Tamil Nadu Open University Contact No. 044-2430 6600

Organisation: Tamil Nadu Open University

All India Numbers:

04424306600(General Queries)

04424306663(Admission Section)

04424306661(Examination Section)

Website:

https://tnou.ac.in/

Address

Tamil Nadu Open University No 577, Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai - 600 015 Ph: 044-24306600

Emails:

Socials:

Important Links:

Intercom Numbers

S. No	School/Division	Phone No.
1	Reception	044-24306600
2	Tapal Section	044-24306613
3	Chennai Regional Centre	044-24306622
4	Student Support Services Division (SSSD)	044-24306625044-24306627
5	School Of Humanities (SOH)	044-24306611
6	School of Special Education and Rehabilitation (SOSER)	044-24306617
7	School of Continuing Education (SOCE)	044-24306623
8	School of Tamil and Cultural Studies (SOTCS)	044-24306626
9	FAX Vice Chancellor	044-24356767
10	School of Continuing Education (SOCE)	044-24306631
11	PA To VC	044-24306634
12	FAX Registrar Office	044-24306640
13	Administration Division	044-24306643
14	Registrar Office	044-24306645
15	D.R. Administration	044-24306646
16	Research Section	044-24306658
17	School of Science (SOS)	044-24306641
18	School of Computer Science (SOCS)	044-24306642
19	A.R. (Finance)	044-24306650
20	Finance Officer	044-24306655
21	Finance Division	044-24306650044-24306651044-24306652
22	FAX Students Registration and Evaluation Division	044-24306660
23	A.R. Exam	044-24306660
24	Examination Section	044-24306661044-24306662
25	A.R Admission	044-24306664
26	Admission Section	044-24306663
27	Certificate Section	044-24306665044-24306667
28	Controller of Examinations (COE)	044-24306666
29	Material Production and Distribution Division (MPDD)	044-24350844
30	School of Education (SOE)	044-24306657
31	School of Social Sciences (SOSS)	044-24306654
32	School of Management Studies (SOMS)	044-24306656
33	Library	044-24306645 [email protected]

Contact Support

S.No	Officer & Division / Section	Contact No.	E-mail ID
1	Director Student Support Service Division	044-24306627 044-24306622	[email protected]
2	Director Admission Section	044-24306663 044-24306664	[email protected]
3	Controller of Examinations Exam Section	044-24306661 044-24306662	[email protected]
Assistant Controller of Examinations Exam Section	[email protected]
4	Controller of Examinations Certificate Section	044-24306665	[email protected]
5	Director Material production & Distribution Division)	044-24350844	[email protected]
6	Coordinator Student's Grievances Redressal Cell	9345913384	[email protected]

TNOU Regional Centres

Sl.No.	Regional Centres/ Headquarters	Contact No.	Email	Address	Jurisdiction
1	Chennai	9345913385	[email protected]	Administrative Block Tamil Nadu Open University No.577, Anna Salai, Saidapet Chennai-600 015	Chennai, Chengalpet, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur (4 Districts)
2	Coimbatore	9345913386	[email protected]	KPR College Arts, Science and Research, Administrative Block, Arasur Post Coimbatore – 641 407	Coimbatore, Erode and Tiruppur (3 Districts)
3	Dharmapuri	9345913387	[email protected]	Mechanical Block (Behind Main Building) Govt Engineering College Settikkarai Village Dharmapuri – 636 704	Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and Tirupathur (3 Districts)
4	Madurai	9345913388 0452-2458966	[email protected]	Jeyam Building, Opposite Jayaraj Nadar Hr. Sec.School Madurai to Theni Main Road Nagamalaipudukkottai Madurai – 625 019	Dindigul, Madurai, Theni and Virudhunagar (4 Districts)
5	Mayiladuthurai	9345913393 04364-291898	[email protected]	No 23, II Structure, Ground Floor Velayudam Nagar Behind Ratna Theatre Kumbakonam Main Road Mayiladuthurai- 609 001	Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai (4 Districts)
6	The Nilgiris	9345913386	[email protected]	Susy Villa No.7/403, Good Hope Compound Donnington Road, Kotagiri – 643 217	The Nilgiris(1 District)
7	Salem	9345913373 0427-2919373	[email protected]	Old No:7, New No:4 Ground Floor Thiruvallur Street Subramaniya Nagar Salem-636 005	Salem and Namakkal (2 Districts)
8	Sivagangai	9345913375 04575-299260	[email protected]	No 591 Thiruppathur Main Road Near Kanjirangal Pillaiyar Kovil Kanjirangal Sivagangai-630 562	Sivagangai, Pudukkottai and Ramanathapuram (3 Districts)
9	Tiruvannamalai	9345913374 0417-299119	[email protected]	No 32G Gandhi Nagar Bye pass Vettavalam Road, Near Vijaya Mall Tiruvannamalai-606 601	Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet and Vellore (3 Districts)
10	Tiruchirappalli	9345913391 0431-2412567	[email protected]	15 D Mc Donalds Road Kalaiarangam Complex Contonment Tirurchirappalli- 620 001	Ariyalur, Karur, Perambalur and Tirurchirappalli (4 Districts)
11	Tirunelveli	9345913392 0462-2500456	[email protected]	No.37, Jothi Nagar North Street Palayamkottai Tirunelveli – 627 002	Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi, Tuticorin and Tirunelveli (4 Districts)
12	Vilupuram	9345913380 04146-290567	[email protected]	No.101, Sarveyar Nagar, Salamedu, Behind Theivanai Ammal College, Near SC/ST Hostels, Kandamanadi (P.O) Vilupuram – 605 401	Cuddalore, Kallakurichi and Vilupuram (3 Districts)

