About Canara Engineering College
Canara Engineering College (CEC) is an engineering college in Karnataka, India, situated approximately 25 km from Mangalore in the surroundings of Benjanapadavu. It was established in 2001 as a Millennium project by Canara High School Association. The college is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. It is also recognized by government of Karnataka and is approved by AICTE, New Delhi.
The college is spread over 26 acres in Benjanapadavu and is accessible from Mangalore or Bantwal. The college is equipped with a Cafeteria, Wi-Fi, Mess and Hostel facility along with College bus facility for Day Scholars. The intake is 504 across 8 streams of bachelor's and master's degrees including 24 SNQ quota seats.
CEC is run by Canara High School Association (CHSA), an association based in Mangalore contributing towards Konkani linguistic minority education. The group was founded by the late Sri. Ammembal Subba Rao Pai (also founder of Canara Bank) in 1891. Ammembal Subba Rao Pai was a social reform and a philanthropist who aimed at imparting modern education blended with ancient cultural values to the youth of Dakshina Kannada. With this in mind he started the Canara High School Association with its primary project being the Canara High School which was established in 1891 and functions even today. The group which is now primarily funded by Alumni’s, also runs several other educational institutions in and around Mangalore
Courses Offered:
Following are the courses in the college
• B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering
• B.E in Mechanical Engineering
• B.E in Computer Science and Engineering
• B.E in Information Science and Engineering
• B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• M.Tech in Electronics
• M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
Canara Engineering College hosts several events with the association of various technical chapters in the college. “Aakriti” is the annual national level Technical & Cultural event of the college. Several other events like INNOVATE, TECHNOPHILIA, TECHGURU, EMERGIA, CIPIX are also hosted with association of various technical chapters in the college.
Visit www.canaraengineering.in The official college website.