Tamil Virtual Academy

Tamil Virtual Academy

தமிழ் இணையக் கல்விக்கழகம்
Tamil Virtual Academy
Established	17 feb 2001
Chairman	T.K.RAMACHANDRAN IAS
Director	T. Udhayachandran IAS
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nickname	TVA
Website	http://tamilvu.org

The government of Tamil Nadu established the Tamil Virtual University (TVU) on 17 February 2001 as a Society. The university provides internet-based educational resources and opportunities for the Tamil diaspora as well as for others interested in learning the Tamil language and acquiring knowledge of the history, art, literature and culture of the Tamils.

Tamil Virtual University offers certificate courses at three levels (Basic, Intermediate and Advance) and B.A. Programme in Tamil. The postgraduate Programme M.A. (Tamil) has been approved by Tamil University, Tanjore.

The Chairman of the university is T.K.RAMACHANDRAN IAS.

The digital library of TVU provides literature, glossaries and dictionaries. It accommodates literature starting from Sangam era to the present day, with the following features:

The library has subject-indexing and search facilities.