Tamil Nadu Open University Contact No.

All India Number(s): 

044-2430 6600 (For Support)

Website: 

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Number List

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) 044-24306625
044-24306627
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 School of Continuing Education (SOCE) 044-24306631
10 PA To VC 044-24306634
11 Administration Division 044-24306643
12 Registrar Office 044-24306645
13 D.R. Administration 044-24306646
14 Research Section 044-24306658
15 School of Science (SOS) 044-24306641
16 School of Computer Science (SOCS) 044-24306642
17 A.R. (Finance) 044-24306650
18 Finance Officer 044-24306655
19 Finance Division 044-24306650
044-24306651
044-24306652
20 FAX Students Registration and Evaluation Division 044-24306660
21 A.R. Exam 044-24306660
22 Examination Section 044-24306661
044-24306662
23 A.R Admission 044-24306664
24 Admission Section 044-24306663
25 Certificate Section 044-24306665
044-24306667
26 Controller of Examinations (COE) 044-24306666
27 Material Production and Distribution Division (MPDD) 044-24350844
28 School of Education (SOE) 044-24306657
29 School of Social Sciences (SOSS) 044-24306654
30 School of Management Studies (SOMS) 044-24306656

Board Of Studies

Faculty

Faculty of Arts

Name Designation Number Email
School of Library and Information Science
Mrs. S. Sakila Assistant Librarian 044 - 24306645 librarytnou [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Journalism and New Media Studies
Dr. C. Karthikeyan Assistant Professor 9443214777 Karthikeyan251973 [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Politics and Public Administration
Dr. R. Arumugam Assistant Professor 8695004048
7904606667
arumugamrspm2017 [at] gmail [dot] com

Faculty of Social Sciences

Name Designation Number Email
School of Social Sciences
Dr. M. V. Sudhakaran Professor and Director 9444170925 drmvsudhakaran [at] yahoo [dot] com
Dr. N. Dhanalakshmi Professor & Director 044-24306624 lashmi_naga2005 [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
sohts2018 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Tmt. J. Renee Arathi Assistant professor  9487504298 tnousocialworksoss [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. N. Saravanakumar Assistant Professor  9943375556 tnousoss1 [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. D. Thirumalraja Assistant Professor  - tnousoss1 [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. E. Iniyan Assistant Professor  7604816312 initnou [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. S. Anantharamakrishnan Assistant Professor  9944998715 ananthsenthivel [at] gmail [dot] com

Faculty of Sciences

Name Designation Number Email
School of Science
Dr. T. Ravimanickam Associate Professor 9786506522 (personal)
044-24306641
ravimanick2003 [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. K. Katturajan Assistant Professor 9486459856 drkkgeo [at] tnou [dot] ac [dot] in
Dr. S. Vinod Kanna Assistant Professor  - winskan [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. P. Shanmugavelan Assistant Professor 8940409751 shanchemmku [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. R. Pragadheeswari Assistant Professor - pragadheeswari12 [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Computer Science
Er. N. Sivashanmugam Assistant Professor 9444697612 sivashanmugamn [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. R. Kalaiarasi Assistant Professor - kalaiarasidr [at] gmail [dot] com

Faculty of Indian and Foreign Languages

Name Designation Number Email
School of Humanities
Dr. R. Mahendran Assistant Professor 9487700180 drarmahendran [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Tamil and Cultural Studies
Dr.S. Balasubramanian Professor & Director 044-24306626 drbharathibalan [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. M.Vaiyapuri Assistant Professor 044-24306626 vaiyapurimurugan [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. S. Aranganathan Assistant Professor 9894621706 arangantnou [at] gmail [dot] com

Faculty of Extension Education

Name Designation Number Email
School of Continuing Education
Dr.P.Thiyagarajan Professor & Director - thyagu34 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Er.R.Meenambigai Assistant Professor - rmeenambigai [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. I Ambeth Assistant Professor 9791234586 ambethedu [at] gmail [dot] com

