Velammal Engineering College (VEC) is chaired by Thiru.M.V.Muthuramalingam, a professional engineer and a proven personality with hands-on experience in imparting perfect education to more than 45,000 students every year through 14 educational institutions that belong to Velammal Educational Trust, which was established in 1986.

The college is located in Ambattur - Red Hills road in Chennai. VEC is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University. It is an ISO 9001:2000 Institution and also accredited by NBA.

VEC is ranked within top 5 institutes consistently among 275 Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu. The College offers 8 UG and 11 PG programmes.