College of Engineering, Guindy

College of Engineering Guindy
கிண்டி பொறியியல் கல்லூரி
CEG Main Building
Motto	Labor omnia vincit
Established	1794
Type	Public
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Campus	Urban
Nickname	CEGians
Affiliations	Autonomous
Website	www.annauniv.edu/ceg

College of Engineering, Guindy (Tamil: கிண்டி பொறியியல் கல்லூரி, CEG) in Chennai, India, is India's oldest engineering and technical institution, having been established in 1794. Today it is one of the four constituent colleges of Anna University, Chennai.^[1]

It was started in May 1794 as a School of Survey and established as a college in 1859 under the Madras University, and is one of the oldest technical institutes in the world. The institution introduced B.E. Degree Courses in Mechanical Engineering in 1894, Electrical Engineering in 1930, Telecommunication and Highway Engineering in 1945, Printing Technology in 1983 and Geoinformatics in 1992. It was the first institution in South India to establish a Computer Centre - in 1963.

It has link-ups with institutions and organizations like USAID, UNCHS, Ford Foundation, European Economic Community and the Governments of Germany and UK. It was the first college in the country to have its own postage stamp when the Indian Postal Service brought out a postage stamp to mark the 200th anniversary of the institution.

History

Born as a survey school in May 1794,^[2] the College of Engineering is one of the most venerable of British Indian Educational Institutions, and one of the most ancient of India’s professional training schools. On May 17, 1794 the Survey school was started with just one boy in a building near Fort St. George.

Timeline

• 1794 - Established
• 1858 - Survey school was upgraded to Civil Engineering School
• 1859 - School was renamed as Civil Engineering College with Lt. G. Winscom as the First Principal
• 1862 - The Civil Engineering College was raised to the status of an Engineering College
• 1864 - Graduation of first batch of B.C.E. students
• 1894 - First institution in India to introduce Mechanical Engineering Course
• 1920 - College was shifted to its present campus in Guindy
• 1932 - First institution in India to introduce Electrical Engineering Degree
• 1935 - Introduction of Research Degree in Engineering
• 1945 - First institution in India to start Telecommunication Engineering and Highway Engineering
• 1963 - Computer Centre was established with an IBM 1620 computer system^[3]
• 1970 - Postgraduate course in Applied Electronics introduced
• 1978 - Establishment of Peraringnar Anna University of Technology
• 1978 - Establishment of The Department of Computer Science
• 1981 - First institution in Asia to start a Postgraduate programme in Medical Physics
• 1982 - Establishment of Institute of Remote Sensing
• 1983 - First Institution in India to start B.E. in Printing Technology
• 1992 - First Institution in India to start B.E. in Geo-Informatics
• 2001 - First Institution in India to start postgraduate programmes in Electronic Media
• 2005 - India’s First Community Radio Anna FM 90.4 MHz
• 2006 - First Institution in Asia to introduce a B.E. degree in Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
• 2008 - Introduced Bio medical engineering
• 2009 - India's first communications satellite developed by a university - Launched by ISRO PSLV-C12, along with RISAT-2.^[4]
• 2010 - Becomes India's First Institution to offer Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering Courses in Tamil Medium ^[5]

Academics

CEG offers undergraduate engineering degree in the fields of Agricultural & Irrigation Engineering, Bio Medical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, and Printing Technology. Also, it offers postgraduate degrees such as MBA, MCA, M.E., M.Sc. and M.Tech.^[1]

Ranking

CEG ranked 12th in the Outlook India Top Engineering Colleges of 2011.^[6] It did not rank on Dataquest's Top Engineering Colleges in India of 2010,^[7] nor on the India Today 25 Best Engineering colleges of 2011.^[8]

Student life

Hostels

Most students at CEG reside in hostels. The campus has 13 hostels (Blocks 1 to 11 and other blocks), of which three are exclusively for women. Dining facilities are now provided in four large centralized halls. The hostels may accommodate undergraduate and graduate students.

Cultural and technical symposia

From 2007, the students of CEG conduct an international technology management festival, under the patronage of UNESCO, called Kurukshetra.^[9] Students take part in events covering a diverse set of disciplines of engineering, science, technology and management. The Kurukshetra Guest Lecture series is a star-studded affair, with the likes of Nobel Laureates, research scientists from NASA,ISRO etc., and CEOs of top organisations.

