Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSN), popularly known as SSN College of Engineering or simply SSN, is a private engineering college located in

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, India. It is an autonomous college affiliated with

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founded by

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. The college is certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard by the

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

History

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering(SSN) was started in 1996 by

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. The college was opened in 1996 at a temporary location in Thoraipakkam in the suburbs of Chennai, Tamil Nadu as an affiliate of

. It later moved to a 230-acre campus at Kalavakkam (Thiruporur Panchayat) on Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) in 1998. Nadar took an active role in the college activities, including the gifting of Rs. 1 million worth of HCL shares to the college. In association with

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, the SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering was started in 2001.

Courses offered B.E/B.Tech/ M.E/Ph.D.

Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Information Technology Bio-Medical Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Civil Engineering

Rankings

SSN is ranked 48 among engineering colleges in India by the

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(NIRF) in 2022 and 96 overall.

Placement Highlights 2022 Batch

At the end of phase 1 placement season 2022, SSN hits record placements even during a turbulence pandemic situation Number of offers received: 1315 Number of offers over 20 Lakh: 77 Number of offers over 10 Lakh: 315 Highest offer: 1.17 Crore per annum Second highest offer: 84.24 Lakh per annum The average salary for the top 10% selection: 29.52 Lakh per annum The average salary for the top 25% selection:20.05 Lakh per annum

Notable alumni

Ravichandran Ashwin Ravichandran Ashwin () (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a bowling All-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricke ...

, cricketer *

MK Balaji MK Balaji is an Indian singer, songwriter, composer and independent artist from Chennai. As a playback singer he has sung more than 200 songs in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. His first song a lyricist was for the movie Sethupathi. He has hosted ...

, playback singer *

Balaji Mohan Balaji Mohan (born 25 May 1987) is an Indian filmmaker and actor in Tamil-language films. After discontinuing his engineering studies to pursue his passion and become a director, he enrolled at a film academy and attended courses and workshops, ...

, film director *

Anaka Alankamony Anaka Alankamony (born 10 July 1994) is an Indian squash player. She held a career-high world ranking of 59 in 2010 and won the coveted Arjuna Award in 2014. Education She was a student of Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering and ...

, squash player * Murugan Ashwin, Cricketer *

Pradeep Ranganathan Pradeep Ranganathan is an Indian film director and actor from Chennai, who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He is known for directing ''Comali'' (2019) and '' Love Today'' (2022). He debuted as a lead actor through ''Love Today''. He also runs ...

, Film Director & Actor

References

External links

SSN College of Engineering official homepage
{{Authority control All India Council for Technical Education Engineering colleges in Chennai Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras