Mepco Schlenk Engineering College Explained

Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
Motto:	Work is Worship
Established:	1984
Type:	Private
Principal:	S. Arivazhagan
Students:	3591
Undergrad:	3398
City:	Virudhunagar
State:	Tamil Nadu
Country:	India
Campus:	195acres
Affiliation:	Autonomous (Anna University)
Website:	http://www.mepcoeng.ac.in/

Mepco Schlenk Engineering College is an autonomous engineering college located in Virudhunagar near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] It was founded on 17 October 1984. It is an ISO9001:2015 certified institution.^[2] It is sponsored by the Mepco Schlenk Charities, a social welfare organization of the Metal Powder Company Limited,^[3] Thirumangalam and its German collaborator, Schlenk. The college was affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai until 2002 and later with Anna University, Chennai, but since 2012 it has been affiliated with Anna University of Technology, Chennai.^{[4] [5]}

The medium of instruction is English for all courses, examinations, seminar presentations and project reports.

Departments

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Computer Science Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Information Technology
• Biotechnology
• Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
• Bio Medical Engineering

Infrastructure

A mineral water plant located within the campus has a capacity of 10,000 litres per day. Also on the campus are located the Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank (TMB) with ATM facility, photo copying centre, canteen, parking lot, stand-by power generators, a separate telephone exchange, television facilities in the hostel, water treatment plant, and students' amenities. The campus has Wi-Fi connectivity. Mobile phones are not allowed in this college.

Most of the student population stays on campus in hostels. The single gender hostels, five for men and five for women, are named after important rivers in India:

Boys' hostels

• Godavari
• Kaveri
• Krishna
• Narmadha
• Brahmaputra

Girls' hostels

• Ganga
• Yamuna
• Sindhu
• Mahanadhi
• tamirabarani

Clubs and associations

Clubs and professional organisations at Mepco serve as an important nodal point in students' lives. Students perform managerial, organisational and participatory roles in these groups.

• International Association of Civil Engineering Students (IACES)
• Renewable Energy Club (sponsored by MNRE)
• Management Association
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Student Branch (IEEE)
• Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
• Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE)
• Computer Society of India (CSI)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Institution of Engineers (IEI)
• Club Innovative
• Science Forum
• Maths Club
• Microsoft Campus Club
• Literary Association
• Fine Arts Club
• Photography Club
• Reader's Club
• Blue sky
• Consumer Club
• National Service Scheme (NSS)
• Graph Theory and Research Forum
• Google students club

Rankings

Type:	University and college
Nirf E 2023:	101-150

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it in the 101-150 band among engineering colleges in 2023.

External links

• Official college website

Notes and References

1. http://www.blonnet.com/2005/11/25/stories/2005112500131900.htm Sivakasi: A high quality education centre
2. Web site: Mepko Schlenk Engineering College. 4 November 2013.
3. http://www.mepco.co.in Metal Powder Company Limited
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20081216004017/http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/13/stories/2008121357840200.htm Engineering the future
5. Web site: A fillip from industry . 30 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090404202649/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2113/stories/20040702005311600.htm . 4 April 2009 . usurped .