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Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering

Sri Venkateswara College Engineering (Autonomous)
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Motto Vidhya Para Devta(Science is the Supreme Divinity)
Type Private
Established 1985
Chairman Dr A. C. Muthiah
Principal Dr. S Ganesh Vaidyanathan
Academic staff
250
Administrative staff
210
Students 3500
Undergraduates 3260
Postgraduates 340
Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
12°59′12″N 79°58′19″E / 12.98667°N 79.97194°E / 12.98667; 79.97194Coordinates: 12°59′12″N 79°58′19″E / 12.98667°N 79.97194°E / 12.98667; 79.97194
Campus Suburban, 95 acres (0.4 km2)
Affiliations Anna University, Chennai
Website www.svce.ac.in

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE) an engineering institute in Tamil Nadu, located at Pennalur, Sriperumbudur near Chennai. SVCE was founded by the Sri Venkateswara Educational and Health Trust (SVEHT) in 1985.The college, established in the city of Chennai by the Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation(SPIC) group. SVCE is among the top engineering colleges of Anna University in Tamil Nadu, and a Tier-I institution among self-financing colleges.

In November 1985 the college was granted permission to conduct engineering courses in the disciplines of Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Science Engineering, awarded by the University of Madras.

The college complex at Nazarathpet (near Poonamallee) was inaugurated on April 8, 1985 by , former Governor of Tamil Nadu.

In 1991, the college shifted into its new campus at Pennalur, near the town of Sriperumbudur. SVC received approval from the All India Council for Technical Education the same year. Courses in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Chemical Engineering Courses were started in 1994. [3]

The college celebrated its decennial in March 1995 in the presence of former Minister of State for Commerce and present home minister of the Government of India Shri . In 1996 the college began a course in Information Technology and was the first college in the country to do so. The college obtained an ISO 9001:2000 certification in 2002.The college also obtained Autonomous status from UGC in 2016[3]


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