Thiagarajar College of Engineering

Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Motto Vinaiye Uyir
Motto in English
 Duty Is Life
Type Government-aided
Established 1957
Principal V. Abhai Kumar
Location Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Campus Suburban, 143 acres
Affiliations Anna University, Chennai
Website www.tce.edu

Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE) is a government-aided autonomous institution located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. It is one of several educational and philanthropic institutions founded by philanthropist and industrialist Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar. TCE was established in 1957. The courses offered in TCE are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. TCE was granted Autonomy in the year 1987.

Location

Thiagarajar College of Engineering

The institution and hostels are located near Thirupparankundram on the outskirts of Madurai, 8 kilometres south-west of the city of Madurai.

The campus is located 10 km from the Madurai Airport, 8 km from the Madurai Railway station and is well connected by buses with all parts of state.

Academic programs

TCE offers 8 undergraduate,16 postgraduate programs and research programs (MS and PhD) in all Engineering and Science streams.

Ranking

College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2018)[1] 95
Engineering – India
NIRF (2018)[2] 39
Outlook India (2017)[3] 31

TCE was ranked 39 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018[2] and 95 overall.[1] It was ranked 31 by Outlook India in 2017.[3]

Notable alumni

  • A. Sivathanu Pillai, Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO[4]
  • Karthik Subbaraj, Kollywood director
  • Nabi Narayan, S. Nambi Narayanan is an Indian scientist. As a senior official at the Indian Space Research Organisation, he was in-charge of the cryogenics division. In 1994, he was falsely charged with espionage and arrested. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018.
  2. 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Top 100 Engineering Colleges In 2017". Outlook India. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "APJ Abdul Kalam tried to merge ISRO and DRDO: Sivathanu Pillai". The Times of India. Times News Network. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Template:Nambi Narayanan
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