Pondicherry Engineering College
Pondicherry Engineering College (PEC) is an engineering institution located in South India on East Coast Road in Pondicherry, Puducherry on the border of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
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| Motto | Prosperity Through Technology |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1984 under VII Five Year Plan |
| Affiliation | Pondicherry University |
| Principal | S. Kothandaraman |
| Undergraduates | 1,700 |
| Postgraduates | 300 |
| Location | Pondicherry, Puducherry , 12°00′47.74″N 79°51′13.78″E |
| Campus | 240 acres (0.97 km2) |
| Nickname | Pecites |
| Website | http://www.pec.edu |
The institution is sponsored by the Union Territory of Puducherry. The college was started in 1984 under the Five Year Plan of India (VII). PEC is an autonomous institution for the purposes of administration, staff recruitment and college development, and is managed by a Board of Governors. The college is also autonomous for undergraduate studies. It is affiliated with Pondicherry University for Postgraduate and PhD academic purposes, and offers eight Undergraduate and eight Postgraduate programmes, and a PhD programme in the disciplines of engineering and technology.
Location
The college campus is situated at Pillaichavady, which is about 12 km from the railway station and bus-stand in Pondicherry. It is about 150 km south of Chennai (Madras) on the shores of Bay of Bengal.
Campus
The 240 acres (0.97 km2) of the college campus has departmental buildings, an auditorium, library, hostels, students' amenities centre, open-air theatre, residential quarters for staff and laid out with roads, lawns and gardens.A central library with over 48000 books, 72 national journals, 98 international journals and INDEST (Indian National Digital Library of Science and Technology) facility is available for the use of staff and students.
Besides this there is a well furnished guest house and a well equipped dispensary are available. a well planned fibre-optical campus network with 12 Mbit/s leased line internet connectivity is available in the campus.
The institute has 2 basketball courts, one football ground and one cricket ground.
Departments
There are 12 departments:
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Information Technology
- Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Student life
Students' Councils
Each department has its own students' council organising various conferences, workshops and seminars on the cutting-edge technologies, to teach students the latest trends in their field. The councils also encourage students to conduct various online and offline events to help them network with staff and fellow students.
Cybrus
Cybrus is a symposium conducted by student's council of the computer science department. Cybrus 2k20 was conducted with the participation of more than 1000 students from different colleges.
Revelation
Revelation is a Quadrennial Technical festival of the department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, managed by the student council of EIE, fusion. It showcased various creative and technical ideas of students from all over India.
Mechnium
Mechnium is a Quadrennial Technical festival organised by the students of the Mechanical Engineering department on behalf of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The latest version of Mechnium was named Mechnium 2K18. It hosted more than 500 participants from more than 100 colleges. MECHNIUM 2K18 featured a paper presentation competition, robo wars, a technical quiz, a poster presentation, and a design competition. It also hosted a technical workshop on the latest topics of mechanical engineering.
Intronix
Intronix is an annual inter collegiate technical festival organised by students of the electronics and instrumentation engineering department of PEC. The fest was launched to encourage interest in robotics and technology. A wide range of competitions, workshops and events are organised every year to familiarize students with new technologies.
Marakriti
Marakriti (robot in Sanskrit), the robotics club of Pondicherry engineering college, was started on the year 2009. Housed in EIE department it is one of the premier robotics club of Pondicherry. The goal of Marakrithi is to boost interest in the cross discipline areas of robotics, including mechanical engineering, electronics, and software development.
PEC Alumni Association (PECAA)
The Alumni Association is formed to provide a forum for the students who have passed out of the college to keep in touch with each other and with the Alma Mater. The membership is open to all students passing out from the college. It is obligatory for every student to become a life member of the association by payment of Rs.100 at the time of admission to the college. The faculty of the college is its honorary members. An Executive Committee elected by the General Body at its annual meeting manages the office of the Alumni Association.
Rankings
| College rankings | |
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| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF (2020)[1] | 122 |
Pondicherry Engineering College was ranked 122 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.[1]
See also
References
External links
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