Jeppiaar Engineering College (JEC) is one of the institutions of Jeppiaar Educational Trust and was established on 15 August 2001. The college is a Christian Minority Institution.
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Affiliation
The college is affiliated to the Anna University, Chennai and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and Government of Tamil Nadu.
Academic departments
The institution was established primarily as an engineering college but also conducts courses in Business Administration. The college consists of the following academic departments:
- Department of Management Studies (Business Administration)
- Department of Computer Applications
- Department of Aeronautical Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Department of Computer Application
- Department of Information Technology
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Bio-Technology
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
The Electronics & Communication Engineering department started in 2001 with a student intake of 60 and increased to 120 in the year 2004. It was accredited on 19 July 2008.The Head of the Department is Dr. Venu Gopalakrishnan.Currently the Department has 580 students.
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
The department started in the year 2001 with a student intake of 60 and increased to 120 in the year 2008. II and III Year students compulsorily undergo Inplant Training & final year students carry out project work in various industries
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Mechanical Department was inspected in 2001 and later accredited on 19 July 2008. The department has an intake of around 132 students.The Head of the Department is Dr. V. Natarajan. The department encourages the students to take part in National level SAE events.
Facilities
The facilities of the institution include transportation for day-scholars covering all the Chennai city and also the suburbs such as Chenglepet,Kanchipuram,Tiruvallur and Ennore. central mess for all the students and staff providing healthy and hygienic food, fully equipped laboratories and central Library,a conference hall and an auditorium.
Campus accommodation
Campus accommodation is provided to students both boys and girls separately.
Controversy
Jeppiaar Engineering College, like other Jeppiaar educational institutions and other private colleges in Tamil Nadu, is known for extreme forms of gender segregation, when girls and boys are subjected to extreme restrictions. Some examples being, iron rods separating girls and boys, punishment and fines for looking and talking to each other, restrictions on clothing among others. This has been subject to much controversy and criticism.
References
External links
- Jeppiar Engineering College - Official website