KLN College of Engineering

KLN College of Engineering (K.L.N. College of Engineering) is a self-financing, co-educational engineering college at Pottapalayam in Sivagangai district, on the Madurai-Nedungulam Road about 11 km from Madurai. It began in 1994 under a committee of industrialists and academicians led by the late K.L.N. Krishnan, and the K.L.N. Sourashtra College of Engineering Council runs it. The college is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, approved by AICTE and covered by UGC Sections 2(f) and 12(B); its site states that the UGC granted autonomous status for ten years from 2020. An NBA letter on the site lists five UG programmes (Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical, Electronics and Communication, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering) as accredited up to 31 December 2028. The college's earlier NAAC accreditation at B++ ran until 29 November 2023.

Undergraduate programmes are B.E. in Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, and Computer Science and Engineering (with Cyber Security and Internet of Things variants), and B.Tech in Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. The college site also lists an Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design and Technology) department. Postgraduate programmes are MBA, MCA and M.E. in Power Systems Engineering, Communication Systems and Computer Science and Engineering with specialisation in Networks. The campus covers 53.8 acres and the counselling code is 5904. First-year B.E./B.Tech applicants need a Tamil Nadu HSC pass with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry or an equivalent qualification; government-quota seats go through state counselling, and management and minority seats require a rank statement from the consortium of self-financing colleges.