Faculty of Education

Name Designation Number Email
School of Education
Dr. M. Manivannan Professor and Director 9442076655 manivannantnou [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. K. S. Premila Associate Professor 9840681434 kspremilatnou [at] yahoo [dot] com
Dr. K. S. Ramakrishnan Associate Professor 8248025564 drksrk [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. P. Pandia Vadivu Associate Professor 9952050205 drpandiyav [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. T. Sampath Kumar Assistant Professor 9445430215 sam_tnou [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
Dr. D. Sumathi Assistant Professor 9094498422 sumathidesinguraj [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. C. Barathi Assistant Professor 9976698244 drcbarathi [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. B. Anupama Devi Assistant Professor 8428575967 anupama [dot] tnou [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. A. S. Arul Lawrence Assistant Professor 9994103888 arullawrence [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr. R. M. Tamil Selvan Assistant Professor 9841685515 miffytamil1 [at] gmail [dot] com
S.Silamboli Assistant Professor - silamboli2 [at] gmail [dot] com
S. Rajamani Assistant Professor 9444345955 rajeeray2012 [at] gmail [dot] com
M. Kowsika Assistant Professor 8870937685 kowsikaspleducator [at] gmail [dot] com

Faculty of Management

Name Designation Number Email
School of Management Studies
Dr.S. Subramanian Professor and Director 9791081466 chisant [at] rediffmail [dot] com
Dr.R. Tamilmaran Associate Professor 9994050582 drtamilmaran [at] gmail [dot] com
Dr.N. Saranya Devi Assistant Professor 9940190034 saranyan19 [at] gmail [dot] com

Contact List

S.No Officer & Division / Section Contact No. E-mail ID
1 Director (i/c) Student Support Service Division 044 -24306627
044 -24306622
tnousssd2019 [at] gmail [dot] com
2 Director (i/c) Admission Section 044-24306663
044-24306664
directoradmissiontnou [at] gmail [dot] com
Director (i/c) Admission Section directoradmissiontnou [at] gmail [dot] com
3 Controller of Examinations Exam Section 044 -24306661
044 -24306662
controllersection [at] gmail [dot] com
Assistant Controller of Examinations Exam Section examtnou6 [at] gmail [dot] com
4 Controller of Examinations Certificate Section 044-24306665 certificatesectionhead [at] gmail [dot] com
5 Director i/c Material production & Distribution Division) 044-24350844 tnoumpdd1 [at] gmail [dot] com
6 Coordinator Student’s Grievances Redressal Cell 9345913384 grievancecell [at] tnou [dot] ac [dot] in

Mobile Numbers of TNOU Officers

S.No Designation of the Officer 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 Director i/c, Regional Centre, 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, Mayiladuthurai 9345913393
16 The Director i/c, Regional Centre, The Nilgiris 9345913386
17 The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Salem 9345913373
18 The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Sivagangai 9345913375
19 The Director i/c, Regional Centre, Tiruvannamalai 9345913374

Centres

Centre Name Designation Contact Detail Address
CUIIC Dr. T.Sampath Kumar Director i/c cuiictnou [at] gmail [dot] com Centre for University-Industry
Institution Collaboration (CUIIC)
Tamil Nadu Open University
No. 577, Anna Salai, Saidapet,
Chennai -600015
CDC Dr. A. S. Arul Lawrence Director i/c cdctnou [at] gmail [dot] com Curriculum Development Centre
Tamil Nadu Open University
No 577 Anna Salai, Saidapet,
Chennai -600015.
CUI Thiru K. Vijay Shankar Director i/c tnoucui [at] gmail [dot] com
(9345913379)
Center for University Informatics
Tamil Nadu Open University
577-Anna Salai, Saidapet
Chennai -600015
COL Dr. K. S. Ramakrishnan Associate Professor
and Director
drksrk [at] gmail [dot] com
(8248025564
044 24306600)
Centre for Online Learning,
Administrative Block,
Tamil Nadu Open University,
Chennai 15
CMPD Dr. B. Anupama Devi Coordinator cmpdtnou [at] gmail [dot] com
(044-24306617)
Centre for Multimodal Material
Production for Differently Abled (CMPD)
Tamil Nadu Open University
No 577 Anna Salai, Saidapet,
Chennai -600015.

Student Support Services Division

Sl.No. Regional Centres/
Headquarters
Jurisdiction Address and Contact Details
1 Chennai Chennai, Chengalpet,
Kancheepuram and
Tiruvallur (4 Districts)
Administrative Block Tamil Nadu
Open University No.577,
Anna Salai, Saidapet Chennai-600 015

Mob. No: 9345913385
E-mail : chennaizonal [at] gmail [dot] com
2 Coimbatore Coimbatore, Erode and
Tiruppur (3 Districts)
KPR College Arts, Science and Research,
Administrative Block,
Arasur Post Coimbatore -641 407

Mob.No.: 9345913386
E-mail: coimbatorezonalcentre [at] gmail [dot] com
3 Dharmapuri Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri
and Tirupathur (3 Districts)
Mechanical Block (Behind Main Building)
Govt Engineering College Settikkarai
Village Dharmapuri -636 704

