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PSG College of Technology founded in Coimbatore

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PSG College of Technology founded in Coimbatore
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PSG and Sons Charities started an engineering college at Peelamedu, Coimbatore, on the campus of its 1926 industrial institute.

The PSG Industrial Institute had been set up in 1926 by PSG and Sons Charities at Peelamedu. In 1951 an engineering college was started on the institute campus, becoming PSG College of Technology. The college became a major source of engineers for the textile and engineering industries of the Kongu region. It is one of several technical institutions that made Coimbatore an education centre.

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