OVERVIEW.
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This college is very nice with overall excellent facilities. I the college
In November 1985 the college was granted
permission to conduct engineering courses in the
disciplines of Mechanical Engineering , Electronics
and Communication Engineering and Computer
Science Engineering , awarded by the University of
Madras.
The college complex at Nazarathpet (near
Poonamallee ) was inaugurated on April 8, 1985
by , former Governor of Tamil Nadu .[3]
In 1991, the college shifted into its new campus
at Pennalur, near the town of Sriperumbudur. SVC
received approval from the All India Council for
Technical Education the same year. Courses in
Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Chemical
Engineering Courses were started in 1994. [3]
The college celebrated its decennial in March
1995 in the presence of former Minister of State
for Commerce and present home minister of the
Government of India Shri . In 1996 the college
began a course in Information Technology and
was the first college in the country to do so. [4]
The college obtained an ISO 9001:2000
certification in 2002.The college also obtained
Autonomous status from UGC in 2016[3]
Library
SVCE has a 1,338-square-metre (14,400 sq ft)
library spanning three floors covering major fields
of science and engineering, a conference room, a
study space and a seating capacity of over 200.
Library is air-conditioned and has conferencing,
multimedia, internet, reprography facilities, a CD-
ROM collection and a book bank for deserving
students.
The central
library
The college subscribes to most major technical
journals including those by the IEEE , ACM and
ASME. Over 95,000 volumes and 200 CDs are
available and around 400 print and online journals
are subscribed.
Apart from the central library, all departments
maintain their own libraries. SVCE is an
institutional member of The British Council
Library, IIT Madras, American Council Library,
DELNET and MALIBNET . [5] The library uses
multimedia computers with internet connectivity,
CBT , CDs, e-books and e-journals to promote e-
learning.
New Department Information Management
System (IMS) was started in year 2012. [6]
Sports Infrastructure
The
cricket
ground
The 15 acres (653,400.0 sq ft) facility has a
swimming pool, synthetic and clay tennis courts,
turf cricket ground, basketball, football
grounds,badminton, volleyball courts and a 400-
meter track for athletics. [7]
350-square-metre (3,800 sq ft) is dedicated to a
table tennis hall, gymnasium , and carom and
chess rooms.
The college conducts inter-college tournaments in
basketball, volleyball , cricket and ball badminton .
Research
Eleven departments are recognized as research
centres by Anna University to conduct PhD. The
Electrical and Electronics Engineering , Mechanical
Engineering , chemical Engineering , Applied
Mathematics , Applied Physics , Applied Chemistry ,
Humanities and Social Science, Information
Technology, Biotechnology , Computer Science and
Engineering and Electronics and Communication
Engineering departments have been recognized by
Anna University as collaborative research centers
for PhD degrees. [8] - R&D is aided by a
technology innovation Center, which also houses
SPIC's research center.
iGEM participation
Students from the department of biotechnology
have formed teams and participated in the
international Genetically Engineered Machines
competition in 2015 and 2016, being the only
Anna University affiliated college to do so. They
were placed in the bronze medal category in 2015
and silver medal category in 2016. In 2015, they
worked on finding alternatives to antibiotics and
in 2016 worked on developing a system to prolong
the shelf life of milk without refrigeration.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell
The Entrepreneurship Development Cell was
