Logos of India

NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE (NEC) The emblem of the National Engineering College (NEC) features a gearwheel housing the motifs of a map of India, computer and a satellite placed inside a circle circumscribed with its name and place. Its motto in Tamil ‘அறிவே ஆக்கம்’ meaning ‘Knowledge is Creation’ is placed below the gearwheel and its year of establishment is placed at the bottom. The gearwheel denotes interconnectedness, efficiency, precision, progress, advancement, synchronisation, timing, order and structure; the map refers to the college's pan Indian approach; and the computer and satellite refers to the domains of engineering studies.