Education
Along with Varanasi or Banaras, Kanchipuram one of the places consider to be a traditional centre of Hindu learning and was designated Ghatikasthanam, meaning "place of learning". Kanchipuram acted as a religious centre of advanced learning for Jainism. Silappatikaram, the 2nd century Tamil literature has quotes of Kanchipuram being an advanced centre of learning. The Buddhist monasteries acted as nucleus of the Buddhist educational system. With the gradual resurrection of Hinduism during the reign of Mahendra Varman I, the Hindu educational system gained prominence with Sanskrit emerging as the official language. The Sanskrit poet Bharavi hailed from Kanchipuram and wrote the famous Kiratarjuniya under the patronage of the Pallava king Simhavishnu. Another Sanskrit poet, Dandin composed the Dakshakumaracharita, the tale of ten princes.
Modern day Kanchipuram has 49 registered schools, with 16 of them run by the city municipality. The district administration opened night schools for educating children employed in the silk weaving industry – as of December 2001, these schools together were educating 127 people and 260 registered students from September 1999. Larsen and Tubro inaugurated the first rail construction training centre in India at Kanchipuram on May 24, 2012 that can train 300 technicians and 180 middle level managers/engineers each year. Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya and Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE) are the two Deemed universities present in Kanchipuram. Kanchipuram is home to one of the four Indian Institute of Information of Technology, a public private partnered institute, offering under graduate and post graduate programs in information technology. The city has two medical colleges – Arignar Anna Memorial Cancer Institute and Hospital, established in 1969, operated by the Department of Health, Government of Tamil Nadu and private owned Meenakshi Medical College. The city has 6 engineering colleges, 3 polytechnic institutes and 6 arts & science colleges.
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