The university is on a campus of at Enathur, four kilometres from Kancheepuram and 80 kilometres from Chennai.
Emblem
The motto "Vande Sadgurum Chandrasekharam" means "I adore the virtuous preceptor guru Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Mahaswami", by whose name the Viswa Mahavidyalaya is established. The palm symbolizes the knowledge he transformed to generations. The joining of the thumb and forefinger denotes the merger of brahma and jeeva, which can also be interpreted as integration of the ancient vedic knowledge with modern scientific knowledge. The vyasapeetha and the grantha represent ghatikasthanam, the 18 vidyasthanams and 64 traditional arts.
Memoranda of understanding
The university has MOUs with the following institutions:
Yogi Ramsurtkumar Research Foundation for Asian Culture, Tiruvannamalai
Research
The university promotes research and development in all its departments, under the dean of research and development. Ph.D. programmes are offered in all departments. The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Culture has produced more than 25 doctoral degrees. A large number of researchers are pursuing their doctoral research programmes. Admissions are offered twice a year into the doctoral programmes.
The institution has buses for students and staff members commuting from Kancheepuram, Chennai, Walajabad and Ranipet.
Accommodation
Men's and women's hostels provide on-campus accommodation for students and a mess which provides food for day-scholars and hostelers. The university has a reverse osmosis plant to cater to the pure drinking water needs of the campus. 24 hours uninterrupted power supply Wi-Fi enabled campus Solar Water heater facility is available in each hostel English, Telugu, Hindi and Tamil newspapers and other magazines are provided in each hostel. Common TV viewing room is provided for each hostel Laundry facility Well-equipped Gym Sports facilities – Indoor & outdoor
Library
The university has the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi International Library, established in 1995, housed in Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Diamond Jubilee Mahal. It is spread across an area of with three floors. There are around 200,000 books, periodicals and electronic services including over 1,000 tapes and CD-ROMs. The library has a collection of books relating to Engineering and Technology, Management, Science, Humanities, Sanskrit Literature, Tamil Literature, Arts, Indian Culture, Life Sciences, Education, and subscribes to over 200 national and international journals and also all Leading Magazines and Newspapers
Medical centre
A medical centre in the campus provides medical care to students and staff
WiFi enabled Campus
The web centre has high end servers and is connected by NKN 1 Gbps Intranet / Internet connectivity via NIC. Internet connection is available campus wide, through the campus network, to enhance research and teaching activities. The Computing and development centre has high end client systems which are used by staff and students for research and development activities. WiFI connectivity is setup for the use of students and staff
Banking and Postal Services
Indian Bank has a full-fledged branch at Enathur, in our University campus. All major Nationalized Banks have their branches inside Kanchipuram town ATM Facility is available. The Enathur branch post office is located on the campus and provides postal services.
