ABOUT THE INSTITUTION

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Shri Andal Alagar College of Engineering (SAACE) was established in the year 2001 by Shri Andal Alagar Educational Trust with the noble aim "To provide Technical Education to the poor and downtrodden at an affordable cost". The founder of the trust is a popular film star, philanthropist, a leading Politician of Tamil Nadu and the Leader of opposition of Tamilnadu Legislature Assembly Thiru Puratchi Kalaignar Vijaykant. SAACE is an Educational Institution for excellent Learning and is functioning under the auspices of Shri Andal Alagar Educational Trust with the motto of "LEARNING IS LIMITLESS". SAACE is located near Chengalpattu about 60km away from Chennai.
The college is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. The college has very good infrastructural facility, equipped laboratories, hostels, transport, sports complex etc. to provide good study ambience to the students.

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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

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The department was established in the year 2002, and in the second year itself it has been rated as fourth (among the affiliated Engineering colleges of Anna University) in a public survey conducted jointly by A.C. Nielson / Sun TV group. The faculties are drawn from various fields of study including Chemical Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Genetic engineering, and Molecular biology. The department has state of art laboratories in the various different fields. The department has advanced infrastructural facilities for conducting research work in the field of Bioinformatics, Drug discovery and Environmental Biotechnology. Every year the department organizes conferences and symposiums in contemporary topics related to Biotechnology.