Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE) formerly Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering was established in 1984 by the pioneering Kalasalingam Anandam Ammal Charities. KARE is located at the pristine foothills of scenic Western Ghats at Krishnankoil, Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu and it is situated near the Thirumangalam-Kollam highway (NH 744) at a distance of 65 km from Madurai and 12 km from Srivilliputtur. The college obtained the Deemed to be University status in 2006. The Institution has been serving society for thirty-nine long years and it caters to the needs of students from all walks of society. KARE offers 35 UG programmes, 20 PG programmes and 17 Ph.D. programmes. It is the first Institution in India to introduce a special B.Tech. programme in engineering for the differently able (speech and hearing impaired) students. The Institution has been re-accredited (second cycle) by NAAC with ‘A’ grade with a CGPA of 3.11 in 2015. 8 UG programmes and 3 PG programmes have been accredited by NBA under Tier-1. KARE participates in NIRF every year and KARE has been ranked 29 in University, 36 in Engineering and 48 in Overall categories in the year 2023. KARE got ABET accreditation for 11 of the B.Tech. programmes in 2020. It is to be noted that in India, KARE is the only institution having the highest number of ABET accredited programmes. Based on the inspections by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, KARE was ranked 7th in Technical Institutions/Universities (Residential) category for Swachh Campus Ranking 2018. AICTE awarded 3rd price for application of Indian Knowledge System (IKS) in maintaining the campus as Clean & Smart in 2020. In UI Green Metric World University Ranking, KARE has been ranked 367th World's Most Sustainable University in 2022. In QS Asia University Ranking 2022, KARE has been ranked in 601-650 band. In Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2023, KARE has been ranked in the band 601-800. 183rd rank among the Times Higher Education Asia University ranking. KARE has been ranked in the 251-300 band among Times Higher Education Young University (less than 50 years) category.