Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering

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name =Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
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motto = "Vidhya para devta"(Sanskrit for "Science is the supreme divinity")
established =1985
type =Private
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faculty =250
staff =210
chairman =Dr. A.C. Muthiah
principal =Dr. R.Ramachandran
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chancellor =
vice_chancellor =
dean =
students = 3500
undergrad = 3160
postgrad = 340
calendar =Semester
city =Chennai
state =Tamil Nadu
country =India
campus =suburban,convert|95|acre|km2|1
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nickname =The Penalur Penitentiary
affiliations =Anna University
website =http://www.svce.ac.in/

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE) (to be conferred University status) Fact|date=August 2008is a private college located in "Pennalur", Sriperumbudur near Chennai.SVCE was founded by the Sri Venkateswara Educational and Health Trust (SVEHT) in the year 1985. The Trust was founded on August 1, 1984 at the behest of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal. The college, established in the city of Chennai by the SPIC group, a prominent petro-chemical corporation in India, is said to be among the top three colleges [cite encyclopedia
url = http://www.india-inc.in/DR-A.-C.-MUTHIAH.html
title = SVCE in top three Tamil Nadu colleges,see end paragraphs
publisher =www.india-inc.in
encyclopedia =
year = 2007
accessdate = 2008-05-06] in Tamil Nadu, and a Tier-I institution among self financing colleges. [cite encyclopedia
url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007080460550800.htm&date=2007/08/04/&prd=th&
title = SVCE considered a Tier-I institution;see "Intense competition"
publisher = The Hindu
encyclopedia =
year = 2007
accessdate = 2008-04-19]

SVCE's founding objective was to plan and implement a programme of education in Engineering and Allied Sciences, to promote research, disseminate knowledge and to foster the cooperation and exchange of ideas between the academic community and industrial organizations and to develop entrepreneurship skills among students.

History

Initial Years

In November 1984 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 Sri [http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/images/PastGov/SLKhurana.jpgS.L Khurana] , former Governor of Tamil Nadu. [cite encyclopedia
url =http://www.svce.ac.in/about/past.html
title = History and Milestones of SVCE
publisher = SVCE website
encyclopedia =
year =2007
accessdate =2008-05-06]

Expansion

In 1991, the college shifted into its new campus at Pennalur, near the town of Sriperumbudur. The buildings were designed by the architect P.T.Krishnan. The "grihapravesam" function of the new Campus was performed on July 25,1991 in the presence of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, and was inaugurated by Shri R.Venketaraman (Former President of India) on January 5,1992, and 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. [Sri_Venkateswara_College_of_Engineering#cite_note-2| ^[3] ]

The college celebrated its decennial on 16-3-1995 in the presence of former Minister of State for Commerce and present Finance minister of the Government of India Shri P. Chidambaram. In 1996 the college initiated a course in Information Technology,and was the "first college in the country" to do so. [cite encyclopedia
url = http://www.svce.ac.in/department/it/index.html
title = First to introduce a B Tech Degree program in Information Technology
publisher = SVCE website
encyclopedia =
year =
accessdate = 2008-03-11] The college obtained an certification in 2002. [Sri_Venkateswara_College_of_Engineering#cite_note-2| ^[3] ]

Challenges and controversies

SVCE went under the government scanner with the Directorate of Technical Education (DOTE) intensifying its drive against the collection of capitation fee and tuition fee in excess of that prescribed.

It was found that a donation of INRConvert|500000 was allegedly paid by a student through a demand draft to the Spic Educational Trust. DOTE officials are said to have found that the trust was an unregistered entity and traced its bank account, which was supposedly linked to the college. DOTE officials claimed they would initiate legal action against the college and also ask the AICTE to cancel its recognition in the forthcoming academic year. [cite encyclopedia
url =http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/31/stories/2007073154040600.htm
title = Surprise checks at 142 self-financing engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu
publisher = The Hindu
encyclopedia =
year =2007
accessdate =2008-04-22]

The crackdown by the Directorate of Technical Education officials on the college did not however, stop the filling up of its seats under the single window system in the first few days of the 2007 DOTE counselling. [cite encyclopedia
url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007080460550800.htm&date=2007/08/04/&prd=th&
title = crackdown by the Directorate of Technical Education has not applied the brakes;see "Intense competition"
publisher = The Hindu
encyclopedia =
year = 2007
accessdate = 2008-04-19]

Facilities

Library

SVCE has a convert|1338|m2|sqft|-2|sing=on well established, fully computerized library spanning three floors with over 21,000 titles covering major fields of Science and Engineering, a conference room, an ample study space and a seating capacity of over 200. The ground floor is Air-conditioned, with conferencing, multimedia, internet, reprography facilities, a CD-ROM collection and a book bank for deserving students.The college subscribes to most major technical journals including the IEEE, ACM and ASME journals.Over 59,000 volumes and 200 CD's are available, and around 400 print and online journals are subscribed.

