Instrumentation and Control Engineering (ICE) department was started in 1987, offering B.E. (ICE) programme under the affiliation of Madurai Kamaraj University. With excellent laboratory and research facility the programme was continuously affiliated by the Madurai Kamaraj University and later by Anna University. Accreditation of NBA committee for the under graduate programme of the division was obtained in the year 2003. The Post Graduate Programme, M.E. (Control Instrumentation) was started September 2003 under the affiliation of Anna University.

Instrumentation engineering is specialized branch of electrical and electronic engineering, which focuses on the principle, and operation of measuring instruments, which are used in design and configuration of automated systems. These engineers work for industries with automated processes, such as chemical or manufacturing plants, with the goal of improving system productivity, reliability, safety, optimization and stability. Instrumentation Engineers help in the designing, construction and maintenance of instruments and entire instrumentation systems of an industrial undertaking. An instrumentation engineer decides the type of instruments needed for ensuring better quality and efficiency of the end product.