  psg college of technology is an autonomous, government aided, private engineering college in coimbatore, india. it is affiliated to anna university. the college offers a total of 48 full-time and part-time programs in science, engineering and management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. the college was founded in 1951 by dr.g.r.damodaran, who served as first principal of the college. it is one of the many educational institutions nurtured by psg & sons charities trust. it is the first private engineering institution established in tamil nadu. the college is located in the same campus with the psg industrial institute. it is the only college in india to have an industry attached to it. thumb| founder member and former principal g. r. damodharan (extreme right) at a farewell party with unesco academicians 1972 thumb|right|360px|administrative block of psg college of technology ==academics== among the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes offered by the college, many are accredited by the national board of accreditation of the all india council of technical education (aicte). the college was conferred autonomous status by university of madras in 1978, which was continued by the bharathiar university and subsequently by anna university, and from 2007 by anna university of technology, coimbatore. this enables the college to frame its own curricula, update syllabus and introduce new courses as and when needed. the college is empowered to administer its own evaluation system. the departments benefit from the expertise of more than 15 visiting faculty from other institutions. each department annually conducts at least one national/international conference/seminar/workshop for dissemination of the latest technologies and research findings. on average, five short term programmes on topics of interest are conducted for the teaching faculty from other colleges with funding from aicte/iste and other agencies. thumb|peelamedu bridge over avinashi road that connects both the campuses on either side of the road the programmes of the college are recognized all over india and abroad. the college mai
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