Technical Education Quality Improvement Program – Phase II ๐กโ ๐๐ผ Review Meeting Government College of Engineering Kannur Student’s Success rate = (No. of students who cleared the programme in the s t i p u l a t e d period of course duration)/(No. of students admitted in the first year and students admitted in that batch via lateral entry) Chart Title 1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Academic Performance Index (= Mean of CGPA of all the students on a 10-point CGPA system Or = (Mean of the percentage of marks of all students / 10) Chart Title 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Placement & Higher Studies (Assessment = 30 × (x + 1.25y)/N , where, x = No. of students placed, y = No. of students admitted for higher studies with valid qualifying scores/ranks and N = No. of students who were admitted in the batch including lateral entry subject to max. assessment points = 30, Percentage of students to be considered based on first year and lateral entry) Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Professional Societies IEEE • The IEEE Student Branch of Government College Of Engineering , Kannur was formed on 5 th June 2009. The events conducted are, • a workshop on “Computer Programming in C” • A product design contest named “design of a Table Lamp with White LED”. • A workshop on “The Microcontroller – 8051” • A workshop on “Web Site Design Using Joomla” • One hour seminar on “Robotics” • A demonstration of the Ham Radio • A Product Design Contest named “Multi Purpose Timer”. • A one day workshop on “Robotics” • A one day seminar on “Cyber Crimes – Detection and Prevention” • Seven student members participated in the Robotic competition held as part of “Mechanica-2012” tech fest at IIT Madras. • A one day workshop on Introduction to Matlab • The PES Quiz-2013 was conducted at the College level • A talk on Internet of Things and Big Data was given by Prof. Jayakrishnan Divakaran • A class on C Programming For Robotics Professional Societies IEEE • A workshop on ASTRONOMY and NIGHT SKY • The Student Branch in association with Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineering conducted a Paper Presentation Contest on GREEN TECHNOLOGY and ENVIRONMENT • A Tutorial on OPERATING SYSTEM • A Robotic Workshop named VISION BOTICS was conducted • The paper presentation contest organized jointly by PES and KSEB on Role of Phasor Measurement Unit in Power Systems was conducted at the College level • A Seminar on Smart Grid was conducted • A workshop on ROBOTICS was conducted • A one day workshop on PROFESSIONAL SKILLS was conducted Publications by Students Electonics & Communication engg. • Name of the Newsletter : ‘Waves’ • Editor : Ajay R. • Publisher : Students Association of ECE • 1. Jinson Thomas, Jithin K. Ajith and Dr. A Ranjith Ram - " Joint speech and vision guided robotic system", National conference on systems,energy and enviornment (NCSEE-2013) • 2 Mamta M.B, Drishya C.P, Navya Ravindran and Sheeba K. "Implementation of Arithmetic Circuits in FPGA", National conference on system,energy and environment(NCSEE-2013) Publications by Students Computer science engineering • Anand, Rahul,Joseph,Joshy,Dipin Dev, P Alex,Hegina & Rafeeque P C 2012,’Xscribble:A generalized scheme for string encoding graphical data in multiuser graphical chat’,Lecture notes of the institute for computer science,social informatics and telecommunication engg.vol 85,Springer Berlin Heidelberg,pp 298-307,DOI:{10.1007/978-3-642-27308-7-32} • 2009,Saurav M,Nevil A,Sajin K & Rafeeque P C,Galaxia:A semi decentralized system for implementing secure group P2P networks. In proceedings of the 2009 first international conference on networks & communications(NETCOM’09),IEEE computer society Washington DC,USA,289-294,DOI=10.1109/Netcom 2009.41 Publications by Students Civil engineering • 1. Akhila P. K. presented a paper titled “Forensic and failure investigation for the successful design of structures “in STRUTURA ’13 at VIT University, Vellore during 19-20 January 2013. • 2. Mr. Vishnudev C. participated in the Wildlife quiz competition organized by Department of Forestry, Govt. of Kerala, held at Municipal High School, Kannur Apart from these a newsletter is being published by all departments organized by staff and students which gives information pertaining to the events. This newsletter is being updated at regular intervals. Entrepreneurship initiatives • The Kerala state level entreprenuership meet 2014 at GCEK ,Kannur is gathering of students,professionals who wishes to be the one of those radical who will change the world, start his own business and become a pacesetter. • It aims to develop the spirit of entrepreneurship among the people, leading to more and more self employment and there by reducing the unemployment. • It has been formulated to enlighten the budding engineers about the opportunities and challenges associated with starting atechnology venture. Entrepreneurship initiatives • The session includes are, • Session 1 : Overview on entrepreneurial aspects, financial credibility, legal formality and marketing • Session 