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1 1 ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY (Accredited with A Grade by NAAC) DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION ANNAMALAINAGAR 608 002 (CHIDAMBARAM) CUDDALORE Dt., TAMIL NADU, INDIA Dear Candidate, I thank you for choosing Annamalai University Distance Education Programme with the motive of enriching your knowledge. The Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University was established in 1979, and now offers different programmes of study suitable to persons of all walks of life and of all ages. Over the past four decades, lakhs of candidates have successfully completed through its portals and are leading successful and contented lives. On completion of the programme of your choice, you will also be one among them. Be sure that you fulfil the eligibility norms before you begin to fill up the application form and ensure that you have attached self attested copies of all the required certificates when you submit the filled-in Application during the time of Spot Admission.

2 In your own interest, please keep Photostat copies of your important correspondences with the Directorate and write up the diary pages that you will find at the end of this Prospectus. All information relating to the Distance Education Programmes, e-Payment details, Examinations, Personal Contact Programme, Results, etc., of the University can be obtained from our official website or I wish you all success in this academic pursuit of yours and your life. Dr. R. SINGARAVEL DIRECTOR 2 THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED THE COMPULSORY PERSONAL CONTACT PROGRAMME WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO APPEAR FOR THE EXAMINATIONS. CASH AND DEMAND DRAFT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. FEES ONCE PAID WILL NOT BE REFUNDED OR ADJUSTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CASH GIVEN TO ANY AGENTS OR UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.

3 STUDENTS SHOULD PAY TUITION FEE BEFORE REGISTERING MAY / DECEMBER EXAMINATIONS. THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PAID TUITION FEE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO REGISTER FOR EXAMINATIONS. 3 ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY (Accredited with A Grade by NAAC) Annamalai University, one of the largest unitary and residential universities in Southern Asia, was established and incorporated in the year 1929 as per the Annamalai University Act, 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929). Then, the Annamalai University Act, 1928 has been repealed and replaced by the Annamalai University Act, 2013 (Tamil Nadu Act 20 of 2013). Hon ble Governor of Tamil Nadu is the Chancellor of the University. This Universtiy has, since its inception, aimed at imparting education in all fields of knowledge to thousands of students from across the country and abroad.

4 Located in a rural setting in coastal district of Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, the University has played a pivotal role in providing access to higher education to lakhs of youth from economically and socially disadvantaged classes. In this respect, this University s service to the nation is tremendous. In the past 92 years, the University has grown into a premier institution of higher learning and research. The University today is spread over an extensive campus of more than 800 acres and has the Faculties of Arts, Science, Marine sciences , Indian Languages, Engineering and Technology, Education, Fine Arts, agriculture , Medicine, and Dentistry in all, they comprise 49 Departments of Study. Annamalainagar is a busy and self-contained University township, east of Chidambaram town, the abode of Lord Nataraja, the Cosmic Dancer.

5 The sprawling and scenic campus enclosing the Departments of Study, Students Hostels, Staff Quarters, Playgrounds, etc., is situated at a holy place (Tiruvetkalam, currently known as Annamalainagar), 2 kms from the Lord Nataraja Temple. The Rajah Muthiah Institute of Health sciences , comprising the Rajah Muthiah Medical College, the Rajah Muthiah Dental College and the Rani Meyyammai College of Nursing offers various UG and PG Programmes, besides serving the rural population through its modern 1150 - bed hospital. The Sir Ramaswamy Aiyar Library of the University is the third biggest in Tamil Nadu and has a collection of more than 5 lakh volumes besides journals, reports and rare palm-leaf manuscripts. It has all the modern facilities such as Internet, Microfilming, Inflibnet, etc. The University, being unitary and residential in character, has above 17,000 students pursuing various on-campus programmes of study and more than 8,000 of them are accommodated in its 19 hostels, acclaimed to be the biggest in the country.

