Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy

Indian deemed university at Thirumalaisamudram near Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, founded in 1984 as a college and given deemed status in 2001, with a further campus at Kumbakonam. Runs a school of chemical and biotechnology teaching pharmaceutical technology, bioengineering and chemical engineering, together with schools of engineering, law, management and education, and carries out research in drug delivery, biomaterials and natural products with its own laboratories.