Pondicherry Engineering College

Infobox University
name = Pondicherry Engineering College


native_name = புதுவை பொறியியல் கல்லூரி
motto = Prosperity Through Technology
type = Public
free_label_l = University
free_1 = Pondicherry University
principal = Dr. V. Prithiviraj
established = 1984 under VII Five Year Plan
city = Puducherry
country = India
coor = coord|12|00|47.74|N|79|51|13.78|E|region:IN_type:edu_scale:2000_source:wikimapia|display=inline,title
campus = convert|240|acre|km2
undergrad = 1,700
postgrad = 300
website = http://www.pec.edu

Pondicherry Engineering College (or PEC) is one of India's premier engineering institutions situated in Puducherry.

Pondicherry Engineering College is an Institution sponsored by the Union Territory of Puducherry. The College was started in 1984 under the VII Five Year Plan. It is an autonomous Institution for the purposes of administration, staff recruitment and College development and is managed by a Board of Governors. The College is affiliated to the Pondicherry University for academic purposes. The institute offers eight Undergraduate, eight Postgraduate and PhD programmes in the major disciplines of engineering and technology.

Location

The coord|12.014074|79.850307|region:IN_type:edu_scale:2000_source:wikimapia College campus is situated at Pillaichavady which is about 12 km from the Railway station and bus-stand in Pondicherry town. It is about 160 km south of Chennai (Madras) on the shores of Bay of Bengal. The campus is also well connected by town buses from Pondicherry. Buses ply between Chennai (Madras) and Pondicherry frequently and the duration of journey is about 3 to 4 hours. The buses that come from Chennai via East Coast Road (ECR) stop near the campus.

The temperatures during the year vary between 25 C to 35 C, but it is always less harsher than other coastal cities making the place very pleasant and congenial for professional education. The campus is of great scenic beauty and forms an excellent setting for the pursuit of studies in engineering and technology.

Campus

The convert|210|acre|km2 of the college campus is well planned with departmental buildings, library, hostels, students' amenities centre, open air theatre, residential quarters for staff and neatly laid out with roads, lawns and gardens.

Departments

There are a total of 13 departments offering various courses in their respective disciplines. They are,
*Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
*Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
*Department of Computer Science & Engineering
*Department of Information Technology
*Department of Computer Applications
*Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
*Department of Chemical Engineering
*Department of Mechanical Engineering
*Department of Civil Engineering
*Department of Mathematics
*Department of Physics
*Department of Chemistry
*Department of Humanities & Social Sciences

External links

* [http://www.pec.edu Official website of PEC]
* [http://user.pec.edu/wiki PEC User Sites]
* [http://mail.pec.edu PEC E-mail - http://mail.pec.edu]
* [http://www.pec.edu/pecaa1/Afind.php PEC Alumni Directory]
* [http://www.home.pec.edu/17mans Manuals published by PEC pursuant to the Right to Information Act 2005]
* [http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pondicherry+engineering+college PEC pictures at Flickr]