Established by the HCL group that has played a pioneering role in the development of India’s IT sector, the SSN College of Engineering and the SSN group of institutions are centres of excellence in the fields of engineering, biomedical engineering, IT and management.

The Government of Tamilnadu made a generous gift of twenty acres of land near Raj Bhavan, Guindy. The college was incerted with a sole motive of spreading the ideals of universal brotherhood, Oneness of god, Communal harmony and welfare to all communities.

In the year 1994, the Ponniamman Education Trust was founded for the purpose of imparting technical education with special focus on the underprivileged sections of society.