National Engineering College (NEC), Kovilpatti, India is an institution offering engineering studies, affiliated to Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli.It is one among the various institutions setup by Mr.K.Ramasamy. The institution was started in the year 1984. National Engineering College was started by K.Ramasamy, in 1984, with a vision of providing quality education to the rural people of southern Tamil Nadu. Initially, the college taught Computer Science and Engineering, ECE & Mechanical Engineering. Later the departments like Information Technology, Post graduations were added. The college is located in the southern most part of India, far away from the Metros. Chennai is the closest metro, around 600 km away, while Tirunelveli, Madurai and Trivandrum are the other major cities that are close by. The institution runs under a trust formed by the chairman K.Ramasamy (called as KR), and his wife namely Chennammal Ramasamy and 2 children (Arunachalam, Krishnamoorthy) are posted as the nominee of the trust. It's one of the oldest institutes in the southern districts preceded only by the mepco institute in sivakasi.