Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Kuttikanam

Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Kuttikanam (MBC), Peermade, Idukki, Kerala, India is a self-financed engineering college founded in 2001 and run by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala. The college is situated on a 77-acre (310,000 m²) campus amidst tea gardens at Pothuppara in the picturesque Peermade hill station, 80 km from Kottayam.

Administration and staff

The chairman of the college is HH Mar Thoma Moran Mar Baselios Didymos I, the Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kottayam, Kerala, India.

• Prof. Rajan Joseph, Principal.
• A J Paul, Head of the Electronics and Telecommunications Department,
• Prof. A M Francis, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department,
• Prof Christy Koshy, Head of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department,
• Prof. Saju Elias, Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department.
• Mr. C D Mathew, Placement Officer. The college has a placement of almost 75% for final year students in 2006. The first batch graduated in 2005 with 60% placement.

Programmes

The college has six branches of engineering:

• Electronics and Communication,
• Applied Electronics and Instrumentation,
• Computer Engineering,
• Electrical and Electronics,
• Mechanical Engineering (since 2005)
• Civil Engineering [since 2010]

Infrastructure

MBC is a fully residential engineering college with four hostels for men and women. There are residential quarters for the Principal, married and bachelor faculty members.

Groups

The college has a Linux Users Group (MBC-LUG) meeting in a computer center with 60 machines.

External links

• Official website