Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
Type Engineering college, College of Computer Applications and College of Business Management
Established 1996
Chairman Shiv Nadar
President Kala Vijayakumar
Principal Salivahanan
Dean K. Kasthuri and P. Ramasamy
Director S B. Srinivasan, and K. G. Narayanan
Academic staff
 ~250
Students 4000
Undergraduates 3500
Postgraduates 650
~100
Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
12°45′9″N 80°11′46″E / 12.75250°N 80.19611°E / 12.75250; 80.19611Coordinates: 12°45′9″N 80°11′46″E / 12.75250°N 80.19611°E / 12.75250; 80.19611
Campus 712"acres
Nickname SSN
Affiliations

Autonomous, Carnegie Mellon University,

National Tsing Hua University
Website www.ssn.edu.in

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSNCE), popularly known as SSN College of Engineering or simply SSN, is an engineering institution located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The college is certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard[1] by the National Board of Accreditation.

In March 2018, the college was granted autonomous status by UGC.[2]

History

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering was started in 1996 by Shiv Nadar. The college was opened in 1996 at a temporary location in Thoraipakkam in the suburbs of Chennai, Tamil Nadu as an affiliate of Anna University. It later moved to a 1 square kilometre campus at Kalavakkam (Thiruporur Panchayat) on Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) in 1998.

In association with Carnegie Mellon University, the SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering was started in 2001.[3][4]

Admissions

Admissions into all courses are done through merit and management basis. A certain percentage of seats go to the Anna University Single Window System (AU SWS) and gets filled as Merit and the remaining seats are filled through an exam followed by interview termed as management quota. This percentage may vary each year. Similarly for Masters courses seats are filled on the basis of TANCET scores by AU SWS and separate exam.

Rankings

College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2018)[5] 73
Engineering – India
NIRF (2018)[6] 36
Medical - India
Outlook India (2017)[7] 24

SSN was ranked 36 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018[6] and 73 overall.[5] It was ranked 24 among engineering colleges by Outlook India in 2017.[7]

Notable alumni

See also

Shiv Nadar University

References

  1. ↑ "SSN Trust offers Rs 4 crore scholarships". Che nnaionline.com. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Eight institutions get autonomous status". thehindu.com. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "ICT must be made more affordable". Business Line. 27 December 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "SSN-Carnegie Mellon University offers masters in IT". The Hindu. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  5. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018.
  6. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Top 25 Medical Colleges In 2017". Outlook India. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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