Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology Tiruchirappalli Campus Facilities - Hostel Fees, Infrastructure, Address

Information has assumed greater significance than ever as a vital resource in teaching- learning process. The complementary role of the library as an inevitable partner in an educational institute needs no new mention. Many new dimensions have been added to the library. Electronic information resource as an important component of the library in growing year after year. The computer has swept the library in all it is operations-storage and dissemination of information.

The college library started nine years ago in a humble way has grown in many directions fulfilling the ever increasing information needs of the departments on one hand and keeping abreast of the emerging technologies relating to library.

The management of the college has granted special attention on development of the library as a hub on the campus. The library has determined program to create best services possible. This can be very well assessed through the large budgetary allocations made for the materials and services. Ambitious programs are afoot for further improvement of the service.

The red ribbon, as an awareness ribbon coloured red, is used as the symbol for the prevention of illegal drug use and drunk driving and also solidarity of people living with HIV/AIDS.

The red ribbon is a symbol for drunk driving prevention, drug prevention, Blood disorders such as HELLP Syndrome and for the fight against AIDS.

The Red Ribbon Foundation and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) are examples of organizations that utilize the red ribbon symbol. MADD is an organization founded in 1980 whose mission is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime and prevent underage drinking. Red Ribbon International is an organization founded in 1993 whose main purpose is the education about prevention of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Related Complex, ARC and AIDS

National Service Scheme (NSS)

The National Service Scheme (NSS), sponsored by the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India, formally launched in Mahatma Gandhiji's Centenary year, 1969 to develop the student's personality through community oriented services.  As a part of the academic programme National Service Scheme (NSS) has been functioning as a regular feature in our college campus, organizing blood donation camps, free eye camps and other social awareness programmes . First Aid awareness programmes and AIDS awareness programmes are also organized. Engaging in social activity to bridge the gap between the fortunate and the less fortunate through empowerment is the main focus of NSS activity.

NSS MOTO

"Not me, but you"

NSS DAY 

NSS was formally launched on 24th September, 1969, the birth centenary year of the Father of the Nation. Therefore, 24th September is celebrated every year as NSS Day with appropriate programmes and activities

OBJECTIVE OF NSS

• To enable the students to understand the community in which they work.
• To understand themselves in relation to their community.
• To identify the needs and problems in the community in the solution of which they can be involved.
• To develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility
• To apply their education in finding practical solution to individual and community problems
• To develop competence required for group living and sharing responsibilities
• Gain skills in mobilizing community participation.
• To acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitude
• To develop capacity to meet emergencies and national disasters and
• To practice national integration.

National Service Scheme in this Institution

Since 2008 National Service Scheme has been functioning very effectively in our college. The Programme Officer Mr. G. Shyamsundar is leading the unit very successively. Many community oriented services and student Centered services were successfully carried out.

Introduction

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) was started with the object of promoting specialized knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship development. In view of the worldwide shortage of jobs (both government and private sectors) leading to unemployment problems and lack of proper utilization of human resources; the cell strives to identify talented youth to entrepreneurial works. The cell plans to organize various programmes regarding entrepreneurship development.

Objectives of the cell

• To create awareness among the students of the Institution regarding entrepreneurship as a career option. 

•  To conduct training programmes in the field of entrepreneurial skill development

• To develop entrepreneurship related course curriculum to incorporate in engineering programmes 

• To provide guidance and facilities to first time entrepreneurs during gestation.

 Women Development Cell

Women Development Cell was established in the college during 2012-13.
MOTTO: "Educating Women is Educating Generation"

Aim
The cell aims to empower girl students, to enhance understanding of issues related to women and to make the college campus a safe place for women students.

Objective

• To create awareness among the girls about the society
• To promote a culture of respect and equality for female gender.
• To remove the inferiority, shy and fear
• To impart the knowledge of various subjects
• To prevent any kind of women harassment in the campus.

Activities

• Seminars/Workshop/Conference
• Personality Development Programs
• Women Health Development Programs
• Interacting with women achievers from various fields
• Competition and Games

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it. Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. Scientists should always state the opinions upon which their facts are based. Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.

Objectives

• To help students acquire basic knowledge of Science.

