Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering (DCE), an off-shoot of the prestigious Dhanalakshmi Educational Trust, was set up near Tambaram at Chennai in the year 2001-02. DCE is the brain child of the eminent and dedicated academician and former 
DCE has now grown into a ‘Distinguished centre foe Engineering and Technological studies’ providing a serene environment and congenial atmosphere for learning. The institution not only provides quality engineering education to mould the students into technologically sound, efficient, effective and creative engineers but also mould them as responsible human beings.