Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Education

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE), formerly Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering and later Kalasalingam University, is a private deemed-to-be university located in Krishnankoil, near Rajapalayam in Tamil Nadu, India, close to the temple town of Srivilliputhur. It was established in 1984 by the Kalasalingam Anandam Ammal Charities, with T. Kalasalingam as founder chairman, and was granted deemed-to-be university status in 2006. In 2017, following a University Grants Commission directive, it was renamed to its current form. Situated 65 km south of Madurai and 10 km north of Srivilliputhur at the foothills of the Western Ghats, the institution offers Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology degrees across fields such as Aeronautical, Agricultural, Automobile, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, and more. The campus features sports facilities, a WiFi-enabled network, and extensive computing infrastructure. Its academic year follows a semester system with internal and final exams under the Choice Based Credit System. In 2024, NIRF ranked it 36th among engineering colleges and 30th among universities.