Higher Education Minister Govi. Chezhiaan inaugurated galore facilities astatine the College of Engineering (CEG), Guindy, including the renovated timepiece operation astatine the reddish building, a mini theatre, and a hallway of fame on Sunday connected the juncture of the centenary celebrations of its Alumni Association (AACEG).
The Minister said, “This assemblage has upheld women’s acquisition with the archetypal pistillate technologist graduating from here.”
P. Shankar, Higher Education secretary, said that the ₹500 crore allocated for the assemblage successful the State Budget would soon beryllium disbursed, and that a Government Order would beryllium issued successful this regard. “We are created by our parents; foundational learning is fixed by schoolhouse teachers; but assemblage shows america the ladder to beingness and world. Students indispensable ne'er hide their college, and indispensable sojourn and nurture their roots,” helium said.
The alumni association, successful an effort to honour the distinguished alumni of the college, has constructed a hallway of fame chronicling their celebrated predecessors, including a bust of Verghese Kurien donated by Amul.
“The mini theatre was built for the Media Science students to assistance them with their studies and art,” said J. Jayakanagaraj, AACEG secretary. An estimated ₹2 crore was utilized to acceptable up the facilities, helium added.
AACEG president Roop Chandar and treasurer M. Saravanan, CEG Dean P. Hariharan, and Anna University registrar J. Prakash besides spoke astatine the event.
