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Nine colleges seek AU-T affiliation

R. Krishnamoorthy

University in the process of conducting inspections
Core engineering programmes avoided

TIRUCHI: Nine new colleges have sought affiliation from the Anna University – Tiruchi (AU-T) for offering Engineering and Management programmes. The university is in the process of conducting inspections, it is learnt.

Two colleges _ Hallmark Business School at Keelavasavariyapuram in Tiruchi district and Dhanalakshmi Institute of Management in Perambalur _ have sought affiliation for offering MBA and the rest are engineering colleges.

Barring one, the remaining new engineering colleges are learnt to have avoided offering core engineering programmes. Mechanical Engineering has found favour with only one college: M.A.R. College of Engineering at Viralimalai in Pudukottai district. The other branches offered here are B.E. in Information Technology, Computer Science and Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering. The remaining six colleges have confined their programmes to the above three branches in addition to Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

These colleges are Indira Ganesan College of Engineering. Madurai Main Road, Manikandam, Tiruchi; Chendhuran College of Engineering and Technology, Lenavilakku, Pulivalam, Thirumayam Taluk, Pudukottai; MAM College of Engineering and Technology, Siruganur, Tiruchi; N.P.R. College of Engineering and Technology at Natham in Dindigul district; Parisutham Institute of Technology and Science at Kamaraj Nagar near Nanjikottai in Thanjavur district, and Ramakrishna College of Engineering, Samayapuram.

In the event of the new colleges securing university affiliation, the number of colleges in the varsity’s fold will rise from 51 to over 65.

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