Apart from the central library, all departments maintain their own departmental libraries. SVCE is an institutional member of The British Council Library, IIT Madras, American Council Library, [http://delnet.nic.in/ DELNET] and [http://www.angelfire.com/in/malibnet/genesis.html MALIBNET] [cite encyclopedia
url = http://www.svce.ac.in/department/nonac/lib.html
title = Library details
publisher = SVCE website
encyclopedia =
year =
accessdate = 2008-04-20] . The library uses multimedia computers with internet connectivity,CBT,CDs,e-books and e-journals to promote e-learning.

A library committee headed by the Principal, comprising of all the Heads of Departments,and Student Representatives,meet every semester to discuss the functioning of the library.

Placement Cell

The Training and Placement Cell plays an active role in getting students placed in various leading Multi National companies (MNCs) and Indian Companies. The college boasts of an average 95% placement every year. [cite encyclopedia
url = http://www.svce.ac.in/department/nonac/placement/placement_list.htm
title = Placement circular
publisher = SVCE website
encyclopedia =
year =
accessdate = 2008-04-22]

Academics

Academic Departments

Under-graduate programmes:

* Computer Science & Engineering [http://www.svce.ac.in/department/cse/index.html]
* Electrical and Electronics Engineering [http://www.svce.ac.in/department/eee/index.html]
* Electronics and Communication Engineering [http://www.svce.ac.in/department/ece/index.html]
* Mechanical Engineering [http://www.svce.ac.in/department/mech/index.html]
* Automotive engineering [http://www.svce.ac.in/department/aut/index.html]
* Chemical Engineering [http://www.svce.ac.in/department/chem/index.html]
* Marine Engineering [http://www.svce.ac.in/department/mar/index.html]
* Information Technology [http://www.svce.ac.in/department/it/index.html]
* Biotechnology [http://www.svce.ac.in/department/bio/index.html]

Post-graduate programmes:

* Power electronics & Drives
* Communication systems
* Computer Science & Engineering
* Computer-aided design
* Master of Computer Applications

Research

The electrical and electronics engineering and mechanical engineering departments have been recognized by Anna University as collaborative research Centers for PhD Degrees. [cite encyclopedia
url = http://www.winentrance.com/admission_notification/Sri-Venkateswara-College-Engineering-BE-BTech-Admission-2008.html
title = departments as research centers
publisher = The Hindu (CBE) April 20, 2008. p.11
encyclopedia =
year = 2008
accessdate = 2008-05-11]
R&D is aided by a technology innovation Center, which also houses SPIC's research center.

Forum For Economic Studies by Engineers

Forum For Economic Studies by Engineers (FORESE)(pronEng|fɒrsi) was created to equip engineering students with management skills and to help develop team management and interpersonal skills; to "nurture young professionals into tomorrows leaders". [cite encyclopedia
url = http://mail.svce.ac.in/~forese/f_main.htm
title = Forum For Economic Studies by Engineers
publisher = SVCE website
encyclopedia =
year =
accessdate = 2008-03-13]

FORESE is a pioneer in having a national level management symposium( [http://mail.svce.ac.in/~forese/f_kptl.htm Kapital] ) in an engineering college. [cite encyclopedia
url = http://mail.svce.ac.in/~forese/f_abts.htm
title = Pioneers in having a Management Forum in an engineering college
publisher = SVCE website
encyclopedia =
year =
accessdate = 2008-03-13] FORESE also conducts [http://mail.svce.ac.in/~forese/f_mpts.htm Mock Placements] [cite encyclopedia
url =http://chennaionline.com/education/Events/2007/02article02.asp
title = See also: An article on mock placements in SVCE
publisher = Chennai online
encyclopedia =
year =2007
accessdate = 2008-05-07] and several expert lectures.

Alumni

The first ever batch of students passed out in 1989. The alumni of the institution have been successfully placed in several top companies across the globe, and its students have completed Master's and PhD's from prestigious universities that include the University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Harvard Medical School, University of Florida at Gainesville, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MIT, University of Texas at Austin,Texas A&M University, Stanford University, Rutgers University and Carnegie Mellon University. [cite encyclopedia
url = http://www.allconferences.com/conferences/20031126022653/
title = SVCE alumni in reputed universities;paragraph three
publisher = http://www.allconferences.com
encyclopedia =
year = 2007
accessdate = 2008-05-06] [cite encyclopedia
url = http://admissionsindia.blogspot.com/2008/04/admission-2008-2009-for-be-btech-be.html
title = SVCE alumni in reputed universities
publisher = The Hindu (CBE) April 20, 2008. p.9
encyclopedia =
year = 2008
accessdate = 2008-05-07] [cite encyclopedia
url = http://www.iitg.ernet.in/mesa/GraduateStudies.html
title = MS Applying guide
publisher = Sidharth Sivasailam
encyclopedia =
year =
accessdate = 2008-05-07]

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