The University

(1) There shall be a University by the name ‘Tamil Nadu Open University’. (2) The University shall be a body corporate, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name. (3) The Headquarters of the University shall be located at Chennai and it may establish or maintain Colleges, Regional Centres and Study Centres at such other places in Tamil Nadu, other States of the Indian Union and outside the country as it may deem fit.