National Engineering College

National Engineering College

Motto	Arivae Aakam
Type	Engineering College
Established	1984
Principal	S. Shanmugavel
Director	Kn.K.S.K. Chockalingam
Location	Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, 628503
Campus	suburban
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 Reddiar . 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 offered 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 Bachelor degree courses in Information Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering as well as some Masters degree programs in addition to the existing courses. The college was granted Autonomy status in May 2011. The first Principal and Director of this college was Prof. S. Kannappan. The college was initially affiliated to M K University and later to M S University and then Anna University. Students who graduated till 1993 got their degrees from M K University.

List of Directors

The position of Director was established in 1993. The table below has the Directors the college had since 1993.

List of Principals

The table below has the list of principals the college had since its inception.

Accessibility

The college is located in Tamil Nadu in the southernmost part of India. It's off of National Highway 44 (India), the longest-running major north–south National Highway that goes from Srinagar to Kanyakumari. Previously this part of the highway was numbered as National Highway 7 (India) which was from Varanasi to Kanyakumari. 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 Nalattinputhur. Also, the railway station in Kovilpatti is not far away. Tuticorin Airport is possibly the closest commercial domestic airport, while the Madurai Airport is the closest international airport. V.O.Chidambaranar Port or Tuticorin Port Trust is the closest major port.

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 is approved by Anna University, Chennai for research leading to Ph.D.

For the Bachelor's degree program, the sanctioned intake seems to be about 120. This particular program was in high demand since inception. Earlier the intake was around 60 students per year. For the Master's degree programs the sanctioned intake is only 18 for each of the specialized programs.

Dr. R. Parthasarathy (Retired Professor of Indian Institute of Technology Madras or IIT, Chennai) and Dr. V. Krishnamurthi (Retired faculty of College of Engineering, Guindy) have worked for a short period of time during the 1980s and 1990s as Head of this department. Also Prof. Ct. Rm. Chidambaram, a retired faculty from Annamalai University worked for a few years in the mid 1990s. Dr. V. Vijayarengan who was an entrepreneur worked for a long time in this department as well.

Many students from this department have distinguished career achievements. Some of them continue to serve in leadership roles in many different companies including Fortune 500 companies. Also, some of those who started their career as lecturers in this department have gone on to become Principal or Dean or other similar higher positions in other engineering and technology institutions.

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