Arulmigu Palaniandavar Polytechnic College is a Project Polytechnic under Canada India Institutional Cooperation Project. The Project had a zooming started on 2004.
          Under this Project, Arulmigu Palaniandavar Polytechnic College has identified the following major Thrust Areas for ensuring Total Personality Development of the staff and the students, Total Institutional Development and Total Quality Management at all levels.
         

             THRUST AREAS :
                  V   Continuing Education
                  V   Staff Development
                  V   Women in Development
                  V   Environment Development
                  V   Management Information System
                  V   Equipment Repair Centre
                  V   Industry Institute Interaction
                  V   Students Services

           Every year sufficient and required funds have been allocated to all the Thrust Areas from the excess income generated by the Continuing Education Cell.

         It is a great boon that the Government of Tamilnadu has come out in a big way with effective policy support through the issue of the landmark G.O No.32 dt. 31.3.1999 for sustaining all CIICP initiatives and replicating them in all the Polytechnics in the State.

         We may proudly declare that we have an excellent and exemplary track record of performance and achievements at our Con. Ed. Cell. Our Con. Ed Cell has generated fabulous revenues through a variety of Con. Ed. training programs over the years.

         The Canada India Institutional Cooperation Project (CIICP) is a major Human Resource Development Project launched during the year 1991 through a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Govt. of Canada and the Govt. of India. The main objective of the Project is to train the staff of the Polytechnic Colleges to improve the quality and enhance the quantum of the human resource potential and to achieve development in Polytechnic Education System.

      The Project was initially funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and initiatives formulated and executed jointly by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India. When the Project came to an end on 31st March, 1999, the State Project Coordination Unit (SPCU) was formed and SPCU is taking steps to achieve holistic development in Polytechnic Education System.

        At present, 105 Polytechnic Colleges are participating in this Program. Various job oriented, need-based training programs are offered by the CIICP Polytechnic Colleges under Continuing Education Programs.