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This article is about the college. For IATA airport code "CEG", see Hawarden Airport. Hawarden Airport, often known as Chester Airport, is a small airport in Hawarden in north east Wales.

The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) in Chennai, India, is the main constituent college of Anna University. Anna University (அண்ணா ப‌ல்கலைக்கழகம் is one of India 's premier engineering universities It was started in May 1794 as a School of Survey, and is one of the oldest technical institutes in the world. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a It is the oldest technical institute in India.

It is ranked ninth by India Today magazine for the year 2007 among engineering colleges in India. India Today is an Indian weekly Newsmagazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975. It is also ranked tenth by Outlook India magazine for the year 2007 in the top 50 government engineering colleges in India. Outlook is an Indian weekly English Newsmagazine in publication since October 1995.

The dean of the college is Professor M. Sekar, who is also an alumnus of the same institution.

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Faculties and departments

CEG offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral study programs in many fields of engineering, through its various departments, split under the following six faculties.

The Department of Civil Engineering of Anna University is the oldest in the Country. It dates back to May 17, 1794, when the East India Company established a Survey School to train military personnel and surveyors. This has grown to a Civil Engineering School in 1858 and later a Civil Engineering College in 1859.

Over the years with the help of dedicated group of people, it expanded to the present level as one of a highly reputed group of Civil Engineering Departments in the country. The department functions with three divisions :

1. Structural Engineering 2. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 3. Division of Urban Systems and Development

and three advanced centres : 1. Centre for Water Resources 2. Centre for Environmental Studies 3. Institute for Remote Sensing

These centres and divisions all have fully developed laboratories with classroom facilities and are renowned for their academic and research achievements at national and international levels. The Department of Civil Engineering has been approved for a very long time as a centre for the Quality Improvement Programme at Masters and Doctoral levels.



Prominent Alumni

Technical & Cultural Symposiums

The students of CEG have come together to conduct a National level technical festival which is multi-disciplinary in dimension: Kurukshetra - the Battle of Brains, from 2007.

Every year in February, CEG plays host to Techofes, an eagerly anticipated and keenly contested five-day inter-collegiate cultural festival. Techofes, is an annual inter-collegiate cultural event organized by the Students Union of College of Engineering Guindy.

During the months of January to March, various departments of the college conduct individual technical symposiums. Notable among those are

In other activities also, CEG has earned a reputation worthy of emulation. Teams from CEG often excel in sports and extra curricular activities with participation in national contests like University Challenge

Computer Society of Anna University (CSAU)

The Computer Society of Anna University is the largest technical student body of Anna University, with a current membership in excess of 1900. University Challenge is a long-running British television quiz show, licensed and produced by Granada Television. The Society is actively involved in the dissemination of IT knowledge and awareness among the students of Anna University. Eureka, Sparks, Techshow, Questionmark, Softalk are some of the events conducted by CSAU.

Students Quality Club (SQC)

The Students Quality Club is an organization of the students of Anna University, promoted by the AU - TVS CQM which comes under the Industrial Department, to empower its members to significantly increase their personal and professional effectiveness, through the principles of quality management in order to achieve a purposeful and principle-centered life.

This club provides an opportunity for students to get first hand knowledge on Quality Systems followed in the industry. To cater to the personal development of the students, value adding programs like lectures on Communication skills, Listening skills, Creative Thinking, Interpersonal skills, Public Speaking etc. , are conducted regularly. SQC Contact

Rotaract Club of CEG (RCEG)

Established in the late 1980s, the Rotaract Club of CEG (RCEG) has grown to become one of the largest Rotaract clubs in Asia. Rotaract originally began as a Rotary International youth programme in 1968 and has now grown into a major Rotary-sponsored organisation of over 7000 clubs spread around the The club, which draws its members from the student body, functions independently, but under the guidance of the Deans and the parent Rotaract club. RCEG in involved in a lot of community service initiatives and raises funds through charity shows and individual contributions. The club's official website recently launched can be found here.

Hans Classical Arts Club

Inaugurated in the year 2006 by Smt. Vani Jairam, HANS Classical Arts Club boasts of several talented performers in both classical dance and music. The club aims at promoting the awareness about classical arts and provide a platform for the performers to showcase their talents.

Rules & Terms used in the College

There have been reports that College has some very demanding rules regarding conduct on campus. The dress code certainly forbids wearing a pair of jeans and t-shirt. Also, mobile phones, as physical objects, are not allowed on campus grounds. [1]

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