Alagappa College of Technology is an educational institution that offers higher education in Engineering, Technology and allied Sciences.,2019 admissions started.The college was established in 1944 and was integrated with Anna University in 1978 from University of Madras as a constituent part of Anna University.While traveling by train during the 1940s, A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, Vice Chancellor of Madras University, had a casual conversation with Alagappa Chettiar and mentioned his interest of starting technology related courses in Chennai. The casual talk inspired the philanthropist, and he donated an amount of five hundred thousand Indian rupees for the formation of a college. This led to the establishment of Alagappa College of Technology.
NRSC building:
The Non Resident Students Centre Building was declared open on 27 March 1981 for the benefit of day scholars. It houses a couple of spacious dining halls with furniture. A room for the students association and a few guest rooms are also available in the NRSC Building.
The college also offers separate hostel facilities for both boys and girls.Hostel Blocks are situated around College Campus.In order to avoid ragging problem separate hostels for all years are available with watchman available for the whole day
The college offers facilities for outdoor and indoor games such as cricket, hockey, football, volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis and table tennis and chess. There is a 400 m track for athletics and the necessary equipment for jumps, throws, power lifting and body building. The membership of the tennis club is open to staff and students of the college. An indoor stadium and gymnasium are also available.To promote sports among the students every year intra-college sports meet is being conducted.The sports meet “SPIRITUZ-Intensely spirited” is to be held during March 2015.The 2015 sports meet was won by “MARCELLAZ” (2011 – 2015) final year batch.
A dispensary is functioning in the hostel campus with an attached in-patient ward to accommodate students and staff in case of illness. The unit is under the charge of a part-time medical officer assisted by a pharmacist. The dispensary functions during forenoon session on all weekdays except Sunday.
The college auditorium (Dewan Bahadur Murugappa Hall) is the college auditorium seating a capacity of 600. It also has a spacious stage for conducting cultural programmes and entertainment.
Alagappa Engineering College Post Office is located in the college campus. You can avail postal services just in a few steps of walking.
You can avail SBI ATM facility in CECRI shopping complex near the campus. Indian Bank along with ATM facility is also situated near the college campus. ICICI bank along with ATM facility is reachable in a few metres in College Road.
NAAC Grade: A
Ranking: AAA+
B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) – 4 years
Apparel Technology
Ceramic Technology
Chemical Engineering
Food Technology
Industrial Bio-Technology
Leather Technology
Petroleum Refining and Petro Chemical Tech
Pharmaceutical Technology
Textile Technology
The Department of Placement and Training is an elemental section of the Institute and is supervised by a Placement Officer, who is in-charge of all the activities to be taken over in the Placement Cell. The Placement Officer is aided by four Placement Coordinators, one from the final year of each department, who are elected based on their proficiency and expertise. The students are trained in placement perspective right from their sixth semester and are constantly put through various kinds of tests which shape them up to face the placement interview process in total confidence and buoyancy. It is the sole duty of the Placement Officer to not only ensure that the students are trained to get acclimatized to an Industrial environment but also to cope with and be competent enough to face such an ambience.
Many corporate companies are visiting regularly for campus interview. First time in the history of ACCET 2004-08 batch Civil Engineering students achieved 100% campus placement.The college shows keen interest in students getting exposed to industries. It has signed MoUs with “FLSMIDTH” and “CARITOR” and has great vision to extend its relationship with other industries. ECE department of our college has signed MoU with companies like “VI MICROSYSTEM”, “ENIXS”, “IFUTURA”.
ACT has good number of companies coming. Core as well as IT companies come here for recruiting. However most of the students prefer IT companies over core. Also, many of the core companies don’t prefer taking girls. Around a fourth of the class goes for higher studies, while the rest take up jobs.
Alagappa College of Technology Review 2020
Alagappa College of Technology is an educational institution that offers higher education in Engineering, Technology and allied Sciences.,2018 admissions started.The college was established in 1944 and was integrated with Anna University in 1978 from University of Madras as a constituent part of Anna University.While traveling by train during the 1940s, A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, Vice Chancellor of Madras University, had a casual conversation with Alagappa Chettiar and mentioned his interest of starting technology related courses in Chennai. The casual talk inspired the philanthropist, and he donated an amount of five hundred thousand Indian rupees for the formation of a college. This led to the establishment of Alagappa College of Technology.