2 : Ideation about technical, financial and marketing assistance by concerned organization. • Session 3: Opportunity to fulfill the dreams by personal interaction with entrepreneurs and investors. • Session 4: Experience sharing from entrepreneurs galloped from startup vilage Entrepreneurship initiatives • Civil engineering • Implementation of innovative ideas like “Construction of a two-storied RCC building in on-day”, “Folding Building”, as part of Explore 2013 (Technical festival) • Construction of a paper bridge as part of Explore 2011 (Technical festival) • Various initiatives by the students’ association • Town planning survey for Kannur Municipality • Other initiatives: Initiatives by Innovation Centre and financial assistance for students’ and faculty projects by Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD). Student Teacher Ratio (Assessment = 20 × 15/STR; subject to max. assessment at 20 where, STR = (x + y + z)/N1 x = No. of students in 2nd year of the programme, y = No. of students in 3rd year of the programme z = No. of students in 4th year of the programme, N1 = Total no. of faculty members in the programme (by considering the fractional load) Chart Title 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty Cadre Ratio (Assessment = 20 × CRI, Cadre ratio index (CRI) = 2.25 × (2x + y)/N; based on 1:2:6 subject to max. CRI = 1.0, x = No. of professors in the programme, y = No. of associate professors in the programme) Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty qualifications (Assessment = 6 × FQI, Faculty qualification index (FQI) = (10x + 6y + 2z0)/N2, where, x+y+z0 ≤ N2, z0 ≤ z, x = No. of faculty members with PhD, y = No. of faculty members with ME/Mtech, z = No. of faculty members with BE/BTech) Chart Title 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (IEEE) – Electronics/Electrical • The department officiates with a group consisting of 17 teaching faculty members. The team of dynamic and dedicated teachers had always been the strong point of the Department and most of them have acquired their higher qualifications in the diverse fields of Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the renowned institutes in India. • The faculty of the department are also actively engaged in providing consultancy services in their areas of expertise to various public and private sector organisations in Kerala. The consultancy activities were taken up through the Center for Continuing Education (CCE) and the amount was remitted to the college. • In short, the faculty of department of Electrical & Electronics engineering teaching courses that are primarily design in content are qualified to teach the subject matter by virtue of professional exposure, and by education experience. They are competent in correlation to programme specific criteria. Hence the program is not critically dependent on one individual. Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (IEEE) – Electronics/Electrical • Curriculum • The curriculum has Engineering Mathematics courses which include probability and statistics and applications appropriate to Electrical & Electronics Engineering topics. The curriculum also contains courses in mathematics covering differential and integral calculus. Courses in Hardware, software, basic sciences and engineering including computer science, necessary to analyze and design complex electrical and electronic devices, software and systems containing hardware and software components are well included in the curriculum. The curriculum also includes advanced mathematics such as differential equations, linear algebra, complex variables and discrete mathematics as specified in the programme specific criteria of the American professional societies relevant to Electrical & Electronics Engineering Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASCE) – Civil • The department officiates with a group consisting of 15 teaching faculty members. The team of dynamic and dedicated teachers had always been the strong point of the Civil Engineering Department and most of them have acquired their higher qualifications in the diverse fields of Civil Engineering from the renowned institutes in India. Along with their good teaching and research skills, the teachers extend a very friendly and encouraging relation to the students and they take a keen role to enhance the student teacher interactions. • The faculty of the department are also actively engaged in providing consultancy services in their areas of expertise to various public and private sector organizations in Kerala. It undertakes industrial consultancy work as a part of its interaction with industry. Concrete testing and mix design, water quality examination, soil testing and pavement design are regular activities taken up by the various laboratories. The experts in the field of structural design of the group are rendering their services to the industry by taking up challenging structural design tasks. Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASCE) – Civil • The major organizations which seek the services of the department include PWD, CPWD, Indian Rail ways, Naval Academy, ULCCS, KSEB, BSNL, KINFRA and various other non-governmental agencies. The consultancy activities were taken up through the Center for Continuing Education (CCE) and the amount was remitted to the college. The details of the various major consultancy works undertaken by the faculty members are tabulated below: Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASCE) – Civil Name of Faculty Major consultancy projects Dr. V. I. Beena Malabar Cancer Centre, Thalassery - Soil Investigation works, Estimate verification KSEB - Soil Investigation works College of Agriculture, Padannakkad - Soil Investigation works SILK Kannur –Stage Inspection of Spilway at Ayitty, Payyanur Dr. K. N. Rajesh Structural design of Shopping complex at Thrikaripur for Gramapanchayath Soil Investigation for residential cum commercial building at SN park, Kannur Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASCE) – Civil Name of Faculty Major consultancy projects Dr. Ajitha T. Design of flexible pavement overlay on PallikaraPeriya road in Kasaragod for Kerala State Construction Corporation Ltd. Dr. B. Rajeevan Structural design of class rooms for RGAMC Mahi Soil investigation for additional block for PWD guest house Prof. K. P. Saji 1. Structural design of class rooms for RGAMC Mahi 2. Soil investigation for Central market building for Kannur municipality 3.Design of compound wall and pavement CWCC container terminal Prof. Ajith M. S. Design of steel chimney for Mastsyafed ,Azhikal Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASCE) – Civil • The department has already been approved as research Centre by the Kannur University and two candidates have enrolled for Ph.D program under the guidance of Dr. V. I.Beena, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering. • Prof. Vandana Sreedharan has been awarded CERD research seed money fund – 2013-’14 of Rs. 2,00,000/- for the project “Chemo Mechanical Improvement of Clays for use in Engineered Barriers”. • Faculty members extend their services in the following ways too: • • • • • • • As expert members in PSC interview boards As expert members in syllabus revisions In key positions of the University bodies (Board of studies, Board of examinations etc.) As question paper setters for PSC examinations As doctoral committee members of scholars in other universities As expert members in vigilance enquiry teams As experts in consumer court enquiry commissions Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASCE) – Civil • List of publications speaking of the faculty competencies in correlation to Programme Specific Criteria: Name of the faculty Specializatio n Publications Dr. V I Beena Structural Engineering 1. Rajeevan, B., and Beena, V. I. (2012) “Evaluation and Characterisation of the Physical and Engineering Properties of Laterite Stones of Northern Kerala India”. Proceedings, Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam, India, December 20 to 21 2012, pp. 87-92. 2. Beena, V. I. , Rajeevan, B., and (2013) “Study on the Engineering Properties of Laterite Stones of North Kerala”. Proceedings, Third National Technological Conference, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, India, January 18 to 19 2013, pp. 87-92. Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASCE) – Civil Dr. B Rajeevan Structural Engineering 1. Rajeevan, B., and Beena, V. I. (2012) “Evaluation and Characterisation of the Physical and Engineering Properties of Laterite Stones of Northern Kerala India”. Proceedings, Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam, India, December 20 to 21 2012, pp. 87-92. 2. Beena, V. I. , Rajeevan, B., and (2013) “Study on the Engineering Properties of Laterite Stones of North Kerala”. Proceedings, Third National Technological Conference, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, India, January 18 to 19 2013, pp. 87-92. 3.B. Rajeevan. (2013). A modified approach to incorporate the Poisson’s effect in the Softened Membrane Model. Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 632-644 Ajith M S Structural Engineering 1.Ajith.M.S, S. Sheela, and N. Ganesan. (2011). Analytical and Experimental Study on Optimised Ferrocement Roofing/Flooring Elements. International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Cafet- Innova Technical Society, Vol.04, No.01, pp.122-134 Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASCE) – Civil Dr. Ajitha T Traffic and Transportation Engineering 1. Ajith,a T., L. Vanajakshi and S. C. Subramanian (2012) A Multiclass non-continuum traffic flow model for congestion analysis. International Journal of Engineering Studies, 4, 207-229. 2.Ajitha, T. and L. Vanajakshi (2013) A traffic stream model for heterogeneous traffic conditions. Transport (Institution of Civil Engineers UK), 166, 1–8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/tran.12.00038. 