KCT

Kumaraguru College of Technology, with “Character is Life” as its motto, is an institution born out of a rich legacy, strong vision and great commitment of Sakthi Group of Companies. The momentous reputation emerged from the dynamic vision of the Founder Chairman, Dr.N.Mahalingam, an exemplary educationist and statesman. Consistently ranked among the top 100 engineering colleges by NIRF, KCT epitomises the vision of its founder to nurture the youth to build a progressive future. Strategically located amidst the IT corridor in a sprawling campus of 156 acres, KCT offers around 45 programmes, affiliated to Anna University and accredited by AICTE. With more than 800 teaching, research, administrative and support staff, and a dozen centres of excellence and industry sponsored labs, KCT currently impacts more than 6000 students every year and has an alumni strength of 26000+ impacting the global community. KCT has exceptional residential facilities to accommodate about 3000 students in 9 Residential Blocks with state-of-the art student centres. KCT International Partnerships (KCT IP) has established diverse collaborations with overseas universities in terms of student and faculty exchange programmes joint projects & research and joint degree programmes. The student-led centres, Ré, iQube and Garage along with the industry focused KC.IRI, KCT TIFAC CORE, CEAD, and FORGE, KCT provides unique experiential education model to its students in addition to offering the industry with consulting services and the aspiring entrepreneurs with guidance for business start-ups. The Centre for Leadership Empowerment and Development (CLED) of Kumaraguru Institutions aims at inspiring and transforming students into charismatic leaders through an all-inclusive approach. The Department of Human Excellence at KCT functions with a mission to impart knowledge on ethics, Indian culture, spiritual principles and values in a modern idiom to the youth through a scientific and rational approach. The institution has two distinguished Centres of Human Excellence – Mahatma Gandhi Study Centre and Swami Vivekananda Study Centre whose activities revolve around creating an enlightened youth, empowering them, channelling their energy towards character building and thereby enriching the nation. Kumaraguru Microcosm carries out multiple projects of environmental sustenance to create a coexisting, inclusive and sustainable environment for a quality life of the humans and all other living partners.