| Thursday, July 26, 2007
Seven engineering colleges get autonomy
Coimbatore: Seven affiliated engineering colleges of Anna University,
Coimbatore, were given autonomy on Wednesday.
At an informal function on the premises of the university representatives
of the seven colleges received the letters of autonomy from
Vice-Chancellor R. Radhakrishnan.
The colleges were: Kumuraguru College of Technology, Sri Ramakrishna
Engineering College, Karpagam College of Engineering (all in
Coimbatore) Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam,
Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, KSR College of Engineering,
Tiruchengode, and Adhiyamaan Engineering College, Hosur., The
status of autonomy would initially be for a period of five years.
“Out of the nine colleges which had applied, we selected
seven based on certain criteria. We will be happy to offer autonomy
to more colleges if they met the requirements,” the Vice-Chancellor
said. There were only four autonomous technical institutions
of the Anna University, Madras, prior to the forming of Anna
University, Coimbatore. The new seven colleges would add to
these. Anna University, Coimbatore, would now have ten autonomous
colleges, with the three already existing colleges coming under
its purview. It is after a gap of more than 20 years, seven
engineering colleges were getting autonomy in the State.
The Vice-Chancellor announced the addition of nine new colleges.
They were the Chettinadu College of Engineering and Technology,
Karur, the RVS College of Technology, Sulur, the Vidyaa Vikkas
College of Technology, Namakkal, the Info Institute of Engineering,
Coimbatore, the Angel College of Engineering and Technology,
Tirupur, Senguthar College for Women, Namakkal, Excel Engineering
College, Komarapalayam, the King College of Technology, Namakkal,
and the Mahendra Institute of Technology, Namakkal.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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