Model Engineering College Competitors

The College of Engineering Trivandrum was established in 1939 as the first Engineering College in the then Travancore State. The first classes were started on 3rd July 1939 during the reign of the Travancore King, Sri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma and as the head of the then Travancore state he deserves his share of credit in the establishment of the college. Initially the College was housed in the former office and bungalow of the Chief Engineer (present PMG Office). Maj T.H. Mathewman, a Britisher was the first Principal. Started as a constituent College of Travancore University, the College had an initial intake of 21 students each for Degree and Diploma courses in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical branches. With the establishment of the Directorate of Technical Education in the late fifties, the College administration came under the control of the Government of Kerala. The College was shifted to the present sprawling 125 acres in 1960. Over the years, the intake of students increased and as of now with eight full-fledged departments offering eight undergraduate, 19 postgraduate and doctoral programmes under the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, the College has around 3500 students, 285 teaching staff and 290 non-teaching staff. B.Tech, B.Arch, M.Tech, M.Plan, MCA and MBA and evening courses are also offered by the College. Ever since the inception, the College has maintained its eminence as a leading Engineering College in India. According to a study sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, government of India, in the early ninties, College of Engineering, Trivandrum was among the top ten Engineering Colleges in India. The College ranks among the top in the country in the quality of its graduates and the number of top jobs held by its graduates. With such an eminence in the academic and curricular activities, the College is the most sought after Engineering College by the applicants of Engineering degree programmes in the state.

Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology (RSET)-Autonomous, established in 2001, is a private self-financing technical institution affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. RSET is an endeavour of the Sacred Heart Province of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) - the first-ever indigenous religious congregation for men in the Syrian Catholic tradition of Christianity in India. The CMIs draw inspiration from their founding father, the Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, and are renowned as pioneers of education, having established institutions of excellence imparting quality education, across the length and breadth of the state and in various parts of India and abroad. B.Tech. Programmes in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Artificial Intelligence & Data Science Civil Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science & Business Systems** Electrical and Electronics Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Information Technology Mechanical Engineering M.Tech. Programmes in Communication Engineering Computer Science & Information Systems Industrial Drives and Control Network Engineering VLSI Design & Embedded Systems Ph.D. Programmes in Civil Engineering Chemistry Computer Science Electrical Engineering Electronics Engineering Information Technology Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Physics

Vimal Jyothi Engineering Collegeis one of the fast growing, ISO 9001:2008 certified, self financing, minority institution located at the hill valley of Malabar, the northern part of Kerala.Vimal Jyothi was established in the year 2002. All India Council for Technical Education has updated its approval status for the academic year 2009-2010 for the following B.Tech Degree Programms of our Institute. The college is affiliated to Kannur university.