TheCollege of Engineering, Guindy(CEG) inChennai, was set up as a School of Survey in 1794 and was upgraded to the status of a college affiliated with the Madras University in 1859. It is one of India’s oldest engineering and technical institutions, and one of the four constituent colleges ofAnna University. This institution boasts the unique distinction of having introduced B.E. Degree Courses in Mechanical Engineering in 1894, Electrical Engineering in 1930, Telecommunication and Highway Engineering in 1945 Printing Technology in 1983 and Geo informatics in 1992. It was the first institution in south India to set up a computer centre - as early as 1963.