3.Ajitha, T. and L. Vanajakshi (2012) Development of optimized traffic stream models under heterogeneous traffic conditions. Proceedings of the 91st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C. 4.Ajitha, T., L. Vanajakshi and S. C. Subramanian (2013) A hybrid model for arterial traffic density estimation. Proceedings of the 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C. Dr. Vandana Geo Sreedharan technical Engineeri ng 1.Sreedharan, V. and Sivapullaiah, P. V. (2012). Effect of organic modification on adsorption _ehavior of bentonite. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 42, 161-168. DOI: 10.1007/s40098-012-0014-6 2.Sreedharan, V. and Sivapullaiah, P. V. (2013). Compressibility _ehavior of bentonite and organically modified bentonite slurry. Geotechnique , DOI: 10.1680/geot.sip13/P008. 3.Sreedharan, V. and Sivapullaiah, P. V. (2012). Evaluation of organically modified clays for Ggoenvironmental applications. Geotechnical Special Publication No. 225 GeoCongress 2012: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, March 25-29, 2012, Oakland, California,.1213-1222.DOI: 10.1061/9780784412121.125 4.Sreedharan, V. and Sivapullaiah, P. V. (2012). Organically modified bentonite as a Part of geosynthetic clay liner system. ASCE One day Conference on Geosynthetic Solutions and Related Issues, Bangalore. 59-71. 5.Sreedharan, V. and Sivapullaiah, P. V. (2011). Clay mneral liner system for leachates Containing Organic Contaminants. Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC -2011, GeoChallenges, Kochi, Vol. 2, 745-748 In short, the faculty of department of civil engineering teaching courses that are primarily design in content are qualified to teach the subject matter by virtue of professional exposure, and by education experience. They are competent in correlation to programme specific criteria. Hence the program is not critically dependent on one individual. Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ACM) – Comp Science Name of the faculty Specialization Publications Rafeeque P. C Computer Science & Engineering xScribble: A Generalized Scheme for String-Encoding Graphical Data in Multiuser Graphical Chat, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, vol 85, pp - 298-307 ,2012 Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria – Electronics & Communication • The faculty members of ECE department are highly qualified and experienced as given in the following table. They periodically participate, engage sessions and organize many orientation/training programmes which add to their proficiency. Faculty name Qualification Specialization Research publications Dr. Byju bai T.P. Ph.D Compressive Sampling Conf :2 Journl:2 Prof. Dinesh Babu M Mtech Digital System and Communication Engineering Conf: 2 Dr. Ranjith Ram. A. Ph.D Video Analysis Journls: 2 Conf: 4 Books: 2 Dr. Manju Manuel Ph.D Multiplier-less Filters Journl: 4 Faculty name Qualification Specialization Research publications Sajeshkumar U. M.tech Micro Electronics and VLSI Conf :2 Journl:1 Sheeba K. Mtech Electronics Design and Technology Conf: 2 Ahammed Muneer M.tech Control and Instrumentation Conf: 2 Faculty Participation in FSDs of two week duration Chart Title 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty Participation in FSDs of one week duration Chart Title 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty participation as resource persons Chart Title 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty Retention (Assessment = 3 × RPI/N, Retention point index (RPI) = Sum of the retention points to all faculty members One retention point for each year of experience at the institution, subject to maximum five points to a faculty member.) Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty research publications (Assessment of FRP = 4 × (Sum of the research publication points scored by each faculty member)/N (Instruction: A faculty member scores maximum five research publication points each year, depending upon the quality of the research papers published in the past three years.) The research papers considered are those (i) which can be located on internet and/or are included in hard-copy volumes/ proceedings, published by well-known publishers, and (ii) the faculty member’s affiliation, in the published paper, is of the current institution. Chart Title 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty Intellectual Property Rights (FIPR) (Assessment of FIPR = 2 × (Sum of the FIPR points scored by each faculty member)/N (Instruction: A faculty member scores maximum five FIPR points, each year. IPR includes awarded national/international patents, books, and copyrights.). Chart Title 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Funded R&D projects and consultancy (FRDC) work (Assessment of R&D and consultancy projects = 4 × (Sum of FRDC by each faculty member)/N , Instruction: A faculty member gets maximum five points each year, depending upon the amount of funds and/or c o n t r i b u t i o n s made. A suggestive scheme is given below for a minimum amount of Rs. 1 lakh: Five points for funding by national agency Four points for funding by state agency/ private sector Two points for funding by sponsoring trust/society Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty interaction with outside world (Faculty interaction