6 The University plays a vital role in disseminating knowledge acquired through research to the surrounding rural areas in which it is placed and it serves the larger community through its Centre for Rural Development, the Department of Community Medicine, Dental College, the NSS; and above all, through its Directorate of Distance Education, it takes education to the doorsteps of thousands of adult learners all over the country and abroad. The Directorate of Distance Education established in 1979 offers different programmes of study. It is credited with the largest enrolment in India and is well equipped with computer and other infrastructure, adequate teaching faculty and administrative set-up of its own study centres, computer training centres, etc., to serve its students in their best interest at their doorsteps.

7 It has also the unique distinction of being the first in India, to offer Postgraduate Degree Programmes in Applied Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, and Computer Science through Distance Education mode. All the programmes of study offered by the Directorate of Distance Education have the approval of the Distance Education Council, New Delhi. The Directorate has introduced Degree Programme through Distance Education mode from the year 2008-09 with the approval of the National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi. 4 CONTENTS Sl. No. Particulars Page No. 1. Programmes Offered by the Directorate 5 2. Application Form 6 3. Academic Year 6 4. Instructions for Filling in the Application Form 6 5. Fee Concession 7 6. Selection of Optional 7 7. Procedure for Admission 7 8. Mode of Payment 8 9.

8 Enrolment Number 8 10. Identity Card 8 11. Despatch of Study Materials 9 12. Personal Contact Programmes (PCP) 9 13. Assignments / Response Sheets 10 14. Change of Address 10 15. Change of Name 10 16. Change of Programme/ Medium/ Optional Subject 11 17. Transfer / Migration Certificate 11 18. Bonafide Certificate 11 19. Scholarship to SC/ ST Students 11 20. Study Centres 11 21. Grievance Redressal Cell / Grievance Form 11 / 58 22. Enquiries & Correspondence 12 23. University Examinations 12 24. Jurisdiction 13 25. Caution 14 26. General Instructions 14 27. Other Facilities 14 28. Programmes 16 29. Programmes 22 30. Library & Information Science Programmes 33 31. Programmes 35 32. Computer Science & IT Programmes 46 33. Table of Tuition & Other Fees Structure 49 34. Miscellaneous Fees 51 5 OBJECTIVES The Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University was established in 1979, with the objectives of expanding, providing alternative and life-long educational opportunities to all those who could not get entry into the conventional system of education, through a combination of teaching and providing self-learning materials for study at each one's own pace and leisure.

9 Our Distance Education Wing of Annamalai University has switched over to SEMESTER PATTERN in line with the prescription of Higher Education body in sphere of distance education, , Distance Education Bureau (DEB)-UGC and Higher Education accreditation body National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). This will help in a larger measure to eliminate discrimination between on campus and off campus education. This has brought a greater uniformity in the various programmes offered by these two modes. Though the number of papers has increased, this will ultimately help the students not only to get treated on a par with on campus graduates but also to write competitive examinations with enriched knowledge and confidence of higher order. TEACHING FACULTY The teaching faculty in the Directorate of Distance Education ( ) comprising 18 academic wings with faculty members in charge of organising personal contact programmes for teaching, guiding and preparing the student community in their academic endeavours for their personal and career development.

10 The disciplines in which programmes are offered include 1. English 2. Sociology 3. Economics 4. Commerce 5. Mathematics 6. Business Administration 7. Computer Science & Information Technology 8. Library and Information Science 9. Political Science/ Public Administration 1. PROGRAMMES OFFERED BY THE DIRECTORATE The Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University offers the following programmes during the academic year 2021 22 under SEMESTER PATTERN . Programme Code Page Degree Programmes English 013 17 Economics ( / ) 015 17 Sociology ( ) 017 18 Political Science ( ) 159 19 Public Administration ( ) 118 19 Master of Social Work ( )( ) 470 20 Degree Programmes ( / ) 023 20 Degree Programmes Mathematics ( ) 018 21 Programme Code Page Degree Programmes English 007 23 Economics ( ) 006 24 Political Science ( ) 148 26 Public Administration ( ) 180 27 Degree Programme ( / ) 011 28 Degree Programmes ( / ) 009 30 Degree Programmes Mathematics ( ) 010 32 LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE PROGRAMMES ( ) 056 34 ( ) 055 34 Programmes Code Page (E-Business) ( ) 178 36 (International Business) ( ) 179 37 ( & ) 346 38 (Human Resource Management) ( )