Rajalakshmi Engineering College

====== Rajalakshmi Engineering College (R.E.C) (Tamil: ராஜலட்சுமி பொறியியல் கல்லூரி), (Hindi: राजलक्ष्मी इंजीनियरिंग कॉलेज ), is one of the top private technical co-educational engineering/management college, located at Thandalam, Sriperumbudur near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The college was established in 1997 by the Rajalakshmi Educational Trust, Rajalakshmi Institutionsundefinedand has been approved by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. It is an affiliate of Anna University, South India. The college has been awarded ISO9001: 2000 certificate for academic standard by TUV Suddeutschland, Germany. The college is located near Hyundai Motors and SIPCOT.

Initial years
In 1997, the college was granted permission to conduct engineering courses in the disciplines of Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Science Engineering, awarded by the Anna University.

The college city office at New Avadi Road, Kilpauk (near Purasawalkam) Chennai was inaugurated on 1997.

Expansion
The college was later expanded with 11 undergraduate and 11 postgraduate programs.The college started the Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Information Technology in 1999 and followed by Automobile Engineering in the year 2006, Automobile Department of Rajalakshmi Engineering College ranks good after Madras Institute of Technology under Anna University affiliation. Aeronautical Engineering in the year 2005, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology and Civil Engineering.The college also started to offer B.Ed and M.Ed programmes in 2006, Nursing in the year 2008.One of the integral course under civil and construction department named B.Arch (Architecture) was also started in the year 2011 and approved by Council of Architecture.The Premier Engineering college to start the course of Architecture.

Sister Concerned Institutions

 * Rajalakshmi College of Educations,[8] 2006, offering B.Ed and M.Ed programmes(Teacher Training), approved and affiliated to Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University.[9]
 * Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology,[10] 2008.
 * Rajalakshmi College of Nursing,[11] 2008, approved and affiliated to Nursing Council of India and Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University.[12]
 * Rajalakshmi School of Architecture,[13] 2010.
 * Rajalakshmi Vidyashram.
 * Rajalakshmi Automobiles Private Limited[14] ( Dealers of Mahindra Navistar and Mahindra Construction Equipments).
 * Rajalakshmi Education Priv[[File:REC Promotional Video 2013|thumb|right|400px|REC Promotional Video 2013]ate Limited],[15] 2012, offering B.Sc, M.Sc and MBA programmes.