p o i n t s ( F I P ) assessment = 2 × (Sum of FIP by each faculty member)/N Chart Title 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Lecture Halls Chart Title 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Seminar Halls Chart Title 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Tutorial Rooms Chart Title 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Faculty Rooms (Rooms equipped with white/black board, computer, internet, and other such amenities/facilities, Usage of room for counselling/discussion with students) Chart Title 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Electronics & Comm 2013-14 Computer Laboratories (No of students per experimental setup, Technical Manpower support) CSE • • • • • • • • • • • Programming lab(36,2) Data Structures (36,2) Hardware Lab(36,2) Programming Environment Lab(36, 2) Systems Lab(36,2) Networks & DBMS Lab(36,2) Compiler Lab(36,2) Graphics & Multimedia Lab(36,2) Internet & Web Programming Lab(36,2) Mini Project(36,2) Project(36,2) Mechanical • Basic Mechanical Engg Workshop(36,11) • Fluid Mechanics Lab(36,2) • Production Engg Lab(36,4) • Thermal Engineering Lab(36,4) • Heat Transfer Lab(36,3) • CAD/CAM Lab(36,4) • Instrumentation Lab(36,2) • Dynamics/Vibration Lab(36,2) Electrical • • • • • Electric Workshop(4,3) Electrical Machines Lab(4,3) Advanced Electrical Engg. Lab(4,2) Electrical Measurements Lab(4,2) Power Electronics / Drives Lab(4,2) • Software Lab(2,2) • Linear Integrated Circuits Lab(4,3) • Digital Electronics Lab(4,3) Laboratories (No of students per experimental setup, Technical Manpower support) Civil • Basic Engineering Laboratory (Surveying)(30,3) • Civil Engineering Drawing I(60,2) • Surveying Practical (60,3) • Strength of Materials Lab(60,2) • Surveying Practical II(60,3) • Fluid Mechanics Lab(60,2) • Concrete Lab(60,2) • Civil Engineering Drawing II(60,2) • Geotechnical Engineering Lab(60,2) • CAD Lab(60,3) • Environmental Engineering Lab/ Transportation Engineering Lab(60,5) Electronics • Digital Electronics lab(30,1) • Electronics workshop(30,3) • Electronics circuits lab(30,2) • Communication engg lab(30,3) • Simulation & computation lab(30,1) • Microcontroller & microprocessor lab(30,1) • Advanced communication & signal processing lab(24,1) • VLSI & Embedded systems lab(30,1) Lab manuals (Laboratories for which lab manuals are available CSE • Programming lab • Data Structures • Hardware Lab • Programming Environment Lab • Systems Lab • Networks & DBMS Lab • Compiler Lab • Graphics & Multimedia Lab • Internet & Web Programming Lab • Mini Project • Project Mechanical • Basic Mechanical Engg Workshop • Fluid Mechanics Lab • Production Engg Lab • Thermal Engineering Lab • Heat Transfer Lab • CAD/CAM Lab • Instrumentation Lab • Dynamics/Vibration Lab Electrical • Electric Workshop • Electrical Machines Lab • Advanced Electrical Engg. Lab • Electrical Measurements Lab • Electronics Lab • Power Electronics / Drives Lab • Software Lab • Linear Integrated Circuits Lab • Digital Electronics Lab Lab manuals (Laboratories for which lab manuals are available Civil • Basic Engineering Laboratory (Surveying) • Civil Engineering Drawing I • Surveying Practical • Strength of Materials Lab • Surveying Practical II • Fluid Mechanics Lab • Concrete Lab • Civil Engineering Drawing II • Geotechnical Engineering Lab • CAD Lab • Environmental Engineering Lab/ Transportation Engineering Lab Electronics • Digital Electronics lab • Electronics circuits lab • Communication engg lab • Simulation & computation lab • Microcontroller & microprocessor lab • Advanced communication & signal processing lab • VLSI & Embedded systems lab • Electronics workshopl Language Lab • In addition to the modern seminar hall and interview rooms, the college has also setup a dedicated language laboratory for improving the communication skills of students. The facility which can accommodate 30 students in one batch and is housed in a separate room. The facility includes a network of 30 high end computers with Intel i7 processors, web camera and good quality head phones • The air conditioned room is provided with 10KVA UPS backup, smart boards and sound bars. The orell digital language software which integrates the functioning of the laboratory facilitates listening , speaking, reading, writing and also group discussions. This fascility is currently being used by our students extensively outside class hours. Tutorial Classes (Subject, no of students in a tutorial class, hours) Civil •Engineering Mathematics I(66,1 per week) •Engineering Mechanics(66,1 per week) •Basic Civil Engineering(66,1 per week) •Basic Mechanical Engineering(66,1 per week) •Basic Electrical Engineering(66,1 per week) •Basic Electronics and Computer Engineering(66,1 per week) •Computer Programming(66,1 per week) •Mechanics of Structures(66,1 per week) •Surveying I(66,1 per week) •Building Materials and construction Techniques(66,1 per week) •Fluid Mechanics I(66,1 per week) •Environmental Engineering I(66,1 per week) •Irrigation Engineering(66,1 per week) •Numerical Analysis(66,1 per week) •Architectural engineering(66,1 per week) •Remote Sensing and its applications(66,1 per week) •Design of steel structures(66,1 per week) •Quantity surveying and Valuation(66,1 per week) •Environmental Engineering II(66,1 per week) •Transportation Engineering I(66,1 per week) •Prestressed concrete(66,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics II(66,1 per week) •Industrial Water Pollution Control.