Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering

Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering is an engineering college in Pimpri-Chinchwad, India. Established in 1984 as a polytechnic school, it converted into a degree-awarding college in 1999.It is only the second college in Pune University to have started working in two shifts. Apart from the regular 180, Mechanical, Computer and Electronics and Tele Communication Departments have 60 students each in the second shift.DepartmentsThe undergraduate academic programs offered in PCCOE are Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Civil Engineering along with post graduate courses in Mechanical Heat Power and Design, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering and Information Technology. The Management Programs MCA and MBA are offered for students after graduation.Technical EventsTo provide platform for budding engineers to showcase their technical abilities and knowledge PCCOE organize inter collegiate events "TECHLLIGENT" and "SPECTRUM". SPECTRUM is a unique event in SPPU of First Year Engineering Students. TECHLLIGENT consists of events and competitions related to models, projects, papers, demonstrations and coding. Students of PCCOE have active participation in international level competitions like "ABU ROBOCON" and 'SAE BAJA' and 'Supra' and ACM ICPC.Entrepreneurship cellIn 2010, a few students initiated the functioning of an active Entrepreneurship Development Cell to establish an entrepreneurial ecosystem on the campus. The cell has been named as KANISHK and has organized multiple events and workshops regarding Leadership, Team Management as well as Business Start-ups. The Entrepreneurship Week conducted between 13 and 18 February 2012 was the most successful event in the cell's history so far. The key members of the E-Week 2012's team include Aishwarya Chandrasekaran, Dipin Nair, Sneha Nakil under the leadership of Anikait Chavan and Ansh Bahri who have always played a vital role in shaping the cell being one of the founding members. Apart from the academics, institute also believes in creating leaders for the nation and thus PCCOE has always encouraged KANISHK and their leaders to discover new ways of spreading awareness about entrepreneurship.