Anna University Releases New Exam Date Post Chennai Rains

The affiliating body for engineering colleges in Tamilnadu, Anna University, Chennai has announced the new dates for the semester exams that were postponed due the rains that lashed on November 3.

Anna University exams new date

As per the new timetable released by Anna University, all the re-scheduled exams will be conducted on November 11, 2017.

The government ordered that schools remain closed in Chennai, Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts on Monday. Following this, Anna University and the University of Madras announced the cancellation of their semester exams which were scheduled to be conducted on November 3.

What does the Anna University official notification read?

"Since there is UPSC Exam on 19-11-2017, all the Anna University re-scheduled date for the exam originally scheduled on 03-11-2017 is fixed on 25-11-2017 (sic)," said a notification from the Anna University Controller of Examinations.

The other colleges that postponed the exams were Ethiraj College for Women, Loyola College and Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a visit to the state today assured all assistance to rain-ravaged Tamil Nadu in tackling the fallout of the heavy downpour in the capital and some districts, including

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