page_title: Peikarambankottai
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Peikarambankottai / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Peikkarumbankottai School
context_page_description: Peikkarumbankottai is a village in the Orathanadu taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
context_section_description: Peikkarumbankottai is well known for its culture and education. Peikkarumbankottai  (Thanjavur) has a total of 4 Universities as Tamil University,[72] SASTRA University,[73] PRIST University,[74] Periyar Maniammai University.[73] The Tamil University is a state run institute, started during 1981 and got the statutory recognition from the University Grants Commission in 1983.[75] It is one of its kind for the Tamil language doing higher research in Tamilology and advanced study in various other allied branches like linguistics, translation, lexicography, music, drama and manuscriptology.[75][76]
  Peikkarumbankottai (Thanjavur) has a total of 15 Arts, Science & Management colleges and 9 Engineering Colleges in the City. Thanjavur have its own Medical College as Thanjavur Medical College which was established in 1959. The Paddy Processing Research Centre (PPRC) later became the Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) in 2008 and is a hub for food processing research.
caption: Peikkarumbankottai School
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