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Tamil Nadu Open University Contact No. 044-2430 6600

Tamil Nadu Open University Contact No. 044-2430 6600

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Organization: 

Tamil Nadu Open University

All India Number(s): 

044-2430 6600 (General Queries)

044-2430 6663 (Admission Section)

044-2430 6661 (Examination Section)

Website: 

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Email

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) 044-24306625
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 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 044-24306650
044-24306651
044-24306652
22 FAX Students Registration and Evaluation Division 044-24306660
23 A.R. Exam 044-24306660
24 Examination Section 044-24306661
044-24306662
25 A.R Admission 044-24306664
26 Admission Section 044-24306663
27 Certificate Section 044-24306665
044-24306667
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
librarytnou [at] gmail [dot] com

Contact Support

S.No Officer & Division / Section Contact No. E-mail ID
1 Director Student Support
Service Division		 044-24306627
044-24306622		 tnousssd2019 [at] gmail [dot] com
2 Director Admission Section 044-24306663
044-24306664		 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 Material production &
Distribution Division)		 044-24350844 tnoumpdd1 [at] gmail [dot] com
6 Coordinator Student's
Grievances Redressal Cell		 9345913384 tnougrievance [at] gmail [dot] com

TNOU Regional Centres

Sl.No. Regional Centres/
Headquarters		 Contact No. Email Address Jurisdiction
1 Chennai 9345913385 chennaizonal [at] gmail [dot] com Administrative Block Tamil Nadu Open
University No.577, Anna Salai, Saidapet
Chennai-600 015 		Chennai, Chengalpet, Kancheepuram
and Tiruvallur (4 Districts)
2 Coimbatore 9345913386 coimbatorezonalcentre [at] gmail [dot] com KPR College Arts, Science and Research,
Administrative Block, Arasur Post Coimbatore
– 641 407 		Coimbatore, Erode and
Tiruppur (3 Districts)
3 Dharmapuri 9345913387 tnoudpi [at] gmail [dot] com Mechanical Block (Behind Main Building)
Govt Engineering College Settikkarai Village
Dharmapuri – 636 704 		Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and
Tirupathur (3 Districts)
4 Madurai 9345913388
0452-2458966		 zone1 [dot] tnou [at] gmail [dot] com 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		 tnoumyldrc [at] gmail [dot] com 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 nilgiriszc [at] gmail [dot] com Susy Villa No.7/403, Good Hope Compound
Donnington Road, Kotagiri – 643 217 		The Nilgiris(1 District)
7 Salem 9345913373
0427-2919373		 tnousalemrc [at] gmail [dot] com 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		 tnousivagangairc [at] gmail [dot] com No 591 Thiruppathur Main Road Near
Kanjirangal Pillaiyar Kovil Kanjirangal
Sivagangai-630 562 		Sivagangai, Pudukkottai and
Ramanathapuram (3 Districts)
9 Tiruvannamalai 9345913374
0417-299119 		tnoutvmalairc [at] gmail [dot] com 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		 trytnou [at] gmail [dot] com 15 D Mc Donalds Road Kalaiarangam
Complex Contonment Tirurchirappalli-
620 001		 Ariyalur, Karur, Perambalur and
Tirurchirappalli (4 Districts)
11 Tirunelveli 9345913392
0462-2500456 		tvltnou [at] gmail [dot] com No.37, Jothi Nagar North Street
Palayamkottai Tirunelveli – 627 002 		Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi,
Tuticorin and Tirunelveli
(4 Districts)
12 Vilupuram 9345913380
04146-290567 		villzonal [at] gmail [dot] com 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
lashmi_naga2005 [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
sohts2018 [at] yahoo [dot] com
2 Assistant Professor
of Archaeology
Dr. E. Iniyan 		7604816312
initnou [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Library and Information Science
3 Assistant Librarian Mrs. S. Sakila
044 - 24306645
librarytnou [at] gmail [dot] com

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
drmvsudhakaran [at] yahoo [dot] com
2
Assistant professor
of Social Work
Tmt. J. Renee Arathi
9487504298
tnousocialworksoss [at] gmail [dot] com
3
Assistant Professor
of Economics
Dr. N. Saravanakumar 		9943375556
tnousoss1 [at] gmail [dot] com
4 Assistant Professor
of Sociology
Dr. D. Thirumalraja
-
tnousoss1 [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Journalism and New Media studies
5
Assistant Professor 		Dr. P. Chitra - -
6 Assistant Professor Dr. C. Karthikeyan
9443214777
Karthikeyan251973 [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Politics and Public Administration 
7
Assistant Professor
Dr. R. Arumugam
8695004048
7904606667
arumugamrspm2017 [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Administration
8 Assistant Professor
Dr. S. Anantharamakrishnan
9944998715
ananthsenthivel [at] gmail [dot] com

Faculty of  Sciences

S.
no		 Designation Name Contact No. Email
School of Science
1 Associate Professor
of Zoology 		Dr. T. Ravimanickam 044-24306641
ravimanick2003 [at] gmail [dot] com
2 Assistant Professor
Dr. K. Katturajan 		9486459856
kattugis [at] gmail [dot] com
3
Assistant Professor
of Botany 		Dr. S. Vinod Kanna -
winskan [at] gmail [dot] com
4
Assistant Professor
of Chemistry
Dr. P. Shanmugavelan
8940409751
shanchemmku [at] gmail [dot] com
5
Assistant Professor
of Physics
Dr. E. Kumar 		- -
6
Assistant Professor in
Fashion Design
Dr. R. Pragadheeswari 		-
pragadheeswari12 [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Computer Science
7 Assistant Professor Er. N. Sivashanmugam
9444697612
sivashanmugamn [at] gmail [dot] com
8
Assistant Professor
Dr. R. Kalaiarasi 		-
kalaiarasidr [at] gmail [dot] com

