Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Vallam is pioneer in thanjavur and one among 37 institutions in Tamilnadu to start the e-yantra laboratory joint hands with IIT Bombay. The e Yantra Lab, is a part of PMIST and it has been established with latest robotic equipment from M/s NEXROBOTICS pvt ltd, Mumbai.

Project e-Yantra is an initiative to spread education in embedded systems and Robotics by IIT Bombay sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development through the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT). The objective is to provide hands-on learning to engineering students who have limited access to labs and mentors. The goal is to create the next generation of (Embedded systems) engineers in India with a practical outlook to take on challenging problems and provide solutions.