Mepco Schlenk Engineering College

Coordinates: 9°31′28.8″N 77°51′19.4″E / 9.524667°N 77.855389°E / 9.524667; 77.855389

Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
Motto Work is Worship
Type Private
Established 1984
Affiliation Autonomous
Principal Dr. S. Arivazhagan
Location Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India
Campus 165 acres (0.67 km2)
Website http://www.mepcoeng.ac.in/

Mepco Schlenk Engineering College is an autonomous engineering college located in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It was founded on 17 October 1984. It is an ISO9001:2008 certified institution.[2] It is sponsored by the Mepco Schlenk Charities, a social welfare organization of the Metal Powder Company Limited,[3] Thirumangalam and its German collaborator, Schlenk. The college was affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai until 2002 and later with Anna University, Chennai, but since 2012 it has been affiliated with Anna University of Technology, Chennai.[4][5]

The medium of instruction is English for all courses, examinations, seminar presentations and project reports.

Departments

  • Biotechnology
  • Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Science Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Information Technology

Infrastructure

A mineral water plant located within the campus has a capacity of 10,000 litres per day. Also on the campus are located the Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank (TMB) with ATM facility, photo copying centre, canteen, parking lot, stand-by power generators, a separate telephone exchange, television facilities in the hostel, water treatment plant, and students' amenities. The campus has Wi-Fi connectivity. Mobile phones are not allowed in this college.

Most of the student population stays on campus in hostels. The single gender hostels, five for men and five for women, are named after important rivers in India:

  • Godavari
  • Kaveri
  • Krishna
  • Narmadha
  • Brahmaputra
  • Ganga
  • Yamuna
  • Sindhu
  • Mahanadhi
  • tamirabarani

Clubs and associations

Clubs and professional organisations at Mepco serve as an important nodal point in students' lives. Students enthusiastically perform managerial, organisational and participatory roles in these groups.

References

  1. ↑ Sivakasi: A high quality education centre
  2. ↑ "Mepko Schlenk Engineering College". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Metal Powder Company Limited
  4. ↑ Engineering the future
  5. ↑ A fillip from industry
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