Gandhigram Rural Institute

Gandhigram Rural Institute

Gandhigram Rural University is situated in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1956. . A team of disciples of Gandhiji, Dr.T.S.Soundaram and Dr.G.Ramachandran, developed the University. The Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI) was founded there in 1956 to carry on Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Nai Talim’ system of education, . In the year 1976 it was declared as Central Deemed University, by University Grants Commission(UGC), New Delhi, Under Section 3 of UGC Act 1956. It is fully funded by UGC.In 2006 it was renamed as Gandhigram Rural University as per the guidelines of UGC.

External links

* [http://www.ruraluniv.ac.in/ Gandhigram Rural University]


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