Puducherry Technological University

College rankings
College rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2021)	144
NIRF (2022)	150*
NIRF (2023)	183
NIRF (2024)	201-300

Puducherry Technological University
Former name	Pondicherry Engineering College (PEC)
Motto	Fortifying with Wisdom
Type	Public
Established	1984;41 years ago (under VII Five Year Plan)
Affiliation	UGC and AICTE
Chancellor	Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
Vice-Chancellor	S. Mohan (Institute Chair Professor, IIT Madras)
Undergraduates	2,200
Postgraduates	300
Location	Pondicherry, Puducherry , India ; 12°00′47.74″N79°51′13.78″E / 12.0132611°N 79.8538278°E
Campus	210 acres (0.85 km2)
Website	http://www.ptuniv.edu.in

Last updated January 09, 2025

Puducherry Technological University (PTU) is a Government Funded Technical institute (GFTI) under central government and Ministry of Education of India, public technical and research university of the Union Territory of Puducherry by upgrading Pondicherry Engineering College(PEC) with the approval of University Grants Commission. PTU was inaugurated by M. Venkaiah Naidu, the then Vice President of India, on 13 September 2021. The university was established in 1984 by The Ministry of Education, Government of India under the Seventh Five Year Plan to meet the requirement of an engineering institution in the Union Territory of Puducherry.

Location

The campus is situated at Pillaichavady, which is about 12km from Puducherry railway station and the bus-stand in Pondicherry. It is about 150km south of Chennai (Madras) on the shores of Bay of Bengal.

Campus

The 240 acres (0.97 km²) of the campus has departmental buildings, an auditorium, library, hostels, students' amenities centre, open-air theatre, residential quarters for staff and laid out with roads, lawns and gardens. The central library has over 48000 books, 72 national journals, 98 international journals and INDEST (Indian National Digital Library of Science and Technology), this facility is available for the use of staff and students.

There is a well furnished guest house and a well equipped dispensary. A 12 Mbit/s fibre-optical campus network available on the campus premises.

The institute has two basketball courts and one football ground/cricket ground.

Departments

There are 12 departments:

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Information Technology
Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Mechatronics
Department of Management studies Innovation Entrepreneurship and Venture and International Business

Constituent and affiliated colleges

Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Karaikal^[1]
Women’s Engineering College, Puducherry^[2]

Student life

Students' Councils

Each department has its own students' council organising various conferences, workshops and seminars on the cutting-edge technologies, to teach students the latest trends in their field. The councils also encourage students to conduct various online and offline events to help them network with staff and fellow students.^{[ citation needed ]}

Cybyrus

Cybyrus is a symposium conducted by student's council of the computer science department. Cybyrus 2k20 was conducted with the participation of more than 1000 students from different colleges.^{[ citation needed ]}

Revelation

Revelation is a quadrennial technical festival of the Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, managed by the student council of EIE, fusion. It showcased various creative and technical ideas of students from all over India.^{[ citation needed ]}

Genesis

Genesis is a Quadrennial technical festival organised by students of the electronics and communication engineering department of PEC. A wide range of competitions, workshops and events are organised once every 4 years to familiarize students with new technologies. The latest version of Genesis was named Genesis 2K19 featured a paper presentation competition, robot wars, a technical quiz, a poster presentation, and a design competition. It also hosted a technical workshop on Robotics which was a grand workshop in which students from all over Tamil Nadu participated.^{[ citation needed ]}

Intronix

Intronix is an annual inter collegiate technical festival organised by students of the electronics and instrumentation engineering department of PEC. The fest was launched to encourage interest in robotics and technology. A wide range of competitions, workshops and events are organised every year to familiarize students with new technologies.^{[ citation needed ]}

Marakriti

Marakriti (robot in Sanskrit), the school's robotics club, was started on the year 2009. The goal of Marakrithi is to boost interest in the cross discipline areas of robotics, including mechanical engineering, electronics, and software development.^{[ citation needed ]}

Mechnium

Mechnium is a Quadrennial Technical festival organised by the students of the Mechanical Engineering department on behalf of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The latest version of Mechnium was named Mechnium 2K18. It hosted more than 500 participants from more than 100 colleges. MECHNIUM 2K18 featured a paper presentation competition, robo wars, a technical quiz, a poster presentation, and a design competition. It also hosted a technical workshop on the latest topics of mechanical engineering.^{[ citation needed ]}

Training and Placement Centre

Training and Placement Centre of PTU actively involved in preparing the students to fit them according to the needs of companies. 1 year extensive training in Aptitude, Technical and Coding (Basic and Advanced) are provided to all the students.^{[ citation needed ]}

PEC Alumni Association

The Alumni Association is formed to provide a forum for the students who have graduated to keep in touch with each other and with the Alma Mater. The membership is open to all graduates. It is obligatory for every student to become a life member of the association by payment of Rs.100 at the time of admission. The faculty is its honorary members. An Executive Committee elected by the General Body at its annual meeting manages the office of the Alumni Association.^{[ citation needed ]}

Rankings

Pondicherry Engineering College was ranked 122 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020,^[3] but its ranking decreased to 150 in 2022 and further to 183 in 2023. In 2017, 2018, and 2019 it was ranked 38, 53, and 76 respectively.

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked the university between 201-300 in the engineering rankings in 2024.^[7]

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