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1978 comprising the College Al ersity of Madras located in the g Alagapp Institute gpp of Technology, Chrompet, Chennai by the Perarignar Anna University of Technology Act, 1978 (Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1978). lts name was changed as Anna University in 1982 by amending the said Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1978, by the Perarignar Anna University of Technology (Amendment and Special Provisions) Act, 1982 (Tamil Nadu Act 26 of 1982); AND WFIEREAS the Anna University was converted into an affiliating type university by amending the said Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1978 suitably, by the Anna University (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Tamil Nadu Act 26 of 2001)with effectfrom the 31st December 2001. Consequent upon this, 237 Engineering Colleges, which were earlier afflliated to various Universities in the State, were affiliated to the Anna Universityl AND WHEREAS in December 2006, after the Anna University became the affiliating type University, it was realized that managing the affairs of more than 240 engineering colleges across the State from Chennai was difficult. The Government subsequently established five more Technical Universities namely, the Anna University, Tiruchirappalli by Tamil Nadu Act 41 of 2006 and the Anna University, Coimbatore by Tamil Nadu Act 42 of 2006, with effect from the 1st Febrgary 2007 and the Anna University, Tirunelveli by Tamil Nadu Act 28 ot 20O7 with effect from the 17th July 2007, the Anna University of Technology, Chennai by Tamil Nadu Act 26 of 2010 and the Anna University of Technology, Maduraiby Tamil Nadu Act 27 oI2010, with effect from the 19th JLrne 2010, in the State with clearly demarcated areas. Subsequently, the Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, the Anna University, Coimbatore and the Anna University, Tirunelveli are renamed as the Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, the Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore and the Anna University of Technology, Tirunelveli, respectively; AND WHEREAS, in the year2010, the Anna University, Chennai has been converted again into an unitary type University as it existed prior to 2002 with effect from the 19th June 2010; AND WHEREAS, in the past four years of the functioning of the Universities of Technology, the following difficulties are experienced:- (i) There is confusion due to the establishmbnt of several Universities in the same name of Anna University of Technology; (ii) As each University is following its own syllabus, there is,no uniformity in curricula and teaching the subjects to the students; (iii) There is a lot of difference in examining the skills of the students, as each University is fotlowing its own procedures regarding the assessment of skills of the students. The Common Board comprising the Vice-Chancellors formed to examine the above issues could not find suitable solutions; (iv) Though separate Anna Universities of Technology have been established, the fully qualifled professors remained in the Anna University (Unitary type). Due to this, the skills of those professors are not accessible to the students of the other Anna Universities of Technology; (v) There is apprehension in the minds of the students studying in the Anna Universities of Technology that they may not get recognition in the job market and international education milieu on par with the student in the Anna University (Unitary type); (vi) Except the Anna University of, Technology, Tiruchirappalli, the other Anna Universities of Technology are not having full fledged infrastructure facilities; Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1 978. (vii) The financial viability of the Anna Universitbs o{ fechnoiogy is in questior as they h ffiit do not have sufficient nurnber of oolleges affifiated to the.rn; AND WHEREAS, in order to remove ffre diffiouf,ties and confusiom, the Governrnent have decided to wind up the Anna Univers'ities of Technoiogy established uoder various Anna University of Technology Acts and to bring all the engirieering colleges in the State under the A g Anna University by converting the said university into an affiliating type university; . Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the S'tate of Tarnil Nadu in the Sixg-second year f th fil of the Republic of India as foilows:-

Section 1978