

[edit] History

In 1981, Dr. D. G. S. Dhinakaran, believing that he received a divine commission, embarked on the path to start a technical university. The institute was inaugurated on 4 October 1986 as Karunya Institute of Technology by Arjun Singh, the Human Resources and Development (HRD) minister in the 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 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].

[edit] Administration

Late Dr. D. G. S. Dhinakaran is the Founder Chancellor, and Dr. Paul Dhinakaran is the Chancellor of Karunya University . Dr. Paul P. Appasamy is the Vice-Chancellor and Dr.(Mrs) Anne Mary Fernandez is the Registrar.

[edit] Academics

[edit] Undergraduate programmes

B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology)

Aero Space Engineering
Bio-Technology
Bio-Informatics
Chemical and Food Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Electronics and Media Technology
Information Technology
Mechanical Engineering

[edit] Postgraduate programmes

M.Tech. (Master of Technology)

Applied Electronics
CAD CAM
Computer Science and Engineering
Control and Instrumentation
Engineering Design
Network and Internet Engineering
Power Electronic and Drives
Structural Engineering
Thermal Engineering
VLSI
Embedded systems
Bio-Technology
Bio-Informatics
Food Processing Engineering

Other PG degree courses offered by the University are:

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Master of Computer Application (M.C.A.)
M.Sc. Mathematics/Physics / Chemistry
M.A English

Faculty of Education

B.Ed.
M.Ed.

Ph.D and M.Phil in all subjects.

[edit] Sports and games

Dept. of Physical Education- Evangeline Memorial South India Tournament-mid September every year.

Academic clubs

Karunya Linux Club
.Net Club
Java Club
Ethical Hackers Club(Network Club)
Data mining Group
Programmers Club

Electronics

Embedded systems Club
Robotics Club
Electronics Hardware Hobby Club
DSP club(Digital Signal Processing)

Other certifications

Scjp course (certification from Sun)
Linux course (certification from Red Hat)
Oracle course
Networking course(Cisco systems)
BEC(Business English certification)

[edit] External links

Official website

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