Amrita College of Engineering & Technology

This article is about defunct college in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. For multi-campus, multi-disiplinary private University run by Mata Amritanandamayi Math, see Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Amrita College of Engineering & Technology

Motto	To Life Through Light
Type	Private
Established	1999
Chairman	K.S.Ramasubban IAS (Retd.)
Principal	Dr. T. Kannan
Director	Dr. T. Kannan
Address	Amritagiri, Erachakulam Post , Eracha Kulam , Tamil Nadu , 629901 , India 8°13′23″N77°24′49″E / 8.2230°N 77.4135°E / 8.2230; 77.4135
Affiliations	Anna University
Website	www.amrita.edu.in?q=acet

Amrita College of Engineering & Technology (ACET), formerly Sun College of Engineering was an engineering college located at Erachakulam, Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1999 by the ACP Education Trust, it was acquired by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math and renamed in 2018. ^[1] In 2024, all programs in this institute were closed progressively and the campus subsequently became part of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University. ^[2]

Campus

It is located seven km (4.3 mi) north-west of Main-town Nagercoil, at Erachakulam. The college campus spans over 110 acres (0.45 km²). The total built up area over 50,000 m² (540,000 sq ft) of the institution includes accommodating lecture halls, laboratories, staff rooms, libraries and workshop.

List of institutions

The campus contains an engineering college, a polytechnic college and a college of education (Co- Education). The college of engineering was approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai offering five full-time undergraduate and two full-time postgraduate engineering programmes and management studies to students. BE/BTech admissions for Govt. quota seats are filled as per government of Tamil Nadu norms through TNEA(Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions) counselling conducted by the Anna University and the management quota seats are filled through regulated management seat procedures done by the Consortium of Private Self Financing Arts, Science and Engineering Colleges. In every course, 65% of the seats are filled through counselling and 35% of the seats by management quota. From 2023-24, all programs of all three colleges were discontinued phased out progressively.

See also

• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
• List of institutions of higher education in Tamil Nadu

References

1. "About the College". sunedu.ac.in. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
2. "AICTE Approved Institutions with Progressive Closed Courses for the Academic Year:". facilities.aicte-india.org. Retrieved 4 July 2024.