Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College Salem was established in the year 1987. It is a private college situated in Salem, Tamil Nadu and runs under the aegis of Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University). The college has been recognised by UGC and has also been approved by AICTE, New Delhi. VMKVEC Salem has also been accredited by NAAC with an “A” grade along with NBA. The college offers higher education to more than 1500 students, pursuing higher education in engineering, technology & management. There are a total of 102 faculty members at the college who are highly experienced and dedicated to their stream.

The VMKVEC Salem courses are offered to interested candidates at UG as well as PG levels. Some of the popular courses offered by the college are BE in Biomedical Engineering, BE in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science, B.Tech in IT, ME Applied Electronics, M.Tech in Design and Solid Waste Engineering and MBA. These courses are offered in full-time, regular mode to candidates. The VMKVEC Salem admission is offered to interested candidates on the basis of merit in the last qualifying exam. For B.Tech admission, candidates must have passed the class 12 exam from a recognised board in the science stream. The candidates must have a graduation degree in any stream to get admission to MBA courses.

The VMKVEC Salem campus was established with multiple departments to provide students with qualified instructors. For every department, students are given access to a common room. There is a canteen in the college that serves sanitary, delectable meals and has good sanitation. For holding a variety of cultural and extracurricular programmes, there is an indoor auditorium with all the necessary amenities. Both boys' and girls' hostels have separate amenities. The VMKVEC Salem placements are carried out every year by a dedicated placement cell. In the VMKVEC Salem placement drive 2022, the UG 3-year degree offered a median income package of Rs 2.0 Lakhs per year and the PG 2-year course offered a median salary package of Rs 1.44 Lakhs per year to interested applicants.