National Engineering College
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| Motto | Arivae Aakam |
|---|---|
| Type | Engineering College |
| Established | 1984 |
| Chairman | K. Ramasamy |
| Principal | Dr. S.Shanmugavel Ph.D., |
| Director | Dr. Kn.K.S.K. Chockalingam B.E., M.Sc., (Engg) Ph.D., |
| Location | Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, 628503 |
| Campus | suburban 151 acres (0.61 km2) |
| Affiliations | Anna University |
| Website | http://nec.edu.in |
National Engineering College (NEC), Kovilpatti, India is an autonomous institution started in 1984 which offers engineering studies. It is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. It is one among the various institutions set up by Mr. K. Ramasamy. Not all the courses offered by the college have accreditation by NBA.[1] The institution runs under a trust formed by the chairman K. Ramasamy. The college maintains an individual students record in which academic performance, conduct and attendance are assessed continuously.
History
National Engineering College was established under the self-financing scheme sanctioned by the Government of Tamil Nadu G.O. No. 939 dated 20 July 1984 by the National Educational and Charitable Trust, Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi district. Thiru. K. Ramasamy is the founder chairman of this college. Initially, the college taught courses that led to Bachelor's degree in Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering & Mechanical Engineering . Later the college started offering courses in Information Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. The college was granted Autonomy status in May 2011. The first Principal and Director of this college was Prof. S. Kannappan. The second Principal was Dr. V. Krishnamurthi. The other notable principals of the college are Dr. N. Rajasekaran Pillai and Dr. N. S. Marimuthu.
Accessibility
The college is located in the southernmost part of India on National Highway 7. Madurai is the closest metropolitan city, around 100 km away, while Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Trivandrum are the other major cities that are close by. The nearest railway station is in Kovilpatti.
Other details and facilities
The campus is spread in an area of 150 acres . It has approximately 3800 students, 400 teaching and non-teaching staff members, 2 GB Bandwidth Optical Fibre Cable Networking, 5 conference halls, separate hostels for boys and girls, extensive computing facilities with more than 600 terminals and computers and a library with more than 25,000 books and 200 journals, 150 online journals and 1200 back volumes.
Electronics & Communication Engineering Department
The Department was established in 1984. It offers courses in B.E Electronics and Communication Engineering, M.E Communication Systems and M.E Embedded Systems Technologies. The Department has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with EdGate Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore and Tessolve Services Pvt Ltd., Bangalore. The department is approved by Anna University, Chennai for research leading to Ph.D.
Dr. R. Parthasarathy (Retired Professor of IIT, Chennai) and Dr. V. Krishnamurthi (Retired faculty at College of Engineering, Guindy) have worked for a short period of time in this department.
Some of those who started their career as a lecturer in this department have gone on to become Principal or some other higher positions like Dean in other engineering institutions.
Research and Development Lab in collaboration with IGCAR
The department has an R & D lab that was established in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, to carry out a three-year project titled "Artificial Intelligence based Computer Aided Detection for Medical Application" which involves the Non – Destructive Testing modality such as Infrared Thermography.
ECE Association
ECE association is an entity of the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of this college. Two annual fests are organized by this association - one fest being ADITA (intra college technical fest) in which papers on various topics are presented by students from different departments of our college and the other being NECTAR (inter college technical fest) in which students from various colleges present their paper on diverse range of topics. Throughout the year seminars are conducted on modern trending topics of our field. Guest lectures and seminars are conducted regularly to keep the students on par with the expectations of industry.
Programmes offered
The college offers 7 undergraduate, 9 Postgraduate and several research programmes leading to Ph.D. degrees in all departments. Not all programmes have accreditation from NBA.
Under Graduate (4 year degrees)
The institute offers Bachelor of Engineering in
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Information Technology
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering and
- Civil Engineering
Post Graduate courses
The institute offers Masters in Engineering (M. E.) in computer science and engineering, communication systems, computer and communication, energy engineering, high voltage engineering, control and instrumentation and embedded systems technologies. It also offers Master of Technology (M. Tech) in production engineering and master of computer application
References
- ↑ "National Engineering College". Nec.edu.in. Retrieved 2014-04-04.