Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering

History

In November 1985 the college was granted permission to conduct engineering courses in the disciplines of Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Science Engineering, awarded by the University of Madras.

The college complex at Nazarathpet (near Poonamallee) was inaugurated on April 8, 1985 by , former Governor of Tamil Nadu.

In 1991, the college shifted into its new campus at Pennalur, near the town of Sriperumbudur. SVC received approval from the All India Council for Technical Education the same year. Courses in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Chemical Engineering Courses were started in 1994. ^[3]

The college celebrated its decennial in March 1995 in the presence of former Minister of State for Commerce and present home minister of the Government of India Shri . In 1996 the college began a course in Information Technology and was the first college in the country to do so. The college obtained an ISO 9001:2000 certification in 2002.The college also obtained Autonomous status from UGC in 2016^[3]

Library

SVCE has a 1,338-square-metre (14,400 sq ft) library spanning three floors covering major fields of science and engineering, a conference room, a study space and a seating capacity of over 200. Library is air-conditioned and has conferencing, multimedia, internet, reprography facilities, a CD-ROM collection and a book bank for deserving students.

The college subscribes to most major technical journals including those by the IEEE, ACM and ASME. Over 95,000 volumes and 200 CDs are available and around 400 print and online journals are subscribed.

Apart from the central library, all departments maintain their own libraries. SVCE is an institutional member of The British Council Library, IIT Madras, American Council Library, DELNET and MALIBNET. The library uses multimedia computers with internet connectivity, CBT, CDs, e-books and e-journals to promote e-learning.

New Department Information Management System (IMS) was started in year 2012.

Sports Infrastructure

The 15 acres (653,400.0 sq ft) facility has a swimming pool, synthetic and clay tennis courts, turf cricket ground, basketball, football grounds,badminton, volleyball courts and a 400-meter track for athletics.

350-square-metre (3,800 sq ft) is dedicated to a table tennis hall, gymnasium, and carom and chess rooms.

The college conducts inter-college tournaments in basketball, volleyball, cricket and ball badminton.

Research

Eleven departments are recognized as research centres by Anna University to conduct PhD. The Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, chemical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry, Humanities and Social Science, Information Technology, Biotechnology, Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering departments have been recognized by Anna University as collaborative research centers for PhD degrees. - R&D is aided by a technology innovation Center, which also houses SPIC's research centre. TIC houses Interdisciplinary centre for Nanotechnology to carry out research in the area of nanotechnology. The Management of SVCE sanctioned Rs.2,00,000 every year to carry out innovative projects for final year UG and PG students. The annual event of SVCE students' Research Day (Innovates) conducted in the month of March of every year to motivate and nurture innovative ideas. Faculty research Day is also conducted every year in the month of April to share their research ideas among faculty and research scholars.

iGEM participation

Students from the department of biotechnology have formed teams and participated in the international Genetically Engineered Machines competition in 2015 and 2016, being the only Anna University affiliated college to do so. They were placed in the bronze medal category in 2015 and silver medal category in 2016. In 2015, they worked on finding alternatives to antibiotics and in 2016 worked on developing a system to prolong the shelf life of milk without refrigeration.

Entrepreneurship Development Cell

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell was formed in 1996, and has organized awareness camps to motivate students to become entrepreneurs.An Entrepreneurship Promotion and Incubation Center (EPIC) has been formed with support from Entrepreneurship Development Institute and MSME to incubate start-up companies with innovative ideas.

Student Life at SVCE

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering believes in Self Responsibility and based on that academic freedom is given to the students to groom themselves professionally so as to be suitable to the requirements of the society.The campus is very large with sprawling greenery and individual blocks for various departments and Research and Development Centres. The college cafeteria functions throughout the day and serves snacks, drinks and packed food items alongside South Indian and North Indian Breakfast and Lunch choices. WiFi Umbrellas with Power Sockets are set up at various points across the campus enabling high speed Web access for students and faculty.

For an undergraduate student at SVCE, there are quite a lot of subject based activities, lectures and workshops happening at college in between exams to keep the students engaged in multiple activities. The college has Memorandum of Understandings signed with various industries and companies, including Multinational giants to enable research options and internship opportunities for professional development.

Housing

The SVCE housing comprises two clusters of seven blocks for Gents and three blocks for ladies. For all the Marine Engineering students, it is mandatory to live in the hostels. A total of around 380 Ladies and 850 Gents can stay in the hostel. Hostel area has indoor games, TV, WiFi and Laundromats.

Notable Alumni

Forum For Economic Studies by Engineers

The Forum For Economic Studies by Engineers (FORESE) /ˈfɔərsiː/ conducts an annual event called Kapital , which is a national management symposium, to equip engineers with managerial skills. It also organises mock placements where students learn the intricacies of attending an interview and other events