PONDICHERRY ENGINEERING COLLEGE

PUDUCHERRY

ACADEMIC AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2017-2018

I. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

i. ADMISSIONS

1. UG COURSE (B.Tech):

A total of 456 students were admitted to various engineering branches of the College
through the Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC). 88 students (20* in Civil, 16* in EEE,
15* in Mechanical, 12 each in CSE and ECE, 7 in EIE, 3 each in IT and Chemical Engineering)
were admitted under the Lateral Entry Scheme based on their performance in the Diploma
Examinations.

* First year vacancies were filled by LE after effecting Branch change.

2. PG COURSES:

Out of the total number of 285 seats, 165 students were admitted in which 24 each in
M.Tech-Structural Engineering, M.Tech-ECE and M.Tech (Distributed Computing Systems),
16 each in M.Tech-Environmental Engineering and M.Tech-Information Security, 13 in M.Tech-
Product Design Manufacturing, 7 each in M.Tech-Wireless Communication and M.Tech-EEE in
Electrical Drives and Controls, 5 in M.Tech-Information Technology, 4 in M.Tech-Energy
Technology, 25 in MCA.

Out of the total PG students admitted, 2 were GATE qualified candidates, while the
remaining were selected on the basis of their performance in the Entrance Examination in the
respective PG programmes conducted by the Institute.

Out of a total number of 456 students admitted to the Pondicherry Engineering College
in 2016-2017 to B.Tech programmes, 280 are boys and 176 are girls.

Out of a total number of 165 students admitted to PEC in PG Programmes, 80 are boys
and 85 are girls.

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ii. STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN UG PROGRAMMES

The following is a brief summary of the examination results of students of Pondicherry

Engineering College, based on examinations conducted in April/May 2017.

The overall pass percentage of final year B.Tech students was 68%.
The overall pass percentage of 3rd year B.Tech students was 56%.
The overall pass percentage of 2nd year B.Tech students was 51.5%.
The overall pas percentage of 1st year B.Tech students was 50.44%

iii. STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN PG PROGRAMMES

100% pass was registered in PG Programmes viz. M.Tech (Distributed Computing

System), M.Tech (Information Technology) and M.Tech (Instrumentation Engineering), 87% in
M.Tech (Information Security) 84% in M.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering),
80% in M.Tech (Environmental Engineering), 75% in M.Tech (Energy Technology), 74% in
M.Tech (Product Design Manufacturing), 59% in M.Tech (Structural Engineering), 55% in MCA
53% in M.Tech (Wireless Communication) 42% in M.Tech (Electrical Drives and Controls)

iv. SCHOLARSHIP

230 students of the College have been obtaining various Scholarships as detailed below
under Direct Central Assistance for the academic year 2017-2018.

 Fellowship Schemes of AICTE (GATE students) – 5 students

 Post Matric Scholarship to SC students, Adi-Dravidar Welfare Dept.,Govt. of Puducherry
– 117 students
 Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Financial Assistance to SC students, Adi-Dravidar Welfare Dept., Govt.
of Puducherry – 55 students
 Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Students with Disabilities – 1 student
 Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC Students – 1 student
 Maulana Azad National Fellowship – UGC – 1 student
 National Fellowship for OBC students – UGC – 1 student
 Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical Courses CS – 8 students
 Post Matric Scholarship Schemes Minorities CS – 4 students
 Central Sector Scheme of Scholarships for College and University Students – 6 students
 Educational Financial Assistance by Puducherry Building and Other Labourers Welfare
Organization - 5 students
 Scholarship by the Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkatta – 3 students
 Financial Assistance to the School Teachers for the professional education of their
children by Directorate of School Education, Govt. of Puducherry – 4 students
 Scholarship for Children of retired / deceased / HT/ OSV Sea fares by NUSI / ITF Trust for
Indian Seafarers – 1 student
 Financial Assistance by Puducherry Police Welfare Society – 2 students

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  Prime Minister's Scholarship for Wards of Ex-Service Man by Sainik Board, Delhi – 3
students
 Fresh Scholarship to the Differently Abled Persons by Social Welfare Department, Govt.
of Puducherry – 2 students
 BSNL Scholarship by BSNL Corporate Office – 1 student
 GoI / State Govt. Post Matric Scholarship O/o the Director / Commr. of Adi-Dravidar
Welfare Dept., Chennai, TN – 4 students
 Scholarship for Hr. Tech. Prof. Edn. by Southern Railway, Govt. of India – 2 students
 Award of Scholarship from PNB by Punjab National Bank – 1 student
 Award of scholarship to the outstanding NCC Cadets in UT of Puducherry – 1 student
 Scholarship by N.Selvaradjalou Chetty Trust, Chennai – 1 student

II STUDENTS’ COUNCIL ACTIVITIES

A. INVITED LECTURES

19 invited lectures were arranged by various departments during the year 2017-18, the
details of which are given below:

Department of Civil Engineering

Sl. Date
Lecture By Topic
No.
01. Sri Probil Banerjee, World Water Day 2017 . (As a part
President, Pondy CAN of IE(I)-PEC students chapter of 22nd March 2018
Civil Engg.)
02. Dr.R.Padmanaban, General (As a part of IE(I)-PEC students
Manager, Bharat chapter of Civil Engg.)
19 Jan 2018
Engineering Construction
Company (P) Ltd, Chennai
02. Er.S.Raghunathan, Chief Role of Engineers in a Developing
Engineer, PWD, India 15th Sept.2017
Puducherry
03. Er. Saravanane Rajalou, Career opportunities in Abroad
Manager-Contracts-DAR for Civil Engineers. (As a part of
10th August 2017
Consultants & Co., United IE(I)-PEC students chapter of Civil
Arab Emirates Engg.)
04. Er. AJIL Roy- Technical Intelligent Buildings (As a part of
2nd August 2017
Expert, Bangalore EDIFICE2k17)

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sl. Date
Lecture By Topic
No.
01. Er. G. BAPUJI “Energy Audit and 26th February 2018
Chief Manager (Turbine Recent Developments in
Maintenance Division) – NLC Renewable Energy”
02. Technical Meet sponsored by Expectation of Industry 11th Sept 2017
IEI, Puducherry from fresh engineering
Mr.D.Sekar graduates
ACMA & UNIDO Counsellor
03. Er.G.E.Kirubakaran “Quality and Six Sigma” 28th July 2017
PD Launch Manager, Ford
Motors Pvt Ltd., Chennai
(Inaugural function of
Mechanical Students’ Council)

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Sl.
Lecture By Topic Date
No.
01. Shri. Balakumar Ramadass, EnC Info 2K18
Senior Manager, National Level
Application Services (OD&T), DXC Technical Symposium 15th Feb. 2018
Technology, Hewlett Packard
Enterprise.
02. Mr. Karthik Thirukannan, Academic and Career
Senior Engineer, Opportunities for ECE 18th Jan 2018
Qualcomm, USA students in US
03. Mr. Nitheesh Murugan Kaliyamurthy, You are being
Module Leader & Senior Lecturer, watched – Security in
Dept. of Network and Infrastructure a different Perspective 9th Jan 2018
Management, Faculty of Computing,
Botho University, Botswana.
04. Students' Council
Dr. Karthik Subbian, a proud Alumnus
Inauguration of
of ECE, PEC presently working as
Electronics & 27th July 2017
Research Scientist at Facebook
Communication
Research, USA
Engineering

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Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Sl.
No. Lecture By Topic Date

01. Er. Sithanandham from 'Happiness through 16th Feb. 2018

Heartfulness, Puducherry.
02. Dr.J.Jayakumar, Professor/
Department of Mathematics,
PEC
03. Mr.Ram Siva Linga
04. Er. Kanagasabai
Alumnus, First batch of EIE,
2002) currently working as
Assistant Engineer, Yokohama
Middle East & Africa, Bahrain
Students council Inauguration
relaxation' for the 4th year
EIE students
"Enhancing concentration 12th Feb. 2018
through breathing
technique" for the 3rd year
EIE students
Entrepreneurship special
30th Aug 2017
training
Delivered an interactive 20th July 2017
lecture on "Scope of
Instrumentation in India
and Abroad". He
enlightened the students,
about job opportunities and
the different segments of
Instrumentation and how
fresher’s can cope up with
the current trends.

Department of Information Technology

Sl.
Lecture By Topic Date
No.
01. Ms. VB. Kavitha, Chief Executive,
Compunet Connections,
Chennai.
& Career Opportunities for
Mr. R. Nedounjejiane, Engineering students in 2nd Feb. 2018
Head, SVEEP, Election Indian Government
Department, Puducherry.
Student Council Inauguration
Function

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 Department of Chemical Engineering

Sl. Date
Lecture By Topic
No.
01. Dr. M. Gabriel 16th & 17th
Associate Professor September
Dept of Social Work 2017
Emotional Intelligence
Bishop Heber College
Trichy

02. Mr.P.Jayakanthan,
Expectations of Process Industry 15th September
Production Head
from Graduate Chemical 2017
Asian Paints Ltd.,
Engineers
Cuddalore
03. Dr. Anbarasu Thangavelu 9th & 10th
Chief Leadership Officer September
DrishtaVidya LLP Emotional Intelligence 2017
Coimbatore

B. SPORTS, CULTURAL & CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

The Annual Sports Report of the Department of Physical Education are given below.
During the year, our students travelled far and wide to bring laurels to this institution.

