Pondicherry Engineering College is one of the premier technological institutions in the southern part of the Indian sub-continent. Established in the year 1984 under the seventh five-year plan, Pondicherry Engineering College is recognized as a benchmark institution in terms of defining the contours of quality engineering education for the technology schools across the Union Territory of Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry). It is an autonomous institution of the Government of Puducherry and is academically affiliated to Pondicherry University a Central University. A Board of Governors, chaired by The Chief Secretary to The Government of Puducherry, manages the administrative process of the institute.

The institute offers eight Undergraduate, eleven Postgraduate and PhD programmes in the major disciplines of engineering and technology. The college has all the required infrastructure and excellent facilities for students to pursue their courses. The institute strives to improvise on the available facilities to make the student more equipped for the challenging and competitive corporate world. The institute is privileged to those who cleared the AIEEE and the test conducted by the institute. The institute ensures that the student gets the best teacher by selecting them through an open competitive after a nation wide search.

Training and Placement Cell is an integral part of the institute. The institute has provided complete infrastructure for effective functioning of the cell. Training activities are organized throughout the year in an effort towards preparing the prospective students for the campus selection programmes. The cell keeps on invites various industries and reputed firms for campus recruitment. It modules the engineering grades to young corporals. The cell is sensitized to function all through the year towards generating placement and training opportunities for the students.

Reputed industrial houses across the country visit our institute regularly for the campus recruitment programmes. The placement cell coordinates quite well with the corporate sector and provides well-developed infrastructure to facilitate the campus selection programmes. The cell maintains a very cordial relationship with all the recruiting industries and also prepares the recruited candidates to face the competitive world.