Coordinates: 13°00′40″N 80°14′08″E / 13.010979°N 80.235426°E
College of Engineering, Guindy | |
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கிண்டி பொறியியல் கல்லூரி | |
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Motto | Labor omnia vincit (Latin) |
Motto in English | Work conquers all |
Established | 1794 (as a college in 1862)[1] |
Type | Public, Autonomous |
Dean | M. Sekar |
Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Campus | Urban, 110 acres (44.5154ha) |
Newspaper | The Guindy Times |
Colours | Brick Red |
Nickname | CEGians |
Affiliations |
Anna University (1978 – ) |
Website | CEG.edu.in |
The College of Engineering, Guindy (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.[2]
It was started in May of 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.[3]
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.
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History
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It was born as a survey school in May 1794. In 1794 the Survey school was started with one student in a building near Fort St. George. Founded by Michael Topping, it is the oldest modern technical school outside Europe. The school became the Civil Engineering School in 1858 and was then rechristened as College of Engineering in 1861 with the inclusion of the Mechanical Engineering course.
Academics
College of Engineering, Guindy offers undergraduate engineering degree in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Geoinformatics, Agricultural & Irrigation Engineering, Bio Medical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mining Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Information Technology, and Printing Technology.
It offers postgraduate degrees such as MBA, MCA, M.E., M.Sc. M.Tech and Ph.D.[4]
Ranking
University rankings | |
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Engineering – India | |
India Today[5] | — |
Outlook India[6] | 12 |
Dataquest[7] | — |
Government colleges: | |
Mint[8] | 9 |
CEG ranked 12th in the Outlook India Top Engineering Colleges of 2012.[6] In rankings of government colleges, it ranked #9 in the Mint Top 50 Government Engineering Colleges of 2009.[8] The international surveys conducted by Professor Jude Sommerfeld of Georgia Tech, USA since 1964 for every five-year period as well as every year and also during the 5-year period during 2004-2009 which included all IITs and IISc. College of Engineering at Anna University is always ranked among the topmost in this survey.
SCHOOL | LOCATION | PUBS. 2010 | TOTALS 06-10 | RANK 06-10 | PUBS 2011 | TOTALS 07-11 | RANK 07-11 | WORLD RANKING |
ICT, Mumbai (UDCT) | Mumbai | 185 | 960 | 1 | 198 | 1025 | 1 | 4 |
IIT Bombay | Mumbai | 72 | 368 | 2 | 75 | 393 | 2 | NA |
IIT Kanpur | Kanpur | 72 | 356 | 3 | 80 | 378 | 3 | NA |
IIT Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 68 | 301 | 4 | 59 | 305 | 4 | NA |
IIT Madras | Chennai | 60 | 263 | 5 | 55 | 281 | 5 | NA |
Anna University | Chennai | 39 | 257 | 6 | 56 | 261 | 6 | NA |
Student life
Hostels
Most students at CEG reside in hostels. The campus has 16 hostels (Blocks 1-11, Kurnji, Tulip & Lavender and other blocks), of which five are exclusively for women. Dining facilities are provided in four large centralized halls. The hostels accommodate only undergraduate students.
Cultural and technical symposia
From 2007, the CEG Tech Forum conducts an international techno-management festival, under the patronage of UNESCO, called Kurukshetra.[10] Students take part in events covering 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.
From 2012, the students of CEG Tech Forum started providing mentoring services to freshers, helping them make informed decisions on what technical projects to work on, going overseas for higher education and research.[11]
Every year in February, CEG plays host to Techofes,[12] a four-day inter-collegiate cultural festival. In October, Agni, the intra-college cultural festival is conducted.
During January, February and March each yea, departments of the college conduct technical symposia. Notable among those are
- Q Quest,[13] organised by the Student Quality Club[14] of CEG under AU-TVS Centre for Quality Management
- Gateway, organised by the Department of Media Sciences
- Pinnacle, [1], organised by the Society of Mechanical Engineers and Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Waves, organized by Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- QUANTA, organised by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering(ss)
- Vision, conducted by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Civilisation, by the Department of Civil Engineering
- ETHOS, organised by the Department of Management Studies
- XENIA, organised by the Department of Management Studies- Hospitality Management
- Mathrix, organised by the Department of Mathematics
- GREENICS, organised by the Department of Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering
- Surang, organized by the Department of Mining Engineering
- Sangarsh (Concert For A Cause).,[15] organised by Rotaract club of CEG
- Manusys, organised by the Department of Manufacturing Engineering
- Indcon, organised 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, organised 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
- Aspiring Geologist Extravaganza conducted by the Department of Geology
Teams from CEG have participated in national contests like University Challenge.
