Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering

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. It is an autonomous college affiliated with Anna University.[1] The college is certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard[2] by the National Board of Accreditation.

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
TypeEngineering college, College of Computer Applications and College of Business Management
Established1996
PresidentKala Vijayakumar
PrincipalDr.S.Salivahanan
DeanDr.P. Ramasamy
DirectorS B. Srinivasan and Dr. Shashikant Albal
Academic staff
~250
Students4000
Undergraduates3500
Postgraduates650
~100
Location
Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India

12°45′9″N 80°11′46″E
Campus250 acres
NicknameSSN
AffiliationsAutonomous, Anna University
Websitewww.ssn.edu.in

In March 2018, the college was granted autonomous status by UGC.[3]

History

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering(Shiv Nadar University) 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 250 acre 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.[4][5]

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 aptitude test followed by interview termed as management quota. Even this is also based on cutoff marks in 12th boards. 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) (2019)[6]78
Engineering – India
NIRF (2019)[7]37
Outlook India (2017)[8]24

SSN was ranked 37 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2019[7] and 78 overall.[6] It was ranked 24 among engineering colleges by Outlook India in 2017.[9]

Notable alumni

See also

Shiv Nadar University Shiv Nadar Foundation

References
  1. https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/colleges/autonomous_colleges-list.pdf
  2. "SSN Trust offers Rs 4 crore scholarships". Che nnaionline.com. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  3. "Eight institutions get autonomous status". thehindu.com. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. "ICT must be made more affordable". Business Line. 27 December 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  5. "SSN-Carnegie Mellon University offers masters in IT". The Hindu. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  6. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2019.
  7. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018.
  8. "Top 100 Engineering Colleges In 2017". Outlook India. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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