New Delhi: Annamalai University's Open and Distance Learning (ODL) courses are declared invalid by UGC. In a public warning, the Higher Education Regulator advised students not to enrol in ODL courses given by Annamalai University because they contravene the commission's rules and regulation

K Ponmudi, the Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister has announced that Annamalai University, a unitary institution, will soon be converted into an affiliating university.  Currently, Annamalai University is operating as a unitary University and several people, including Shiv Das Meena, [IAS