Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam

Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering
TKMCE

Motto	Pre-eminence in Engineering and Technology with a universal perspective.
Type	Education and Research
Established	1958
Principal	Dr. S. Ayoob
Academic staff	200
Undergraduates	2500
Postgraduates	280
Location	Kollam, Kerala, India 8°54′50″N 76°37′57″E / 8.91389°N 76.63250°E / 8.91389; 76.63250Coordinates: 8°54′50″N 76°37′57″E / 8.91389°N 76.63250°E / 8.91389; 76.63250
Acronym	TKMCE
Affiliations	University of Kerala
Website	www.tkmce.ac.in

Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering (TKMCE), founded in 1958, was the first government aided engineering institution in the private sector in the Indian state of Kerala. The college is located at Karikode, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the city of Kollam in southern Kerala. The foundation stone was laid by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the erstwhile President of India on 3 February 1956.

The college is affiliated with the University of Kerala.^[1] Admission to the college is based on the Kerala Engineering Agricultural Medical (KEAM) conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, Kerala. The college is preferred by most students who complete this examination.^[2]

Institution

The foundation stone of TKM College of Engineering was laid in 1956, by Rajendra Prasad the first President of India. The college was inaugurated by Prof. Humayun Kabir, the Cabinet Minister for Scientific and Cultural Affairs on 3 July 1958. The main building is designed in the grand medieval Mughal architectural style with courtyards, around which are spread the departmental buildings, library block, laboratories, workshops and hostels.

The college started with 120 students and a faculty of six, offering courses in mechanical engineering, civil engineering and electrical engineering. The college now has more than 2000 students with about 200 faculty, supported by 136 non-teaching staff. The college has laboratories and computer facilities.

The institute offers B.Tech programs in eight branches of engineering, two M.Tech programs and a Computer Applications (MCA) Program. The programs are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.

Dr. S.Ayoob is the current principal of TKM Engineering College.

Location

View of Kollam-Punalur Passenger Train passing by the college.

The college is located at Karicode, a suburb town of the coastal city of Kollam on the Kollam-Schencottah NH-208 road. There is a railway station at Karicode called Kilikollur railway station. Direct trains connect Kollam Junction Railway station to all important cities of the country. The college is six kilometres away from Kollam city centre (Chinnakada).

Founder

Thangal Kunju Musaliar was born into a middle-class family at Kollam on 12 January 1897. In his day, Kerala dominated the cashew export trade and by 1940, he was one of the world's largest employers with over 100,000 people on his payroll. In 1956 Musaliar formed the TKM Educational Trust in Kerala. The Trust established institutions such as TKM Institute of Technology, TKM College of Engineering, TKM College of Arts and Science and TKM Institute of Management.

Musaliar is the author of Man and the World, Practical Philosophy and Law of Nature (1949). India's government honoured him with a postage stamp bearing his portrait. The design of this college was inspired by the Mysore Palace, Karnataka.

Admission

Undergraduate level

Admission to the college is based on the competitive Entrance Examination KEAM administered by the Government of Kerala, India.^[3] Some seats are reserved for students from Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Lakshadweep.^[4]

Postgraduate level

M.Tech.Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology, IITs.^[5]
MCA Kerala MCA Entrance Examination, conducted by the Office of the Commissioner of Entrance Exams run by the Government of Kerala.^[6]
MBA Management Aptitude Test (MAT) conducted by the All India Management Association and CMAT conducted by AICTE.^[7]

Courses offered

Undergraduate level courses

Full-time Courses(B.Tech & B.Arch.)

Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Production Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Architecture (B.Arch, 5 years duration)

Part-time Courses(B.Tech.)

Post graduate level courses

Full-time Courses

Master of Computer Applications
Industrial Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering(M.Tech.)
Structural Engineering and Construction Management(M.Tech.)
Computer Science and Engineering
Communication Systems
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Industrial Instrumentation and Control

Part-time Courses

Master of Business Administration

Facilities

Career Guidance and Placement Unit (CGPU)
Football cum Cricket Ground
Indoor Badminton Court
Basketball, Tennis and Volleyball court
Canteen
Stationery shop
Hostels for all students
International students hostel
Central Library

The college has a central library with over 70,350 books, around 100 technical journals, and periodicals. The library is open on all working days and Saturdays. The library system is computerized, and has also Internet facility. Apart from the central library, each department has its own library with specialized collections. One of earliest e-campuses in India, the entire campus including 14 hostels for boys and girls are linked into a WLAN.

Placements

The college is a research centre of the University of Kerala. The college is an approved consultancy & testing centre to Indian Railways, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Larsen & Toubro, RITES, Indian Space Research Organisation, Indian Oil Corporation, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Kerala State Electricity Board, National Aptitude Test in Architecture.

Alumni association

The Alumni Association was formed in 1963. Chapters of the association are in several countries. TAGA^[8] was formed on 8 September 2004 as an internet based initiative to link all the alumni. TKMCE Alumni UAE^[9] is one of the alumni association based in UAE which was founded in 1987 as an auxiliary unit of TKM Alumni Association Kollam. It has more than 1000 members.

Notable alumni

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam.

TKMCE website

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