TNOU Officers

S.No	Designation	Mobile Number
1	The Director, Student Support Service Division, TNOU	9345913376
2	The Director, Material Production & Distribution Division, TNOU	9345913377
3	The Director, Admission, TNOU	9345913378
4	The Director, Centre for University Informatics, TNOU	9345913379
5	The Coordinator, Constituent Community College, Villupuram	9345913380
6	The Coordinator, Students Grievance Redressal Cell	9345913384
7	The Public Relations Officer, TNOU	9345913381
8	The Assistant Controller of Examinations	9345913382
9	The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Chennai	9345913385
10	The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Coimbatore	9345913386
11	The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Dharmapuri	9345913387
12	The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Madurai	9345913388
13	The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Trichirappalli	9345913391
14	The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Tirunelveli	9345913392
15	The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Villupuram	9345913393

Faculties Contact Details

Faculty of arts

S. no	Designation	Name	Contact No.	Email
History and Tourism Studies
1	Professor & Director Chairperson	Dr. N. Dhanalakshmi	044-24306624	[email protected] [email protected]
2	Assistant Professor of Archaeology	Dr. E. Iniyan	7604816312	[email protected]
School of Library and Information Science
3	Assistant Librarian	Mrs. S. Sakila	044 - 24306645	[email protected]

Faculty of Social Sciences

S. no	Designation	Name	Contact No.	Email
School of Social Sciences Studies
1	Professor and Director Chairperson	Dr. M. V. Sudhakaran	9444170925	[email protected]
2	Assistant professor of Social Work	Tmt. J. Renee Arathi	9487504298	[email protected]
3	Assistant Professor of Economics	Dr. N. Saravanakumar	9943375556	[email protected]
4	Assistant Professor of Sociology	Dr. D. Thirumalraja	-	[email protected]
School of Journalism and New Media studies
5	Assistant Professor	Dr. P. Chitra	-	-
6	Assistant Professor	Dr. C. Karthikeyan	9443214777	[email protected]
School of Politics and Public Administration
7	Assistant Professor	Dr. R. Arumugam	8695004048 7904606667	[email protected]
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Administration
8	Assistant Professor	Dr. S. Anantharamakrishnan	9944998715	[email protected]

Faculty of Sciences

S. no	Designation	Name	Contact No.	Email
School of Science
1	Associate Professor of Zoology	Dr. T. Ravimanickam	044-24306641	[email protected]
2	Assistant Professor	Dr. K. Katturajan	9486459856	[email protected]
3	Assistant Professor of Botany	Dr. S. Vinod Kanna	-	[email protected]
4	Assistant Professor of Chemistry	Dr. P. Shanmugavelan	8940409751	[email protected]
5	Assistant Professor of Physics	Dr. E. Kumar	-	-
6	Assistant Professor in Fashion Design	Dr. R. Pragadheeswari	-	[email protected]
School of Computer Science
7	Assistant Professor	Er. N. Sivashanmugam	9444697612	[email protected]
8	Assistant Professor	Dr. R. Kalaiarasi	-	[email protected]

Faculty of Indian and Foreign Languages

S. no	Designation	Name	Contact No.	Email
School of Tamil and Cultural Studies
1	Professor & Director	Dr.S. Balasubramanian	044-24306626	[email protected]
2	Assistant Professor	Dr. M.Vaiyapuri	044-24306626	[email protected]
3	Assistant Professor	Dr. S. Aranganathan	9894621706	[email protected]
School of Humanities
4	Assistant Professor of English	Dr. R. Mahendran	9487700180	[email protected]

Faculty of Extension Education

S. no	Designation	Name	Contact No.	Email
School of Continuing Education
1	Professor & Director	Dr.P.Thiyagarajan	-	[email protected]
2	Assistant Professor	Er.R.Meenambigai	-	[email protected]
3	Assistant Professor	Dr. I Ambeth	9791234586	[email protected]