Mob.No.:9345913387
E-mail: tnoudpi [at] gmail [dot] com
4 Madurai Dindigul, Madurai, Theni
and Virudhunagar
(4 Districts)
Jeyam Building, Opposite Jayaraj Nadar
Hr. Sec.School Madurai to Theni Main
Road Nagamalaipudukkottai
Madurai -625 019

Mob.No.:9345913388
Ph.No.:0452-2458966
E-mail: zone1 [dot] tnou [at] gmail [dot] com
5 Mayiladuthurai Thanjavur, Tiruvarur,
Nagapattinam and
Mayiladuthurai (4 Districts)
No 23, II Structure, Ground Floor
Velayudam Nagar Behind Ratna
Theatre Kumbakonam Main Road
Mayiladuthurai- 609 001

Mob.No.: 9345913393
Ph. No.: 04364291898
E-mail: tnoumyldrc [at] gmail [dot] com
6 The Nilgiris The Nilgiris(1 District) Susy Villa No.7/403, Good Hope
Compound Donnington Road,
Kotagiri -643 217

Mob.No.: 9345913386
E-mail: nilgiriszc [at] gmail [dot] com
7 Salem Salem and Namakkal
(2 Districts)
Old No:7, New No:4 Ground Floor
Thiruvallur Street Subramaniya
Nagar Salem-636 005

Mob.No.: 9345913373
Ph. No.: 0427 2919373
E-mail: tnousalemrc [at] gmail [dot] com
8 Sivagangai Sivagangai, Pudukkottai
and Ramanathapuram
(3 Districts)
No 591 Thiruppathur Main Road
Near Kanjirangal Pillaiyar Kovil
Kanjirangal Sivagangai-630 562

Mob.No.: 9345913375
Ph. No.:04575 299260
E-mail: tnousivagangairc [at] gmail [dot] com
9 Tiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet
and Vellore (3 Districts)
No 32G Gandhi Nagar Bye pass
Vettavalam Road, Near Vijaya
Mall Tiruvannamalai-606 601

Mob.No.: 9345913374
Ph. No.:04175 299119
E-mail: tnoutvmalairc [at] gmail [dot] com
10 Tiruchirappalli Ariyalur, Karur, Perambalur
and Tirurchirappalli (4 Districts)
15 D Mc Donalds Road Kalaiarangam
Complex Contonment
Tirurchirappalli- 620 001

Mob.No.: 9345913391
Ph. No.:0431 2412567
E-mail:trytnou [at] gmail [dot] com
11 Tirunelveli Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi,
Tuticorin and Tirunelveli
(4 Districts)
No.37, Jothi Nagar North Street
Palayamkottai Tirunelveli -627 002

Mob.No.: 9345913392
Ph. No.: 0462-2500456
E-mail: tvltnou [at] gmail [dot] com
12 Vilupuram Cuddalore, Kallakurichi and
Vilupuram (3 Districts)

No.101, Sarveyar Nagar, Salamedu,
Behind Theivanai Ammal College,
Near SC/ST Hostels, Kandamanadi
(P.O) Vilupuram -605 401

Mob.No.: 9345913380
Ph. No.:04146 290567
E-mail: villzonal [at] gmail [dot] com

Contact - 9345913376, Email- tnousssd2019 [at] gmail [dot] com

Material Production And Distribution Division

Name Mr. R. Vasudevan
Designation Deputy Registrar
Number 9345913377
044 24350844

Constituent Community Colleges

Name Dr. R. Pragadheeswari
Designation Assistant Professor
Number 9865934343
Email pragadheeswari12 [at] gmail [dot] com
Address TNOU Academic Block,
2nd Floor, Saidapet, Chennai

Villupuram Constituent Community College

Name Er. R. Meenambigai
Designation Assistant Professor
Number 9442327846
Email rmeenambigai [at] gmail [dot] com

Chennai Constituent Community College

Name Dr. R. Pragadheeswari
Designation Assistant Professor
Number 9865934343
Email Pragadheeswari12 [at] gmail [dot] com

Library

Name Designation Number Email
Mrs.S.Sakila Assistant University Librarian 044-24306645 librarytnou [at] gmail [dot] com
Mrs. S. Vijaya Bhavani Library Assistant (SG) 044-24306645 librarytnou [at] gmail [dot] com

Address

Tamil Nadu Open University
No 577, Anna Salai, Saidapet,
Chennai - 600 015.

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