Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology

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Alagappa Chettair College of Engineering and Technology
Established:	1952
Type:	Constituent college of Anna University
Location:	Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Website:	http://www.accet.net

Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology (ACCET-Karaikudi) is a major college of engineering in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India. It is held directly under the control of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Contents 1 History 2 Courses 3 List of Principals of the institution 4 LIBRARY AND OTHER FACILITIES 5 OTHERS 5.1 NRSC BUILDING 5.2 Sports and Games 5.3 STUDENTS' CO-OPERATIVE STORE 5.4 MEDICAL FACILITIES 5.5 AUDITORIUM 5.6 ALUMINI ASSOCIATIONS AND RELATED WEBSITES 6 External links

[edit] History

Dr. R.M. Alagappa Chettiar a man of rare wisdom and forethought, founded Alagappa Chettiar Educational Trust with the sole aim of developing the backward area of Karaikudi into a centre for higher education and provided necessary funds for the establishment of educational institutions. In 1952 21st July, ACCET started functioning with three faculties-Civil, Mechanical and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The Foundation tablet for the main building of the college was laid by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the then President of India on 19th February 1953. On the Occasion of laying of the foundation stone of the Central Electro Chemical Research Institute(CECRI), by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 25th July 1948 Dr. Chettiar, in his Welcome address, said "It is my hope to start here an engineering college immediately, a college which God and the University of Madras willing will start functioning with Civil Engineering by the academic year 1949." In 1952, Dr. Chettiar's dream came true. ACCET started functioning from 21st July 1952 with three faculties-Civil, Mechanical and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Before Dr. Chettiar could bring all his dreams into reality, he passed away. Subsequently, in 1966, the institution was handed over to Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

• In 1969 a new faculty, Electronics and Communication Engineering was started.
• In 1983, M.E. in Microwave and Optical Engineering
• In 1988, Master of Computer Application (M.C.A) were started.
• In 2001, B.E. Degree course in Computer Science and Engineering was also introduced.

The college has become a constituent college of Anna University from 31.12.2001. The college has been recognized as a research centre and about 25 scholars are pursuing research. PG courses in various disciplines are offered from the academic year 2002-03.

[edit] Courses

The Engineering courses that are available at the undergraduate level are

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engieering
• Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Computer Science Engineering

Numerous other courses at post graduate and research level are also made available with the assistance of the Government of Tamil Nadu, CSIR, AICTE,UGC, UNESCO and World Bank.

[edit] List of Principals of the institution

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Established:	1952
Location:	Karaikudi
Website:	http://www.accet.net

• 1952-'53 Prof. V.S. Jayaraman
• 1953-'62 Prof. D.S. Venkanna
• 1962-'64 Prof. P.S. Manisundaram
• 1964-'65 Prof. A.V. Raghavachar
• 1965-'71 Prof. W.P. Vijayaraghavan
• 1971-'76 Prof. S. Srinivasan
• 1976-'77 Dr. R. Sridhara Rao
• 1977-'84 Prof. N.M. Janardhan
• 1984-'85 Prof. S. Narayanaswamy
• 1985-'86 Prof. M.M. Rahman
• 1986-'87 Dr. T.R. Natesan
• 1987-'88 Dr. Ing. S.R. Srinivasan
• 1988-'91 Prof. A.N. Thomas
• 1991-'93 Prof. K.N. Shanmugasundaram
• 1993-'96 Dr. P. Balakrishnan
• 1996-'98 Dr. E. Ramasamy
• 1999-2000 Dr. T.R. Thyagarajan
• 2000-2005 Dr. V.M. Periasamy
• 2005-2006 Dr.R.Lakshmipathy
• From 2006 Dr.R.Sundararajan

[edit] LIBRARY AND OTHER FACILITIES

The college library has an adequate collection of 36000 regular books, 13021 for SC/ST Book Bank and 741 for General Book Bank housed in a separate library building with all amenities. Books may be borrowed by students producing the library tickets supplied to them. Three tickets are issued to the under graduate and the post-graduate students. Only one book will be issued against each ticket. There is also a separate reference section for books newspapers and periodicals. And special sections are allotted for Certifications and higher studies. This section contains books for all certifications from SUN, CISCO & BRAIN BENCH.

All departments maintain their own department library for their respective branch students. The students also gain advantage of using CD library including mind wares, software and other stimulations from various incentives. Individual Hostels also have libraries.

There is a post office situated inside the college campus for the benefit of the students. The Alagappa Engineering College Post office, Karaikudi (Pin Code: 630 004).

ICICI bank Extension Counter functions in College Campus. ICICI ATM facility is available in College Road, Subramaniapuram.

[edit] OTHERS

[edit] NRSC BUILDING

The Non Resident Student's Centre Building was declared open on the 27th March 1981 for the benefit of dayscholars. It houses two spacious dining halls with furniture. A room for the Students' Association and a few guest rooms are available in the NRSC Building.

[edit] Sports and Games

The College offers facilities for outdoor games and indoor games such as cricket, football, hockey, volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis, table tennis, and chess. There is a 400m track for athletics and the necessary equipments for jumps, throws, power lifting and body building. The membership of the tennis club is open to the staff and students of the college.

[edit] STUDENTS' CO-OPERATIVE STORE

The Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology and Alagappa Polytechnic Students Co-operative Society Limited was registered on 19.01.1956. Every student on admission to the college automatically becomes the member of co-operative store. The Store primarily caters to the requirements of the students.

[edit] MEDICAL FACILITIES

There is a dispensary in the hostel campus with an attached in patient ward to accommodate students and members of the staff and their families in case of illness. The unit is under the charge of a part time Lady Medical Officer assisted by a pharmacist.

[edit] AUDITORIUM

The College auditorium (Dewan Bahadur Murugappa Hall) has a seating capacity of about 600. It has a spacious stage for conducting Cultural Programmes & entertainment

[edit] ALUMINI ASSOCIATIONS AND RELATED WEBSITES

Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Old Students Association is intended to keep alive contacts between the old students of this college and the college itself. Previously it was called as Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology Old Boys Association or in short ACCETOBA but now it is re-christened as ACCETOSA -Alagappa Chettiar College Of Engineering and Technology Old Students Associati

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[edit] External links

• ACCET On the Web