Location: | PEC University of Technology Sector -12, Chandigarh- , 160012, Chandigarh, Punjab, India |
Phone: | 0172-2753054, 0172-2753467 |
Email: | deanrp@pec.ac.in |
Website: | http://pec.ac.in |
The PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh was orginally established as Mugalpura Engineering College at Lahore (now in Pakistan) on November 9, 1921. The name of the college was later changed to Maclagan Engineering College and its started functioning under the name on March 19, 1924. In the year 1931, the college got affiliated to Punjab University, Lahore. After partition in 1947, the college was shifted to Roorkee (India) and was renamed as East Punjab College of Engineering. In the year 1950 the word East was dropped and it came to know by its present name - Punjab Engineering College. Towards the end of December 1953, the college shifted to its present campus in Chandigarh to function under Govt. of Punjab. In 1966, with the formation of Union Territory of Chandigarh, the college same under control of Govt. of India through Chandigarh Administration. In October 2003, the Govt. of India notified the Punjab Engineering College as a Deemed to be University and thereafter it became known as Punjab Engineering College ( Deemed University). In 2009, the Board of Governors renamed the institution as PEC University of Technology. In 1994 this institution was adjudged the best technical college in India by the National Foundation of Engineers. It occupies an area of 146 acres.
Up to 1962, the college comprised of engineering departments of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Thereafter the college expanded & five newdepartments in the fields of Aeronautical Engineering, Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Production Engineering and Computer Science Engineering were added gradually. Recently a new department of Information & Technology has been added. In the year 1957, Highway Engineering was added as the first post-graduate course in the college. Gradually other post-graduate courses were subsequently added. Presently there are eleven post-graduate courses leading to Masters of Engineering degree in Highways, Structures, Hydraulics and Irrigation, Rotodynamic Machines, Electrical Power Systems, Environmental Engineering (Interdisciplinary), Electronics Metallurgical Engineering and C.I.M. Facilities for post-graduate studies exist for regular as well as for part time students .The college has facilities for research work leading to the award of Ph.D. degree in engineering in certain selected fields of different disciplines. The college also offers consultancy services in different disciplines.
Following is the list of Companies that recruit the college students(In Alphabetical Order).
ABB Limited
Alcatel
Alstom (T & D)
Alstom Power
Ashok Leyland Ltd.
Atlas COPCO
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Bectel of India Ltd.
Blue Star Limited
Canon India
Cognizant Technology Solutions
COMPRO Technologies
Computer Science Corporation Limited.
Convergys
Dabur India Limited.
DRDO
Eicher Limited
Fluor Daniel
GE Motors Ltd.
Godrej
HCL Perot Systems Limited
HCL Technologies Private Limited.
Honda Motorcycles & Scooter Limited
Hughes Software Systems Limited
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
IBM
Idea Cellular
Inductis Pvt. Ltd.
Indus Logic
Infosys Technologies Limited
Jindal Vijaynagar Steel Ltd.
Jubliant Organosys Limited
Larsen & Toubro Limited (ECC Division)
L&T Infotech Ltd.
Larsen&Toubro Limited.
LG Electronics India Ltd.
Maruti Udyog Limited
Minda Huf Limited
Minda Industries Limited
MINDTREE
Modern Steels Limited
Motorola India Limited
N.D.P.L.
Newgen Software Technologies Limited
PUNCOM
Punj Llyod Limited
QUARK
RMSI
Samtel Color Lab
Sandvik Asia Limited.
Sanmar Engineering Corporation
Sebiz Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
Shriram Fertilizers
Siemens Limited
Siemens Power Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
Sterlite Industries(India) Ltd.
STMicroelectronics
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Elexsi Limited
Tata Motors Limited
Tata Telecom Limited
Texas
Times Of India
TRIDENT
Triune Projects Limited
TVS Electronics Limited
TVS MOTOR CO.LTD
Vardhaman
Voltas Limited
Whirlpool of India Limited.
Wipro Technologies