I. NATIONAL LEVEL
1. Pazhaniamma.E – III year B.Tech Civil placed first in Tennikoit team
championship and India no.1 Individual championship held at Orissa.
2. Punitha.M – I year B.Tech Civil placed first in the Junior AtyaPatya Nationals held
at Karnataka.
3. Yogaraman.D – II year B.Tech EIE participated in the Junior Handball
Championship held at Telengana.
4. Gururajan.V – I year B.Tech EIE participated in the Junior Handball Championship
held at Telengana.

II. UNIVERSITY LEVEL

1. Ajai Krishna. R – III year B.Tech (Mech.) represented Pondicherry University Table
Tennis team in the South Zone Inter-University tournament held at Amrita
Vishwa Vidhyapeetham University, Coimbatore.

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 2. Dinesh. A – IV year B.Tech (EIE) represented Pondicherry University Chess team
in the South Zone Inter-University Tournament held at Anna University,
Coimbatore and placed 8th position out of 55 universities.
3. Gopinath.M – II year B.TechChemical represented Pondicherry University Chess
team in the South Zone Inter-University tournament held at Anna University,
Coimbatore and placed 8th out of 55 universities.
4. Sathiyaraj.V – I yea B.TechMechrepresented Pondicherry Boxing Team in the All
India Inter-University Boxing tournament held at Punjab University, Chandigarh.
5. Saranraj.G – I year B.TechMechrepresented Pondicherry Boxing team in the All
India Inter-University Boxing tournament held at Punjab University, Chandigarh.
6. Yogaraman.D – II year B.TechEIE represented Pondicherry University Handball
team in the South Zone Inter-University championship held at Krishna University,
Vijayawada.
7. Gururajan.V – I year B.Tech EIE represented Pondicherry University Handball
team in the South Zone Inter-University championship held at Krishna University,
Vijayawada.
8. Anwar – IV year Mech represented Pondicherry University Football team in the
South Zone Inter-University championship held at University of Calicut, Kerala.
9. Surendar -IV year Mech represented Pondicherry University Football team in the
South Zone Inter-University championship held at University of Calicut, Kerala.
10. Nandhakumar – III year EEE represented Pondicherry University Cricket team in
the South Zone Inter-University championship held at
Andhra University, Vizagapatinam.

III. INTER-COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT

1. Handball – I place
2. Chess – I place
3. Yoga – III place
4. Volleyball – IV place
5. Athletics
i) Soumiya.N – IV year ECE 400m II place
ii) Bhargav Reddy.A – IV year Mech. 400m II place
iii) Surendar – IV year Mech. 100m II place
iv) Yogaraman.D – II year EIE Triple Jump II place

Apart from this, our College has participated in the Open tournaments and State
Championships organized by different colleges and associations.

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 At SMVEC:

1. Football – I place
2. Table tennis – II place
3. Chess – III place

IV. INTRA-MURAL SPORTS

The Intra-mural Games and Sports for Sports Day were organized from 22.02.2018
to 29.03.2018 in our Campus for the year 2017-18 and nearly 354 prizes will be
distributed today.

MEN:

Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Handball, Kabaddi, Cricket, Badminton, Chess,

Carrom, Table Tennis and Athletics.

WOMEN:

Throwball, Chess, Badminton, Carrom, Table Tennis and Athletics.

TEACHING & NON-TEACHING:

Events like 100m, Shotput, Discus and tug-of-war were conducted.

This college proudly stands out as an Institution in which 75% of the students
participated in various games and sports right from Intra-mural to National level. It is stated
that the performance report really indicates the year 2017-18 has been a year of remarkable
activities.

The Graduation Day was held on 7th April 2017. Thiru.V. Narayanasamy, Hon’ ble Chief
Minister of Puducherry was the Chief Guest. Dr.G.Raja Singh Thangadurai, Scientist ‘G’, Project
Director, PJ-10(DAV) & Dy. Programme Director, BRAHMOS, DRDL, Hyderabad was the Guest of
Honour and delivered the Graduation Day address.

College Day was held on 13th April 2017. Professor Ramakrishna Ramaswamy, School of
Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi was the Chief Guest and he
distributed awards to the meritorious students. The Principal presented the College Report for
the academic year 2016-17.

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 71st Independence Day celebration: The national flag was hoisted by
Dr.S. Subramanian, Principal i/c and the Dean (Admn) and he delivered Independence Day
speech to the staff gathered in the PEC campus on Tuesday, the 15th August, 2017.

PECOFES 17 – An All India Inter Collegiate Culture Festival was held on 26th September
2017 to 28th September 2017. Janangalin Kalaignan Padma Shri.Vivek (Tamil Cine Actor),
Founder of Green Kalam was the Chief Guest and tree plantation was done.

The Principal hoisted national flag in the presence of faculty, staff and students on the
occasion of PUDUCHERRY LIBERATION DAY on 1st November, 2017 in front of the
Administrative Block.

B.TECH INAUGURATION

The 33rd batch of B.Tech. course was inaugurated on 23rd August 2017.
Dr.P.Dananjayan, Principal presided over the inaugural ceremony and delivered presidential
address. Dr. K. Vivekanandan, Professor and Dean (Students) delivered welcome address. A
large number of freshers’ attended the programme with their parents. The Deans and the
Heads of the Departments joined the Principal in extending a warm welcome to the engineers
of 2021.

The Sports Day of the College was held on 29th March 2018. Dr.V.J.Chandran, IPS,
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Puducherry was the Chief Guest and he distributed prizes
to the winners.

C. NCC ACTIVITIES

The following are the NCC activities of the College:

Sl. Details of Duration of Location Number of
No. Camps the camp students
attended attended
1 Combined 30-07-2017 to NCC Complex, Lawspet, 29
Annual Training 08-08-2017 Puducherry
Camp (CATC)
2 VSC-IGC 01-09-2017 to Tambaram, Chennai 01
10-09-2017
3 VSC-TRG 25-09-2017 to NCC Complex, Lawspet, 01
04-10-2017 Puducherry
4 VSC-LAUNCH 11-10-2017 to Tambaram, Chennai 01
20-10-2017
5 AIVSC 23-10-2017 to Jodhpur, Rajastan 01
03-11-2017

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D. NSS ACTIVITIES

The following are the NSS activities of the College

Sl. Activity Date

No.
01. Yoga Camp 27th Feb to 31st March 2017
02. Karate Camp 6th – 31st March 2017
03. Special Drive to Enrol Left-out Eligible 19th July 2017
Voters
04. Organ Donation Awareness 3rd August 2017
05. Campus Cleaning Program 2nd October 2017
06. Enrolment camp for New Voters 12th October 2017
07. Swatch Bharat(Dustbin Placement) 25th October 2017
08. Blood Donation Camp 26th October 2017
09. Dust Bin Installation 3rd November 2017
10. Bike Voters Awareness Rally 2nd January 2018
11. Tree Plantation 26th January 2018
12. Breast Cancer Free India 2030 12th February 2018
13. Swachh Survekshan-2018 21st February 2018
14. Campus Cleaning and Dustbin Donation by 24th February 2018
PEC Alumni 1997
15. Electoral Details entry in Mobile App. 5th March 2018
16. Awareness Programme on First Aid and 12th March 2018
Samaritan Law

III TRAINING & PLACEMENT

In the academic year 2017-2018, 352 PG & UG students were registered for placement.
Amongst the registered, 201 students of various branches were placed in the leading
companies such as TCS, Amazon, Cadence, Renault Nisan, MRF, L&T (Infotech), Zoho, Aricent,
Orange Telecommunications, Mbit, etc.

Training Programs

 Training and Placement Cell conducted two Zero credit courses (General
Communication and General Aptitude) for pre-final year UG students.
 Placement Tests were conducted to the PG & UG students.
 Six days / Five days Aptitude training for current pre-final year UG students by Focus
Academy & Smart was conducted.

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  Six days Personality Development Program for pre final year PG & UG students by EDC
Global was conducted.
 Aptitude & Communication test was conducted by Training & Placement Cell to the
present pre-final year students
 Aptitude & Communication test was conducted by Training & Placement Cell to the
present second year UG students
 Three days placement orientation program to second year UG students was organized
(Funded by TEQIP)
 Highest Package is Rs.27 Lakhs Per Annum by Amazon.

IV. STAFF DETAILS

A. STAFF RELIEVED

TEACHING STAFF MEMBERS

The following THREE (3) teaching staff members and Physical Education Director were
relieved on superannuation/VRS during 2017-18.

