The long felt need of the people of Salem, Namakkal, and Dharmapuri was materialised with the inception of the Periyar University on 17th of September 1997. Dr.M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of TamilNadu, inaugurated the University. A postgraduate extension center was functioning at Salem since 1983 with the assistance of the UGC to serve as the foundation for a full-fledged university later, and now it is the nucleus of this new University.
The faculty of Geology began to function from 1983 under the headship of Dr.D.Jayakumar,who was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University.
"Periyar University" has been constituted in Salem in the 50th year of Indian
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