The blueprint to achieve Institution of Eminence focuses on values,culture and practices to enhance health,environment, energy and social development, a varsity release said.
It focuses on a holistic approach through education and research has been emphasised to transform the society, keeping sustainability as a priority.
The varsity,among the top arts and science Universities in Tamil Nadu in 2016 and 2017, has become eligible to apply for IOE and proposed for funding worth Rs 1,000 crore for the next five years, to attain the status, it said.
Further, under IOE, the University has autonomy to recruit foreign faculty members and admit foreign students.
One of the objectives under IOE was to recruit and admit one-third of faculty members and students from foreign countries to have truly a world class atmosphere in the campus, the release said.