Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE) (Deemed to be University) formerly Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering was established in 1984 by Kalvivallal Thiru T.Kalasalingam under the trust Kalasalingam and Anandam Ammal Charities, Founder Chairman who was a freedom fighter and Philanthropist. Kalasalingam is Located at the pristine foothills of scenic Western Ghats of southern Tamilnadu. The college obtained the Deemed to be University status in 2006. The Institution has been serving the society for thirty seven long years and it caters to the needs of the students from all walks of the society. Kalasalingam offers UG programmes, PG programmes and Ph.D programmes in various disciplines of Engineering, Science, Technology and Humanities. It is the first Institution in India to introduce a special B.Tech programme in engineering for the differently able (speech and hearing impaired) students. The Institution has been re-accredited by NAAC with ‘A++’ grade. Six UG programmes have been accredited by NBA under Tier-1. The Institution continues to do indefatigable work in getting projects and research centers.
A warm welcome to Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education. This is the right spot for you to get trained in your chosen field of study. You have almost all pro-grammes under the sun, except of course, Medicine. Back in the 1980’s the Institute was instituted by a divine dispensation. It was rather mysterious to me; to set up a Centre for higher learning in a backward village was strange then. But now it is very clear to me; the Institute is set up here to help improve the plight of the children of the local farmers and artisans, who have no access to higher education, especially Engineering. I am very passionate about this Institute. As I too hail from this locality, I know the difficulties of the local people; over the years, hundreds and thousands of children from the huts of these poverty-stricken, families devoid of any kind of facility, have got specialized education and they have been profitably employed. Thereby the fortunes of these families have been remarkably upgraded. Now the Institution attracts children from all over the world who wish to get high quality education at affordable fees. The campus is a melting pot of thousands of Indian and overseas children. The pluralistic character witnessed on all front is the hall mark of our Institute. I wish to affirm that the Institute is not set up for a profit motive; whatever is collected is plowed back into the premises to upgrade equipment and the other infrastructure facilities. Children who opt for this campus are treated with brotherly/sisterly kindness. They enjoy diversity and richness, besides time-tested values and emerging ideas. They find the faculty highly qualified, but at the same time down to earth. As the world changes so fast over the past three decades, we also grapple with curriculum, syllabus and structural changes. There is tons of evidence to show that all our children are placed with high lucrative job offers.
A warm welcome to Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education. Even though the Institution is built in a village, on campus a multicultural atmosphere prevails. Students speaking different languages, professing differing worship patterns, following diverse cultural practices—all make the campus a truly multinational one. You have a whopping list of programmes tailor-made for you. This includes Engineering, Architecture, Arts, Sciences, Business Management and Commerce. These programmes are offered at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. It is not at all an exaggeration to say that our forte is research. We have an exclusive Centre for Research, which we call International Research Centre; it is equipped with sophisticated machinery and material. Hundreds of full time scholars are actively involved in research; I wish to humbly state that only a committed institution can offer such a facility. We are particular that the research findings are passed on to the nearby industries and academia. We trust that all your career dreams and aspirations will be fulfilled here. We have an accomplished line of faculty well-trained in their areas and also imbibed with teaching skills. Each of our hostels is a home away from home.
Kalasalingam School of Architecture (KSOA) started with the aim to provide world-class learning environment in architectural design; in the deeper areas of South Tamilnadu. The Kalasalingam School of Architecture offers five years full-time Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) and two years full-time Master of architecture in Habitat Design (M.Arch). The institution started in 2012 with the approval of Council of Architecture, New Delhi.
Started in 1984, the Department of Civil Engineering currently offers B.Tech. in Civil Engineering and M.Tech. in Structural Engineering a. Apart from this, the department offers Ph.D. programmes in all the disciplines of Civil Engineering. The department has performed wonderfully well over the past thirty six years and is now recognized as one of the major departments of excellence at Kalasalingam Academy of Research & Education. To support the students in their practical learning journey, the department has excellent infrastructure with Information & Communication Technology (ICT) enabled, smart and video capturing class rooms, well established laboratories, seminar and lecture halls and a well stacked department library. The department houses highly qualified Faculty members with Ph.D. degrees from National University of Singapore, IITs, Anna University and other reputed institutions. The department faculty members have an international exposure in structural, environmental, water resources, transportation and construction engineering & management. The programme is accredited by NBA under Tier-I category of Washington Accord.