(66,1 per week) •805(B) Highways & Airport Pavement Design(66,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics III(66,1 per week) Civil •Humanities(66,1 per week) •Structural Analysis I(66,1 per week) •Fluid Mechanics II(66,1 per week) •Surveying II(66,1 per week) •Engineering Geology(66,1 per week) •Engineering MathematicsIV(66,1 per week) •Environmental Engineering and Disaster Management(66,1 per week) •Structural Analysis II(66,1 per week) •Concrete Technology(66,1 per week) •Housing Architecture & Planning(66,1 per week) •Geotechnical Engineering I(66,1 per week) •Engineering Economics and Business Management(66,1 per week) •Structural Analysis III(66,1 per week) •Design of Concrete structures(66,1 per week) •Geotechnical Engineering II(66,1 per week) •Traffic Engineering(66,1 per week) •Reinforced earth and Geotextiles(66,1 per week) •Computational Methods and Operational Research(66,1 per week) •Advanced Structural Design(66,1 per week) •Construction Management(66,1 per week) •Transportation Engineering II(66,1 per week) •Design of Hydraulic Structures(66,1 per week) •Optimization Techniques in Engineering.(66,1 per week) •Finite Element Method.(66,1 per week) Mechanical •Engineering Mathematics I(66,1 per week) •Engineering Mechanics(66,1 per week) •Basic Civil Engineering(66,1 per week) •Basic Mechanical Engineering(66,1 per week) •Basic Electrical Engineering(66,1 per week) •Basic Electronics and Computer Engg(66,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics II(66,1 per week) •Computer Programming(66,1 per week) •Mechanics of Solids(66,1 per week) •Electrical Machines(66,1 per week) •Fluid Mechanics(66,1 per week) •Metallurgy and Material Science(66,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics III(66,1 per week) •Humanities(66,1 per week) •Thermodynamics(66,1 per week) •Manufacturing Processes(66,1 per week) •Fluid Machinery(66,1 per week) •Machine Drawing(66,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics IV(66,1 per week) •Environmental Engg & Disaster Mgmt(66,1 per week) •Mechanics of Machinery(66,1 per week) •Thermal Engineering(66,1 per week) •CAD/CAM/CAE(66,1 per week) •Machine Tools(66,1 per week) •Economics and Business Management(66,1 per week) Tutorial Classes (Subject, no of students in a tutorial class, hours) Mechanial •Economics and Business Management(66,1 per week) •Dynamics of Machinery(66,1 per week) •Heat and Mass Transfer(66,1 per week) •Advances in Manufacturing Engg(66,1 per week) •Operations Research(66,1 per week) •Elective 1(66,1 per week) •Metrology and Instrumentation(66,1 per week) •Industrial Management(66,1 per week) •Machine Design I(66,1 per week) •Power Plant Engineering (66,1 per week) •Elective 2(66,1 per week) •Gas Dynamics(66,1 per week) •Refrigeration and Air-conditioning(66,1 per week) •Machine Design II(66,1 per week) •Inventory &Supply Chain Management(66,1 per week) •Elective 2(66,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics II(66,1 per week) •Humanities(66,1 per week) •Electrical Engineering(66,1 per week) •Solid State Devices(66,1 per week) •Network Theory(66,1 per week) •Electronic Circuits I(66,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics III(66,1 per week) Electronics •Computer Programming(54,1 per week) •Communication Engineering I(54,1 per week) •Signals & Systems(54,1 per week) •Electronic Circuits II(54,1 per week) •Digital Electronics(54,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics IV(54,1 per week) •Economics and Business Management(54,1 per week) •Applied Electromagnetic Field theory(54,1 per week) •Computer Organization & Architecture(54,1 per week) •Linear Integrated Circuits(54,1 per week) •Microprocessors and Microcontrollers(54,1 per week) •Environmental Engineering & Disaster Management(54,1 per week) •Control Systems(54,1 per week) •Radiation& Propagation(54,1 per week) •Digital Signal Processing(54,1 per week) •Digital Communication(54,1 per week) •Designing with VHDL(54,1 per week) •High Speed Digital Design(54,1 per week) •Linear System Analysis(54,1 per week) •Data structures and analysis(54,1 per week) •Analog MOS Structures(54,1 per week) •Microelectronics Technology(54,1 per week) Electronics •Microwave Engineering(54,1 per week) •Information Theory and Coding(54,1 per week) •Television Engineering(54,1 per week) •Probability and Random Process(54,1 per week) •Satellite communication(54,1 per week) •Soft computing(54,1 per week) •R F System Design(54,1 per week) •Industrial Electronics(54,1 per week) •Data compression(54,1 per week) •Optical Communication(54,1 per week) •Computer Communication and Networking(54,1 per week) •Wireless Mobile Communication(54,1 per week) •Advanced Digital Signal Processing(54,1 per week) •Digital