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 Tamil Virtual Academy | |
| Established | 17 February 2001 |
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| Chairman | Dr. Neeraj Mittal, IAS[1] |
| Director | Dr. V. P. Jeyaseelan [2] |
| Location | , , |
| Nickname | TVA |
| Website | www |
Tamil Virtual Academy, formerly known as the Tamil Virtual University, is a distance education institution based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The Government of Tamil Nadu established the Tamil Virtual University on 17 February 2001 as a society.[3] The announcement was made at the closing ceremony of the Second Tamil Internet Conference in 1999 by M. Karunanidhi. The university provides internet-based educational resources and opportunities for the Tamil diaspora as well as for others interested in learning the Tamil language and acquiring knowledge of the history, art, literature and culture of the Tamils.
Tamil Virtual Academy offers certificate courses at three levels (Basic, Intermediate and Advance) and B.A. programme in Tamil. The postgraduate programme M.A. (Tamil) has been approved by Tamil University, Tanjore.
- ^ "List of TVA Chairmen". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "List of TVA Directors". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Inauguration of Tamil Virtual University". Tamilnation.org. Retrieved 27 August 2021.