Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
{{Short description|Engineering college in Tamil Nadu, India}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
| image_name = Mepco Schlenk Engineering College logo.png
| motto = Work is Worship
| established = 1984
| type = Private
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| president = A. Ramamurthy
| vice_president = Yennarkay R. Rajarathnam
| principal = S. Arivazhagan
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| students = 3591
| undergrad = 3398
| city = Virudhunagar
| state = Tamil Nadu
| country = India
| campus = {{convert|195|acre|km2}}
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| affiliation = Autonomous (Anna University)
| website = http://www.mepcoeng.ac.in/
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Mepco Schlenk Engineering College is an autonomous engineering college located in Virudhunagar near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.[http://www.blonnet.com/2005/11/25/stories/2005112500131900.htm Sivakasi: A high quality education centre] It was founded on 17 October 1984. It is an ISO9001:2015 certified institution.{{cite web|title=Mepko Schlenk Engineering College|url=http://www.mepcoeng.ac.in/|accessdate=4 November 2013}} It is sponsored by the Mepco Schlenk Charities, a social welfare organization of the Metal Powder Company Limited,[http://www.mepco.co.in Metal Powder Company Limited] Thirumangalam and its German collaborator, Schlenk. The college was affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai until 2002 and later with Anna University, Chennai, but since 2012 it has been affiliated with Anna University of Technology, Chennai.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081216004017/http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/13/stories/2008121357840200.htm Engineering the future]{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2113/stories/20040702005311600.htm |title=A fillip from industry |access-date=30 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404202649/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2113/stories/20040702005311600.htm |archive-date=4 April 2009 |url-status=usurped }}
The medium of instruction is English for all courses, examinations, seminar presentations and project reports.
Department
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|+ !Department !Establishment !Sanctioned Intake |
Civil Engineering
|1984 |120 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
|1984 |120 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering
|1984 |180 |
Computer and Science Engineering
|1987 |180 |
Mechanical Engineering
|1993 |120 |
Information Technology
|2001 |120 |
Biotechnology
|2002 |60 |
Biomedical Engineering
|2020 |60 |
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
|2020 |120 |
Infrastructure
A mineral water plant located within the campus has a capacity of 10,000 litres per day. Also on the campus are located the Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank (TMB) with ATM facility, photo copying centre, canteen, parking lot, stand-by power generators, a separate telephone exchange, television facilities in the hostel, water treatment plant, and students' amenities. The campus has Wi-Fi connectivity. Mobile phones are not allowed in this college.
Most of the student population stays on campus in hostels. The single gender hostels, five for men and five for women, are named after important rivers in India:
Boys' hostels
- Godavari
- Kaveri
- Krishna
- Narmadha
- Brahmaputra
Girls' hostels
- Ganga
- Yamuna
- Sindhu
- Mahanadhi
- tamirabarani
Clubs and associations
Clubs and professional organisations at Mepco serve as an important nodal point in students' lives. Students perform managerial, organisational and participatory roles in these groups.
- International Association of Civil Engineering Students (IACES)
- Renewable Energy Club (sponsored by MNRE)
- Management Association
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Student Branch (IEEE)
- Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
- Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE)
- Computer Society of India (CSI)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Institution of Engineers (IEI)
- Club Innovative
- Science Forum
- Maths Club
- Microsoft Campus Club
- Literary Association
- Fine Arts Club
- Photography Club
- Reader's Club
- Blue sky
- Consumer Club
- National Service Scheme (NSS)
- Graph Theory and Research Forum
- Google students club
Rankings
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and college
|NIRF_O_2024=151-200|NIRF_E_2024=101-150}}
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it in the 101-150 band among engineering colleges in 2024 and in 151-200 overall.{{Cite web |title=NIRF rank 2024 engineering |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2024/EngineeringRanking150.html}}{{Cite web |title=NIRF 2024 Overall |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2024/OverallRanking200.html}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.mepcoeng.ac.in Official college website]
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Category:Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu
Category:Education in Virudhunagar district