CHENNAI: In a first since College of Engineering (CEG) in Anna University launched engineering in Tamil 11 years ago, two private colleges in Tamil Nadu will offer mechanical engineering and computer science engineering in Tamil from 2021-22.
With All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) nod, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College in Perunthurai will offer mechanical engineering in Tamil while Rathinam Technical Campus in Coimbatore will offer CS in Tamil from this year.
“Our college is situated in a rural area and Tamil-medium students are showing interest in studying BE in Tamil, so we started the course,” said V Venkatachalam, principal of Erode Sengunthar Engineering College.
Except for CEG, the 16 constituent colleges of Anna University had poor enrolment to Tamilmedium courses due to lack of study materials in Tamil and fewer job opportunities.
“Our college faculty members are translating resource material into Tamil. AICTE is translating engineering books in regional languages and Anna University has also already translated 15 subjects in mechanical engineering and released them on the website. We expect the translated material to be available from next academic year,” Venkatachalam said. He further said attending placement interviews will be easier for mechanical students (Tamil-medium) as core companies focus on practical and subject knowledge and not communication skills.
There were 719 seats in BE Mechanical Engineering (Tamil) and 659 seats in BE Civil Engineering (Tamil) last year.
