KALASALINGAM ACADEMY OF RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION

KALASALINGAM ACADEMY OF
RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education (KARE) (Deemed to be University) formerly Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering was established in 1984 by Kalvivallal T. Kalasalingam under the trust Kalasalingam and Anandam Ammal Charities. It obtained the deemed to be university status in 2006. The emblem of the university has an open book supporting a traditional lamp burning brightly inside a blue gear wheel which bears the name of the university. Below this on a banner, its motto in Tamil ‘அறிவு அற்றம் காக்கும் கருவி’ meaning ‘Intelligence is the Tool to Protect Ignorance’ is written. The open book symbolises education, knowledge and wisdom; the traditional lamp signifies light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity; the gear wheel represents interconnectedness; efficiency and precision; progress and advancement; synchronisation and timing and order and structure  and the colour blue signifies serenity, calmness, trust, spirituality, calmness, wisdom, freedom, openness, intelligence and loyalty.