Manonmaniam Sundaranar University is a university in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. It was hived off the Madurai Kamaraj University

Madurai Kamaraj University

Madurai Kamaraj University also abbreviated MKU is a public university in India.-Overview:Madurai Kamaraj University, located in Madurai city established in 1966, has 18 schools comprising 72 departments. The Directorate of Distance Education of the University has a student strength of about 1.3...

 on September 9, 1990.

The motto of the University is "In Pursuit of Excellence". It is named after the Tamil poet and dramatist Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai

Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai

Manonmaniyam P. Sundaram Pillai is writer of the famous Tamil drama Manonmaniyam .-History:Born in Alapuzha in Kerala state of India to Perumal Pillai and Madathi Ammal, Pillai studied religious literature such as Devaram thiruvasagam during his childhood. Nagapatinam Narayana Samy Pillai was the...

. The university has 26 departments in arts, languages, sciences, engineering and technology. 102 colleges in the Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli District

Tirunelveli District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Tirunelveli is the district headquarters. A unique feature of this district is that it encompasses all five geographical traditions of Tamil Literature; kurinji , mullai , marudham , neithal and palai...

, Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi District

Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District, is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Thoothukudi is the district headquarters. It is also known for Pearl cultivation with abundance of pearls found in the seas of Thoothukudi...

 and Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari District

Kanyakumari District ) is a district of Tamil Nadu state, India and is the southernmost land area of mainland India.The district is the second most urbanised district in Tamilnadu, next only to Chennai and ahead of Coimbatore. It also has the highest literacy and education levels in the...

 districts are affiliated to it.

Its main campus is located at a 520 acres (2.1 km²) site in Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli where the majority of the university departments function. Another 120 acre (0.4856232 km²) campus at Alwarkurichi

Alwarkurichi

Alwarkurichi is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.- Location :Alwarkurichi is the small town 35 km or 45 Min travel from west of Tirunelveli town...

 houses the Sri Parama Kalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences department and a 70 acres (283,280.2 m²) campus at Rajakkamangalam

Rajakkamangalam

Rajakkamangalam is a block or Panchayat Union of Kanyakumari district, India. It is one among the nine administrative divisions of the district of Kanyakumari. The present President of the Rajakkamangalam Panchayat is T. Vajila...

houses the Centre for Marine Sciences and Technology. Five of the affiliated colleges are more than one hundred years old