Arasu Engineering College , Kumbakonam is established by Sri Thirunavukkarasu Dhanalakshmi Educational and Charitable Trust. It was registered as a public charitable trust in the year 2000 to serve the society. The trust is doing yeomen service in the field of Technical Education and Research. Arasu Engineering College offers programmes that have been approved by All India Council for Technical Education with three programmes at the Under Graduate level in the year 2001-02. The college at present offers Seven Under Graduate Programmes and three Post Graduate Programmes with the approval of AICTE and Anna University Chennai.