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Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
TypePrivate Engineering college, College of Computer Applications and College of Business Management
Established1996; 30 years ago (1996)
ChairmanMr. R.Srinivasan
PresidentDr. Kala Vijayakumar
PrincipalDr. V.E.Annamalai
DeanDr. P. Ramasamy
DirectorDr. Shashikant Albal; Dr. Hariharanath.K
Asst. DirectorMr. Ananda Raman
Academic staff
~250
Students5000
Undergraduates3500
Postgraduates650
~300
Location, ,
India

12°50′25″N 80°09′15″E / 12.84028°N 80.15417°E / 12.84028; 80.15417
Campus230 acres
NicknameSSN
AffiliationsAutonomous, Anna University
Websitewww.ssn.edu.in

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSN), popularly known as SSN College of Engineering or simply SSN, is a private engineering college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It is an autonomous college affiliated with Anna University founded by Shiv Nadar.[2] The college is certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard[3] by the National Board of Accreditation.

In March 2018, the college was granted autonomous status by UGC.[4]

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 230-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.[5]

In association with Carnegie Mellon University, the SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering was started in 2001.[6][7]

Rankings

College rankings

SSN was ranked 45 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020[8] and 89 overall.[9]

Notable alumni

See also

Shiv Nadar University

References

  1. "SSN". College Dunia. Retrieved 27 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/colleges/autonomous_colleges-list.pdf
  3. "SSN Trust offers Rs 4 crore scholarships". Che nnaionline.com. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  4. "Eight institutions get autonomous status". thehindu.com. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. "Shiv Nadar gifts HCL Tech shares to Chennai Trust". The Hindu. India. 25 July 2001. Archived from the original on 13 May 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  6. "ICT must be made more affordable". Business Line. 27 December 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  7. "SSN-Carnegie Mellon University offers masters in IT". The Hindu. 27 February 2006. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
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