Image Processing(54,1 per week) •Communication Switching System(54,1 per week) •Embedded System(54,1 per week) •Secure Communications(54,1 per week) •Optimization Techniques(54,1 per week) Tutorial Classes (Subject, no of students in a tutorial class, hours) Computer •Engineering Mathematics I(36,1 per week) •Engineering Mechanics(36,1 per week) •Basic Civil Engineering(36,1 per week) •Basic Mechanical Engineering(36,1 per week) •Basic Electrical Engineering(36,1 per week) •Basic Electronics and Computer Engineering(36,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics II(36,1 per week) •Humanities(36,1 per week) •Discrete Computational Structures(36,1 per week) •Computer Programming(36,1 per week) •Switching Theory & Logic Design(36,1 per week) •Electronic Circuits & Systems(36,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics III(36,1 per week) •Data Structures & Algorithms(36,1 per week) •Systems Programming(36,1 per week) •Microprocessors & Microcontrollers(36,1 per week) •Computer Organization & Design(36,1 per week) •Electric Circuits & Systems(36,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics IV (36,1 per week) •Economics & Business Management(36,1 per week) •Theoretical Foundation of Computation(36,1 per week) •Programming Language concepts(36,1 per week) Computer •Operating Systems(36,1 per week) •Software Engineering(36,1 per week) •Environmental Engg: & Disaster Management(36,1 per week) •Graph Theory & Combinatorics(36,1 per week) •Data Base Management Systems(36,1 per week) •Compiler Design(36,1 per week) •Data Communication & Computer Networks(36,1 per week) •Elective – I(36,1 per week) •Internet and Mobile Communication System Technologies(36,1 per week) •Design and Analysis of Algorithms(36,1 per week) •Computer Graphics and Multimedia(36,1 per week) •Internet and Web Programming with Java(36,1 per week) •Elective II(36,1 per week) •Operations Research(36,1 per week) •Cryptography and Network Security(36,1 per week) •Artificial Intelligence(36,1 per week) •Advanced Computer Architecture(36,1 per week) •Elective III(36,1 per week) Electrical •Engineering Mathematics I(36,1 per week) •Engineering Mechanics(36,1 per week) •Basic Civil Engineering(36,1 per week) •Basic Mechanical Engineering(36,1 per week) •Basic Electrical Engineering(36,1 per week) •Basic Electronics and Computer Engineering(36,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics II(36,1 per week) •Humanities(36,1 per week) •Mechanical Engineering(36,1 per week) •Electronic Circuits and Systems(36,1 per week) •Network Analysis(36,1 per week) •Electrical Measurements and Measuring Instruments(36,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics III(36,1 per week) •Computer Programming(36,1 per week) •Microprocessors & Microcontrollers(36,1 per week) •Pulse and Digital Electronics(36,1 per week) •Electrical Machines I(36,1 per week) •Electrical Engineering Materials(36,1 per week) •Engineering Mathematics IV(36,1 per week) •Environmental Engg and Disaster Management(36,1 per week) •Field Theory(36,1 per week) •Electrical Machines II(36,1 per week) •Modern Communication Systems(36,1 per week) Tutorial Classes (Subject, no of students in a tutorial class, hours) Electrical •Power systems – I(36,1 per week) •Economics and Business Management(36,1 per week) •Power Electronics(36,1 per week) •Power Systems-II(36,1 per week) •Control Systems-I(36,1 per week) •Electrical System Design & Estimation(36,1 per week) •Energy Conservation(36,1 per week) •Linear System analysis(36,1 per week) •Cellular & Mobile Communication Systems(36,1 per week) •Industrial Psychology(36,1 per week) •Operations research(36,1 per week) •Industrial Management(36,1 per week) •Digital Signal Processing(36,1 per week) •Control Systems II(36,1 per week) •Power Systems III(36,1 per week) •High Voltage Engineering(36,1 per week) •Electrical Machine modelling & Analysis(36,1 per week) •Switched Mode Power Converters (36,1 per week) •Biomedical Engineering(36,1 per week) Electrical •Robotics & Artificial Intelligence(36,1 per week) •Entrepreneurship(36,1 per week) •Instrumentation Systems(36,1 per week) •Industrial Electric Drive(36,1 per week) •Electrical Machine design(36,1 per week) •Energy Technology(36,1 per week) •Power System Operation & Control(36,1 per week) •Special Machines & Linear Machines(36,1 per week) •Neural Networks & Fuzzy Logic(36,1 per week) •Digital System design(36,1 per week) •Satellite Communication Systems(36,1 per week) •HVDC & FACTS(36,1 per week) Mentoring System (how do you mentor students individually?) • • • • • Mentoring System : Yes Type of Mentoring : Professional Guidance Number of faculty mentors : 1 per each batch Number of students per mentor : 55 Frequency of meeting : As per requirement of students Professional Guidance/ Carrier advancement: • The placement and training unit of the college conducts special training programmes to the students at various levels. Dr. P Sooraj, Asst Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department is the coordinator of the cell. A Language lab is set up to give hands on training