Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology (KNCET)[1] is an Autonomous, self financing Engineering College, established in the year 2007, Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, Accredited by NBA(CSE,ECE,& EEE),NAAC with B++ grade, Recognized by UGC with 2(f) & 12(B) and certified by ISO 9001:2015.The college has 9 UG courses (CSE, IT, ECE, EEE, Bio Medical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering, Agri. Engg. and AI & DS) and 2 PG courses of CSE and Applied Electronics. Our institution stands a good position in academic performance among the colleges affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. Anna University has approved the research centre to Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering.

The Centre of Excellence is continuously supported to Faculty Members and Students to update their skills.(PCB Design and Development Centre,Signal Processing & Networking,Dell EMC Data Science and Big Data Analytics Cisco Networking Academy,TVS Harita,IoT and Embedded systems laboratory [Texas Instruments and ABE Semiconductor Designs],Industrial Automation laboratory [Powered by Siemens and Mitsubishi] and Centre for Energy Studies).

A separate department Campus to Corporate train the students in the areas of communication, soft skills, aptitude etc., through which placements are given to students.Our alumni are working in various reputed MNCs like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, IVTL, HCL, Accenture etc., in a considerable number and they are our most loyal supporters. They are best ambassadors offering invaluable branding and promotion across their personal and professional networks.

The college has obtained many awards and recognition from authorities and received research grants from Funding Agencies such as DST, CSIR, AICTE, TNSCST, SERB, ISRO & EDC for doing Project, organizing National & International Conferences, conducting Guest Lectures, Seminars and Workshops. Consultancy works have been undertaken from various agencies. Our College has received the following awards: Clean and Smart Campus Award 2019 by AICTE for maintaining the campus clean and green .Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award 2019 for giving technological support for the development of villages.Students received Third prize in AICTE Chhatra Vishwakarma Award 2020,ISTE Best Student Award & Dr.Kalam Award are received from Mechanical and ECE Students . Our College also received Intellectual Property Award based on Patent Filing and CISCO certification Award based on continuous activities from our faculty members and students. We have filed 28 Patents, 6 Industrial Designs and 1 Copy Right.

TryCAE Incubation support is available in our college. The Institute has signed 24 MoUs with various industries and organizations to obtain more exposures.Faculty members and students are doing online courses through NPTEL,UDEMY,Edureka and etc.,Totally 98 NPTEL courses by faculty members have been successfully completed.1730 students have received certificate from IIT Spoken Tutorials. The institute has a world class indoor stadium and sufficient no. of playgrounds for various games. The college has attained first position in overall championship in games and sports in zone 8 (Salem Zone) during the year,2018-19, 2016-17 and 2015-16.