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• 79 students of UG programmes and 6 students of PG programmes of 2018 batch have secured
Anna University Ranks including one Gold Medal.

• Departments have secured a total project funding of Rs.50,43,980/- from external funding
agencies: (i) for projects on “Simple Screening Aid for Estimating Kidney Function” -
Department of Science and Technology, (ii) "Stress resistance and characterization of
exopolysaccharides secreted by oral bacterial biofilm communities: A target for developing
novel anti-biofilms therapeutics” - Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India and (iii)
'Increase the shelf life of padhaneer” - IITM under rural development scheme RuTAG.
• 18 faculty members of our college have obtained their Ph.D. degree for their thesis work in
various thrust areas.
• With dedicated involvement in Research activities in current areas of interest, our faculty
members have published 555 papers in reputed Internation and National Journals and
Conferences of which 137 papers are in the Scopus Indexed category. Apart from these, 7
book chapters and 4 books have also been published by them.
• Our college has been awarded “Excellence in fostering Industry-Academic Partenerships for
enabling careers in contemporary engineering sectors” certificate at Bangalore on 21-July-
2018 during NAFEMS Conference 2018.
• REC has received Academic Excellence Award from ICT Academy.
ICT Academy has been working through a seven pillar program in the areas of Faculty
Development, Student Skill Development, Entrepreneurship Development, Youth
Empowerment, Industry-Institute Interaction, Digital Empowerment and Research &
Publications.
• The Indian Concrete Institute Civil Engineering Student Chapter of Rajalakshmi Engineering
College, Chennai has been selected for the ICI (CC) – UltraTech Award – 2018 for
Outstanding Student Chapter (Chennai region) by the panel of judges constituted by Indian
Concrete Institute Chennai Centre.
• REC is ranked:
o 20th in Top 100 Private Engineering Colleges in India +& 6th in Top 20 Engineering
Colleges with Excellent Industry Exposure by Higher Education Review Magazine.
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o 15 in T-Schools Survey 2018- Top Private T-Schools
o 27th in the Data Quest Survey for Top 100 Institutions
o 24th in National Level and 6th in Tamilnadu by NPTEL and we are in AA category
consecutively for the 4th year.
• REC wins Salesforce Trailhead New India Student Championship 2018.
• REC wins Best Partnering Institute in Chennai Cluster in the PALS 2017-18 Initiative awards.
• Rajalakshmi Engineering College, continues its climb in securing ranks in Anna University
examinations. REC improved its position and moved to 5th amongst 553 engineering colleges
in Tamilnadu

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