College of Engineering, Guindy
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The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) in Chennai, India, is the main constituent college of Anna University. It was started in May 1794 as a School of Survey, and is one of the oldest technical institutes in the world. It is the oldest technical institute in India.
It is ranked ninth by India Today magazine for the year 2007 among engineering colleges in India. It is also ranked tenth by Outlook India magazine for the year 2007 in the top 50 government engineering colleges in India.
The dean of the college is Professor M. Sekar, who is also an alumnus of the same institution.
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[edit] Faculties and departments
CEG offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral study programs in many fields of engineering, through its various departments, split under the following six faculties.
- Civil Engineering Engineering
The Department of Civil Engineering of Anna University is the oldest in the Country. It dates back to May 17, 1794, when the East India Company established a Survey School to train military personnel and surveyors. This has grown to a Civil Engineering School in 1858 and later a Civil Engineering College in 1859.
Over the years with the help of dedicated group of people, it expanded to the present level as one of a highly reputed group of Civil Engineering Departments in the country. The department functions with three divisions :
1. Structural Engineering 2. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 3. Division of Urban Systems and Development
and three advanced centres : 1. Centre for Water Resources 2. Centre for Environmental Studies 3. Institute for Remote Sensing
These centres and divisions all have fully developed laboratories with classroom facilities and are renowned for their academic and research achievements at national and international levels. The Department of Civil Engineering has been approved for a very long time as a centre for the Quality Improvement Programme at Masters and Doctoral levels.
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- Structural Engineering Division
- Division of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
- Centre for Water Resources
- Institute of Remote Sensing
- Centre for Environment Studies
- Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Management Studies
- Department of Material Science and Engineering
- Department of Printing Technology
- Department of Manufacturing Engineering
- Institute of Energy Studies
- Department of Mining Engineering
- Department of Industrial Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Power System Engineering
- High Voltage Engineering
- Information and Communication Engineering
- Technology
- Crystal Growth Centre
- Technology Gateway
- Science & Humanities
- Department of Media Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Geology
[edit] Prominent Alumni
- Professor Raj Reddy (Presently at CMU)
- Professor Rammohan Rao (Presently Dean of ISB)
- Krishnamachari Srikanth (Former cricketer)
- Srinivasan Venkataraghavan (Former cricketer and International Umpire)
- T.S.Kuppuswamy (Chief General Manager BSNL)
- K.Sridhara (Member Technology & Ex Officio Secretary,Dept Of Telecommunications)
- Air Marshal R Ramamurthy Air Officer Commanding in Chief Maintenance command Indian Air Force
- Sanjay Parthasarathy (VP, Developer & Platform Evangelism Group, Microsoft)
- S Somasegar (VP, Developer division, Microsoft)
- Ravi Chandra (Senior VP, Redback Networks and described as one of Silicon Valley's elite band of IP legends)
- M.S. Ramachandran (Chairman, Indian Oil corporation - The only Fortune 500 Indian entrant until a few yrs ago)
- Upendra J. Chivukula (U.S. Politician, New Jersey State Assemblyman and former Franklin Township Mayor)
- Rangaswamy Narasimhan (Doyen of Indian Computer Science, designed India's first Computer in 1959 at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
- Kartik C,Virginia Tech
- K.Swaminathan (former CMD of ITI)
[edit] Technical & Cultural Symposiums
The students of CEG have come together to conduct a National level technical festival which is multi-disciplinary in dimension: Kurukshetra - the Battle of Brains, from 2007.
Every year in February, CEG plays host to Techofes, an eagerly anticipated and keenly contested five-day inter-collegiate cultural festival.
During the months of January to March, various departments of the college conduct individual technical symposiums. Notable among those are
- Pinnacle,organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
- Surang, , organized by the Department of Mining Engineering,
- Manusys, organized by the Department of Manufacturing Engineering,
- Indcon, organized by the Department of Industrial Engineering,
- aBaCUS, conducted by the Department of Computer Science,
- Vision, conducted by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
- Waves, of the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and
- Civilization, by the Civil Engineering Department
- GEOHORIZON '08, organized by the Society of Geo informatics Engineers
- Imprint conducted by Department of Printing Technology
- Colloquium conducted by the department of Mathematics
In other activities also, CEG has earned a reputation worthy of emulation. Teams from CEG often excel in sports and extra curricular activities with participation in national contests like University Challenge
[edit] Computer Society of Anna University (CSAU)
The Computer Society of Anna University is the largest technical student body of Anna University, with a current membership in excess of 1900. The Society is actively involved in the dissemination of IT knowledge and awareness among the students of Anna University. Eureka, Sparks, Techshow, Questionmark, Softalk are some of the events conducted by CSAU.
[edit] Students Quality Club (SQC)
The Students Quality Club is an organization of the students of Anna University, promoted by the AU - TVS CQM which comes under the Industrial Department, to empower its members to significantly increase their personal and professional effectiveness, through the principles of quality management in order to achieve a purposeful and principle-centered life.
This club provides an opportunity for students to get first hand knowledge on Quality Systems followed in the industry. To cater to the personal development of the students, value adding programs like lectures on Communication skills, Listening skills, Creative Thinking, Interpersonal skills, Public Speaking etc., are conducted regularly.SQC Contact
[edit] Rotaract Club of CEG (RCEG)
Established in the late 1980s, the Rotaract Club of CEG (RCEG) has grown to become one of the largest Rotaract clubs in Asia. The club, which draws its members from the student body, functions independently, but under the guidance of the Deans and the parent Rotaract club. RCEG in involved in a lot of community service initiatives and raises funds through charity shows and individual contributions. The club's official website recently launched can be found here.
[edit] Hans Classical Arts Club
Inaugurated in the year 2006 by Smt. Vani Jairam, HANS Classical Arts Club boasts of several talented performers in both classical dance and music. The club aims at promoting the awareness about classical arts and provide a platform for the performers to showcase their talents.
[edit] Rules & Terms used in the College
There have been reports that College has some very demanding rules regarding conduct on campus. The dress code certainly forbids wearing a pair of jeans and t-shirt. Also, mobile phones, as physical objects, are not allowed on campus grounds. [1]