Sl. Name & Designation Department Relieved on

No.
01. Dr.V.Ragothaman, Director Physical Education 30.04.2017
02. Dr.M.A.Sivasankaran, Professor Civil Engg. 31.05.2017
03. Dr.S.Sivamurthy Reddy, Professor Civil Engg. 30.06.2017
04. Dr.B.Rami Reddy, Professor EEE 28.02.2018

NON-TEACHING STAFF MEMBERS

The following SIXTEEN (16) non-teaching staff members were relieved on

superannuation during 2017-18.

Sl. Name & Designation Department Relieved on

No.
01. Selvi K. Banumathi, Assistant Registrar Administration 31.05.2017
02. Tmt.S. Deivanai, Sanitary Assistant Administration 31.05.2017
03. Thiru P. Kaliyamurthy, Garden Maistry Horticulture Wing 30.06.2017
04. Thiru R. Gurumurthy, Lab Attendant Mech. Engg. 30.06.2017
05. Thiru R. Srinivasan, Security Guard Security Wing 30.06.2017
06. Thiru E. Selvaradjou, Security Guard Security Wing 31.07.2017
07. Thiru John Bosco Reddy, Security Guard Security Wing 31.07.2017
08. Thiru.R. Murugayiyan, Security Guard Security Wing 31.07.2017
09. Thiru R. Charidrakumar, Mechanic Mechanical Wing 30.09.2017

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 10. Thiru S. Hariharan, Assistant Administration 30.09.2017
11. Thiru V. Gananapragasam, Driver Grade I Auto Section 30.09.2017
12. Thiru S. Angamuthu, Security Guard Security Wing 30.11.2017
13. Thiru I. Alagar, Assistant Administration 31.01.2018
14. Thiru M. Ramasamy, Assistant Librarian Library 28.02.2018
15. Thiru M. Gunalan, Sr. Instructor Civil Engg. 31.03.2018
16. Thiru R. Ganesan, Sr. Instructor ECE 31.03.2018

NON-TEACHING STAFF MEMBERS

The following five (5) non-teaching staff members were expired during 2017-18.

Sl. Name & Designation Department Expired on

No.
01. Mrs.G.Prema, Staff Nurse Dispensary 25.04.2017
02. Mr.V.Arumugam, Security Guard Security Wing 05.06.2017
03. Mrs.K.Sarojini, Helper (Sr.Scale) Admn. Office 09.07.2017
04. Mr.M.Ezhumalai, Mechanic ECE 14.09.2017
05. N.Sarala, Sanitary Assistant CSE 04.10.2017

CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE FACULTY MEMBERS

Dr.R.Saravanane, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering has been selected as an

Indian Expert involved in the evaluation of research and innovation project submitted
under European Research funding Programme.(SC5-12 from call H2020-SC5-2018-1
European Union – India Cooperation). He will be participating in the evaluation process
to be held in Brussels, Belgium by 2nd week of April, 2018. It is a great honour for
Dr.Saravanane, to the College and to the Department on his contribution as expert
member in this programme.

Dr.V.Govindasamy, Asst. Professor, Department of Information Technology has been

nominated as State Nodal Officer for Elections Department, Government of Puducherry
with effect from 14.09.2017. He was also nominated as State Level Master Trainer for
Electoral Literacy Club in respect of U.T. of Puducherry, Elections Department,
Puducherry with effect from 09.03.2018. He effectively organized Multiple Electoral
Awareness Activities including Bike Voters Awareness Rally, Mobile App Update and
workshops on several of Puducherry and Karaikal Elections Department.

B. Ph.D. AWARDED

2 faculty members and 1 Non-Teaching Technical Staff were awarded Ph.D during 2017-
18.

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 Sl. Name & Designation Department Ph.D obtained from
No.
01. Dr.R. Sarala, Assistant Professor CSE Pondicherry University
02. Dr.B.Hema Kumar, E&I Pondicherry University
Assistant. Professor
03. Dr.R. Mohandass, Foreman ME Pondicherry University

C. FACULTY REPORTED BACK AFTER COMPLETING QIP

Sl. Designation Department Date on which reported

No.
1 Mr.S.Rajendiran EIE 04.07.2017

D. Ph.D AWARDED TO OUTSIDE CANDIDATES

35 outside candidates from Civil, Mechanical, CSE, ECE, EEE and Physics were awarded
Ph.D during this year under the guidance of faculty members of PEC.

Sl.
Name Dept. Supervisor Year
No.
1. S. Padmapriya ECE Dr. M. Tamilarasi 07-04-2017
2. S. Sujatha ECE Dr. P. Dananjayan 07-04-2017
Dr. A V Raviprakash,
3. R. Muraliraja ME 24-04-2017
Dr. R Elansezhian
4. S. Virapan CE Dr. R. Saravanane 28-04-2017
5. M. Karthikeyan ECE Dr. D. Saraswady 06-07-2017
6. K. Hemalatha ME Dr. V.S.K. Venkatachalapathy &
Dr.N.Alagumurthi 07-08-2017
7. T. Sivakumar CSE Dr. R. Manoharan 03-08-2017
8. R. Hemaanitha CE Dr. S. Kothandaraman, 18-08-2017
9. Julian Benadit P CSE Dr. F. Sagayaraj Francis 18-08-2017
10. S. Kandasamy CE Dr. S. Kothandaraman 21-08-2017
11. G.ArulElango ECE Dr.Gnanou Florence Sudha 24-08-2017
12. A.Ramalingam CSE Dr.K.Vivekanandan 23-08-2017
13. A.Geetha CSE Dr. N. Sreenath 24-08-2017
14. R.Tamijetchelvy ECE Dr. G. Sivaradje 28-09-2017
15. K. Muthumanickam CSE Dr. E. Ilavarasan 23-10-2017
16. M. Prasad CSE Dr. R. Manoharan 17-11-2017
17. M.Prabhavathi EEE Dr.R.Gnanadass 15-09-2017
18. M.Sushitra EEE Dr.R.Gnanadass 13-10-2017

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 19. A.JohnDhanaseely EEE Dr. S. Himavathi 20-10-2017
20. P.Mahes Kumar EEE Dr. M. Sudhakaran 02-01-2018
21. J.JaiJaganathbabu ECE Dr.Gnanou Florence Sudha 05-01-2018
22. V.Hemamalini CSE Dr. G. Zayaraz 05-01-2018
23. S.Mageswari Physics Dr.B.Palanivel 23-01-2018
24. T.Padmapriya ECE Dr.V.Saminadan 19-01-2018
25. A.K.Kaliluthin CE Dr. S. Kothandaraman 23-02-2017
26. N.Gobu ME Dr. K. Mahadevan 15-02-2018
27. A.Arunkumar Physics Dr. R. Kannan 06-02-2018
28. P.MageshKannan ECE Dr.G.Nagarajan 09-02-2018
29. T.Gnanapoongothai Physics Dr.B.Palanivel 08-02-2018
30. V.Nandakumar ME Dr.N.Alagumurthi 01-02-2018
31. R.Vijayakumar EEE Dr.AlameluNachiappan 28-02-2018
32. L.Saravanan ME Dr.T.Senthilvelan 15-03-2018

33. M.Arulaalan ECE Dr.Nithyanandan 26-03-2018

34. A.Sivasangari ECE Dr.D.Saraswady 26-03-2018
35. C.ShanmugaSundaram EEE Dr. M. Sudhakaran 13-03-2018

E. REGISTRATION OF Ph.D

In total, 40 candidates were registered for Ph.D for the academic year 2017-18.

Sl. Name of the Scholar Dept. Name of the Guide Date of

No Joining
1. S.Ashokkumar CE Dr.G.Srinivasan 08-11-2017
2. Venkatesh CE Dr.G.Ramakrishna 08-11-2017
3. Bandagorla Ramesh CE Dr.S.Eswari 08-11-2017
4. Prabakaran.V (Part time – CE Dr.P.Ramadoss 08-01-2018
Internal)
5. A.Arun ME Dr.L.Kumararaja 07-11-2017
6. J.Gayathri ME Dr.R.Elansezhian 07-11-2017
7. M.V.N.Srujan Manohar ME Dr.K.Mahadevan 08-11-2017
8. P.Natarajan ME Dr.A.V.Raviprakash 05-12-2017
9. P.Sathiya Prakash ME Dr.A.Kalaiselvane 05-12-2017
10. V.Krishnakumar ME Dr.R.Elansezhian 15-12-2017
11. S.Kader ME Dr.L.Kumararaja 15-12-2017
12. Miranji Katta (Part time – ECE Dr.R.Sandanalakshmi 03-11-2017
External)
13. M.Amudhan (Part time – ECE Dr.K.Kumar 06-11-2017
Internal)

