This college is set up by G.S. Pillay and Sons Charitable and Educational Trust. It was established on 10^th September 1981, by the illustrious philanthropist and industrialist G.S. Pillay who has been endowed with a missionary zeal, a vision and a commitment of a rare order, to contribute to the much needed development of education to the needy people. E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College has the unique distinction of becoming the first and foremost in the order of Institutions set up by him.

E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College is spread over 38 acres of land covered with green vegetation situated opposite to the office of the District Collector, Nagapattinam. The college is easily accessible by rail and road.