Periyar Maniammai University

Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology has its origin from Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for Women established in 1988, by the Periyar Maniammai Educational and Charitable Society, Chennai. Institutionalizing the lofty ideals of Periyar by paving the way for women’s emancipation through providing increased access to higher education in Science and Technology and encouraging their participation in Social, National and Global development were the primary objective of the Institution.

The College was started with the approval of All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi and initially affiliated to Bharathidasan University and later to Anna University, Chennai from 2001. Since August 17, 2007 it has been functioning as Deemed to be University with the approval of the UGC and Ministry of Human Resources, New Delhi.

The University is situated at 10 km towards west from Thanjavur and 45 km on the east from Tiruchirapalli and is easily accessible by road, rail and air. The Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology Trust has in its ambit a number of colleges, schools at Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Chennai and New Delhi in its own premises. The university has been steadily growing by leaps and bounds with adequate infrastructure and other facilities.The built-up areas in the main campus at Vallam is around 90,000 Sq.m and in Chennai campus it is 13,000 Sq.m.

Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology is proud to be a unique institution of higher learning and academic excellence. In an endeavour to fulfil the dreams of our Mentor Thanthai Periyar and Annai Maniammaiyar, the University is dedicated to its societal responsibility for transforming students from different parts of India and abroad into stalwarts by igniting their hidden talents. As it is located in a rural area, the students are admitted from a wide range of calibre and by personal attention, and modern teaching methodology towards a Product / Process / Demo / Case Study teaching, they are shaped into career oriented professionals with bright future.

The University is making efforts to create new horizons in the arena of technical education and research. Curriculum innovation is given priority by the University to make the courses industry and research oriented. The dedicated and qualified faculty members routinely preach and practice for outcome based learning which leads towards an excellent academic career for the betterment of the students.

Our vision is to be a University of global dynamism with excellence in knowledge and innovation ensuring social responsibility for creating an egalitarian society. Our mission is:

• Offering well balanced programmes with scholarly faculty and state-of-art facilities to impart high level of knowledge.
• Providing student - centered education and foster their growth in critical thinking, creativity, entrepreneurship, problem solving and collaborative work.
• Involving progressive and meaningful research with concern for sustainable development.
• Enabling the students to acquire the skills for global competencies.
• Inculcating Universal values, Self respect, Gender equality, Dignity and Ethics.