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'{{refimprove|date=December 2010}} {{Infobox college | name = Kongu Engineering College | native_name = KEC | image_name = Kongu Engineering College Logo.jpg | caption = Assuring the Best | latin_name = | motto = Love, Knowledge and Service | mottoeng = | established = 1984 | closed = | type = Autonomous | affiliation = [[Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore]]. | religious_affiliation = | endowment = | stadium = | baseball_field = | soccer_stadium = | lacrosse_stadium = | principal = Prof. S. Kuppuswami | ex-principals = Mr. A. M. Natarajan | principal_designate = | assistant_principal = | dean = | director = | head = | faculty = | staff = | enrollment = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | other = | fight_song = | location = | city = [[Perundurai]], [[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. | coor = | campus = | former_names = | free = | sports = | colours = | mascot = | athletics = | affiliations = | website = http://www.kongu.ac.in/ | logo = | footnotes = }} The '''[[Kongu]] Engineering College aka KEC''' ({{lang-ta|கொங்கு பொறியியல் கல்லூரி}}<ref>Pronounced "kong-u po-ri-yi-yal kal-loo-ri"</ref>) is an [[ISO]] certified institution located at [[Perundurai]], [[Erode]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[India]]. It was founded by '''[[Kongu Vellalar]] Institute of Technology Trust (KVITT)''' in 1984. To achieve technical excellence in their rural areas, 41 philanthropists{{who|date=December 2010}} from different walks of life who realized the need for technical education formed KVITT. This Institute is a possession of the trust called '''The Kongu Vellalar Institute of Technology Trust''' in Erode District, Tamil Nadu. Affiliated to [[Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore|Anna University of Technology (Coimbatore)]],the college has completed '''25 years''' in the field of ''Technical Education''. The Institution has an area of '''173.25 acres''' of land. It is affiliated to [[Anna University Coimbatore]]. The college became autonomous in the year 2009. ==Campus life== [[image:IT Park.jpg|thumb|IT Park building for Computer Science and IT courses. 112,000 sq. feet area with 45 lecture halls, 7 computer laboratories with 260 computers, meditation hall, conference halls, library and seminar halls.]] Co-curricular and extracurricular activities are planned and executed through a number of associations, clubs, societies and students' chapters of professional bodies. They are managed by representatives of students and are monitored by the faculty in-charge. ===Library=== The College Library established in the year 1984, was housed in a classroom with 700 books to start with. In 1986 when the college was shifted to its permanent building, the library occupied a lecture hall in the first floor of the main building. In 1991, it was shifted to the present building named '''C.D. MEMORIAL LIBRARY''' in honor of the founder Correspondent, Thiru. C. Duraisamy. In the year 2005, the library buildings were extended from 5 sections to 12 sections with discussion rooms, modern furniture, and air conditioning. The new building includes a separate hall for Tele conferencing through which current awareness programmes and information services today can be disseminated throughout the world. The Library transactions and library entries are carried out by Bar Code Technology. It has the facility of Web OPAC-online search. So the library catalogue can be accessed through intranet, in future through internet. And the library subscribes to INDEST AICTE- CONSORTIUM for utilizing the E-resources. Accommodation structures include: *Guest house *Alumni Guest House *6 Boys Hostels & 4 Girls Hostels Apart from this the college has constructed an auditorium named as the "convention centre"which is the largest of its kind south India beating the S.R.M auditorium. The convention center has a centralized A.C. facility and an indoor basketball court, as well as 3 badminton courts. The capacity of the convention centre is 5000 members. == Remarkable Students == * [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Praburaam JM.Praburaam] * [https://profiles.google.com/itsrajvijay C.Vijayshankar] == References == * [http://www.kongu.ac.in Kongu Engineering College official site] {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzoyodahsv0 Kongu Engineering College Photo slide show] * [http://www.kongu.ac.in Kongu Engineering College official site] * [http://www.educationindia4u.nic.in/KONGU%20ENGINEERING%20COLLEGE.html Indian Government's education guide ] {{Education in Tamil Nadu}} {{Education in India}} {{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}} [[Category:Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu]]'