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14. C.Ismayil Siyad (Part time – ECE Dr.S.Tamilselvan 07-11-2-17
External)
15. K.Selvam (Part time – Internal) ECE Dr.Kumar 07-11-2017
16. K.Ayappasamy (Part time ECE Dr.G.Nagarajan 07-11-2017
(Internal)
17. S.Jayalakshmy (Part time – ECE Dr.G.F.Sudha 07-11-2017
External)
18. S.Thiyagarajan ECE Dr.K.Kumar 07-11-2017
19. D.Prabakar ECE Dr.V.Saminadan 07-11-2017
20. Aravindan @ Sivakumar ECE Dr.L.Nithyanandan 09-11-2017
(Part time – Internal)
21. J.Reginald Jude Sixtus ECE Dr.M.Tamilarasi 22-01-2018
22. Radhika Guntupalli EEE Dr.M.Sudhakaran 06-11-2017
(Part time (External)
23. C.M.Thasnimol EEE Dr.R.Rajathy 07-11-2017
24. T.Rampradesh (Part time EEE Dr.C.Christober Asir 07-11-2017
(External) Rajan
25. K.Gayathri EEE Dr.S.Jeevananthan 08-11-2017
26. T.Porselvi EEE Dr.M.Arounassalame 08-11-2017
27. A.Sendil Kumar EEE Dr.K.Elanseralathan 08-11-2017
28. Mohan Ram Garsukuti CSE Dr.E.Ilavarasan 08-11-2017
(Part time – External)
29. P.Siva Subramanian CSE Dr.N.Sreenath 08-11-2017
30. S.Nagadivya CSE Dr.R.Manoharan 08-11-2017
31. Bismin V.Sherif CSE Dr.P.Salini 08-11-2017
(Part time – External)
32. Vanapalli Yasaswini CSE Dr.Santhi Baskaran 08-11-2017
33. R.Priya CSE Dr.N.Sivakumar 09-11-2017
34. E.Thamizhselvi (Part time – CSE Dr.V.Geetha 21-11-2017
Internal)
35. R.Gowthami Maths Dr.G.Ayyappan 25-09-2017
36. C.A.Sreelekshmi Physics Dr.B.J.Kalaiselvi 08-11-2017
37. A.Dhivya Chemistry Dr.T.Kaliyappan 08-11-2017
38. Magesh Sujatha Chemistry Dr.P.Sankar 09-11-2017
39. M.V.Arulalan CSE
40. K.Padmapriya (Part time – EEE
Internal)

E. DETAILS OF TEACHERS DEPUTED TO CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/ REFRESHER COURSES)

47 papers were presented by the faculty members in various Conferences and Seminars
during the academic year 2017-2018. 4 teachers were deputed by the College to attend
Conferences and Seminars.

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 162 papers by faculty members of the College were published in various National and
International Journals.

41 faculty members attended Summer/Winter Schools and Symposia.

A book titled “Professional Ethics in Engineering” authored by Dr.Christober Asir Rajan,

Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was published by AMBERT
Academic Publishing, Germany.

An award for outstanding contribution in Reviewing was received by Dr.Christober Asir

Rajan, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The award was given
by Sustainable Cities and Society, Elsevier, UK during September 2017.

V. FINANCE

A. GRANT-IN-AID

Rs.49,08,48,000/- (Rupees 49 Crores 8 Lakhs 48 Thousand only) has been released to

the College as Grant-in-aid under Plan for the financial year April 2017 to March 2018.

Rs.16,00,000/- (Rupees 16 Lakhs only) has been released by UGC as financial assistance
to Autonomous Colleges.

B. REVENUE GENERATED

i. TUITION FEE

A sum of Rs.1.08 crores (from other state UG students and all PG students) has been
collected as tuition fees and Rs.3.43 crores as other fees from UG students from April 2017 to
March 2018.

ii. R&D CONSULTANCY (1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017)

The Department of Civil Engineering has generated Rs.40.38 lakhs as revenue towards
Research and Development Consultancy.

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has generated Rs.48,500/- as

revenue towards RDC.

The Department of Computer Science Engineering has generated Rs.8.00 lakhs as

revenue towards RDC

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 iii. SPONSORED PROJECTS (AICTE/DST/OTHERS)

An amount of Rs.25,000/- was sanctioned by DSTE, Puducherry to Dr.R.Kalpana,

Professor, CSE for the conduct of National Workshop on “Advances in Evolutionary Computing
and Optimization Techniques”

An amount of Rs.50.19 lakhs has been sanctioned as Grant-in-aid towards the scheme
of QIP (Plan) to Dr.S.Himavathy, Professor, EEE and Dean (Research).

An amount of Rs.30,000/- has been sanctioned by Department of Space, GoI, to

Dr.V.Akila, Assistant Professor, CSE for the conduct of National Workshop on “IoT Technologies
and Big Data Analytics for Telemedicine Applications”

An amount of Rs.6.02 lakhs has been sanctioned by AICTE to Dr.Christober Asir Rajan,
Professor, EEE for conduct of FDP on “Smart Grid and Clean Energy Technologies”

An amount of Rs.50,000/- has been sanctioned by AICTE to Dr.V.Govindasamy, Assistant

Professor, Information Technology under Seminar Grant for the conduct of National Workshop
on “R and Data Mining”

An amount of Rs.50,000/- has been sanctioned by AICTE to Dr.Christober Asir Rajan,

Professor, EEE under Seminar Grant for the conduct of “Smart Grid and Green Systems (SMART
GREENS)”

An amount of Rs.3.70 lakhs has been sanctioned by UGC to Dr.K.Ramakrishnan,

Associate Professor, EEE for the Project titled “Robust Delay-Dependant Stability Analysis of
uncertain load frequency control (LFC) and Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) Systems under
Networked Environment”

An amount of Rs.2.40 lakhs has been sanctioned by UGC to Dr.L.Kumararaja, Associate

Professor, Mechanical Engineering for the Project titled “Tar Reduction in Producer Gas
Generated from Biomass Gasifiers”

An amount of Rs.4.72 lakhs has been sanctioned by UGC to Dr.G.S.Gunasegarane,

Associate Professor, ME for the Project titled “Experimental Investigation on Jet Ejector Air
conditioning System for Automobiles using Waste Heat from Engine Exhaust”

An amount of Rs.37,951/- has been sanctioned by MPIfR, Bonn, Germany to Mr.Reju

Sam John, Ph.D scholar in the department of Physics towards stipend for “Understanding
galaxy groups as a unique structure in the universe”

An amount of Rs.11.59 lakhs has been sanctioned by AICTE to Dr.Christober Asir Rajan,
Professor, EEE under RPS Scheme titled “Development of Hybrid Algorithms to solver the unit
commitment problem in Smart Grid Network”

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 An amount of Rs.3.78 lakhs has been sanctioned as INSPIRE fellowship under INSPIRE
programme for pursuing full time doctoral programme (Ph.D) by DST to Mr.Raviverman, Ph.D
scholar under the supervision of Dr.K.Palaniradja @ Kichena, Professor, ME

C. EQUIPMENT PURCHASED

The College has purchased equipment worth Rs.1,80,000/- from grants received from
the Government of Puducherry.

The College has purchased equipment worth Rs.49.00 lakhs from grants received
through various projects by different agencies viz., UGC, FIST, AICTE, ISEA, etc.

D. LOANS AND ADVANCES

An amount of Rs.30,000/- has been sanctioned as Motor Cycle Advance for the financial
year 2017-2018.

VI. BUILDING DIVISION ACTIVITIES

In view of up-gradation of PEC into Puducherry Technological University and to create

the additional infrastructure facilities, the following construction works are under progress
under RUSA Project:

Construction of Administrative Block for the Proposed Puducherry University of

Technology in the PEC campus.- Rs.9,75,28,000/-

Up gradation of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering by construction of Second

Floor for the Proposed University of Technology inside the PEC campus, Puducherry –
Rs.2,15,29,000/-

Up-gradation of ECE & CSE Departments by construction of Second Floor for the
proposed Puducherry Technological University inside the PEC campus, Puducherry at a cost of
Rs.5,07,06,000/-

Up gradation of T & P Cell by construction of First floor over the Training and Placement
Cell (Rear Block) for the Proposed Puducherry Technological University inside the PEC campus
at a cost of Rs.80,54,000/-

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VII ELECTRICAL WING

An amount of Rs.4.67 lakhs has been incurred towards carrying out the following works
in PEC campus.
i. Annual Maintenance Works ................................................Rs.3,11,253/-
ii. Internal Electrification Works to EIE building......................Rs.1,20,231/-
iii. Internal Electrification Works to T&P building....................Rs. 35,929/-

VIII LIBRARY

The total number of books in the Library is 56,553. The Library subscribes to 593
e-journals, 170 National journals and Foreign Journals. It also operates a Book Bank with over
2972 text books. The number of books added to Library this year is 208. The number of titles
available is 31,259. The total value of books available in the Library is Rs.2.49 crores.

INDIAN NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (INDEST)

The INDEST – AICTE Consortium provides free access to unlimited e-books,

120 e-journals. Access is also provided to 96 IEEE Transactions, 18 ASCE Journals, 6 ASME
journals, Science Direct and Springer ling e-journals.

