| The Perumal Engineering College | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2003 |
| Type | Self Financing College |
| Chairperson | Miss Kannagi Sivadurai |
| Principal | Dr. N. Marimuthu |
| Undergraduates | B.E., M.E. |
| Location | Madipakkam (near Chennai), satellite campus Bangalore, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, India |
| Website | http://www.theperumalengg.org |
The Perumal Engineering College is a co-educational engineering college located in Madipakkam near Velachery , a rapidly developing suburban area of Chennai, India. The college located 2.1 km from the Madras Flying Club near the Meenambakkam Airport and National Highway 45 (India) (also known as the Great Southern Trunk Road). Important landmarks are very nearby like the St.Thomas Mount which is barely 2 km to the north and just 10 minutes away from the college.
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The Perumal Engineering College was established as a private self-financed engineering college in 2006(previously operating as the Perumal Educational Society from 2003). TPEC is amongst the top 7 private self-financed engineering colleges in Chennai. It was initially affiliated to University of Madras. To better its standing, the process of accreditation and affiliation with Anna University was initiated in 2007 and TPEC will become part of the Anna University system within the next 5 years. It offers Bachelors and Masters degrees in engineering to its 650+ student strength.
The college campus has basketball courts, tennis Courts, two field hockey grounds and two cricket grounds. All the grounds are huge. There are also table tennis tables within the college. The auditorium is newly constructed and has the capacity to seat 1000 people at the same time. The laboratories are state-of-the-art and there is an on-campus cafeteria serving nutritious and delicious food to staff/students. A swimming pool is currently under construction and will be ready in 2 years time. The campus offers hostel facilities to out-station students at a very negligible expense. The library is one of the finest among private engineering colleges in Chennai with close to 30000 journals, technical books and newspapers from across the country.
TPEC follows a trimester system as followed by the Indian Institutes of Management. In a Bachelors degree, the first few trimesters consist of base engineering courses followed by the specialized courses in the later trimesters. This means that a student can finish a conventional 4 year Bachelors degree within 3.5 years in an ideal situation. Similarly for Masters Degree, the course is of 1.5 years duration. The trimesters start in June and end in March for the Masters programme. For the Bachelors degree, the course starts in June and ends in November, the final trimester being a research/industry-oriented project.
Two sets of seats exist currently under the admissions process.
1. Free Seat: These students paid Rs. 10000 per academic year. These were usually students who scored highly in the Plus 2 & Entrance Exam admission criteria. (Approximately around 185/660 - OC/BC; 165/660 - MBC; 35/660 - SC/ST)
2. Payment Seats: These Students paid 70,000 per semester. These were usually students who had average scores in the Plus 2 & Entrance Exam admission criteria. (Approximately around 275/660).
The Electrical & Electronis Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering departments of TPEC are one of the best among colleges of Chennai.
This high reputation is determined by the number of students are board toppers at TPEC. This is a key indicator of how entering students at TPEC compare to those at other universities.
Several reputed companies visit for placement. At least 90% of the students are placed in campuses itself with the remaining opting for higher studies abroad or within India. Some illustrious students opt for the Masters programme with TPEC itself after which they take up a teaching position within the TPEC campuses at Chennai, Bangalore as faculty.
Recently, a satellite campus was opened at Bangalore to forge stronger links with the I.T industry. This campus is being used to conduct industrial research and professional trainings. The faculty at Chennai are given an option to spend a 2 year rotation at this campus after which they move back to the Chennai head-campus.
Zenith is the annual engineering symposium of the college , and the standards set at this event is used as the benchmark for similar events of such nature in Chennai and India.
21 September 2010 marks the scheduled date when Zenith will happen this year.