TAMILNADU OPEN UNIVERSITY
TAMILNADU OPEN UNIVERSITY Tamilnadu Open University (TNOU) commenced its academic operations in 2003-04. The green colour circular emblem bears the motifs of a globe,supported by an open book and crested by a traditional lamp; a transmission tower and a computer. All these are ensconced in a circular border, which bears the name of the university in Tamil and English. At the bottom on a green banner, its motto in Tamil ‘எல்லோருக்கும் எப்போதும் கல்வி’ meaning ‘Education for Everyone Always’.The globe denotes the reach of the open education; the transmission tower and computer signify the role these technologies play in this form of education; the open book denotes knowledge and wisdom and the traditional lamp denotes light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity.