Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
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| Motto | Work is Worship |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1984 |
| Affiliation | Autonomous |
| Principal | Dr. S. Arivazhagan |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | 195 acres (0.79 km2) |
| Website | http://www.mepcoeng.ac.in/ |
Mepco Schlenk Engineering College is an autonomous engineering college located near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It was founded on 17 October 1984. It is an ISO9001:2015 certified institution.[2] It is sponsored by the Mepco Schlenk Charities, a social welfare organization of the Metal Powder Company Limited,[3] Thirumangalam and its German collaborator, Schlenk. The college was affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai until 2002 and later with Anna University, Chennai, but since 2012 it has been affiliated with Anna University of Technology, Chennai.[4][5]
The medium of instruction is English for all courses, examinations, seminar presentations and project reports.
Departments
- Biotechnology
- Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Science Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Information Technology
Infrastructure
A mineral water plant located within the campus has a capacity of 10,000 litres per day. Also on the campus are located the Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank (TMB) with ATM facility, photo copying centre, canteen, parking lot, stand-by power generators, a separate telephone exchange, television facilities in the hostel, water treatment plant, and students' amenities. The campus has Wi-Fi connectivity. Mobile phones are not allowed in this college.
Most of the student population stays on campus in hostels. The single gender hostels, five for men and five for women, are named after important rivers in India:
Boys' hostels
- Godavari
- Kaveri
- Krishna
- Narmadha
- Brahmaputra
Girls' hostels
- Ganga
- Yamuna
- Sindhu
- Mahanadhi
- tamirabarani
Clubs and associations
Clubs and professional organisations at Mepco serve as an important nodal point in students' lives. Students perform managerial, organisational and participatory roles in these groups.
- International Association of Civil Engineering Students (IACES)
- Renewable Energy Club (sponsored by MNRE)
- Management Association
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Student Branch (IEEE)
- Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
- Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE)
- Computer Society of India (CSI)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Institution of Engineers (IEI)
- Club Innovative
- Science Forum
- Maths Club
- Microsoft Campus Club
- Literary Association
- Fine Arts Club
- Photography Club
- Reader's Club
- Blue sky
- Consumer Club
- National Service Scheme (NSS)
- Graph Theory and Research Forum
- Google students club
Rankings
| University and college rankings | |
|---|---|
| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF (2020)[6] | 101 |
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 101 among engineering colleges in 2020.[6]
References
- ^ Sivakasi: A high quality education centre
- ^ "Mepko Schlenk Engineering College". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ Metal Powder Company Limited
- ^ Engineering the future
- ^ "A fillip from industry". Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
