College of Engineering, Adoor

College of Engineering Adoor
Established 1995
Type Educational institution
Principal Prof. Jyothi John
Academic staff 150
Students 1128
Location Manakala, Adoor, Kerala
Affiliations Cochin University
Website http://cea.ac.in

The College of Engineering, Adoor (CEA) is a college in Adoor, Kerala, India, located 3 km from the town centre at Manakkala. It is affiliated to the Cochin University of Science and Technology and is run under the aegis of the Institute of Human Resources Development, an institute of the government of Kerala. The college was inaugurated in 1995 by the Chief Minister of Kerala A K Antony. CEA is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi.

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Courses

The college offers B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) degrees in four streams. The number of seats per year is given in brackets.

An additional 10% of the total seats are given to lateral entry students in every discipline.

Admission

Admissions are carried out on the basis of the ranks obtained in the All Kerala Common Entrance Examinations, conducted by the Controller of Entrance Examinations, Government of Kerala.The college follows a 50-50 method of admission from both merit and management streams. A significant amount of students in the management stream is filled by children of NRIs.

When the college started in 1995, it had a 90-10 breakup of merit and management streams. However, the merit students were required to pay a refundable deposit (at the end of the course) of one lakh rupees which was utilized for infrastructure development in the college.

College Senate

The members of the College Senate (College Union) are elected by and from the students of the college. The College Senate consists of elected representatives from each class and lady representatives from each year. The College Senate has an executive committee consisting of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, General Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, Sports Club Secretary and Arts Club Secretary. The tenure of office of the College Senate is one academic year. The objective of the Senate is to train the students in the responsibilities of citizenship, to promote opportunities for development of character among students, to organize debates, seminars and tours and to encourage educational and social activities.

Department associations

PULSE

PULSE (Powerful and United Legion of Students of Electronics), the Electronics and Communication Engineering students' association, have organized academic programs. These include a tech fest with the name "PEGAZUS", an induction programme for freshers, introductory and expert seminars in recent technologies.

TRACE

TRACE (The Regal Association of Computer Engineers) is the association of Computer Science students. Each year TRACE conducts a fest. TRACE introduced CEA to LINUX by establishing the CEA-LUG (Linux Users Group).

FORUM

FORUM (Fraternity of Royal United Mechanicals) is an association of the Mechanical Engineering students of CEA. It is popularly known as Royal Mex. In 2008 FORUM conducted PRAGNJA, an inter-college technical fest and exhibition.

Clubs

College clubs are:

Technical and non-technical organizations

ISTE

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology. The ISTE student chapter at CEA organizes seminars, industrial visits, competitions, workshops and discussions. In 2002 ISTE student chapter at CEA won the best student chapter award in Kerala.

IEEE

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE is an international professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. The IEEE Student chapter at CEA imparting knowledge to the students by conducting such as industrial visits, paper presentations and circuit designs.

NSS

National Service Scheme (NSS) aims to integrate learning with social service. The students conduct activities such as blood donation, nature camp, and campus beautification.

Placement cell

The Placement cell functioning in the campus dedicates itself to help students establish their career. Companies are invited to the College to recruit final year students Students have got placements in MNCs like Infosys, HCL, Syntel, L&T, UST Global, and Wipro, through the Placement cell.

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