Faculty of Education

S. no	Designation	Name	Contact No.	Email
School of Special Education and Rehabilitation
1	Assistant Professor & Director i/c	Dr. B. Anupama Devi	8428575967	[email protected]
2	Assistant Professor	Mr. R. M. Tamil Selvan	9841685515	[email protected]
Education
3	Professor and Director	Dr. M. Manivannan	9442076655	[email protected]
4	Associate Professor	Dr. K. S. Premila	9840681434	[email protected]
5	Assistant Professor	Dr. T. Sampath Kumar	9445430215	[email protected]
6	Assistant Professor	Dr. D. Vinodh Kumar	9444212467	[email protected]
7	Associate Professor	Dr. K. S. Ramakrishnan	8248025564	[email protected]
8	Assistant Professor	Dr. D. Sumathi	9094498422	[email protected]
9	Assistant Professor	Dr. C. Barathi	9976698244	[email protected]
10	Associate Professor	Dr. P. Pandia Vadivu	9952050205	[email protected]
11	Assistant Professor	Dr. A. S. Arul Lawrence	9994103888	[email protected]

Faculty of Management

S. no	Designation	Name	Contact No.	Email
School of Management Studies
1	Professor and Director	Dr.S. Subramanian	9791081466	[email protected]
2	Associate Professor	Dr.R. Tamilmaran	9994050582	[email protected]
3	Assistant Professor	Dr.N. Saranya Devi	9940190034	[email protected]

Division

Division	Contact Person	Contact Details
Material Production and Distribution	Mr. R. Vasudevan Deputy Registrar	9345913377 044-24350844
Student Support Services	Dr. R. Mahendran Director (i/c)	9345913376 [email protected]

Finance Committee

S. No	Name of the Members	Address
1	Dr. K . Parthasarathy	Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Open University, Saidapet, Chennai – 600015.
2	Thiru. S. Krishnan, IAS.,	Additional Chief Secretary to Government Finance Department Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009.
3	Mr. D. Karthikeyan I.A.S.,	Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009.
4	Dr. S. Narayana Kalkura	Director and Professor, Crystal Growth Centre,(UGC – National Centre), Anna University, Chennai – 600 025.
5	Dr. A. Muthumanickam	(Former Dean for Arts, Humanities and Languages and Professor & Head, Department of Education, Directorate of Distance Education, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai) S5, Sree Madava Apartments, Madipakkam, Chennai – 600 091.
6	Thiru. V. Manoharan	(Former Director TAMIN) 7, Crystal Lawn Apartments 104, 13th Main Road, Anna Nagar West Chennai – 600 040.
7	Tmt. S. Maheswari	Finance Officer, Tamil Nadu Open University, Saidapet, Chennai – 600 015.(Ex-Officio Secretary)
8	Dr. K. Rathnakumar	Registrar, TNOU Chennai – 600 015

Syndicate

S. No.	Name & Designation	Contact No./Emails	Address
1.	Prof. K. Parthasarathy Vice Chancellor	044-24306634 [email protected]	Tamil Nadu Open University Saidapet, Chennai – 600 015
2.	Mr. D. Karthikeyan I.A.S.,Principal Secretary to Governmen	044-25670049 [email protected]	Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009
3.	Dr. J. Radhakrishnan, IAS.,Principal Secretary to Government	044-25671875 [email protected]	Health & Family Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009
4.	Mr. C. Gopi Ravikumar, M.A.,M.L.,Secretary to Government,	044-25672920 9500155655 [email protected]	Law Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009
5.	Dr. S. Narayana Kalkura Professor	044-22358335 044-22358316 (Office) 044-22355024 (Resi) 9444784963 [email protected]	UGC-BSR Faculty Fellow Crystal Growth Centre (UGC – National Facility Centre) Anna University Chennai – 600025
6.	Tmt. Y. Sarada Professor	044-22358525 9840289028 [email protected]	Department of Mathematics CEG Campus, Anna University Chennai – 600 025
7.	Dr. B. Ponnuswamy Associate Professor of Economics	044-24806661 8056166664 [email protected]	(Retd) No.15 Sowrashtra Nagar 9th Street, Choolaimedu High Road Chennai – 600 094
8.	Dr. K. Sekar (Former Director of Collegiate Education)	9976664666 [email protected]	84, 2nd Street, Ganesapuram, Namakkal – 637 002
9.	Thiru. V. Manoharan (Former Director TAMIN)	9442909000 [email protected]	7, Crystal Lawn Apartments 104, 13th Main Road Anna Nagar West Chennai – 600 040
10	Dr. S. Subramanian Prof. & Director	044-24306616 9791081466 [email protected]	School of Management Studies Tamil Nadu Open University Saidapet, Chennai – 600 015
11.	Dr. T. Sampath Kumar Assistant Professor	9445430215/ 9840546117 [email protected]	School of Education Tamil Nadu Open University Chennai – 600 015
12.	Dr.A. Muthumanickam	9443304298 [email protected]	Distance Education Madurai Kamaraj University,Madurai)S92 Venkatesa Perumal Ist Street 5, Sree Madava Apartments Madipakkam, Chennai – 600 091
13.	Dr.V.Anandamoorthy (Former Head, Dept. of Materials Media & Library)	9444898284 [email protected]	State Resource Centre under MHRD) 2/310 C, 5th Street, Kandasamy Nagar Palavakkam, Chennai – 600 041
14.	Dr.K.Rathnakumar Registrar	044-24306644	Tamil Nadu Open University, Saidapet, Chennai – 600 015