The Higher Education Review

ocated in the Nagapattinam district of Tamil
Nadu, EGS Pillay Engineering College
(EGSPEC) is a premier technical institution
that upholds an extremely modern and state-of-
the-art infrastructure, which goes a long way in facilitating
impeccable services for its students as well as the staff
members. “Started in 1995, we have 21 years of excellent
service in this educational field and we provide perpetual
learning environment for all,” says S. Parameswaran,
Secretary, EGSPEC. With 35 PhD holders and 58 faculty
members pursuing PhD, the institute offers one of the
best learning environments in the country for aspiring
engineering. So far, they have bagged 131 university ranks
and 2 gold medals in addition to an excellent placement
record that goes beyond 80 percent every year.
“We have faculty student ratio of 1:15 and more than
60 percent of our faculty members have spent considerable
amount time in the industry. Hence, they equip the students
to be ready for the industry,” claims Parameswaran.
With more than 41 MoUs with reputed industries and
institutions, EGSPEC conducts value added courses,

expert lecture, internship programs, in-plant training,
industrial visits and many more to provide students and
faculty members the latest knowledge in the field of
technology. The institute has already conducted around 45
add-on course while the faculty members are enhancing
their consultancy works and R&D activities through
the active industry interactions. Till date, EGSPEC has
completed over 120 consultancy projects in collaboration
with the industry with total project cost reaching up to
Rs. 1 Crore. Using Rs. 4.35 crores received as research
grant, the institute has completed 15 research projects and
six more are on the pipeline.

“We have established 15 research
labs in our institute. Our faculty
members are regularly publishing
their research papers in reputed
international journals and conferences.
In the last academic year, we published
around 170 papers and so far, we have
published 2758 papers,” pinpoints
Parameswaran. The institute’s focus
on research and knowledge creation
has helped them to have collaboration
with many international educational
establishments around the world.
EGSPEC has signed MoUs with
Multimedia University, Malaysia
and Aichi Institute of Technology,

“We have established 15 research
labs in our institute. Our faculty
members are regularly publishing
their research papers in reputed
international journals and conferences.
In the last academic year, we published
around 170 papers and so far, we have
published 2758 papers,” pinpoints
Parameswaran. The institute’s focus
on research and knowledge creation
has helped them to have collaboration
with many international educational
establishments around the world.
EGSPEC has signed MoUs with
Multimedia University, Malaysia
and Aichi Institute of Technology,
“We have established 15 research
labs in our institute. Our faculty
members are regularly publishing
their research papers in reputed
international journals and conferences.
In the last academic year, we published
around 170 papers and so far, we have
published 2758 papers,” pinpoints
Parameswaran. The institute’s focus
on research and knowledge creation
has helped them to have collaboration
with many international educational
establishments around the world.
EGSPEC has signed MoUs with
Multimedia University, Malaysia
and Aichi Institute of Technology.