Puducherry Technological University

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Pondicherry Engineering College

புதுச்சேரி தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Former name	Pondicherry Engineering College(PEC)
Motto	Prosperity Through Technology
Type	Public
Established	1984 under VII Five Year Plan
Affiliation	Pondicherry University
Chancellor	Tamilisai Soundararajan (Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry)
Principal	K. Vivekanandan
Undergraduates	1,700
Postgraduates	300
Location	Pondicherry, Puducherry , India 12°00′47.74″N 79°51′13.78″E / 12.0132611°N 79.8538278°E / 12.0132611; 79.8538278Coordinates: 12°00′47.74″N 79°51′13.78″E / 12.0132611°N 79.8538278°E / 12.0132611; 79.8538278
Campus	210 acres (0.85 km2)
Website	http://www.pec.edu

Pondicherry Engineering College was established in 1984 by The Minestry of Education(MoE), Government of India under the Seventh Five Year Plan to meet the requirement of an engineering institution in the Union Territory of Puducherry. Eight UG and nine PG programmes in core engineering disciplines besides MCA and Ph D programmes in all engineering disciplines and basic sciences are currently offered in the college. The college enjoys significant autonomy for administration. The college initially affiliated to Pondicherry University, has been granted ‘permanent affiliation’ as the first and significant step towards attainment of academic autonomy and obtained Autonomous status from 2014-15 onwards.  

Location[]

The 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 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
• Department of Mechatronics

Student life[]

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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.

Cybyrus[]

Cybyrus is a symposium conducted by student's council of the computer science department. Cybyrus 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.

Genesis[]

Genesis is a Quadrennial technical festival organised by students of the electronics and communication engineering department of PEC. A wide range of competitions, workshops and events are organised once every 4 years to familiarize students with new technologies. The latest version of Genesis was named Genesis 2K19 featured a paper presentation competition, robot wars, a technical quiz, a poster presentation, and a design competition. It also hosted a technical workshop on Robotics which was a grand workshop in which students from all over Tamil Nadu participated.

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 school's robotics club, 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.

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.

PEC Alumni Association (PECAA)[]

The Alumni Association is formed to provide a forum for the students who have graduated to keep in touch with each other and with the Alma Mater. The membership is open to all graduates. It is obligatory for every student to become a life member of the association by payment of Rs.100 at the time of admission. The faculty 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
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[]

• NIT Puducherry
• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
• Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Institute of Engineering and Technology
• Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pondicherry Engineering College.

• Official website
• Google Apps for PEC Faculty/Students