PSG College of Technology
PSG College of Technology is an autonomous, government aided, private engineering college in Coimbatore, India. It is affiliated with Anna University. It is affiliated to PSG and Sons Charities Trust. Among engineering colleges in India, PSG College of Technology was ranked 6th in private engineering colleges by "India Today" in 2018. History. PSG Industrial institute was established in 1926 by PSG and Sons Charities in Peelamedu, Coimbatore. The engineering college was started in the institute campus in 1951 by G. R. Damodaran, who became its first principal. The college was conferred autonomous status by University of  Madras in 1978, which was continued by the Bharathiar University and subsequently by Anna University since 2001. About 48 full-time and part-time programs in science, engineering and management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels by the 11 engineering and technology, computer applications, management sciences, basic sciences and humanities departments. The institute offers three 5-year integrated sandwich engineering courses which combines class room coaching with industrial training, one of the few in the country to offer such a course. 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). Being autonomous, the college frames its own curricula, updates syllabus, introduces new courses and is empowered to administer its own evaluation Rankings. Among engineering colleges in India, PSG College of Technology ranked 30 among engineering colleges by "India Today" in 2020, and 23 among all engineering colleges in India by "Outlook India" in 2019. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 49th among engineering institutes in 2020 and 85th overall. NIRF also ranked it 46th in the management ranking. Student life. Clubs. The Students Union is the apex body which controls  all the aspects of student life including associations, clubs and societies. Clubs: Global Leaders' Forum, Tech Music, Drawing and Painting Club, Book Readers' Club, Entrepreneurs Club, Photography Club, Dramatic Club, IEEE association, Radio Hub, Planning Forum etc... Apart from these clubs, The college also has a Formula student team - Pegasus Racing, a Baja team and student wings of NCC and NSS. Hostel. PSG Tech hostel was established on 27 February 1958. The hostels accommodates about 4300 students in 14 blocks named from A to N of which 5 blocks dedicated to women. There are five student dining halls, an auditorium , a library,a gym,a computer center and a guest house attached to the hostels. Symposiums. Since 2005, the college conducts an international techno-management festival called Kriya. Every year in February, PSG also plays host to Renaissance, a two-day inter-collegiate cultural festival. Intrams is the intra-college cultural festival which is conducted in September.