PSG College of Technology
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Introduction
PSG College of Technology, affectionately called PSG Tech, is an ISO 9001:2000 certified institute located in Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India). It was founded in 1951 by the Managing Trustee Sri G.R. Govindarajulu and the founder Principal Dr. G.R. Damodaran. Under the leadership of Dr. G.R. Damodaran, the college nurtured the early entrepreneurs that ushered in the industrial revolution in Coimbatore. India Today rated it as one of the top 10 colleges of India (engineering) in 2000.
The founders located it in the same campus as the PSG Industrial Institute. Thus, today PSG College of Technology and PSG Industrial Institute are examples of industry institution interaction. PSG College of Technology is often referred to as a "teaching company" with specific reference to its Mechanical and "Sandwich" Courses that are complemented considerably by required apprenticeship at local industries (many of them run by PSG Industries). Students from Sandwich programs gain considerable industrial experience when they graduate with their degree.
Accredition
Among the various Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate programmes offered by the college, as many as 18 programmes were accredited in the year 1997 by the National Board of Accreditation of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). The college was conferred the autonomous status by the University of Madras in the academic year 1978-79, which is continued by the Bharathiar University and subsequently by Anna University. This enables the college to frame its own curricula, update syllabi and introduce new courses as and when needed. The college is empowered to administer its own evaluation system.
The various departments benefit from the expertise of more than 15 visiting faculty from other renowned institutions. Each department annually conducts at least one National / International Conference / Seminar / Workshop for effective dissemination of the latest technologies and research findings for the benefit of teaching faculty and the industries. On an average, five short term programmes on current topics of interest are conducted for the teaching faculty from other colleges with funding from AICTE / ISTE and other agencies.
The programmes of the college are recognized all over India and abroad. The college maintains close interaction with several R&D Institutions and institutions of higher learning in India and abroad, through institutional network programmes and collaborative research programmes. It also has close collaborative links with industries in the fields of Automotive, Aerospace, Defence, Textile, Machine Tools, Software Development and Consumer durables.
Infrastructure
The infrastructure available in the institution for the pursuit of engineering education has been lauded with equal enthusiasm by alumni, prospective employers, educationists and policy makers.
Several advanced centres are set up with financial support from the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India) and other agencies.
Research Labs
The advanced research laboratory and industry centers include:
- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory.
- Materials Testing Center.
- CAD / CAM Center.
- Multimedia Lab.
- Center for Sponsored Research & Consultancy.
- National Center for Jute Diversification.
- Center for Non-Formal & Continuing Education.
- Network Management Laboratory.
- Continuing Educational Cell.
- Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory.
- Center for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing.
- Power Electronics Laboratory.
- Digital Signal Processing Lab.
- PSG LECTRA CAD Center.
- Educational Technology Center.
- PSG Premier Textile Testing Center.
- Engineering Design Center.
- PSG Siemens Center of Excellence in Automation.
- ERP Center.
- RF Laboratory.
- Festo-PSG Center for Control Engg. And Pneumatic Automation.
- School of Energy.
- Fiber Optics Laboratory.
- Sensor Laboratory.
- Fluid Research Laboratory.
- Textile CAD Center.
- GIS Laboratory.
- Thin Film Center.
- Jute Diversified Production & Training Center.
- Virtual Instrumentation Center.
- Jute Particle Board Plant.
- Virtual Reality Center.
- Laser Material Processing Center.
- VLSI Design Center.
- PROJECT IMPACT Centre (a project funded by the World Bank, Swiss Development Corporation and the Government of India).
- UNDP Jute Project Centre.
- TIFAC CORE Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Centre.
- Metals Testing and Research Centre.
- Industry Institute Partnership Cell and CII TDB TNET Centre.
- PSG Computer Center.
- PSG - TCS Software Engineering Lab (A project funded by Tata Consultancy Services Ltd)
- Mathematical Computing Lab.
- Multilingual Computing Lab.
- Soft Computing Lab.
- Object Computing Lab.
- DST-FIST Sponsored PDM Lab
The college has signed MoU with research organizations and industries in order to promote closer interaction with other institutions in the areas of technology development, training of students, curriculum updating and development of the state-of-art centres.
Placement Cell
PSG College of Technology has an independent Placement Office devoted to cater to the needs of organisations in conducting campus interviews for placements. The Placement Office, functions in a separate air conditioned block with audio visual facilities for PPT, written test, group discussion and interviews and has rapidly progressed over the years in enhancing the placement potential effectively.
It plays a very important role in counselling and guiding the students of the college for their successful career placement. The cell also coordinates various activities related to the career of the students along with the industrial training.
More than 90 reputed national and multinational companies visit PSG Tech for campus recruitment annually. Over 90% of the students secure job offers before they complete their programme of studies and leave the college.
PSG College of Technology is ranked among the top ten (based on year 2000 records) national level technical institutes, in terms of number of students receiving placement offers from reputed organisations from all over the country.
Students Union
The Students Union of PSG College of Technology is the apex body connecting together all the students. It has under it, the various clubs and association of the college. The students are represented by seven office bearers who are nominated each year and are responsible for the activities of the union....
Campus Life
Image:Psg renaissance.jpg PSG College of Technology has always been a beehive of activity all year round, opening up opportunities for students to showcase their technical as well as cultural prowess. Tech Fiesta & Equinox are the annual inter and intra college paper presentation competition. Intrams and Renaissance, the intra and inter collegiate cultural extravaganza, provide the students with the much needed break from the monotony of continuous classes.
Student Clubs
There are several clubs formed based on the interests of the student community. These include:
- Nature Club
- Tech Music
- Tamil Mandram
- Dramatics Club
- Fine Arts Club
- Character & Personality Club
- English Literary Club
- Youth Red Cross Society
- Martial Arts Club
- Blood Donors Club
Critique
PSG Tech places importance on discipline. Successive "strict" administrations with zero tolerance for academic disruptions have ensured that the college has not heard a call for a strike for donkey's years. More contentious regulations include imposition of a dress code and the taking of attendance every hour. With increased student intake following the dot-com boom of 2000, hostel facilities have become stretched, particularly for women.
The student body representatives are selected by the management team of the college after interviewing potential candidates, and not through an election. Students found guilty of hazing (more commonly known as 'ragging' in India), based on complaints, are summarily dismissed from the institution.
A Professor of Chemistry in this college, Dr. S. Senthil Kumaar, has been involved in a case of exploitation of the research work of a Student researcher. The administration is yet to take any action on the Professor. The problem and edited material from the complaint letter had appeared on Indian Express newpaper on January 6th, 2006.
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