Every year in February, CEG plays host to Techofes,^[10] a five-day inter-collegiate cultural festival. In October, Agni, the intra-college cultural festival is conducted.

During the months January, February and March, departments of the college conduct technical symposia. Notable among those are

• Pinnacle, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering
• QUANTA, organized by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Vision, conducted by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Civilization, by the Department of Civil Engineering
• Mathrix, organized by the Department of Mathematics
• GREENICS, organized by the Department of Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering
• Surang, organized by the Department of Mining Engineering
• Q-Quest, organized by the Student Quality Club of CEG under AU-TVS
• Manusys, organized by the Department of Manufacturing Engineering
• Indcon, organized by the Department of Industrial Engineering
• aBaCUS, conducted by the Department of Computer Science
• ITrix, conducted by the Department of Information Science and Technology
• Waves, of the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• GEOHORIZON '08, organized by the Society of Geo informatics Engineers
• NIRAL Technical Symposium by Division of MCA of Department of Information Science and Technology
• Imprint conducted by Department of Printing Technology
• Colloquium conducted by the department of Mathematics

Teams from CEG have participated in national contests like University Challenge.

Notable alumni

• Upendra J. Chivukula, American politician^[11]
• A. C. Muthiah, Indian Industrialist and Ex-President, Board of Control for Cricket in India^[12]
• Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Film Actor and Producer^[13]
• Raj Reddy, Turing Award Winner, Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University^[14]
• S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President, Developer Division, Microsoft^[15]
• Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former captain of the Indian cricket team and the current chairman of the selection committee^[16]
• P. S. Veeraraghavan, director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre^[17]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "CEG Anna University - Degree Courses" (PDF). http://www.annauniv.edu/pdf/fees2011/ceg.pdf. Retrieved August 11, 2011. 
2. ^ "Home - Anna University". Annauniv.edu. 1978-09-04. http://www.annauniv.edu/aboutus.php. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
3. ^ "Anna University - Power System Engineering". Annauniv.edu. http://www.annauniv.edu/Powersystem/index.php. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
4. ^ "ANUSAT - Anna University Satellite". Annauniv.edu. 2009-04-20. http://www.annauniv.edu/anusat/. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
5. ^ "Home - Anna University". Annauniv.edu. 2010-10-26. http://www.annauniv.edu. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
6. ^ "Top Engineering Colleges". Outlook India. Jun 28, 2011. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?277249. Retrieved 2011-06-22. 
7. ^ "Dataquest Top Engineering Colleges in India". dqindia.ciol.com. Dataquest. February 18, 2011. http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/top_stories/2011/111021801.asp. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
8. ^ "Best Engineering colleges 2011". India Today. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/specials/bestcolleges/2011/ranks.jsp?ST=Engineering&Y=2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011. 
9. ^ "Education Plus : Kurukshetra – Sprawling innovation in science and technology". The Hindu. 2009-11-30. http://www.hindu.com/edu/2009/11/30/stories/2009113050150700.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
10. ^ "The Hindu : ‘Techofes 2010’ off to colourful start". The Hindu. 2010-02-16. http://hindu.com/2010/02/16/stories/2010021658320200.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
11. ^ "Upendra J. Chivukula (D)". njleg.state.nj.us. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=202. Retrieved 15 June 2011. 
12. ^ "A. C. Muttiah". cegalumni.org. http://www.cegalumni.org/cegalumni/web/history. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
13. ^ "Akkineni Nagarjuna". lifestyle.iloveindia.com. http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/nagarjuna-biography-4034.html. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 
14. ^ "Raj Reddy". rr.cs.cmu.edu. http://www.rr.cs.cmu.edu/rrlong.html. Retrieved 2 June 2011. 
15. ^ "S. Somasegar: Senior Vice President, Developer Division". microsoft.com. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/somasegar/. Retrieved 2 June 2011. 
16. ^ "Krishnamachari Srikkanth". cegam.in. http://www.cegam.in/Featured-Speaker/mr-k-srikanth.html. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 
17. ^ "Veeraraghavan new VSSC director". The Hindu. October 31, 2009. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article41439.ece. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 

External links

• College of Engineering, Guindy website