The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) is a

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situated in

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. It is Asia's oldest technical institution, founded in 1794. It is also the oldest technical institution to be established outside

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History

Due to the growing need for surveyors by the

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, the 'School of Survey' was established in a building near Fort St. George on the suggestion of Michael Topping in 1794. This school was one of the first of its kind in the country and it started out with 8 students. It became the Civil Engineering School in 1858 and was renamed College of Engineering in 1859, with the inclusion of a mechanical engineering course. The college was shifted for a short period to Kalasa Mahal,

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, before settling at its present location in 1920 as College of Engineering,

Guindy Guindy is a neighborhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Kathipara junction where Anna Salai, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Inner Ring Road, 100 Feet Road or Jawaharlal Nehru Road, and GST Road meet here. It is one of the important nodal points of ...

. College of Engineering, Guindy is one of the first institutes in India to offer degrees in

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, telecommunication,

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, printing technology, and materials science and engineering. In 1978, College of Engineering, Guindy became a constituent college and the principal seat of

Anna University Anna University is a public state university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The main campus is in Guindy. It was originally established on 4 September 1978 and is named after C. N. Annadurai, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Histor ...

. Since 2019 the four flagship campuses of

including the College of Engineering, Guindy were recommended to be recognized as an Institute of Eminence by the University Grants Commission of India. However, the Government of Tamil Nadu has rejected the Central Government's offer for fear of loss of the quota of reservations for candidates from backward caste (BC), most backward caste (MBC) backgrounds. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, M. K. Surappa, along with the alumni body of the institution were in favour of attaining the recognition as an Institute of Eminence.

Campus

Location

Under Tamil Nadu State Government ownership, CEG covers around 223 acres of land right in the center of Chennai. It serves as the main campus of Anna University.

Hostels

The college has 16 hostels which provide accommodation to over 3,500 undergraduates and postgraduates. Separate hostels are available for international students and exchange students. Hostel messes are located in central halls. They offer a separate hostel for international students aspiring to study in anna university (CEG)

Academics

College of Engineering, Guindy offers

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degrees in various fields. It also offers postgraduate degrees such as MBA, MCA, M.E., M.Sc. M.Tech., M.S. by Research and Ph.D.programmes. CEG has 16 Departments, 6 University Affiliated Centers, and 12 Research Centers where research programs are offered.

Student life

Students Services

Many centres have been placed to address all the needs of students. These include the SC/ST cell, Center for Professional Development Education, Center for International Affairs, Health Centre, Center for Women Empowerment and the Student Affairs.

Institutional Programs

Student wings of National Cadet Corps (NCC), National Service Scheme (NSS), National Sports Organisation (NSO) and Youth Red Cross (YRC) also function on campus and conduct various social activities.

Clubs

Student-run societies: * CEG Tech Forum * Students Association * Computer Science and Engineering Association (CSEA) * Electronics and Communication Engineers' Association (ECEA) * Information Science and Technology Association (ISTA) * Society of Printing Engineers (SPE) * Society of Civil Engineers (SCE) * Society of Agricultural and Irrigation Engineers (SAIE) * Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SEEE) * Society of Mechanical Engineers (SME) * Biomedical Engineers Association (BMEA) * Association of Manufacturing Engineering (AME) * Society of Geoinformatics Engineers (SGE) * Computer Society of Anna University (CSAU) * Society of Mining Engineers * Society of Materials Science and Engineers (SMSE) * Society of Industrial Engineers (SIE) Student-run clubs: * Astro Club of Anna University * Rotaract Club of CEG (RCEG) * Castle Red (The Official Chess Club of CEG). * Aakriti (women empowerment) * Capitalize, later renamed AUSEC (the entrepreneurship club) * Saptham (Classical Music, Instruments and Dance Club of CEG) * Career Guidance Forum (CGF) * MCS (Math Computing Society) * Green Brigade (Environment) * Leo club of CEG * Literary club * Maathavam * Pixels (Official photography & videography club) * Quizzers Anonymous (Official quiz club) * Robotics Club * Innovative Hub of CEG (I-HUB) (Project works & participating in competitions) * Siruthuligal (Charity) * Team CEG Motorsports (An SAE collegiate club of CEG) * CEG Spartanz (Official Variety Club) * Sruthilaya (music) * Students' Quality Council (SQC) * Theatron (dramatics) * The Guindy Times (campus magazine) * Twisters (dance) Sports Leagues organised by Students : * Anna Kho-Kho Championship (AKKC) * Anna Hockey League (AHL) * Anna University Ball Badminton Federation

Events

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is the first ever techno management college festival to attain UNESCO patronage. It has been certified with the ISO 9001:2015 and has acquired the support of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,

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and the National e-Governance Division, Government of India in 2016. It conducts technical events, workshops, guest lectures, and displays technical projects to expand students' technical opportunities and knowledge. * Techofes: This is an inter-college cultural festival with an exciting array of events from debates to dance, innovative workshops on photography, DJing, etc. and pro shows. *

Sangarsh Sangarsh is an annual fund-raising musical concert organised by Rotaract club of College of Engineering, Guindy, CEG, Anna University, Chennai. Sangarsh is focused at aiding the needy sections of the society. Many eminent playback singers have ...

: Organized by the Rotaract club of CEG (RCEG),

is a musical concert aimed at raising funds for needy sections of society. File:Techofes Stage.jpg, Techofes *

: Organized by the Rotaract club of CEG (RCEG),

is a musical concert aimed at raising funds for needy sections of society. File:Sangarsh 13.jpg, Sangarsh

Notable alumni

* A Lalitha, First women engineer of India * A. C. Muthiah, Indian industrialist and Former President,

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, Telugu Film Actor * Anumolu Ramakrishna, Deputy Managing Director of

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* Crazy Mohan, Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright * Kavithalaya Krishnan

n film and television actor * Dhiraj Rajaram, Founder & Chairman of Mu Sigma Inc *

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, Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Australia and Myanmar and Chancellor, Central University of Jammu * Kanuri Lakshmana Rao, Architect of India's water management, Former Union Minister of Irrigation & Power and recipient of the Padma Bhushan * Krishnakumar Natarajan, Co-founder & Former Executive Chairman of

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* Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Former Indian Cricket Captain and Former Chairman, National Selection Committee of the Indian Cricket Team * Kutraleeswaran, Long-distance swimmer and

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holder *

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, Tamil film lyricist * Mendu Rammohan Rao, Former Dean Emeritus,

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* Munirathna Anandakrishnan, Former Chairman,

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and Former Vice-Chancellor,

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and Former Chairman,

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* R. K. Baliga, the father of the

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* P. V. Nandhidhaa, Indian Chess player,

's 17th

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winner, Professor at

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and

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recipient *

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, Classical singer and music composer * Rangaswamy Narasimhan,

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who developed TIFRAC, the first indigenous Indian computer,

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winner *

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, Vice Chairperson & Co-founder of

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* Venu Srinivasan, Chairman of Sundaram - Clayton Limited and

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and recipient of the

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and the

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* Ashok Elluswamy, Director of Tesla Autopilot Softwar

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:College Of Engineering, Guindy Engineering colleges in Chennai Colleges affiliated to Anna University 1794 establishments in British India Educational institutions established in 1794 Heritage sites in Chennai Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras Academic institutions formerly affiliated with Anna University