National Engineering College
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| Motto | Arivae Aakam |
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| Type | Engineering College |
| Established | 1984 |
| Chairman | K. Ramasamy |
| Principal | Dr. S.Shanmugavel Ph.D., |
| Director | Dr. Kn.K.S.K. Chockalingam B.E., M.Sc., (Engg) Ph.D., |
| Location | Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, 628503 |
| Campus | suburban 151 acres (0.61 km2) |
| Affiliations | Anna University |
| Website | http://nec.edu.in |
National Engineering College (NEC), Kovilpatti, India is an autonomous institution started in 1984 which offers engineering studies. It is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. It is one among the various institutions set up by Mr. K. Ramasamy Reddiar . Not all the courses offered by the college have accreditation by NBA. The institution runs under a trust formed by the chairman K. Ramasamy. The college maintains an individual students record in which academic performance, conduct and attendance are assessed continuously.
National Engineering College was established under the self-financing scheme sanctioned by the Government of Tamil Nadu G.O. No. 939 dated 20 July 1984 by the National Educational and Charitable Trust, Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi district. Thiru. K. Ramasamy is the founder chairman of this college. Initially, the college taught courses that led to Bachelor's degree in Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering & Mechanical Engineering . Later the college started offering courses in Information Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. The college was granted Autonomy status in May 2011. The first Principal and Director of this college was Prof. S. Kannappan. The second Principal was Dr. V. Krishnamurthi. The other notable principals of the college are Dr. N. Rajasekaran Pillai and Dr. N. S. Marimuthu.
The college is located in the southernmost part of India on National Highway 7. Madurai is the closest metropolitan city, around 100 km away, while Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Trivandrum are the other major cities that are close by. The nearest railway station is in Kovilpatti.
The campus is spread in an area of 150 acres . It has approximately 3800 students, 400 teaching and non-teaching staff members, 2 GB Bandwidth Optical Fibre Cable Networking, 5 conference halls, separate hostels for boys and girls, extensive computing facilities with more than 600 terminals and computers and a library with more than 25,000 books and 200 journals, 150 online journals and 1200 back volumes.
The Department was established in 1984. It offers courses in B.E Electronics and Communication Engineering, M.E Communication Systems and M.E Embedded Systems Technologies. The Department has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with EdGate Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore and Tessolve Services Pvt Ltd., Bangalore. The department is approved by Anna University, Chennai for research leading to Ph.D.
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