a retired Professor of Indian Institute of Technology Madras or IIT, Chennai and Dr. V. Krishnamurthi, a retired Professor and HOD of College of Engineering, Guindy, has worked for a short period of time during the 1980s and 1990s as Head of the Department. Also, Prof. Ct. Rm. Chidambaram, a retired Professor from Annamalai University, worked for a few years in the mid 1990s. Student's Life NEC campus is a student-friendly campus where the students can have a flexible learning environment. There are separate hostel facilities for both boys and girls with a suitable learning ambience. Students experience a hygienic environment. Students enjoy excellent library facilities with a humungous volume of books, journals, and e-resources. They can afford the Wi-Fi facility 24X7 in the college and hostel. Students can transfer the credits by taking online courses in NPTEL, which provide ample space to involve them in other fruitful activities like mini projects, product development, and promotion of entrepreneurial skills. Irrespective of the branches, effective training is provided for students willing to get placement in core or software companies. Innovation Ecosystem National Engineering College (NEC) established a business incubator (NEC-BI) in 2015. NEC BI is recognized by the Ministry of MSME, New Delhi, and is devoted to all the innovators and entrepreneurs emerging from south India. The incubator is a central hub for creating technology start-ups for 80+ technical institutes within 100 km of our venue. Further, it has also established K.R. Innovation Centre (KRIC), a section 8 company, in 2018 to support business Incubation activities in our institution. National Engineering College allocates 1% of its total annual budget to accelerate the activities to support Incubation in addition to the CSR funds worth Rs 10,00,000/- per year) References Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu