Tamil Virtual Academy

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| name = Tamil Virtual Academy

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| established = {{start date and age|df=yes|2001|02|17}}

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| chairman = Dr. Neeraj Mittal, IAS{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilvu.org/en/content/tva-chairmans|title=List of TVA Chairmen|access-date=27 August 2021}}

| director = Dr. V. P. Jeyaseelan {{cite web|url=http://www.tamilvu.org/en/content/tva-directors|title=List of TVA Directors|access-date=27 August 2021}}

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| city = Chennai

| state = Tamil Nadu

| country = {{Flag|India}}

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| website = {{url|http://www.tamilvu.org}}

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Tamil Virtual Academy, formerly known as the Tamil Virtual University, is a distance education institution based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The Government of Tamil Nadu established the Tamil Virtual University on 17 February 2001 as a society.{{cite web|url=https://tamilnation.org/digital/tamilvu.htm|title=Inauguration of Tamil Virtual University|work=Tamilnation.org|access-date=27 August 2021}} The announcement was made at the closing ceremony of the Second Tamil Internet Conference in 1999 by M. Karunanidhi. The university provides internet-based educational resources and opportunities for the Tamil diaspora as well as for others interested in learning the Tamil language and acquiring knowledge of the history, art, literature and culture of the Tamils.

Tamil Virtual Academy offers certificate courses at three levels (Basic, Intermediate and Advance) and B.A. programme in Tamil. The postgraduate programme M.A. (Tamil) has been approved by Tamil University, Tanjore.