• To help students develop a scientific way of learning.

• To arouse and cultivate students' interest in learning Science.

• To encourage students to participate actively in the activities organized by the Science Club.

• To promote the use of IT in learning Science.

Activities

• Solve a relevant, science-based problem, set within a scenario

• Work in pairs or small groups, independently of students

• Take part in practical, hands-on science activities

• Think and talk about science, during the activity and when sharing their results

• Share their results using a variety of media.

The music club audition was conducted by the Department of Civil Engineering on 20.06.2015 at B.ed College. In that audition 45 students and 5 judges (Mrs.S. Vasanthi HoD/civil, Miss.S.Thejeshwi AP/CSE, Miss.A.Niranjana AP/IT, Mr.B.Dinesh AP/civil, Miss.S.Kouslaya AP/civil) were participated.

Multimedia refers to content that uses a combination of different content forms. This contrasts with media that use only rudimentary computer displays such as text-only or traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. It includes a combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video, or interactive content forms. It can be recorded and played, displayed, dynamic, interacted with or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerized. In addition, multimedia is heavily used in the entertainment industry, especially to develop special effects in movies and animations (VFX, 3D animation, etc.). This applications that allow users to actively participate instead of just sitting by as passive recipients of information are called Interactive Multimedia. In the Arts there are multimedia artists, whose minds are able to blend techniques using different media that in some way incorporates interaction with the viewer.

Objectives:

• To stimulate wonderful thoughts.
• Develop imagination skill.
• Make others to thing in a right way.
• Improve creativity by commercially.

Activities:

• Short film : It says our won common thoughts to others by film manner.
• Multimedia : To create by computerized.
• Photography : Creative aspect of different views.

RETC Club

RURAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CLUB (RETC)

About RETC

RETC is the one of the organization where laid by the IIT people. The main function of the RETC is to carry a village and to develop it, according to the agriculture or technical wise. The RETC were initially laid in four states such as Tamilnadu, Maharastra, Karnataka and Delhi. Our College has been selected among the other six colleges from Tamilnadu to undertake the RETC project.

Objective of RETC

• To identify the problems and provide solutions as per the advice of Scientific Experts

• To improve the select village on the basis of technical and agriculture wise.

• To increase the standard of the rural people and their occupation.

Convener
Dr. R. Asokan – Principal, KNCET

RETC Coordinators
Dr. S. Gobinath, Prof, Mechanical Engineering
Mr. P. Elayaraja, AP/ ECE

RETC INAUGURATION

• The RETC was established in the year 2014 for the betterment of rural area and its people.

• The first inauguration program was conducted on 9th March 2014 in our college premises. The resource person was Ms. Shruthi and Ms. Divya from IIT, Trichy. They motivated the students to apply the technical application in the rural area. Our Principal Dr. R. Asokan presided the function.

• The second meeting was held on 28th June 2014 with all the student members and coordinator to begin our project.

Total Student Members in RETC: 34

STUDENT CO-ORDINATOR

P. Hariprasath (III Year Civil Engineering)

PROJECT

Student members of RETC Club visited poorly technological background village to create awareness to the people about the technology, for which IITMs RTBI has sanctioned the fund of Rs 15,000 to the RETC club and also Certificate of Appreciation was given to the Faculty Coordinator Mr.S.Gobinath, AP/Mech & Mr,P.Elayaraja, AP/ECE of KNCET and all the Student Members of RETC Club for carrying out awareness activities.

The Ministry of Non conventional Energy Sources (MNES), Government of India is promoting Energy Clubs in all Engineering Colleges, with a view to create awareness among the students and general public in villages around the college about Environment friendly renewable energy technologies.

It is the need for a common platform for students to come together and turn their concern into action, which brought the Energy Club into existence. A group of energy conscious students with the backing of the faculty decided to start a formal Club that would make energy awareness and action it’s priority and combine the ideas and concern of students across campus into tangible steps towards energy and sustainability. 

Event Coordinator:

M.HARI PRABHU 
Assistant Professor
Department of EEE

Inauguration:

“ENERGY CLUB” has been inaugurated by the chief gust Dr.V.Saravanan, Associate Professor at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai dated on 27.12.2014.