Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE), formerly known as Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering and later Kalasalingam University, is a private deemed-to-be university situated at Krishnankoil, about 65 km south of Madurai and 10 km north of Srivilliputhur, in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 1984 by the Kalasalingam Anandam Ammal Charities, with Thiru T. Kalasalingam as founder chairman, and was granted deemed university status in 2006. In November 2017, it was renamed Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education after a University Grants Commission directive to remove 'University' from its name. The institution offers Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology degrees across various engineering fields, including Aeronautical, Civil, Mechanical, Computer Science, and Biotechnology, among others. It has central and departmental libraries with academic and digital resources, and a campus equipped with sporting facilities and WiFi-enabled computing infrastructure. The academic system follows a Choice Based Credit System with two semesters per year. In 2024, KARE was ranked 36th among engineering colleges and 30th among universities by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).