Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSN), popularly known as SSN College of Engineering or simply SSN, is a private engineering college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It is an autonomous college affiliated with Anna University founded by Shiv Nadar.[2] The college is certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard[3] by the National Board of Accreditation.
|  | |
| Type | Private Engineering college, College of Computer Applications and College of Business Management | 
|---|---|
| Established | 1996 | 
| Chairman | Mr. R.Srinivasan | 
| President | Dr. Kala Vijayakumar | 
| Principal | Dr. V.E.Annamalai | 
| Dean | Dr. P. Ramasamy | 
| Director | Dr. Shashikant Albal; Dr. Hariharanath.K | 
| Asst. Director | Mr. Ananda Raman | 
| Academic staff | ~250 | 
| Students | 5000 | 
| Undergraduates | 3500 | 
| Postgraduates | 650 | 
| ~300 | |
| Location | , , India 12°50′25″N 80°09′15″E | 
| Campus | 230 acres | 
| Nickname | SSN | 
| Affiliations | Autonomous, Anna University | 
| Website | www.ssn.edu.in | 
In March 2018, the college was granted autonomous status by UGC.[4]
History
    
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering(SSN) was started in 1996 by Padma Bhushan Dr Shiv Nadar. The college was opened in 1996 at a temporary location in Thoraipakkam in the suburbs of Chennai, Tamil Nadu as an affiliate of Anna University. It later moved to a 230-acre campus at Kalavakkam (Thiruporur Panchayat) on Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) in 1998. Nadar took an active role in the college activities, including the gifting of Rs. 1 million worth of HCL shares to the college.[5]
In association with Carnegie Mellon University, the SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering was started in 2001.[6][7]
Rankings
    
| College rankings | |
|---|---|
| General – India | |
| NIRF (Overall) (2021)[8] | 89 | 
| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF (2021)[9] | 45 | 
SSN is ranked 45 among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2021[9] and 89 overall.[8]
Notable alumni
    
- Ravichandran Ashwin, cricketer
- MK Balaji, playback singer
- Balaji Mohan, film director
- Anaka Alankamony, squash player
- Murugan Ashwin, Cricketer
See also
    
    
References
    
-  "SSN". College Dunia. Retrieved 27 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
-  "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "SSN Trust offers Rs 4 crore scholarships". Che nnaionline.com. 13 June 2006. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- "Eight institutions get autonomous status". thehindu.com. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
-  "Shiv Nadar gifts HCL Tech shares to Chennai Trust". The Hindu. India. 25 July 2001. Archived from the original on 13 May 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "ICT must be made more affordable". Business Line. 27 December 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- "SSN-Carnegie Mellon University offers masters in IT". The Hindu. 27 February 2006. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.
- "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.
External links
    
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