College of Engineering, Trivandrum
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| Motto | Karma Jyayo Hy Akarmanah "Action is better than inaction" |
| Established | 3rd July 1939 |
| Type | Education and Research Institution |
| Location | Trivandrum, Kerala, India |
| Campus | 125 acres (500,000 m²) |
| Website | www.cet.ac.in |
The College of Engineering, Trivandrum, commonly known as CET, is situated in Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum), the capital city of Kerala. Founded in 1939, it is one among India's oldest engineering colleges. It is generally believed to be the best engineering institution in Kerala.
The 2006 study conducted by Outlook Magazine in conjunction with CFORE[1] to find the Top Engineering Colleges In India ranked College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram in the 46th place[2].
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[edit] General Information
The College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram started functioning on 3 July 1939 as a part of the erstwhile University of Travancore, Kerala, India. The college campus is situated near Sreekaryam, 13 km from Thiruvananthapuram Central (railway station). Extending over 125 acres (500,000 m²) of land, it has one of the most spacious campuses in the country. The main building resembles a spanner from the air, around which are spread the departmental buildings, library block, laboratories, workshops, hostels, a planetarium, staff quarters, and stadiums.
Over the years the college has acquired the position of being one of the premier engineering institutions in India. In the year 1990, the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, ranked the college as one of the high ranking institutions in comparison with the performance of IITs in the area of training and placement.
The College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, is one of the few technical institutions in South India, which admits students on a mostly meritorial basis through an All Kerala Engineering Entrance Examination. The students joining this college are mostly the toppers of All Kerala Engineering Entrance Examination.
[edit] History
On 3 July 1939, when war clouds were looming large over the skies of Europe and the entire world, the College of Engineering, Trivandrum formally came into existence. The institution owes its foundation to the bold and inspired vision of His Highness the Maharaja of Travancore—a dream which has materialized into the mighty edifice of today, the Alma Mater to tens of thousands of engineers who have passed out of her stately portals.
It had its nativity in the congested housing in the former office and bungalow of the Chief Engineer (which is currently the office of the PMG) . Maj. T. H. Mathewman, a Britisher, was appointed as the first principal of the college with Vastuvidya Kushala Sri. Balakrishna Rao, Retd. Water Works Engineer to Government and Prof. D. L. Deshpande on the faculty. Thus the college had an initial intake of 21 students each for the Degree courses in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical branches of Engineering, under the then Travancore University.
In 1960 , the college was shifted to its present sprawling 45 hectare campus at Kulathoor. The institution has grown and expanded steadily, so much so that today it is not only the largest engineering college in Kerala, but one of the biggest in the country. All the undergraduate courses are accredited by AICTE and are awarded ‘A’ or 'B' grade.The college boasts of an excellent library,a state of the art central computing facility and a planetarium. The present principal is Prof. R. Ibrahim Kutty. Started as a constituent College of the Travancore University, the College . With the establishment of the Directorate of Technical Education in the late 50’s, the College administration came under the direct control of the Government.
[edit] Academics
[edit] Admissions
- Admission to the undergraduate courses in engineering are made through the Common Entrance Examination(CEE) conducted by the Government of Kerala inorder to facilitate admission to the engineering colleges in Kerala. Usually, the top rankers gain admission to CET every year.
- Admissions to the post graduate courses (M.Tech) in engineering are made through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
- There are separate entrance tests for admissions to the MCA and MBA courses.
[edit] Courses
CET offers the following graduate and undergraduate courses:
[edit] Undergraduate
4 year undergraduate courses:
- Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical & Electronics Engg.
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronics & Communication Engg.
- Computer Science & Engg
- Applied Electronics & Instrumentation
- Industrial Engineering
- Architecture (B. Arch)
[edit] Graduate
- Master of Technology (M. Tech) in
- Civil Engineering with specializations in
- Environmental Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Water Resources Engineering
- Electrical & Electronics Engineering with specializations in
- Power Systems
- Control Systems
- Guidance & Navigational Control
- Electrical Machines
- Mechanical Engineering with specializations in
- Thermal Science
- Machine Design
- Propulsion Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Industrial Refrigeration&Air Conditioning
- Electronics & Communication Engineering with specializations in
- Microwave & TV Engineering
- Applied Electronics & Instrumentation
- Signal Processing (Started in 2005-2006)
- Civil Engineering with specializations in
- Master of Planning (Housing)
- Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
In addition to this, part time B. Tech & M. Tech courses are also offered. More details on different courses and admission procedure could be found here.
[edit] Departments
CET constitutes the following 9 departments:
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Computer Applications
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Physical Education
[edit] Placements
CET was the first college in Kerala to set up a Career Guidance and Placement Unit. CGPU was started in CET as a voluntary organization in January 1984. The College has been recording the top placement figures in the State with top recruiters like Microsoft, Accenture,Cisco, Google, IBM, ABB, TCS,Infosys,Cognizant Technology Solutions, Wipro, ELGI compressors, Tata Elxsi, BOC, Ashok Leyland, L&T, Shapoorji Pallonji Constructions, Mahindra & Mahindra, HP, recruiting students from the campus each year. Alumni can be found in senior positions across the industrial spectrum all over the world.
