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Tamil Nadu Open University established

· Chennai

Through the Tamil Nadu Open University Act, 2002, the state set up an open university in Chennai offering distance higher education.

Act 27 of 2002, the Tamil Nadu Open University Act, 2002, was the law by which the state government created the Tamil Nadu Open University. It was intended to open higher education to those who had earlier been unable to take it up. Headquartered in Chennai, the university began functioning in 2003. Recognition from the University Grants Commission came in 2015.

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