A.K.T Group of institutions was established by A.K.T Noble Cause Volunteers Trust for the uplift of the society through value education in the name of famous philanthropist, Late Thiru.A.K.Thagapillai. The management is having experience in academia for more than 2 decades. A.K.T. Memorial college of engineering and technology started in the year 2009-2010 as yet another feather on the crown of A.K.T Group of institutions. The institution is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. The institution is located at Neelamangalam Village , 2 km east from kallakurichi town on Chennai-Salem National Highway.

The main motto of the college is to set up a core culture through the process of continual progress in teaching-learning, infrastructure and other educational services with the focus on co-curricular and extracurricular commitments to equip the students to meet out the need of job scenario of globalized environment.