College of Engineering, Guindy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) in Chennai, India, is one of the constituent colleges of Anna University. It was started in May 1794 as a School of Survey, and is one of the oldest technical institutes in the world.
Contents |
[edit] Faculties & Departments
CEG offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral study programs in many fields of engineering, through its various departments, split under the following six faculties.
- Civil Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Structural Engineering Division
- Centre for Environmental Studies
- Centre for Water Resources
- Division of Urban Systems Development
- Institute of Ocean Management
- Institute of Remote Sensing
- Division of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
- Centre for Disaster Mitigation Management
- Building Technology Centre
- Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Management Studies
- Department of Printing Technology
- Department of Manufacturing Engineering
- Institute of Energy Studies
- Department of Mining Engineering
- Department of Industrial Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Power System Engineering
- High Voltage Engineering
- Information and Communication Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Centre for Medical Electronics
- Ramanujan Computing Centre
- Technology
- Crystal Growth Centre
- Technology Gateway
- Science & Humanities
- Department of Media Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Geology
[edit] Ranking
Rhodes India ranks Guindy Engineering College among the Top 10 in India.
TOP 10 COLLEGES - ENGINEERING,*Rhodes India Ranking Website
- 1 IIT, Kharagpur
- 2 IIT, Kanpur
- 3 BITS, Pilani
- 4 IIT, Mumbai
- 5 IIT, Chennai
- 6 KREC, Surathkal
- 7 IIT, Roorkee
- 8 IT-BHU, Varanasi
- 9 College of Engineering, Guindy
- 10 IIT, Delhi
Guindy Engineering Collage has been ranked 12th among the engineering colleges in India by the India Today magazine in its annual ranking of India's top undergraduate institutions.
India Today 2006
- 1.IIT Delhi
- 2.IIT Kanpur
- 3.IIT Mumbai
- 4 IIT Kharagpur
- 5 IIT Chennai
- 6 IIT Roorkee
- 7 Delhi College of Engineering
- 8 NIT Suratkal
- 9 IT BHU
- 10 NIT Warangal
- 11 NIT Trichy
- 12 College of Engineering, Guindy
- 13 IIT Guwahati
- 14 TIET, Patiala
- 15 PIET Pune (COEP)
- 16 UVCE Bangalore
- 17 BIT Ranchi
- 18 NIT Jalandhar
- 19 GND Ludhiana
- 20 MNIT Allahabad
[edit] Prominent Alumni
- Criketer Kris Shrikanth
- Criketer Venkatraghavan
- Professor Raj Reddy (Presently at CMU)
- Writer, Actor 'Crazy' Mohan
- Professor Rammohan Rao (Presently Dean of ISB)
[edit] Technical & Cultural Symposia
The students of CEG have come together to conduct a National level technical festival which is multi-disciplinary in dimension: Kurukshetra - the Battle of Brains, from 2007.
Every year in February, CEG plays host to Techofes, an eagerly anticipated and keenly contested five-day inter-collegiate cultural festival.
During the months of January and March, various departments of the college conduct individual technical symposia. Notable among these are
- Pinnacle,organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
- Surang, , organised by the Department of Mining Engineering,
- Manusys, organised by the Department of Manufacturing Engineering,
- INDCON, organised by the Department of Industrial Engineering,
- aBacus, conducted by the Department of Computer Science,
- Vision, conducted by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
- Waves, of the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and
- Civilization, by the Civil Engineering Department
Some of the technical symposia are Civilization and Colloquium organised by the Department of Mathematics. Civilization of annauniversity attracts the civilengineers from all over India. The Highlight of this is the innovative competition called Rotortreasure survey which tests the surveying capabilities of students.
In other activities also, CEG has earned a reputation worthy of emulation. Teams from CEG often excel in sports and extra curricular activities with participation in national contests like University Challenge
Colloquium is the annual technical symposium conducted by the Department of Mathematics of the college. It aims to collect and disseminate the latest trends in the field of Mathematics through a variety of ways including paper presentations and technical talks by eminent Indian mathematicians and research scholars.
The highlight of the Colloquium is the Mathematics Quiz, the winner of which is awarded the prestigious Ramanujan Rolling Shield, instituted in the name of the famous Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. In recent years, the shield has stayed with teams from the College of Engineering, Guindy itself. Most notably, a team comprising of Makesh Pravin and Vijay Krishna, both students of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, won the Rolling Shield for three years in succession.
But the highlight of all the technical symposium is abacus conducted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Abacus 2k6 was attended by more than 1000 students. It was sponsored by big shots in the software Industry like Microsoft, Amazon, Trilogy, Juno Online, D.E. Shaw, CTS, TCS, etc. It is nicknamed in CEG as the mother of all events. The online programming contest conducted during abacus 2k6 with the sponsorship of Amazon was a huge sucess inviting participants from all over the world. The highlight of the Abacus is the Technoczar in which the winners of the other events are shortlisted and forced through rigorous procedures to identified the TechnoCzar of the Abacus. The event has always been a laugh-riot for the audience.
[edit] Computer Society of Anna University (CSAU)
The Computer Society of Anna University is the largest technical student body of Anna University, with a current membership in excess of 1900. The Society is actively involved in the dissemination of IT knowledge and awareness among the students of Anna University. Eureka, Sparks, Techshow, Questionmark, Softalk are some of the events conducted by CSAU.
[edit] Students Quality Club (SQC)
The Students Quality Club is an organization of the students of Anna University, promoted by the AU - TVS CQM which comes under the Industrial Department, to empower its members to significantly increase their personal and professional effectiveness, through the principles of quality management in order to achieve a purposeful and principle-centered life.
This club provides an opportunity for students to get first hand knowledge on Quality Systems followed in the industry. To cater to the personal development of the students, value adding programs like lectures on Communication Skills, Listening Skills, Creative Thinking, Interpersonal skills, Public Speaking etc., are conducted regularly.SQC Contact
[edit] Rotaract Club of CEG (RCEG)
Established in the late 1980s, the Rotaract Club of CEG (RCEG) has grown to become one of the largest Rotaract clubs in Asia. The club, which draws its members from the student body, functions independently, but under the guidance of the Deans and the parent Rotaract club. RCEG in involved in a lot of community service initiatives and raises funds through charity shows and individual contributions. The club has started its official blog recently, and it can be found here.
[edit] Rules & Terms used in the College
There have been reports that College has some very demanding rules regarding conduct on campus. The dress code certainly forbids wearing a pair of jeans and t-shirt. Also, mobile phones, as physical objects, are not allowed on campus grounds. [1]
