Saturday, December 13, 2008
Engineering the future
Mepco Schlenk Engineering college, Sivakasi is a leading ISO-9001:2000
certified self-financial Engineering College started on 17th
October, 1984. The institution is sponsored by the Mepco Schlenk
Charities, a social welfare organisation of the Metal Powder
Company Limited, Thirumangalam which has won many National awards
for the outstanding performance in the fields of export promotion
and R & D.
The Board of Directors of the MEPCO are dynamic personalities
with far sighted vision and wisdom, experienced in running several
successful industries and are highly philanthropic in running
educational institutions from primary schools to institution
of higher learning including engineering and technology both
for men and women.
Mepco Schlenk Engineering College is approved and accredited
by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi
and affiliated to Anna University, Tirunelveli. The Institution
of Engineers (India) with the head office at Kolkata, has accorded
recognition to all the Engineering branches of our college.
Sri. Yennarkay R. Ravindran is the President, Sri A. Vairaprakasam
is the Correspondent and Dr. S. Balakrishnan is the Principal
of the college.
Courses offered are Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering in
Civil, Electrical & Electronic, Electronics & Communication,
Computer Science and Engineering and MechanicalEngineering.
B.Tech courses are offered in Infomation Technology and Biotechnology.
The post graduation degree courses are available in fields like,
Structural Engineering, Power Electronics and Drives, Communication
Systems, Computer Science and Engineering, CAD / CAM and in
Industrial Safety Engineering. Further, M.Tech course is available
in Nano Science and Technology. Other courses offered by the
college are, M.B.A., M.C.A., and M.S. By research in Civil,
Mechanical and Physics. Ph. D courses are available in Civil
and Mechanical Engineering and Physics.
Top priority is given to Research and Development activity and
the faculty is encouraged with all the facilities required for
a deeper study in different branches of science and engineering.
Due to this encouragement, 46 research projects have been obtained
by various Departments through different government organizations
such as DST, CSIR, AICTE, DRDO, ISRO, BRNS, etc., The total
amount sanctioned for the projects is more than Rs. 5 crores.
Industries are also sponsoring some of the projects.
This private academic and research institution has taken a lead
role in the process of Nanotechnology development. The college
has already invested a sum of Rs.1.5 crores in establishing
state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities at Nano Science &
Technology Research Center (NSTRC). In addition, it has already
garnished Rs 1.29 crores for the development of production technology
to manufacture Nanoparticles. Steps have already been taken
to do collaborative research work and for signing MoUs with
leading overseas universities. The college has signed MoU with
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Life sciences
group of Laboratories.
Nearly 80,000 sq.mts of architectured and landscaped buildings
housing various departments and hostels built on a sprawling
165 acre land makes it an oasis amongst the desert. The environment
of the campus looks attractive with lush green lawns, thousands
of flower plants and trees. There are five hostels for gents
and three hostels for ladies accommodating nearly 2500 students.
The college has well qualified, devoted, motivated and dedicated
team of teaching staff which includes 40 Ph.D. holders and with
43 more pursuing research are in different stages of completion.
This has resulted in the college recording high academic performances
due to the percolation of research ideas seeded to the student
community.Enviable facilities have been provided at a cost of
over Rs. one crore to engage students and staff in outdoor and
indoor games. There is a 400m track with eight lanes. A sports
pavilion and gallery has been constructed to accommodate 1,000
spectators. The flood lit indoor stadium is fully equipped with
modern, body building equipment.
A branch post office, STD/ISD/fax communication centre, an extension
counter of the Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd. with ATM, a health
centre with a residential doctor and other supporting staff,
mineral water plant, waste water treatment plant, open air auditorium,
dish antenna for satellite television channels, fully air-conditioned
seminar halls in every building, guest house and air-conditioned
reading hall in the library cater to the needs of the staff
and students. Few hostels have been provided with Wi-Fi networking
facility, which enables students to browse internet, thereby
imparts updated knowledge enhancement during their free time
in their rooms.
Awards & Achievements
* Out of 242 Engineering Colleges affiliated to the Anna University,
Chennai in the State, our College has got the FIRST rank in
the University Examinations during Apr-May 2008 (Statistics
of Percentage of Pass).
* Rated 16th position at National level among private Engineering
Colleges by Outlook Survey, June 2008. (In 2007, we got 25th
position).
* Rated 42nd rank among all technical institutions in India
including IITs and NITs. by DataQuest Survey (Ref. June 15,
’07 edition of DataQuest).
* The College has obtained ISO 9001:2000 Certification from
M/s.DNV, Netherlands in the area of "Educational Services
for UG and PG courses in Engineering and Management".
* Dr. S. Balakrishnan, Principal, Mepco Schlenk Engineering
College, Sivakasi, has been awarded with the coveted International
Award of Best Outstanding IEEE Student Branch Counselor by the
Institution of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Inc (New
York) (IEEE) for the year 2005 in the Asia Pacific region. The
region comprises of Australia, China, Japan, Indonasia, Singapore,
Malasia, Thailand, Korea, Pakistan, Bangalore, India, Ceylon
etc. This award is one among the 5 awards given world wide.
The award was given to him at a function held during last month
at Beijing, China at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
by the Vice President, IEEE, New York.
* Our College stands FIRST among all Colleges under Anna University
in securing more number of university ranks (18 in UG &
12 in PG) in the year 2006-07.
* 46 Sponsored Research projects costs Rs.5 crores from AICTE,
CSIR, ARDB, DST, IGCAR BRNS, ISRO, TIFAC, DRDL undertaken by
our faculty members.
Courtesy: The Hindu