Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University (TNJFU), formerly and commonly known as Tamil Nadu Fisheries University (TNFU), is a government fisheries university situated in Vettar River View Campus in the southern part of the city of

Nagapattinam Nagapattinam (''nākappaṭṭinam'', previously spelt Nagapatnam or Negapatam) is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Nagapattinam District. The town came to prominence during the period of Medieval ...

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, India. It is about from the Nagapattinam Junction Railway Station and about from the Nagapattinam Bus Stand. It is one of the premier fisheries universities named after the former

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J. Jayalalithaa.

History

The members of the High Level Committee of fisheries submitted the proposals to the former

J. Jayalalithaa in the presence of M. Radhakrishnan, former Minister for Fisheries Department of Tamil Nadu in 2012 to start a separate fisheries university in

. ''Tamil Nadu Fisheries University Act, 2012'' received the assent of the former President of the Republic of India

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in 2012. The university was established, exclusively for Fisheries. This affiliating University started functioning from July 2012 and is governed by the said Act. By 2017, It was named after the former

J. Jayalalithaa through ''Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Chennai Act, 2017''.

Administration

The

Chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

and Pro-chancellor of the university are the

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and the Minister for Fisheries Department of

respectively. The

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is the main academic officer and administrator in its everyday functioning of the university who is appointed by the

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Affiliated colleges

TNJFU has nine constituent colleges: Click on "Colleges". *

Fisheries College and Research Institute The Fisheries College and Research Institute (FCRI) is situated in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India. History Fisheries College and Research Institute initially started as Fisheries College was established in the year 1977 as a constituent unit ...

Thoothukudi Thoothukudi (formerly Tuticorin) is a port city, a municipal corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The city lies in the Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal. Thoothukudi is the capital and he ...

*Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute,

Ponneri Ponneri is a town located in Chennai Metropolitan Region, Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in Ponneri taluk. Ponneri is major destination for Andhra Pradesh people to buy goods. Geography Ponneri is ...

*Dr. M.G.R Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thalainayeru *College of Fisheries Engineering,

*Institute of Fisheries Post Graduate Studies, Vaniyanchavadi, OMR,

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*Institute of Fisheries Biotechnology, Vaniyanchavadi, OMR, Chennai *TNJFU - Business School (Fisheries), Vaniyanchavadi, OMR, Chennai *College of Fish Nutrition and Food Technology,

Madhavaram, Chennai Madhavaram is a neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Located in the northern part of Chennai, it is also a ''taluk'' in Chennai District and a ''zone'' in Greater Chennai Corporation. It is located in between Perambur and Kodungaiyur. A ...

*College of Fisheries Nautical Technology,

References

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