Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
Type | Engineering college, College of Computer Applications and College of Business Management |
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Established | 1996 |
Chairman | Shiv Nadar |
President | Kala Vijayakumar |
Principal | Salivahanan |
Dean | K. Kasthuri and P. Ramasamy |
Director | S B. Srinivasan, and K. G. Narayanan |
Academic staff | ~250 |
Students | 4000 |
Undergraduates | 3500 |
Postgraduates | 650 |
~100 | |
Location |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 12°45′9″N 80°11′46″E / 12.75250°N 80.19611°ECoordinates: 12°45′9″N 80°11′46″E / 12.75250°N 80.19611°E |
Campus | 712"acres |
Nickname | SSN |
Affiliations |
Anna University, Carnegie Mellon University, National Tsing Hua University |
Website | www.ssn.edu.in |
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSNCE), popularly known as SSN College of Engineering or simply SSN, is an engineering institution located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The college is certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard[1] by the National Board of Accreditation.
History
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering was started in 1996 by Shiv Nadar. The college was opened in 1996 at a temporary location in Thoraipakkam in the suburbs of Chennai, Tamil Nadu as an affiliate of Anna University. It later moved to a 1 square kilometre campus at Kalavakkam (Thiruporur Panchayat) on Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) in 1998.
In association with Carnegie Mellon University, the SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering was started in 2001.[2][3]
Admissions
Admissions into all courses are done through merit and management basis. A certain percentage of seats go to the Anna University Single Window System (AU SWS) and gets filled as Merit and the remaining seats are filled through an exam followed by interview termed as management quota. This percentage may vary each year. Similarly for Masters courses seats are filled on the basis of TANCET scores by AU SWS and separate exam.
Ranking
College rankings | |
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Engineering – India | |
NIRF[4] | 27 |
Outlook India[5] | 24 |
Careers360[6] | AAAA+ |
SSN was ranked 27 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2017[4] and 24 by Outlook India in 2017.[5] Careers360 has given it the second best rating, "AAAA+", among engineering colleges in 2017.[6]
Notable alumni
- Ravichandran Ashwin, cricketer
- MK Balaji, playback singer
- Balaji Mohan, film director
- Anaka Alankamony, squash player
- Murugan Ashwin, cricketer
See also
References
- ↑ "SSN Trust offers Rs 4 crore scholarships". Che nnaionline.com. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ↑ "ICT must be made more affordable". Business Line. 27 December 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ↑ "SSN-Carnegie Mellon University offers masters in IT". The Hindu. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2017 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2017.
- 1 2 "Top 100 Engineering Colleges In 2017". Outlook India. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- 1 2 "Top Engineering Colleges in India 2017". Careers360. 2017.
External links
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