Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSNCE), popularly known as SSN College of Engineering or simply SSN, is an engineering institution located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an autonomous college affiliated with Anna University founded by Shiv Nadar.[1] The college is certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard[2] by the National Board of Accreditation.

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
TypeEngineering college, College of Computer Applications and College of Business Management
Established1996 (1996)
ChairmanR.Srinivasan
PresidentKala Vijayakumar
PrincipalDr.V.E.Annamalai
DeanDr.P. Ramasamy and Prof B.Srinivasan
DirectorDr. Shashikant Albal
Academic staff
~250
Students5000
Undergraduates3500
Postgraduates650
~100
Location, ,
India

12°50′25″N 80°09′15″E
Campus250 acres
NicknameSSN
AffiliationsAutonomous, Anna University
Websitewww.ssn.edu.in

In March 2018, the college was granted autonomous status by UGC.[3]

History

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering(SSN) was started in 1996 by Padma Bhushan Dr Shiv Nadar. The college was opened in 1996 at a temporary location in Thoraipakkam in the suburbs of Chennai, Tamil Nadu as an affiliate of Anna University. It later moved to a 250-acre campus at Kalavakkam (Thiruporur Panchayat) on Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) in 1998. Nadar took an active role in the college activities, including the gifting of Rs. 1 million worth of HCL shares to the college.[4]

In association with Carnegie Mellon University, the SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering was started in 2001.[5][6]

Rankings

College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[7]83
Engineering – India
NIRF (2020)[8]44

SSN was ranked 44 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020[8] and 83 overall.[7]

Notable alumni

See also

Shiv Nadar University

References

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