St. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering (Autonomous) is located at the lap of the Western Ghats at Chunkankadai in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. Lush green paddy fields and plantain farms spread their arms around the college and gentle breeze caresses it. It vibrates with the vision of ‘Creating a Technically Empowered Humane Society’ by offering cutting edge technical and managerial education to the rural youth of Tamil Nadu and beyond. St. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering has seven undergraduate programs and eight postgraduate Programs including MCA and MBA, besides eight University recognized research departments. While importance is given to imparting excellent technical knowledge, utmost care is also taken to instill into the young minds a wider perspective of social and spiritual values, thereby enlightening them to become committed nation builders and exemplary citizens.