IX. DISPENSARY

The Women Cell of PEC in association with Jothi Eye Care organized Eye Check up camp
for all female staff members and girl students on 12.10.2017.

NSS of PEC in association with JIPMER conducted Blood Donation camp on 26.10.2017.

NSS of PEC in association with Red Ribbon Club, Puducherry conducted blood donation
camp on 31.01.2018.

X. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

A. CONFERENCE/WORKSHOPS / SUMMER-WINTER SCHOOLS / SYMPOSIA ORGANISED

Several Departments of the Institute organized Conference, Symposia, Workshops and

Summer/Winter Schools during 2017-2018. The details are given below:

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Dr.R.Saravanane, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering in association with the

Institution of Engineers (India), Puducherry Chapter organized a lecture on “Carbon
Sequestration and Climate Change Mitigation” during 2nd and 3rd November 2017.

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 A one week AICTE_QIP STC was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering on
“Structural Monitoring and Instrumentation of Civil Structures” from 4th to 8th December 2017.
Dr.K.Pandurangan, Assistant Professor and Dr.P.Revathi, Assistant Professor were the Co-ordinators.

A one week AICTE_QIP STC was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering on
“Earthquake Resistant Design of structures” from 18th to 22nd December 2017. Dr.S.Palanivel, Professor
and Dr.P.Ramadoss, Professor were the Co-ordinators.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

A one week AICTE_QIP STTP was organized by the Department of Mechanical

Engineering on “Recent Developments in Conventional And Non Conventional Energy Resources ” from
6th to 10th November 2017. Dr.P.Mathiazhagan, Professor and Dr.A.Sathiamourtty, Associate Professor
were the Co-ordinators.

A one week QIP STC was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering on
“Advances in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning” from 11th to 15th December 2017. Dr.A.Selvaraju,,
Professor and Dr.K.Ashok, Associate Professor were the Co-ordinators.

Dr.Auro Ashish Saha, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, moderated

QEEE 8th Phase Course on “Basic Concepts and First Law of Thermodynamics - Engineering
Thermodynamics” during August – November 2017.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering organized One-day National Level Students

Workshop MECHNIUM 2K18 on “Emerging Technology in Automobile” and “Nano materials and
applications” on 16th March 2018.

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized ISRO sponsored

Workshop on “IoT Technologies and Big Data Analytics for Telemedicine Application” (NW-IoTB
DATA) during 30th and 31st August 2017. Prof. Dr. Ravikumar Chittoria, HoD, Dept. of Plastic
Surgery, Nodal Officer Telemedicine, JIPMER inaugurated the workshop. Dr.V.Akila, Assistant
Professor and Dr.K.Saruladha, Associate Professor were the Co-ordinators.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized DSTE sponsored

National Workshop on Advances in Evolutionary Computing and Optimization Techniques
(AECOT) during 26th and 27th October 2017. Dr.R.Kalpana, Professor and Dr.J.Jayabharathy,
Associate Professor were the Co-ordinators.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized AICTE - QIP sponsored
one week Short Term Course on “Opportunities and Challenges in Internet of Things” from 27th
November 2017 to 1st December 2017. Dr.R.Sarala, Assistant Professor and Dr.M.Thenmozhi,
Assistant Professor were the co-ordinators.

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 A National Level Technical Symposium CYBRUS 2018 was organized by the Department
of Computer Science and Engineering on 1st March 2018. Mr.Chidambaran Madivanan, Sr.
Programme Manager, Verizon Data Services Pvt. India Ltd., has inaugurated the symposium and
delivered the key-note speech.

TCS Best Project Award Ceremony: Inauguration of Students' Council of CSE

Department (the Hub) and TCS Best Project Award ceremony was held on 3rd August 2017.
Shri. NATARAJAN SWAMINATHAN, Sr. Consultant, TCS, Chennai inaugurated the Hub and
presented Best Project Award to the B.Tech. students, U.VIJAYGANESH, K. HAYANESH, VARUN
ARAVIND and V.P. ASHISH for their final year project titled, "ABSTRACTIVE SUMMARIZATION OF
PRODUCTS� ASPECTS THROUGH ATTENTIVE RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS AND PRODUCT
QUALITY EVALUATION" under the guidance of Dr. S. Lakshmana Pandian, Associate Professor,
CSE.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The Department of Information Technology organized ICMR sponsored National

Conference on “ICT solutions for Challenges and Issues in E-Health” on 1st September 2017.
Prof. M. RAVISHANKAR, Dean, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute
inaugurated the conference. Dr.V.Geetha, Associate Professor and Dr.G.Santhi, Assistant
Professor were the Co-ordinators.

The Department of Information Technology organized a two days AICTE sponsored

National Workshop on “R and Data Mining” during 4th to 6th October 2017.
Dr.R.Venkateshkumar, DMS, Pondicherry University inaugurated the workshop.
Dr.V.Govindasamy, Assistant Professor was the Co-ordinator.

The Department of Information and Technology has organized 3D Game Development

and Augmented Reality during 23rd and 24th February 2018. Dr.V.Govindasamay, Asst.
Professor, Department of Information Technology was the Co-ordinator.

The Department of Information and Technology organized a National Level Technical

Symposium (NEURA 2018) was organized during 15th and 16th March 2018.

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized AICTE sponsored

National Seminar on “Smart Grids and Smart Systems (Smart Greens) (SG-2017) from 5th
October 2017 to 6th October 2017. The seminar was inaugurated by Er. J. Antony Vivekanand,
Assistant Engineer, Reforms Project Management Cell, Electricity Department, Puducherry.
Dr.Chrsithober Asir Rajan, Professor was the co-ordinator.

A one week AICTE QIP sponsored STC on “Nascent generation and Distributed
Technologies, and Potential Research Problems in Power System” was organized by the
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering during 4th to 8th December 2017.
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Dr.Alamelu Nachiappan, Professor and Head and Dr.M.Sudhakaran, Professor were the Co-
ordinators.

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized AICTE sponsored

two weeks’ FDP on “Smart Grid and Clean Energy Technologies (SGCET)-2017” from 11th
December 2017 to 22nd December 2017. Dr.Chrsithober Asir Rajan, Professor and Dr.P.Ajay
D.Vimal Raj, Asst. Professor were the Co-ordinators.

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized AICTE QIP

sponsored one week STC on “Application of Micro Grid in Distributed Generation together with
Clean Energy Technology (MGCET)- 2018 from 29th January 2018 to 2nd February 2018.
Dr.Chrsithober Asir Rajan, Professor and Dr.P.Ajay D.Vimal Raj, Asst. Professor were the
Co-ordinators.

EIE

The Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering organized Hands on

Training in “Digital Image Processing (DIP)” during 1st September 2018 to 3rd September 2018,
15th September and from 7th to 8th October 2017.

The Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering organized TEQIP III

sponsored one day National Workshop on “System Identification” on 13th October 2017.
Dr.R.Ananda Natarajan, Professor was the Co-ordinator.

The Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering organized “Orientation

towards Entrepreneurship (OE) during odd semester of 2017. Dr.B.Hemakumar, Assistant
Professor was the co-ordinator.

ECE

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized a Two days

Hands on Workshop on Python and Machine Learning from 5th February 2018 to 6th February
2018.

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized “Raspberry Pi

based System Design for IoT” on 8th February 2018. The training was given by Mr. Aathif Shah,
Chairman and Managing Director, ABE Technologies, Chennai.

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized a Three days

Hands on Workshop on “Embedded System Design for IoT” from 9th February 2018 to 11th
February 2018.

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized a National

Level Technical Symposium “ENC Info 2K18 – CYBORDG Edition” on 15th February 2018.

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Shri.Balakumar Ramadass, Sr. Manager, Applications Services OD&T, DXC Technology (Hewlett
Packard Enterpirse) was the Chief Guest.

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized AICTE-QIP

Sponsored One Week Short Term Course on "5G mmWave Radio Transmission for Ultra-High
Speed Wireless Technologies" on 13th November 2017. Dr. Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Asst.
Professor, Dept. of EE, IIT Kanpur was the Chief Guest and delivered inaugural and keynote
address.. 45 participants from various states of the Country attended the short term course.

The Above and Beyond (ABA) awards presentation function was held on 22nd
September, 2017. The Chief Guest of the function (proud alumnus of ECE, PEC) MR.
ARUMUGAM VELAYOUDAME, Director (Engg) QuallCom India Pvt. Ltd. presented the ABA
awards to the students FRANKLINE MARIE and SONIA (3rd year B.Tech. ECE) and delivered
presidential address. The function was organized by the Students' Council of ECE department.

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized AICTE-QIP

Sponsored Short Term Course on “Internet of Everything (IoE)” on 6th November, 2017.
Dr.N.SHANMUGAVEL, Principal, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti was the Chief Guest.

VSNL PANEL DISCUSSION

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized 19th VSNL

sponsored Panel Discussion on “Machine Learning” on 16th February 2018. Dr.V.Prithiviraj,
Former Principal, PEC and Chairman-CSR (ET) – GoP was the Panel Moderator.

