College of Engineering Guindy in Chennai has a reason to celebrate. Alumni of this well-known institution in Chennai is now a part of autopilot team of electric vehicle company of Elon Musk.

Alumnus of College of Engineering Guindy who made it big is Ashok Elluswamy. Ashok has studied bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering at College of Engineering Guindy which is also said to be one of the oldest technical institutions in the country.

The former student of College of Engineering Guindy also has a master’s degree in Robotics System Development from Carnegie Mellon University.

It is a real delight to know that Ashok Elluswamy was the first employee to be hired for the Autopilot team. How was the former student of College of Engineering Guindy hired? Social Media.

Sources say, Elon Musk said that Ashok Elluswamy was hired with help of Social Media. Elon who is a tech billionaire is said to be very active on Social Media.

It was in the recent past, that the well-known business magnate is said to have announced on Twitter that is company was launching an autopilot team and applications for that are being sought. That has helped him find Ashok.

Elon Musk said his company is about to form autopilot team. The former student of College of Engineering Guindy was the first person to be selected to the autopilot team.

Sources further say, the well-known entrepreneur has used social media quite frequently. The alumnus of College of Engineering Guindy was not the only one to be hired with help of social media.

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He is said to have used Twitter many times in the past to attract people. Sources say, that the well-known entrepreneur looks for exceptional ability in people while employing them and not the degree from a prominent university.

The achievement of former student of College of Engineering Guindy has turned him into cynosure of all eyes. It is interesting to note that Ashok was earlier with Volkswagen Electronic Research Lab and WABCO Vehicle Control System.

College of Engineering Guindy

The success story of Ashok Elluswamy should have inspired many. College of Engineering Guindy too has a history that is no less impressive.

College of Engineering Guindy which is also popularly known as CEG was established in May of 1794, as a School of Survey with one student in a building near Fort St. George.

Founded by Michael Topping, the school became the Civil Engineering School in 1858. It was then rechristened as College of Engineering in 1861 with the inclusion of the Mechanical Engineering course.

There were only 8 students to start with. It was started by the initiation of Michael Topping an Astronomical Surveyor. He was succeeded by John Golding Ham, who was an Architect and Marine Surveyor.

The name of the survey school was changed as Civil Engineering School and moved to Kalasa Mahal buildings in Chepauk in the year 1858. The scope was to train upper and lower subordinates.

The College was affiliated to the Madras University in 1862. Many of the batchmates have joined armed forces in 1962 owing to Chinese aggression.

College of Engineering Guindy is said to be one of the oldest engineering institutions in India and has a rich tradition of research.

The vision of this institution is to be a world class institution by producing professionals with high technical knowledge, professional skills and ethical values and remain as a preferred partner to the industry and community for their economic and social development through excellence in teaching, research and consultancy.

College of Engineering Guindy alumni have proved their mettle at various fields. Some of the alumni who went ahead to make great contributions are Verghese Kurien, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Raj Reddy, P.S. Veeraraghavan.

Alumni

Akkineni Nagarjuna

He is the well-known actor in Telugu films. The actor has acted in over 100 films, mostly in Telugu, along with a few Hindi and Tamil language films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and two National Film Awards.

Verghese Kurien

He is also popularly known as Father of White Revolution in India. He was a social entrepreneur whose “billion-litre idea”, Operation Flood, made dairy farming India’s largest self-sustaining industry and the largest rural employment sector providing a third of all rural income.

Raj Reddy

He is an Indian American computer scientist and is a winner of Turing Award. This alumni of College of Engineering Guindy is said to be one of the early pioneers of Artificial Intelligence. He has served as a faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon for over 50 years.

P.S. Veeraraghavan

This alumni of College of Engineering Guindy is a known name in the field of space science. He has served as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and as the Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Thiruvananthapuram. Veeraraghavan is known for his contributions to launch vehicle technology, especially in the areas of integration & checkout and Inertial Systems of ISROs launch vehicles.

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