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Other name | ACT, A C Tech |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1944 |
| Vice-Chancellor | R. Velraj |
| Dean | R. Jayavel |
| Registrar | J. Prakash (i/c) |
| Location | ,, 13°00′28″N80°14′20″E / 13.007906°N 80.238795°E /13.007906; 80.238795 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Anna University |
| Website | Official website |
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Alagappa College of Technology is aneducational institution located inChennai,Tamil Nadu,India that offers higher education in engineering, technology and allied sciences. The college was established in 1944 and was integrated withAnna University in 1978 fromUniversity of Madras as a constituent part ofAnna University within its Guindy Campus.
Alagappa College of Technology was founded in 1944. Funds for its establishment was donated by philanthropist Dr.Alagappa Chettiar to Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, Vice Chancellor of Madras University in 1943. Dr. Alagappa Chettiar expressed an interest in setting up a college that offered newer technology related courses like Chemical Engineering, Textile Technology, Apparel Technology, Industrial Biotechnology, Food Technology, Pharmaceutical Technology, Ceramic Technology, Leather Technology and also courses related to Nanoscience. As a token of appreciation for his generosity Madras University resolved to name the college as Alagappa College of Technology and also conferred on him an honorary degree of LL.D. at a special convocation.
There are six departments and two autonomous centres in Alagappa College of Technology.
Autonomous Centres
The Department of Chemical Engineering[1] was established in 1944 under the University of Madras. In 1978, the department was integrated with the newly formedAnna University. In the early days of the college research was carried out in the conventional areas of chemical engineering likeabsorption,adsorption,liquid-liquid extraction, andfluid dynamics. Over the years, the areas of research have moved in line with developments in thechemical process industries. The department focuses on areas like bioprocesses, modeling,nanofiltration,bioengineering andenvironmental systems.
The department offers two undergraduate courses:
It also offers three postgraduate courses:
The annual technical festival of the department is calledChemfluence. It features paper presentation sessions, lectures, video conferences and technical quizzes.[2][3]
The Department of Textile Technology was established in 1945 under theUniversity of Madras and was later integrated with the Anna University.
It offers two undergraduate courses:
It also offers a postgraduate course M.Tech in Textile Technology. PhD programmes are also available. For subjects related to Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Graphics etc., the common laboratories of the Chemical Engineering Department building are used, while the Textile Department also has its own laboratories like the Fabric Science Lab, Chemical Processing Lab, Weaving Lab, Spinning Lab, Knitting Lab, Garment Construction Lab, Computer-Aided Designing Lab, Quality Assurance and Testing Lab. The department houses a library with a variety of books on standard engineering subjects, textile technology, fabric science, pattern making, garment industries, textile merchandising and marketing, knitting, sewing, fashion illustration, and other topics, which are available to be borrowed during the weekends.[4]
The Center for Biotechnology[5] was established in 1987 inAnna University with financial support from theDepartment of Biotechnology,University Grants Commission andAnna University. The center has a building of about 1000 square metres sponsored by Southern Petrochemicals Corporation Limited atTaramani Campus with facilities for carrying out research in areas such as biotechnology,bioprocess technology,molecular biology,cell biology, andimmunology.
The department offers 3 undergraduate courses:
It also offers 5 postgraduate courses:
The administrative building is located in the main campus atGuindy, and a separate academic complex offers teaching programs. The postgraduate program in Computational Biology is a network program conducted by Pondicherry University-Madurai Kamaraj University and anna University. It is the first of its kind in India started by DBT, India. It had been upgraded to M.Techcomputational biology from the academic year 2014 in collaboration with Pondicherry university.[6][7]
Anna University started an M.Tech Programme inCeramic Technology in the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1990 with financial support of Rs.50 lakhs from M/sCarborundum Universal Ltd, Chennai. The Division of Ceramic Technology was formed in 1993. A B.Tech Programme in Ceramic Technology was started in 1996 with financial support of Rs.25 lakhs from M/sCarborundum Universal Ltd., Chennai.
The Department of Applied Sciences was established in 2013. It offers a B.Tech course in Petroleum Engineering and Technology and an M.Tech course in Industrial Safety and Hazards Management.
The Centre for Nanoscience and Technology was established at Anna University in 2005. The centre has been actively pursuing research in various aspects of nanoscience and technology including chemical, mechanical and biosynthesis of nanomaterials like semiconductor nanostructures, nanocrystalline thin films, carbon nanotubes and nanofibres, metallic nanoadhesives, polymer based nanocomposites and nanostructured ferroic materials.
The centre has been offering M. Tech. course in Nanoscience and Technology since 2008, which is supported by DST-Nanomission with a multi-disciplinary curriculum.
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