The Panel experts are :

1. Mr.M.Soundarakumar, Director, C-DOT, Bangalore

2. Mr.Thomas V.Joseph, Sr. Data Scientist, Aspire Systems, Chennai
3. Ms.H.Seetha, SO/E-IGCAR, Kalpakkam
4. Mr.Vinayakram, Data Analysts, TCS Chennai

PHYSICS

The Dept. of Physics organized an invited lecture in the field of “Astrophysics” on Friday,
the 7th July 2017. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Surajit Paul, Assistant Professor, Dept. of
Physics, Saavitribai Pune University, Pune on the topic of “Formation and evolution of large
scale structures in the Universe”. The speaker Dr. Paul elaborated about the universe and its
structure. He explained about modelling structure of our universe.

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B. INCUBATOR & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL (I&EDC)
 Formal Inauguration and Launch of Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (PM-
YUVA) scheme for Pondicherry Engineering College by Govt of Puducherry, was held on
27-03-2018. Prizes were distributed to the State Level Student Competitions on
Innovative Ideas.

 Presentation of Project Proposal for NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR DEVELOPING AND

HARNESSING INNOVATIONS (NIDHI)-Technology Business Incubator (TBI) supported by
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India at Hyderabad was held on
15th February 2018.

 A Workshop was organized by EDC, Government of Puducherry and CII on "Demystifying

Intellectual Property Rights For Innovators & Entrepreneurs" was held on 14-02-2018.

 MoU With National Entrepreneurship Network - Meeting with Principal, Deans, HODs
and members of IEDC with officials from National Entrepreneurship Network for
mainstreaming Entrepreneurship Education in Pondicherry Engineering College with the
support of NEN was held on January 22, 2018.

 Short listing of Student Interns by Personal Interview, Group Discussion and project
designing was held on 19th and 20th January 2018. Around 24 Interns were selected for
Internship offered by M/S Bytes and Bots Inc. USA.

 Orientation program was held on 18th January 2018 on “Innovation and

Entrepreneurship development” by Shri.Kumar Ramajayam CEO and President,
M/s.Bytes and Bots Inc. USA for all second year students of Pondicherry Engineering
College.

 High Level meeting with Shri. Kumar Ramajayam CEO and President, M/s.Bytes and Bots
Inc. USA for kick-starting the incubation process in Pondicherry Engineering College on
17th January 2018.

 Proposal was submitted on 11th January 2018 for NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR
DEVELOPING AND HARNESSING INNOVATIONS (NIDHI)-Technology Business
Incubator(TBI) supported by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

 Participation in Two-days Orientation Workshop (26th and 27th December 2017) on

Start-up Activities and preparation of Action Plan, Jointly organized by NPIU and AICTE
@ AKTU, Lucknow on 26th and 27th December 2017 by Dr.R.Sundaramurthy, Convenor-
IEDC/PEC.

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  Presentation of Project Proposal on 19th December 2017 for Atal Incubation Center at
NITI Aayog, New Delhi by Dr.R.Sundaramurthy, Convenor-IEDC/PEC and
Dr.P.Dananjayan, Principal PEC

 A call for students for Start-Up competition was given on 30th November 2017 in
association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department of Industries and
Commerce, Government of Puducherry.

 Inauguration of Innovation Café was held on 27th November 2017, An initiative to

promote Entrepreneurship within the campus, Entrepreneurship Development Cell ,
Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Puducherry.

 Completion of Phase-I of Entrepreneurship Training for students was held on 3rd

November 2017 at Pondicherry Engineering College (module 1000 and 1001) on
foundational aspects of Entrepreneurship.

 A Proposal was submitted on 30th September 2017 for Atal Incubation Centre to NITI
Aayog, Government of India, to set up Atal Incubation Centre in Pondicherry
Engineering College for a period of 5 years.

 "We hatch Ideas", Entrepreneurship promotional Event was held on 15th September
2017 in Pondicherry Engineering College in association with Entrepreneurship
Development Cell , Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of
Puducherry.

 One Week "Faculty Educator Program" for Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (PM-YUVA
Yojana , organized in Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute of Tamil
Nadu, SIDCO Industrial Estate Guindy, Chennai - 600 032 from 11-09-2017 to
15-09-2017.

C. LITERARY CLUB

The literary club has conducted a variety of competitions and events, aimed at the
holistic development of the students by

* Honing their communication and presentation skills

* Cultivating a critical outlook and encouraging out of the box thinking
* Providing a platform for students to showcase their creativity
* Instilling confidence in students in regard to their command over the English
language

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The following were the highlights on the literary calendar of 2017- 2018:

NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY 2018

* National Education Day was observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of

India's first Education Minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
* Debates, extemporary speeches and essay writing competitions were organized
* The students' enthusiasm was evident in the strong participation

CURIOS 2K18

* The preliminary rounds of the club’s flagship event, ‘CURIOSO’ was held between
19/02/2018 and 02/03/2018.
* Debates, Group discussions, extempore, creative writing and several other
writing and oral events were organized.

DEBATE ON DEMONETIZATION

* A debate on demonetization was conducted in the odd-semester

In an effort to enhance the vocabulary of the students appearing for competitive
examinations, the club conducts an online 'Vocabulary booster' programme. In
addition to the aforementioned events, the literary club regularly conducts
discussions on various issues.

D. COMPUTER AND MULTIMEDIA CLUB ACTIVITIES

The first meeting of Computers and multimedia club for the academic year 2017-18 for
the election of office bearers of the club held on 14th September 2017.

A total of 500 students participated in the following events from 09-03-18 to 22-03-18.
I prize – Rs.1000/-, II prize- Rs.750 and III prize- Rs.500.

Competition BINARY CHAIN

Competition VISUAL MIXERS
Competition EIK SHOW
Competition MOBAPP
Competition PICK THE PIKTO
Competition TECHNO CRUNCH

E. COUNSELLING AND CAREER GUIDANCE CELL (CCGC)

The Career Guidance and Counseling Cell of PEC has organized a talk on "How to pursue
higher studies in the US?" on 12.07.2017. The Principal, PEC had opened the session by

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motivating the students to pursue higher studies. Subsequently, Ms. Santhi Mohan, Consultant
Education USA, Chennai delivered the talk.

In addition to the regular Counselling activities, CCGC organized a Special Lecture for all
the First Year B.Tech students from 26.02.2018 to 01.03.2018. A lecture on “Coping with
Adolescence” has been delivered by Dr.Nancy Premkumar, JIPMER.

F. GENDER CHAMPIONS CLUB (GCC)

A Lecture on “Gender Equality: Dignity in Equality” by Mr.Peter Premkumar and Ms.Sally

Premkumar was arranged by Dr.K.Elanseralathan, Professor and Dr.R.Rajathy, Associate
Professor, Department of EEE. The lecture was arranged for 3rd year EEE students on 8th
January 2018, 2nd year EEE students on 23rd February 2018 and 24th February 2018 for final year
EEE students.

G. IPR CELL:

The IPR & Patenting cell conducted a special Lecture on the topic "Filing Procedure of
Patents in India" by Mr. T.V.Madhusudhan, Deputy Controller of Patents & Design, Patent
Office, Chennai. The special lecture was arranged to create awareness among faculty and
research scholars on the importance of Intellectual Property rights and procedure to file
Patents in India on 21st July 2017 at 10.30 a.m in the Centre for Continuing Education
Seminar Hall. Faculty members, research Scholars and M.Tech students attended this special
lecture.

A draft IPR policy document taking inputs from the IP policies of two renowned national
level technical institutes IIT Bombay (IITB) and Anna University, Chennai was formulated to
nurture the IP culture, and enable the inventors of PEC to generate and protect their research
inventions. The draft IPR policy and Operating Guidelines have been submitted to Education
Secretary for approval.

Two Patents have been awarded to Dr.R.Saravanan, Professor of Civil Engineering in

the area of Environmental Engineering.

Patent No:283333 : Improved Effluent Treatment process to Recover Residual from

Antibiotic Pharmaceutical Waste Water
Patent No: 285960 : Determination of Sustainable Flux For membrane Bioreactor
Treating Antibiotic Waste water.

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H. IQAC CELL

 Revised Self Appraisal forms were circulated amongst faculty and non-teaching
staff and collected in July-August 2017.
 A website for IQAC was launched in the PEC website, in which the goals and
objectives of IQAC, members and Forms and Reports of IQAC cell are hosted.
 As per UGC guidelines, external expert members were included in the IQAC cell
of PEC. The members list is available in IQAC website.
 The first meeting of the Working Committee members of IQAC, PEC was
conducted on 03.01.2018 and several aspects of quality such as Curriculum,
Teaching, Learning & Evaluation, Research, Consultancy and Extension activities
Student support & Progress, Infrastructure & learning resources, , Governance &
Management were discussed.
 The first meeting of the IQAC Committee members with external experts was
conducted on 09.01.2018 and the discussions and suggestions given by the
Working Committee members were taken forward for discussion. Measures to
be taken for quality enhancement of PEC were discussed and an action plan is to
be formulated for the year 2018.

I. RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RUSA)

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India under the

Centrally Sponsored Scheme “RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RUSA)” has
approved for the Upgradation of the Pondicherry Engineering College to a Technical University
and to incorporate it as an affiliating, teaching and research University at Puducherry to
facilitate and promote studies, research, technology incubation, product innovation and
extension work in Technology, Management and Science and also to achieve excellence in
higher and technical education and other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Whereas the Pondicherry Engineering College is an institution of the Engineering College
(Pondicherry) Society, a Government of Puducherry Undertaking, affiliated to Pondicherry
University.

And whereas, it is expedient to confer on the said institution the status of a University
to enable it to function more efficiently, as an affiliating, teaching and research centre in
various branches of learning and courses of study in promoting advancement and
dissemination of knowledge and learning, and to meet the requirement of higher education
and research in the field of Engineering and Technology, Advanced Sciences and Management
Studies, foster Industry relevant Research and innovation and to avail better scopes and
opportunities to serve the Society and the Nation.

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J. RED RIBBON CLUB

 Blood Donation Camp at College Dispensary to Indira Gandhi Government Hospital on

31.01.2018.

 Inter College Competition to create Awareness on HIV AIDS was on 01.02.2018. 152
students from 17 Colleges have participated. Essay Writing, Tamil Elocution (both
English and Tamil) and Quiz where conducted.

K. HEALTH HYGINE AND ENVIRONMENT CLUB (H2EC) - FORMERLY YOGA CLUB

The Inauguration of Health, Hygiene & Environment Club (H2EC) activities for the
academic year 2017-18 was held on 28.08.2017 Prof. S. MURUGAIYAN, President, World
Community Service Centre (WCSC), Puducherry zone inaugurated the club and delivered
keynote address on "Yoga and Empowerment". Dr. P. DANANJAYAN, the Principal presided over
the function. Dr. M. EZHILARASAN, Convenor, H2EC welcomed the gathering. More than 100
students from various branches of UG, PG and Research Scholars have attended the function
along with their respective Department Faculty Coordinators.

A 3rd International Yoga Day Celebration was conducted in association with World
Community Service Centre (WCSC), Puducherry on 21st June 2017. More than 100 members
from faculty, staff and students have participated and demonstrated Yoga on this day.

A six month “Yoga for Youth Empowerment (YYE)” Yoga and Meditation foundation
course was started on 28.08.2017 for the UG, PG and Research scholars (222 students) of PEC
organized by H2EC club along with World Community Service Centre, Puducherry. The
inauguralfunction was conducted on 28.08.2017. Sixteen classes were conducted from
28.08.2017 to26.03.2018. The valedictory and certificate distribution function was held on
26.03.2018.

L. INSTITUTE INFORMATION SYSTEM

The following are the activities of the Institute Information System (IIS)

 Monitoring data of Students

 Course , Exam, Elective, Registration and Monitoring
 Generating Exam Applications and Hall tickets for Exam
 Uploading Regular Results and Revaluation Results
 Receiving faculty Feedback from students
 Receiving online fees payment (Academic & Exam)

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  Receiving online fees payment of Hostel students
 Ph.D. Registrations
 Sending Mails & SMS to students & Parents

M. STUDENTS’ GRIEVANCES REDRESSAL CELL

The Student’s Grievance and Redressal Cell has conducted a meeting on 29th September
2017. CRs and ACRs of all classes attended the meeting.

The following Grievances have been brought into the notice of the cell.

The grievances related to Electrical wing :

1. No fans in 3rd year chemical dept class room

2. No fans in second year EIE classroom
3. 2 fans are not working in 3rd yr. ECE
4. Streetlights are not working between TNP and Ladies Hostel
5. No plug points for third year MCA
6. Projector not available in final year civil.

Wifi Coverage not available at:

1. PG Ladies Hostel.
2. Chemical Engg. dept.
3. Third year EIE classroom.
4. Third year MCA.
5. Third IT classroom near CASIT lab.
6. Expect BSNL other mobile service networks are not available.

Bus transport related queries:

1. Bus no:3- late arrival every day.

2. More standing in Muthialpet route.

Restroom related queries:

1. No maintenance in chemical dept.

2. Water not available during noon times.

Other Queries:

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 1. No sweepers in Chemical Dept.
2. Benches are broken in third year Chemical dept.
3. No drinking water in IT dept.
4. Bushes need to be cleaned around ECE dept. and girls hostel.
5. Tuition fees to be paid in installments
6. Revaluation fee is high under Autonomous scheme.
7. Dustbins are required around the campus
8. In second year chemical, no steel benches are available.
9. Improve canteen hygiene, more food items at affordable cost.
10. Battery operated free vehicles for transportation inside campus.

The following steps have been initiated to address and solve the grievances:

1. Electrical related queries are fully attended and all are working.
2. WiFi coverage has been extended for the areas mentioned
3. Bus Transport related problems were solved.
4. Rest room related queries attended
5. New Tables and Chairs were purchased for students.
6. New Dustbins were purchased and placed at appropriate places.
7. Rests of the queries have been attended by the concerned authorities and most
of them are at the verge of completion.

N. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

The activities of PECAA are:

 Fourth Silver Jubilee Reunion for 1992 passed out batch was organized on 3rd
July 2017.
 Twentieth Year Reunion for 1997 passed out batch was organized on 29th July
2017.
 An invited talk on Road Safety and Awareness was organized on 5th December
2017.
 In association with Le Banyan de PEC, Four barricades was deployed in front of
the College on 5th December 2017.
 Dustbins worth Rs. 27000/- sponsored by 1997 Alumnus, were deployed in the
administrative block on 24th February 2018.
 Alumni Induction day to be conducted in April 2018.
 Alumni lectures were organized.

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  Student Scholarships: M/s. Aspire Systems Pvt. Ltd. in association with the PEC
Alumni Batch of 1992 sponsored full fee reimbursement for poor and
meritorious students of PEC. Dr. P. Dananjayan, the Principal distributed cheques
of value Rs. 13,620/- each to the six students who have been selected by the PEC
Alumni Association based on their academic performance and family income.
Dhilip and Anandhakrishnan of B.Tech. ME, Chauvelin Marie Delcasse and
Subash of B.Tech. IT, Balamurugan of CE and Aswini of CSE received the cheques
from the Principal.

O. WOMEN’S CELL

1. Women's Cell, PEC in association with Jothi Eye Care Center, Puducherry
organised a one day Eye screening camp on 12.10.2017 from 9.00am to 4.00 pm
at Dispensary, PEC under RUSA grant. Dr. Vanaja Vaithiayanadhan Managing
Director, Jothi Eye Care Centre, Principa(i/c) Dr. S. Subramanian and
Dean(Students) Dr. K. Vivekanandan inagurated and felicitated the gathering. The
arrangements were made by Dr.Kavitha Kumar and the members of women's cell.
The vision test was performed by ophthalmic assistants. Eye screening tests and
diagnosis were performed for 402 students and women staff members.

2. An National Commission for Women (NCW) sponsored Seminar on Women’s

Legal Rights and Empowerment was held on 23rd October 2017. Dr. K.Latchoumy,
Director-cum-Law Officer, Women’s Commission, Puducherry delivered a detailed
presentation on the seminar. She discussed various articles, laws and acts related
to Women’s Legal rights. Many Students and staff of various departments and
sections of Pondicherry Engineering College participated in the seminar. The
Principal Prof. P. Danajayan, Prof. Dr. S. Subramanian, Dean (Admin) and
Dr. V. Vivekanandan, Dean(Students) addressed the gathering.

3. A competition based on the above-mentioned seminar was held on

25th October 2017 and 53 students, both from the Undergraduate and Post-
Graduate courses actively participated. S.Gomathi of Second year B.Tech (EEE)
won the first prize (Cash prize of Rs. 2,000/-). V. Buela Jenifer of Second year
B.Tech (Chem) won the second prize (Cash prize of Rs. 1,500/-) S.Vignesh of First
year B.Tech (ECE), Anishya Premi of Second year B.Tech (Chem), Raman Kishore of
First year B.Tech (ECE), Aishwarya.S.K. of First year B.Tech (Chem) and Pavithra.S.
of Final Year B.Tech (EEE) won the third prize. (Cash prize of Rs. 1,000/-). Yasmin,
Second year B.Tech (Chem) and Janani. M, Second year B.Tech (Chem) won the
consolation prizes. The seminar and the competition was coordinated by
Dr.S.Kanmani, (Advisor, Women’s Cell), Dr.R.Kalpana (Convenor, Women’s Cell),
Dr.K.Guejalatchoumy and Dr.R.Rajathy with the support of the members of the
Women’s Cell.

