About Our Institution
St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering
St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering (Autonomous) vibrates with the vision of ‘Creating a
Technically Empowered Humane Society’ by offering cutting edge technical and managerial education to the
rural youth of Tamil Nadu and beyond. St. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering is conferred with
Autonomous Status from the academic year 2022-2023 for the next 10 years by UGC. St. Xavier's Catholic
College of Engineering has seven undergraduate programmes (CSE, IT, ECE, EEE, CIVIL, MECHANICAL
and AI&DS) and eight postgraduate Programmes including MCA and MBA, besides nine University
recognized research departments (CSE, ECE, EEE, CIVIL, MECHANICAL, IT, AI&DS, MCA and
PHYSICS). Now Anna University has approved our Institution as "Institute Level Research Centre" for a
period of three years upto June 2027. All the Programmes are approved by All India Council of Technical
Education (AICTE) and all the UG and MBA programmes have per manent aff iliation of the Anna
University, Chennai
About Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari is located in Tamilnadu in South India, about 700 Kms. from Chennai the capital
city of Tamilnadu, but the nearest major city is Trivandrum in Kerala state. Kerala border is very
near to Kanyakumari, that's why a mixed culture of Kerala and Tamilnadu is seen in the area. The
languages spoken are Tamil and Malayalam. It is well connected to the other parts of India by
road, rail and air. Nearest airport is Trivandrum, which is 87 Km from Kanyakumari.
Kanyakumari has a railway station with many trains running towards Chennai, Mumbai, Calcutta,
Delhi etc. Some trains are running daily and some weekly. Also train facilities can be availed from
Nagercoil Junction (NCJ/NJT).
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Through Air: The nearest airport is at
Trivandrum (65 km), It
directly connected with
Bangalore, Mumbai,
Cochin, Delhi, Goa, and
Chennai by regular
flights.
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Through Rail: Kanyakumari is connected
to Trivandrum, Delhi,
Chennai and Mumbai by
road-gauge railway network.
Tirunelveli (80 km) is the
other nearest railway
junction and can be reached
by road via Nagercoil
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Through Road:Kanyakumari is
connected by road to all
cities throughout India.
Nagercoil is the major
city nearby which is
connected to all places
throughout India.