Paavai Engineering College
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Paavai Engineering College (PEC) is a college established in 2001 at Namakkal, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore and part of the Paavai Institutions along with Paavai College of Engineering
Paavai College of Engineering
Paavai College of Engineering is a college established in 2007 in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India. It is affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore and a sister college of Paavai Engineering College.-Academics:...

, Pavai College of Technology
Pavai College of Technology
Pavai College of Technology was started in 2009.It is the third engineering college of Paavai Institutions. It is affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore and part of the Paavai Institutions along with Paavai College of Engineering, Paavai Engineering College and Paavai School of...

 and Paavai School of Engineering. It is accredited
Accreditation
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 by the National Board of Accreditation
National Board of Accreditation
The National Board of Accreditation , India was established by AICTE as an autonomous body under section 10 of AICTE act, 1987 for periodic evaluations of technical institutions & programmes basis according to specified norms and standards as recommended by AICTE council...

 (NBA).

History

Paavai Engineering College started in 2001. Before that Paavai Polytechnic college was started in Paavai Institutions in 1998. The first batch passed out in 2005.

Academics

There are six Undergraduate departments, granting BE
Bachelor of Engineering
The Bachelor of Engineering is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering at universities in Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland , Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Korea,...

 in Civil Engineering, Computers Science Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering.
The first four courses are accredited by the NBA. Postgraduate courses, granting ME
Master of Engineering
A Master of Engineering or Master of Technology or Master of Science in Engineering A Master of Engineering (Magister in Ingeniaria) (abbreviated M.Eng., ME or MEng) or Master of Technology (abbreviated M.Tech. or MTech) or Master of Science in Engineering A Master of Engineering (Magister in...

 are taught in Computer Science, Engineering Design, Power Electronics & Drivers and VLSI Design. PEC's Applied Sciences department grants a B.Sc in Computer Technology (3 year program) and an M.Sc in Software engineering (5 year program). PEC also grants degrees for Master Of Computer Application and Master Of Business Administration.

65% of the students are admitted through Anna University single window counseling and the rest are through entrance exams (PEEE).

Technical symposia

The six BE departments are conducting national level technical symposia every year, namely Framers (Civil Engineering), Vogue Zenith (Computers Science Engineering), Excitron (Electrical & Electronics Engineering), Gliterz (Information Technology), Plasma (Mechanical Engineering) and Vibrantz (Electronics & Communication Engineering).

Activities

Vintage cars were displayed during the Mechanical Engineering department's symposium "Plasma 2008" in 2008.

Placements at PEC

PEC reported a notable increase in placements in the academic year 2006−2007. One company that conducted a recruitment drive at the campus in 2007 was Chennai-based Care Voyant Technologies.

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