Amrita College of Engineering & Technology

It is located 7 km north-west of Main-town Nagercoil, at Erachakulam. The college campus spans over 110 acres (0.45 km²) in a highland locality with an elegant background of hills. The total built up area over 50,000 m² of the institution includes accommodating lecture halls, laboratories, staff rooms, libraries and workshop.

The lush green campus of Amrita Institutions Nagercoil is situated in Amritagiri which sprawls along the laps of the eastern valley of Velimalai, which is the abode of Goddess Valli the tribal consort of God Subramanya. Ten kilometers to the north is Mahendragiri from where the mighty Sri Hanuman jumped over to Sri Lanka in search of Mother Sita. Five kilometers to the east of the campus is Thadakamala which looks like a demonic gigantic woman lying on her back. As per the lore, Lord Rama killed Thadaka here, and subsequently the hill has been called as Thadakamala. Twenty kilometers south is Kanyakumari, where Goddess Bhagavathi is on Tapas. Seven kilometers from our campus towards Kanyakumari is Suchindram the religious headquarters of Kanyakumari District where there is a gigantic temple for Sri Sthanumalaya who is Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma rolled in one, symbolically saying many is actually one. One of the tallest idols for Sri Hanuman is also in this temple. Three kilometers from Suchindrum is the famous Maruthuvazhmalai which is believed to be a spill of Sanjeev Parvatha of Himalayas from the hands of Sri Hanuman. Many spiritual gurus got enlightenment here. The tiny Kanyakumari district which houses Amritagiri is known for majestic hills, pristine rivers, virgin beaches and meandering rivulets. The district is historically, spiritually and culturally famous. The picturesque campus spreads over an area of nearly 110 acres. Anandan Channel winds around the campus and looks like a watery necklace to the campus.

The institute contains an engineering college, a polytechnic college and a college of education for women. The College of engineering is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai offering 5 full-time undergraduate and 2 full-time postgraduate engineering programmes and management studies to students. BE/BTech admissions for Govt. quota seats are filled as per government of Tamil Nadu norms through TNEA(Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions) counselling conducted by the Anna University and the management quota seats are filled through regulated management seat procedures done by the Consortium of Private Self Financing Arts, Science and Engineering Colleges. In every course, 65% of the seats are filled through counselling and 35% of the seats by management quota.

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