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4. WALKATHON 2018

On 12th February 2018, Women’s cell and NSS in association with INDIA TURNS
PINK organised a mega Walkathon for the girl students and women staff
members. Also a social session on breast cancer awareness was organised. The
principal inaugurated the Walkathon. 59 staff members and 405 students are
participated. In the staff category, Mrs.E. Valli, Principal Office won the first
place, Dr.P.Revathy, Asst. Professor, Civil Dept won the second place and
Manonmani, sweeper, ECE dept. won the third place. In the students category,
Hari Pritta.G, B.Tech(Civil)-I yr won the first, P.Bakyalakshmi, B.Tech(ECE)-III yr
won the second and S.Vijayalakshmi B.Tech(EEE)-II yr and E. Pazhaniamma,
B.Tech(Civil)-III yr won the third place.

5. Programme on Women Leadership

The Women Cell of Pondicherry Engineering College, has organised a special

Programme to commemorate the International women’s Day on 9th March,
2018. Our Proud Alumnus Mrs. Jayabharathy Jayaraman, IRS, Deputy
Commissioner of Central Excise & GST, Puducherry Divison III presided over the
function and a gave a talk on “ Women Leadership”. In her address, she advised
women to develop their excellence towards leadership quality. She also
emphasised the younger generation to equip themselves in all ways to face the
challenges as a woman in the day to day life and to enrich their knowledge in all
aspects of life.

6. Seminar cum Competitions on Women’s Day 2018

The Women Cell of Pondicherry Engineering College, has organised a Seminar
cum Competitions to celebrate the International women’s Day on March 13, 2018
under the sponsorship of TEQIP III. The Special Invitee Mrs. Saruladha
Krishnamoorthy, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
addressed the students on “ Women Role in Technical Education” . In her speech,
she advised the students to balance between their career and family and also to
make their passion towards learning, till they achieve their dreams. She also
emphasized the students to empower themselves by all means and enhance their
strength in terms of social and economic status. Mrs. Padmasini,
Superintendent(Estt) was honoured by the Women Cell members. Following this,
various Competitions (viz. Glass Pot Painting, Art from waste, Cooking without
fire, Mehandi design, Hairstyle & Nail Polish contest, Selfie Contest) were
conducted for the girl students and the winners were awarded cash prizes.

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 Women Cell Convenor, Dr. R. Kalpana proposed the vote of thanks. The Program
was meticulously arranged by all members of Women Cell, PEC.

XII GENERAL

A. QEEE - PEC ON MHRD’S NATIONAL ACADEMIC GRID

PEC is the only college in this region to participate in Quality Enhancement in

Engineering Education (QEEE), an interactive and virtual classroom piloted by IIT Madras since
2014. About 150 TEQIP and Non-TEQIP institutions in different parts of the nation subscribe to
the live class teaching by eminent professors of IITs.

PEC has been consistently having patronage with IIT Madras, Chennai in extending the
QEEE live classes since its inception in 2014.

650 students belonging to the departments of EEE, CSE, CE, ECE and EEE participated in
live classes on 10 different topics conducted during August-November 2017 session.

This semester in phase 9 of QEEE, about 500 students participate in 8 different topics on
live classes.

Students securing more than 50 % in all attempts of their Quizzes and assignments are
entitled to get Certificate of Excellence and others get Certificate of Participation.

B. NPTEL – (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning)

NPTEL – (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) local chapter was
established in Pondicherry Engineering College on 23rd November 2015 which was another
milestone in the history of Pondicherry Engineering College. NPTEL has a largest repository of
courses in Engineering, Science and Humanities from India’s best institutes.

The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) was initiated by

seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Roorkee, Guwahati
and Madras) along with Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. It is a programme under the
Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, initiated in 2003 for the
creation of web and video courses. Currently more than 940 + courses are available on the web
portal http://nptel.ac.in for viewing and download at no cost.

Pondicherry Engineering College has been rated AAA on July 2017 and is one of the top
10 NPTEL Local Chapters. As per ranking, it is in 5th position amongst 1010 colleges all over
INDIA.

College was felicitated with a Plaque on 15th July 2017 at the SPOC workshop held at IIT
Chennai by Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Chairman, NPTEL PIC, Director, IIT Chennai.

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 Out of 331 candidates registered for the NPTEL courses 5 were GOLD MEDALIST,
Toppers in different courses were 9 and 140 obtained an ELITE certificate.

Details:
PRESENT CANDIDATES - 331
GOLD – 5
TOPPERS - 9
ELITE - 140
RATING – AAA.
Pondicherry Engineering College stands in 5th Position out of 1010 Colleges all over
INDIA.

C. TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME PHASE – II (TEQIP)

TEQIP-II has come to closure on 31st March 2017. Third Phase of Technical Education
Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III) has been approved by the Govt of India to be
implemented as a 'Central Sector Scheme' with total project outlay of Rs.3600 crore. However,
the Project is being initiated with an initial cost of Rs 2660 Cr. The initiation and
implementation of the project TEQIP-III will bridge the gap for the institutions in the central,
eastern and north-eastern region and hill States with specific interventions.

Further, TEQIP-III is scheduled to be launched from 1st April 2017 with specific focus on
Low Income States (LIS), Hill states, states of the North East and Andaman & Nicobar Islands to
help Focus states in catching up with their more advanced neighbors and match their
attainment levels with that of National standard.

The well performing institutions of TEQIP-I & II Government/Government aided

institutes/ATUs across the country have been be considered for participation in twinning
arrangement as Mentor Institutions under Sub-Component 1.3: Twinning Arrangements to
Build Capacity and Improve Performance of Participating Institutions and ATUs in the Focus
States. For this purpose, a cluster of performance based ranked institutions has been identified.

The key areas include knowledge transfer, exchange of experience, optimizing the
use of resources and developing long-term strategic partnerships. An Agreement will be
entered between the mentor and the mentee institute for execution of the twinning
arrangements.

The top ranking institutions will be invited to submit Institutional Development

proposals. It is to inform that Pondicherry Engineering College institute has been shortlisted
as Mentor institute based on the Academic information provided by the Institute.

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 Further, final selection will be made through Challenge/ Competitive method among the
shortlisted institutes. These institutions will act as Mentor institutions for the Focus state
institutions under Sub-Component 1.1 as well as work for their own development.

It is to state that Pondicherry Engineering College is one of 18 Institutions shortlisted as

Mentor Institute out of 166 Institutions participated in TEQIP-II.

In this regard, it also to state that the as per the Funding Pattern of Centrally Sponsored
Schemes, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, UT of Puducherry will be funded 100% by
the Central Government.

D. FUND FOR IMPROVEMENT OF S&T INFRASTRUCTURE (FIST) PROGRAMME

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, provides grant-in-
aid to universities / colleges across the country under the FIST (Fund for Improvement of
Science and Technology) program. This financial support is given for a period of 5 years to PG
institutions for acquiring state-of-the-art equipment and setting up laboratories for conducting
internationally competitive research. On the basis of proposal submitted by the college, DST
has sanctioned Rs. 100 lakhs (under the category, Level – 01) for 5 years. As a 1st instalment of
the grant, Rs. 82,50,000/- (Rupees Eighty Two Lakh and Fifty Thousand only) has been
sanctioned under the FIST program under the Head, “Creation of Capital Assets”. On receipt of
this 1st installment of the grant, initiatives have been taken to procure major equipment for
Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics and Electronics & Communication departments under e-
tendering through Pondicherry Government portal. In response to our call for quotations
through e-tendering, quotations have been received from suppliers and comparative
statements have been prepared for respective items. 72nd Purchase Committee meeting of the
Engineering College (Pondicherry) Society held on 23/1/2017 has approved the purchase of
equipments for the respective departments and Purchase orders were released. Major
equipments in the Mechanical, EEE and ECE were procurred and installed in the laboratories.
The research scholars and graduate students are utilizing the facilities incurred through DST-
FIST project. The final phase of procurement of equipments through the project is ongoing.

E. PMKVY - NSDC Certificates Distribution Ceremony:

The Pondicherry Engineering College is approved by AICTE, New Delhi for conducting
skill development courses under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme.

Pondicherry Engineering College has conducted three courses namely, Set Top box
installation and service technician, Junior Mechanic (Engine) and Customer Service Executive
under PMKVY-TI Scheme of AICTE, New Delhi.

On 12th September 2017 certificate distribution function was arranged for candidates
qualified by National Skill Development Corporation. The Principal Prof. Dr. P. Dananjayan
addressed the gathering and presented certificates to the qualified candidates. Prof.

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Dr.K.Mahadevan, HOD (Mech) and Prof. Dr. M. Sugumaran, HOD (CSE), faculty co-ordinators
and Staff members of the PMKVY-TI courses graced the function by their valuable presence.
The programme was organised by Prof. Dr. K. Vivekanandan, Dean (Students) and Prof.
Dr.R.Kalpana, Co-ordinator, PMKVY.

F. NATIONAL INSTITUTE RANKING FRAMEWORK (NIRF)

PEC has been ranked 53 by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of
Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India among Engineering Institutions in India
this year.

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