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By Our Staff Reporter
CHENNAI, SEPT. 28. The distance education programmes of Annamalai University at Chidambaram have attracted about 2.6 lakh students from all over the world, its pro-chancellor, M.A.M. Ramaswamy, said here today. At least 50,000 students from foreign countries have enrolled for the programmes. The University has 82 centres all over India, three of them in Chennai. About 18,000 students lived on the 900-acre campus while 6,000 students travelled to the University to pursue programmes offered by it through the conventional system, he added. Mr. Ramaswamy was speaking after receiving a "Lifetime Achievement Award" presented to him by the Rotary Club of Chennai East R.A. Puram. He said in the past 20 years, he had invested Rs.100 crores to provide quality education at the University. It was started as a dental college in 1970 and subsequently became an autonomous university offering medicine and various other disciplines. He recalled his association with Rotary Clubs and lauded the clubs' hard work and noble service to society.
Horse racing
Presenting him the award, P.T. Ramkumar, former Rotary district governor, spoke on the contributions of Mr. Ramaswamy in transforming horse racing into a sport. The citation presented to Mr. Ramaswamy highlighted his achievements thus: "He seized the opportunity to take education to newer geographies through the distance education programme of Annamalai University which, over the last 25 years, covers all parts of India as well as few countries in Asia, thereby creating opportunities for the millions who would otherwise have been deprived of this wonderful gift called education." It said the 1,050-bed hospital on campus is entirely run on charity for the benefit of the villagers in and around Chidambaram. He entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1985 for winning 100 classics in horse racing and has since quadrupled the number making him the doyen of horse racing in the country, the citation added. An audio-visual presentation was shown depicting the life of Mr. Ramaswamy since his childhood. P.K.C. Ramesh, president, Rotary Club of Chennai East R.A. Puram, and E.K. Dhilip Kumar, secretary, spoke.
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