Thangavelu Engineering College was established in the year 1995 by the TJ Educational Trust and Ponniamman Educational Trust with the aim of providing excellent high-quality technical education. Maintaining the excellence of academic since its establishment, Thangavelu Engineering College is now known as one of the best engineering colleges in Chennai. The college is affiliated by Anna University, approved by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), is ISO 9001:2008 certified and accredited by NBA. The main aim of Thangavelu Engineering College is to prepare the engineering and technocrats in order to cope up with the increasing demand for technical industries, with the motive to transform the society. The college is situated in Karapakkam which is 1 kilometre away from Sholinganallur and 10 km away from Tambaram, off the IT Highway in Old Mahabalipuram Road.  Thangavelu College of Engineering offers admission to various UG and PG programmes including Bachelors of Technology in various streams, Masters of Technology in various streams, and Masters of Business Administration. Thangavelu College of Engineering provides state of the art technological facilities to the students with the aim of imparting technological knowledge & research. The college also instils active collaboration with the top industries in India and provides various opportunities to the students through consultancy services and sponsored research projects. The college employs some of the experienced faculty members with prominent knowledge in their domains to help student carry out effective research in the area of networks, theoretical computer science, database, image processing, multimedia, software engineering and data mining. Not only in terms of academics, but Thangavelu Engineering College also excels in terms of the facilities and infrastructure employed inside the campus. The college instils well maintained and well-equipped libraries, workshops, laboratories and a modern computer centre. Through the best in class facilities, the college provides the students with a platform where they can nurture not only theoretical knowledge but also practical knowledge. Some of the best in class infrastructure provided by Thangavelu College of Engineering to the students include laboratories, library, canteen, transports, sports complex, hostels, health centres, Campus Wi-Fi, MIS, etc....