Pondicherry Engineering College

pondicherry Engineering College was established in the year 1984 under the seventh Five Year Plan with a liberal seed grant from MHRD, Government of India. The institution is fully funded by the Government of Puducherry. It is autonomous for both administrative and academic purposes. The sprawling 210 acres beautiful campus of the institute equipped with the best of breed infrastructure provides an excellent environment to the students and scholars towards pursuing their academic education and research. The institute offers eight undergraduate, eleven postgraduate and Ph.D. programmes in the major disciplines of engineering and technology. Every year the college admits 450 students in UG programmes; 173 in PG programmes; 30 in MCA programme and 10 in M.Sc. and M.Phil. Material Science programmes. Currently, around 400 scholars are pursuing Ph.D. in various disciplines in the campus.

All the candidates seeking admission in the College are advised to stay in the hostels. At present, there are two gents hostels (for U.G students), one gents hostel (for P.G. students) and one ladies hostel. The hostels are named after the ragas of Carnatic music. The two gents hostels named as Saranga and Varali have the capacity to accommodate 270 students. The P.G. hostel named as Charukesi has a capacity of 60 single rooms. The ladies hostel, Tharangini, can accommodate 136 students. Each hostel is provided with modern amenities such as recreation room including facilities for indoor games. All the rooms in the hostels have been provided with fans and are modestly furnished. Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food is available to the students. As the College Campus has residential quarters for staff, the students have several opportunities to come into contact with the teaching and other staff of the college. The atmosphere in the hostel is conducive to the development of the cosmopolitan outlook. Owing to the national character of the College and its hostel, the students develop integrated personalities over a period of harmonious living in the hostels.