Prince Educational Society was established in 1978 by our Founder - Chairman Dr.K.Vasudevan,M.A.,B.Ed.,Ph.D. Going down memory lane in the seventies, our Chairman had realized the need for an Institution which will serve as a role model and stand apart from other Educational Institutions. The setting up of Prince Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Nanganallur, Chennai, helped in the evolution of Prince Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madipakkam, Chennai, which met this need. In order to serve the poor and the needy, he started a Tamil Medium School as well. Today this educationist, Industrialist and pioneer heads an Arts and Science College and 2 Engineering Colleges in Chennai. These Institutions aim at imparting quality education in the fields of engineering, arts and science.

    Prince Shri Venkateshwara Padmavathy Engineering College is promoted by the Prince Educational Society. This College was started in 2001 and was approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Its vision is to make every student a successful. Our College that is located on a sprawling environment – friendly area with very calm atmosphere, on the outskirts of Chennai provides conducive ambience for learning. The laboratories are spacious and well equipped. They provide the best experimental learning facility to our students. A well-stocked state-of-the-art library caters to the reference and additional reading requirements of students and members of staff. The library is updated with contemporary publications. Reference books and light reading materials are provided, apart from magazines and journals.

    A devoted band of qualified and experienced lecturers from various fields of specialization are highly motivated and strive hard to bring out the best in each student, by taking care to attend to the individual student’s needs. They take personal interest in the welfare and discipline of the students and mould them into responsible citizens of the future. T0 encourage outstanding talent, the management has instituted cash awards to the tune of 4 lakhs every year for the meritorious and outstanding students. We give placement assistance for meritorious students by organizing campus recruitment by multinational companies and top-notch corporates within India. We lay emphasis on “Communication Skills” in English which enables the students to answer the queries put forth by the expert team of interviewers from multinational and other Blue Chip companies with ease and emerge with flying colours. Our College stood 19th, 17th, 15th and 15th out of 242 Engineering Colleges in the semester exams conducted by Anna University during the academic years 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and 2007-2008 respectively.

Our College secured 7th Rank in Script-wise Percentage of Pass for April/May 2008 and 4th Rank in April/May 2009.

In the year(April/May) 2011 Examinations, conducted by Anna University our college has secured 8th place and has emerged as one of the Top Ten Colleges.

Our College secured 7th , 9th Rank in the May 2013 ,December 2013 Examinations respectively conducted by Anna University among the City Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu.

Our College has been awarded 24th , 25th Rank in the May 2013 ,December 2013 Examinations respectively conducted by Anna University among the 506 Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu.