[3] The announcement was made at the closing ceremony of the Second Tamil Internet Conference in 1999 by M. Karunanidhi.

The university provides internet-based educational resources and opportunities for the Tamil diaspora as well as for others interested in learning the Tamil language and acquiring knowledge of the history, art, literature and culture of the Tamils.

Tamil Virtual Academy offers certificate courses at three levels (Basic, Intermediate and Advance) and B.A.

The digital library of TVU provides literature, glossaries and dictionaries.

It accommodates literature starting from Sangam era to the present day, with the following features: The library has subject-indexing and search facilities.