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
drbharathibalan [at] gmail [dot] com
2
Assistant Professor
Dr. M.Vaiyapuri
044-24306626
vaiyapurimurugan [at] gmail [dot] com
3
Assistant Professor
Dr. S. Aranganathan
9894621706
arangantnou [at] gmail [dot] com
School of Humanities
4
Assistant Professor of English 		Dr. R. Mahendran
9487700180
drarmahendran [at] gmail [dot] com

Faculty of Extension Education

S.
no		 Designation Name Contact No. Email
School of Continuing Education
1
Professor & Director 		Dr.P.Thiyagarajan -
thyagu34 [at] yahoo [dot] com
2
Assistant Professor
Er.R.Meenambigai 		-
rmeenambigai [at] gmail [dot] com
3 Assistant Professor Dr. I Ambeth
9791234586
ambethedu [at] gmail [dot] com

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
anupama [dot] tnou [at] gmail [dot] com
2 Assistant Professor Mr. R. M. Tamil Selvan
9841685515
miffytamil1 [at] gmail [dot] com
Education
3 Professor and Director
Dr. M. Manivannan
9442076655
manivannantnou [at] gmail [dot] com
4
Associate Professor 		Dr. K. S. Premila 9840681434
kspremilatnou [at] yahoo [dot] com
5 Assistant Professor Dr. T. Sampath Kumar
9445430215
sam_tnou [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in
6
Assistant Professor 		Dr. D. Vinodh Kumar
9444212467
vinodhtnou [at] yahoo [dot] in
7
Associate Professor 		Dr. K. S. Ramakrishnan
8248025564
drksrk [at] gmail [dot] com
8 Assistant Professor
Dr. D. Sumathi
9094498422
sumathidesinguraj [at] gmail [dot] com
9
Assistant Professor 		Dr. C. Barathi 9976698244
drcbarathi [at] gmail [dot] com
10 Associate Professor
Dr. P. Pandia Vadivu
9952050205
drpandiyav [at] gmail [dot] com
11 Assistant Professor Dr. A. S. Arul Lawrence 9994103888
arullawrence [at] gmail [dot] com

Faculty of Management

S.
no		 Designation Name Contact No. Email
 School of Management Studies
1
Professor and Director 		Dr.S. Subramanian
9791081466
chisant [at] rediffmail [dot] com
2
Associate Professor 		Dr.R. Tamilmaran
9994050582
drtamilmaran [at] gmail [dot] com
3 Assistant Professor
Dr.N. Saranya Devi 		9940190034
saranyan19 [at] gmail [dot] com

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
tnousssd2019 [at] gmail [dot] com

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
tnouvc [at] gmail [dot] com		 Tamil Nadu Open University
Saidapet, Chennai – 600 015
2. Mr. D. Karthikeyan
I.A.S.,Principal Secretary
to Governmen		 044-25670049
hrsec [at] tn [dot] gov [dot] in		 Higher Education Department,
Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009
3. Dr. J. Radhakrishnan,
IAS.,Principal Secretary
to Government		 044-25671875
hfsec [at] tn [dot] gov [dot] in		 Health & Family Welfare Department,
Secretariat, Chennai 600 009
4. Mr. C. Gopi Ravikumar,
M.A.,M.L.,Secretary
to Government,		 044-25672920
9500155655
lawsec [at] tn [dot] gov [dot] in		 Law Department, Secretariat,
Chennai – 600 009
5. Dr. S. Narayana Kalkura
Professor 		044-22358335
044-22358316 (Office)
044-22355024 (Resi)
9444784963
kalkura [at] yahoo [dot] com		 UGC-BSR Faculty Fellow Crystal Growth
Centre (UGC – National Facility Centre)
Anna University Chennai – 600025
6. Tmt. Y. Sarada
Professor 		044-22358525
9840289028
sarada [at] annauniv [dot] edu 		Department of Mathematics CEG Campus,
Anna University Chennai – 600 025
7. Dr. B. Ponnuswamy
Associate Professor
of Economics		 044-24806661
8056166664
profdrbps [at] gmail [dot] com		 (Retd) No.15 Sowrashtra Nagar 9th Street,
Choolaimedu High Road Chennai – 600 094
8. Dr. K. Sekar
(Former Director of
Collegiate Education) 		9976664666
sekarbot [at] yahoo [dot] com		 84, 2nd Street, Ganesapuram,
Namakkal – 637 002
9. Thiru. V. Manoharan
(Former Director TAMIN)		 9442909000
venket [dot] mano [at] gmail [dot] com  		 7, Crystal Lawn Apartments 104,
13th Main Road Anna Nagar West
Chennai – 600 040
10 Dr. S. Subramanian
Prof. & Director 		044-24306616
9791081466
chisant [at] rediffmail [dot] com  		 School of Management Studies
Tamil Nadu Open University
Saidapet, Chennai – 600 015
11. Dr. T. Sampath Kumar
Assistant Professor 		9445430215/
9840546117
sam_tnou [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] in		 School of Education Tamil Nadu
Open University Chennai – 600 015
12. Dr.A. Muthumanickam 9443304298
professormuthumanickam [at] gmail [dot] com
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
abvk86 [at] gmail [dot] com		 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

Address

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

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