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Type
  
Government-aided

Principal
  
Dr. V. Abhai Kumar

Undergraduates
  
3750

Founded
  
1957

Established
  
1957

Academic staff
  
288 (Ph.D - 167)

Phone
  
0452 248 2987

Affiliation
  
Anna University, Chennai

Motto
  
Vinaiye Uyir—Duty Is Life

Address
  
GST Road, Thiruparankundram, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625015

Founder
  
Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar

Similar
  
Anna University, Thiagarajar College, PSG College of Technology, K L N College of Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology

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Thiagarajar college of engineering madurai


Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE) is an Govt aided autonomous institution located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. It is one of several educational and philanthropic institutions founded by philanthropist and industrialist Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar. TCE was established in 1957. The courses offered in TCE are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. TCE was granted Autonomy in the year 1987. The institution offers the Master's in Industrial Engineering among others.

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Location

The institution and hostels are located near Thirupparankundram on the outskirts of Madurai, 8 kilometres south-west of the city of Madurai.

The campus is located 10 km from the Madurai Airport, 8 km from the Madurai Railway station and is well connected by buses with all parts of state.

Academic programs

TCE offers 8 undergraduate,16 postgraduate programs and research programs (MS and PhD) in all Engineering and Science streams.

QEEE

One of the participating institute in Quality Enhancement in Engineering Education (QEEE) program of MHRD,GoI

TEQIP

one of the Selected institute in Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) phase 2

  • Resource Center For Spoken Tutorial Project - IIT Bombay
  • European Technology Experience Center (ETEC)

    • Patents

    1.Dr.R. Vasudevan, Dean, and professor Department of Chemistry at TCE has developed and patented the "Plastic Tar Road Technology".

    Obtained 3 patents in communication engineering and filed for 6 more patents

    Recognitions

  • Global Performance Excellence Award- World class -2015 by Asia Pacific Quality Organization
  • Won IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj Bajaj National Quality Awards-2014
  • Sustainable Institute Industry Partnership Award-2014 presented in National Conference at IIT, Madras
  • 43rd rank in "Best Research Engineering Institutes" in India by Career360 Magazine, 2014
  • 20th rank in All India Technical School Survey by Data Quest 2013-14
  • "Performance Excellence Trophy" in IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Awards-2013
  • 12th rank in India's Top Private Institutes Survey by Acumen Media Network-2013
  • 9th rank in AICTE-CII Survey of Industry Linked Institutes-2012
  • Department of Computer Science Bags "Best Student Branch Award" by Computer Society of India 2009-10

    • Accredited by National Board of Accreditation NBA

    Visits

    A. P. J. Abdul Kalam visited the college in connection with the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the college and gave the Golden Jubilee Lecture of Eminence on 20 January 2008.

    Dr. Eric A. Cornell - Nobel Laureate in Physics visited the college in September 2009 and delivered Honeywell - Nobel Laureate Lecture Series at TCE during 23rd and 24th. September, 2009.

    Symposiums

    Techutsav - a State level inter college technical festival conducted every year

    Quest - a district level inter school mega cultural festival organized every year

    Notable activities

  • TCE - TBI (Technology Business Incubator)is established in Campus with support from Department of Science & Technology
  • The institute provided space for setting up the first MNC in Madurai, Honeywell technology solutions lab. The 2 facilities have also set up an incubation centre.
  • One incubated company,Thiagarajar Telekom Solutions Limited (TTSL)working on Wireless Design situated in Campus
  • The institute is funded by TIFAC-CORE as a center of excellence for wireless technologies in India.
  • Has set up an anechoic chamber for antenna testing and characterisation, which is available only in a few places in India, such as in IIT Delhi.
  • In July 2009, the institute signed an agreement with Yahoo's research division to do collaborative research for three years in cloud computing. This is the first time Yahoo has set up a long term collaboration in India.

    • Notable alumni

  • A. Sivathanu Pillai, Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO
  • Karthik Subbraj, Kollywood director

    • References

    Thiagarajar College of Engineering Wikipedia
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