Notable alumni
- Verghese Kurien, architect of Operation Flood and India's White Revolution and winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the World Food Prize[16]
- Upendra J. Chivukula, American politician[17]
- J. Mohan, Dean - School of Engineering Technology, Trades and Aviation, Confederation College, Canada
- A. C. Muthiah, Indian industrialist and ex-President, Board of Control for Cricket in India[18]
- Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian film actor and Producer[19]
- Raj Reddy, Turing Award winner, Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University[20]
- S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President, Developer Division, Microsoft[21]
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former Captain of the Indian cricket team and the Chairman of the selection committee[22]
- P. S. Veeraraghavan, director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre[23]
- Krishna Kumar Natarajan, CEO Mindtree limited
- S. Durgaprasad, Co-Founder, Director & Global CEO, Bahwan CyberTek Group
- Raj Bala, CTO Cognizant
- Ravi Jagannathan, American economist & Chaired Professor, Kellogg School of Management
- V.M. Muralidharan (Mike), Financial Trustee, Ethiraj College Trust and Global COO, Bahwan CyberTek Group
- Ravi Ruia, Essar Group[citation needed]
- Crazy Mohan, Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright[citation needed]
- Mendu Rammohan Rao, Dean Emeritus, Indian School of Business[24]
- Nawin Sona, Municipal Commissioner, Amravati[25]
- Gopalapuram Parthasarathy, diplomat and author, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Australia and Myanmar[26][27]
- Kal Raman, COO of Groupon and Founder of Global Scholar
- Kutraleeswaran, Marathon swimmer, The youngest Arjuna Award winner
- Dr.S.Manikandan, Scientist, Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Defense Research and Development Organization, India
See also
References
- ^ "Established". CEG History. CEG. 1978-09-04. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ^ "CEG Anna University - Degree Courses" (PDF). Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ "Survivors of time – College of Engineering (Guindy)". The Hindu. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ "CEG - Degree Courses" (PDF). Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ "Best Engineering colleges 2012". India Today. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Top Engineering Colleges". Outlook India. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "India's Top Engineering Colleges 2012 (DQ-CMR T-Schools Survey 2012)". archive.dqindia.com/. Dataquest. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Top 50 Government Engineering Colleges of 2009" (PDF). Mint. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.ictmumbai.edu.in/AdmissionFile/Admission_Handbook_2012-13.pdf
- ^ "Education Plus : Kurukshetra – Sprawling innovation in science and technology". The Hindu. 2009-11-30. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "Seniors start online network to help engineering freshers". The Times of India. 2012-07-15.
- ^ "The Hindu : ‘Techofes 2010’ off to colourful start". The Hindu. 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/9914-Q-Quest-Anna-university.aspx
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/education/college-and-university/article2426475.ece
- ^ "IBN Live : 'Annual Fund raising concert held - South India - Chennai - IBN LIVE publisher=IBN LIVE". 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ "Verghese Kurien". amuldairy.com. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Upendra J. Chivukula (D)". njleg.state.nj.us. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "A. C. Muttiah". cegalumni.org. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Akkineni Nagarjuna". lifestyle.iloveindia.com. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Raj Reddy". rr.cs.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ "S. Somasegar: Senior Vice President, Developer Division". microsoft.com. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ "Krishnamachari Srikkanth". cegam.in. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Veeraraghavan new VSSC director". The Hindu. October 31, 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Dr.M.Rammohan Rao speaks at CEG Global Alumni meet". cegam.in. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "LinkedIn profile of Mr. Nawin Sona, IAS". linkedin.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Rethink policy to empower Sri Lankan Tamils economically". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Mr.G.Parthasarathy's profile as a faculty of [[Centre for Policy Research]]". http://www.cprindia.org. Retrieved 9 August 2012. Wikilink embedded in URL title (help)
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