Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy

Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) is a university in the town of Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It offers a wide range of courses, undergraduate and postgraduate engineering courses being the primary ones.

The dreams of its founding fathers took shape in 1984 in the form of Shanmugha College of Engineering which is now renamed, SHANMUGHA ARTS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH ACADEMY [SASTRA] . It has carved a niche for itself as a Centre for fostering and developing the body, mind and sprit of its students. SASTRA is totally committed to this three - fold flowering of the students entrusted to its care. Our blend of academic excellence and real world experience with moral values has earned SASTRA, national recognition.

A sprawling campus housing a built up area of over 1.5 million square feet and a vibrant population of over 8,000 students and over 600 teaching faculty have made SASTRA a landmark in the educational map of India.

SASTRA offers various undergraduate and post graduate courses in Engineering, Science, Education, Management and Arts besides various Doctoral programmes and has state-of-the-art laboratories, a well stocked library and one of the best computing facilities. With an ideal teacher-taught ratio, we strive for academic excellence through personalized attention. The mechanism established to support and monitor the student's progress assure success and satisfaction.The standard of excellence of our courses is reflected in the grades awarded to us by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and in the success of our students in both industry and academia, in India & abroad.

SASTRA shapes its student's future by fostering a teamwork approach to instruction, encouraging interaction with faculty, providing access to high tech information, motivating them to develop new ideas and concepts, taking personal interest in student's career development and preparing them for success.

SASTRA has an ethos of its own, different from others. At a time when altruistic ideals and civic interests seem to have given way to power goals and heightened interest in materialism, SASTRA presents a holistic approach to personal and professional growth. A moral instructor in the grade of a lecturer who imparts moral education to all students is available in the campus. SASTRA moulds its students in such a way that their endeavors and interests transcend traditional boundaries. They do not seek to maintain status quo nor settle for observing change; they rather hope to be powerful instruments of change using their dynamic verve to make their contributions to the world.

History and Special Features

State-of-the art infrastructure facilitates high end research and specialized teaching at SASTRA. SASTRA houses a HP RP8400 super computer for advanced computing facilities. Also,the university has been recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.

Mission and objectives

* SASTRA University's chief mission is to impart value based higher education turning out good engineers, scientists and researchers who are at the same time good individuals and good citizens in order to make them useful members of an enlightened, humane society.

* SASTRA University aims to:
** To become a role model institution for higher learning
** To offer need based courses in tie-up with industries
** To establish a tool for social and rural development
** To explore the applications of ancient technology and incorporate higher education to the underprievelaged
** To establish meaningful linkages with business and service sectors and hence offer a quality education

chools and departments

Schools in SASTRA university are:

*School of Computing
*School of Management
*School of Civil Engineering
*School of Humanities & Sciences
*School of Mechanical Engineering
*School of Chemical & Biotechnology
*School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
*Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials [CeNTAB]
*Centre for Advanced Research in Indian System of Medicine [CARISM]
*Directorate of Distance Education - SASTRA

Infrastructure and training

The campus occupies a built up area of over 1.2 million square feet (1,15,000 m²), and houses a vibrant population of over 9,000 students.

Building professional contacts on a personal level, students are well supported by the Department of Training and Placement, to hone their personal, social, inter-personal and professional skills. Campus interviews are conducted and students are guided to plan their career. Counseling is provided to students to face interviews and to make informed choices, both academic and professional, from among the various options available to them. The department also helps the students in being informed about the vanguard developments of the modern world.

SASTRA was ranked 10th among all Private engineering colleges in INDIA and, 36th among all engineering colleges (private and public) in the country by OUTLOOK 2008.SASTRA's 'School Of Chemical and Biotechnology' was ranked 1st among all private institutions in the country and, 2nd (overall) in INDIA. SASTRA is going to establish a NANO park in its campus with an investment of 20 crores.It is the first private college to get approval from the BCI(BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA) to start a LAW college. THE LAW COLLEGE IS BEING ESTABLISHED WITH 10 CRORES OF INVESTMENT AND IN COLLABORATION WITH MANY FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES . IT WILL HAVE STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES. SASTRA IS CONFIDENT THAT IT'S LAW COLLEGE WILL BE ONE OF THE PREMIER INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY .

Facilities and Features

The institute has a separate internet center and multimedia area and also has mini-departmental stores inside every hostel.There are also facilities for sports and body building.

The institute has eight boys' hostels and two girls' hostels providing accommodation to over 5000 boys and 3000 girls. A new hostel is currently being constructed for accommodating more on the campus. Also,the wi-fi range is being increased to the whole campus.

In February-March 2007, the college hosted the first edition of its inter-college national-level Technical Festival Daksh and also the inter-college culturals Kuruksastra.In February-March 2008, they hosted the second edition of Daksh and Kuruksastra which was attended by numerous students from various colleges in India.

ee also

* Daksh
* Kuruksastra
* SASTRA Ramanujan Prize

Anandan

References

* [http://www.sastra.edu SASTRA Homepage]
* [http://www.bdu.ac.in Bharathidasan University]

News

* [http://themaanga.blogspot.com/2005/10/review-of-sastra-i.html Review of SASTRA by Alumnus]