KMCT College of Engineering

KMCT College of Engineering
Type Private self-financing
Established 2001
Students 1500 approx.
Location

Kozhikode, India

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Campus Kallanthode, Manassery, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Affiliations University of Calicut, AICTE
Website Official site

KMCT College of Engineering [previously National Institute Technology and Science (NITS)] is an ISO 9001:2000 certified self-financing college affiliated to the University of Calicut located in Manassery, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.[1]

Formation

The college was founded by the KMCT (Kunhitharuvai Memorial Charitable Trust), based in Kozhikode in 2001. The KMCT is managed by the Managing Trustee-Founder Dr. K. Moidu. The trust also runs 14 educational institutions including KMCT Medical College, KMCT dental college, KMCT College and School of Nursing, KMCT Woman's Engineering College, KMCT School of Business, KMCT Ayurveda Medical College, and KMCT Polytechnic.[2][3]

Departments

The college has 10 departments and an additional department of MBA:

Student organizations

The student organizations at KMCT include The VOICE Association(CS & IT Department), Royal Army (Mechanical Department ), The Industrial and Planning Forum (IPF), Phoenix (Engineering and Technology Club), Literary and Debating Club, The Forum for Dance and Dramatics, the Nature Club, Adventure Club (Ad-Club) and the Indian Cultural Association.Professional bodies with student chapters include the Computer Society of India, the Indian Society for Technical Education, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and The Institution of Engineers (India).

Entrepreneurship Development Cell

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) is a fully functioning student body registered under the Technology Business Incubator, Startup Village. The club provides a platform for students with ideas to convert them into business reality. The stated aim of EDC is to foster a student start-up culture in the institution. Club activities include seminars by world-renowned firms such as Blackberry, classes on the basics of the Stock Market, sponsorship activities, talks with prominent start up ventures and trips to events all over India like Hackathons and Entrepreneurship Conferences. The Entrepreneurship Development Cell, started in late 2013, already has 3 start-ups registered under it.

VOICE : Vision Of Intelligent Computer Engineers

VOICE is the association of Computer Science and Information Technology Engineering students of KMCT College of Engineering.The Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Department of the college have a prestigious working history inside the college. Initially the association was named as "VIRUS". From 31st October 2011 the association is renamed as "The VOICE", acronym of Vision Of Intelligent Computer Engineers.

The association is organized and will be operated exclusively for academical, technical improvement and cultural development of members in furtherance of a) promoting an increased knowledge of computer science and its applications in IT b) providing a means of communication between students thereby increase their soft skills.

Student activities

KARMA

Karma is the annual national level techno-managerial-socio-cultural extravaganza of KMCT College of Engineering and KMCT School of Business. Born in 2013 with the motto of promoting technology, scientific thinking and innovation, Karma has created an unmatched aura of a science and technology spectacle at the campus of KMCT. Karma invites innovative minds to compete with each other, share ideas and educate people about new technological advancements and be a part of the tech platform

Google Student Ambassador Program

The Google Student Ambassador Program is an opportunity for students to act as liaisons between Google and their universities. Ambassadors are thrilled by new technology, enthusiastic about Google, and involved in their school communities. They have majors from Computer Science, to Anthropology, to Business, to Zoology! Google Ambassadors have the opportunity to enhance their professional development, leadership, and communication skills, and access to a unique network of Google Ambassadors across the world.

Student Name Department Year
Farish C.V. Electronics & Communication Engineering 2012-2013
Rahul Raveendran Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering 2013-2014
Adarsh Vengarathodi Computer Science and Engineering 2014-2015
Adarsh Vengarathodi (Alumni) Computer Science and Engineering 2015-2016

Facilities

The College has labs and workshops.

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automobile Engineering

Department of Mathematics, Applied Sciences and Humanities

The admission to the courses is done by the Controller of Entrance Examination, government of Kerala on the basis of an entrance examination. There are some seats reserved for NRI students.

References

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