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Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences

Private university in Tamil Nadu, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ6373705 ↗
Source-derived summary

Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, formerly Karunya University, is a private deemed university in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by D. G. S. Dhinakaran and his son Paul Dhinakaran.

Accreditation

Karunya University was accredited in 2022 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an "A++" grade.

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The public source identifies “Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences” as private university in Tamil Nadu, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Karunya, Institute and Technology.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Karunya, Institute and Technology providing the first useful test.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6373705. VIAF identifies the subject as 146818146. The Library of Congress control number is n2009218713. Authority coordinates are 10.939, 76.747. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022.

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This entry incorporates text from “Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.