Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
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Type | Engineering college, College of Computer Applications and College of Business Management |
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Established | 1996 |
Chairman | R.Srinivasan |
President | Kala Vijayakumar |
Principal | Dr.V.E.Annamalai |
Dean | Dr.P. Ramasamy and Prof B.Srinivasan |
Director | Dr. Shashikant Albal |
Academic staff | ~250 |
Students | 5000 |
Undergraduates | 3500 |
Postgraduates | 650 |
~100 | |
Location | , , India 12°50′25″N 80°09′15″E / 12.84028°N 80.15417°E |
Campus | 250 acres |
Nickname | SSN |
Affiliations | Autonomous, Anna University |
Website | www.ssn.edu.in |
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSNCE), popularly known as SSN College of Engineering or simply SSN, is an engineering institution located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an autonomous college affiliated with Anna University founded by Shiv Nadar.[1] The college is certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard[2] by the National Board of Accreditation.
In March 2018, the college was granted autonomous status by UGC.[3]
History
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering(SSN) was started in 1996 by Padma Bhushan Dr Shiv Nadar. The college was opened in 1996 at a temporary location in Thoraipakkam in the suburbs of Chennai, Tamil Nadu as an affiliate of Anna University. It later moved to a 250-acre campus at Kalavakkam (Thiruporur Panchayat) on Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) in 1998. Nadar took an active role in the college activities, including the gifting of Rs. 1 million worth of HCL shares to the college.[4]
In association with Carnegie Mellon University, the SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering was started in 2001.[5][6]
Rankings
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SSN was ranked 44 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020[7] and 83 overall.[8]
Notable alumni
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- Ravichandran Ashwin, cricketer
- MK Balaji, playback singer
- Balaji Mohan, film director
- Anaka Alankamony, squash player
- Murugan Ashwin, Cricketer
- Eshwar Nevedh , Indian basketball team Captain
See also
References
- ^ https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/colleges/autonomous_colleges-list.pdf
- ^ "SSN Trust offers Rs 4 crore scholarships". Che nnaionline.com. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ^ "Eight institutions get autonomous status". thehindu.com. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Shiv Nadar gifts HCL Tech shares to Chennai Trust". The Hindu. India. 25 July 2001. Archived from the original on 13 May 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
- ^ "ICT must be made more affordable". Business Line. 27 December 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ "SSN-Carnegie Mellon University offers masters in IT". The Hindu. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
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