to all batches of students in the college. Training programmes and workshops to improve the soft skills of the students are being conducted . Firms like TCS, IBM, NEST, SIB etc are visiting the campus for recruitment. Mentoring System (how do you mentor students individually?) • Workshops conducted by firms like Crane software International Ltd., Bangalore, Texas Instruments etc have given good exposure to the students in the recent fields. • Remedial classes are also conducted as per the requirements of the students during Saturdays/ Sundays/ Evenings etc for both theory and practical sessions Total Development • The college union activities, Department Association activities, programmes conducted under IEEE student chapter, National Service scheme, Environmental club etc give students to improve their overall skills and social commitments. • There is one faculty member as group tutor to each class who act as mentor to the class of about 55 students. The meetings are held on need basis. Feedback analysis (how do you do it? Reward/corrective measures) • Feedback collected for all courses(Yes/No) : Yes • Specify the feedback collection process Feed back forms filled by the students at the end of the semester and returned • Percentage of students participating : Whole class • Specify the feedback analysis process The filled feedback forms are collected and the evaluation is carried out as per the weightage given for each points • Basis of reward / corrective measures, if any : NA • Number of corrective actions taken in the last three years Concerned Staff member is intimated regarding the evaluation report and asked to take up corrective measures Scope for self learning (Generation of self-learning facilities, and availability of materials for learning beyond syllabus) • Possibility, motivation and scope for self-learning/learning-beyond-syllabus • Technical seminar during the final year is an opportunity for the students to learn more beyond the prescribed syllabus. They are given full freedom in selecting the topic of their own interest, subject to the approval of its content quality by the faculty in-charge of the seminar. In addition, technical fests, paper contests, and quiz competitions are conducted regularly for promoting the learning beyond the syllabus contents. Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD) financially assists the UG students / PG students / Faculty of the institute to take up quality research projects of innovative nature. • Flexibility in academics with scope for self learning • Provision is made to include new electives for the programme as and when required. Students have full freedom to select programme specific project and seminar topics. No restriction imposed for usage time of internet and library facility. Scope for self learning (Generation of self-learning facilities, and availability of materials for learning beyond syllabus) • Mini-projects are assigned as a part of study in majority of labs which motivate the students to think freely and innovatively, to generate creative ideas, and to realize proto types of their feasible ideas. Internet facility available in the campus, central and departmental libraries helps the students a lot in self-learning process. Assignments given to certain subjects in the curriculum are typically molded so as to boost the students self-learning and motivation. • Other facilities provided in the institute are: • National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), e-learning facility • IEEE/IEL on-line • Visiting Faculty scheme for invited talks on special / advanced topics. Career Guidance, Placement Unit (Availability of an exclusive Well furnished Seminar Hall, Central Computing Facility, Soft skill development, employability assessment) • Training and Placement Cell (TPC) is functioning in this college from 1997 onwards. All students of the college are members of the Placement Cell and their registration is done at the time of admission. It helps the students to get hold of the unlimited opportunities available in this fast changing scenario for campus recruitment. The cell arranges campus selection and placement by various top ranking companies/industries. Classes are also offered for the students to develop their personality, communication skills, leadership qualities, interpersonal relationship, management capacity etc. The cell also offers guidance and coaching for GATE Examination for the final year students. In addition, information regarding higher education facilities in India and abroad is also made available. TPC also engage the following activity for the students Career Guidance, Placement Unit (Availability of an exclusive Well furnished Seminar Hall, Central Computing Facility, Soft skill development, employability assessment) • • • • • Soft skill development program Aptitude training classes Training for group discussion Awareness classes and admission procedure in international universities Intensive training for campus recruitment for final year students TPC maintains very good rapport with top software companies and industries in India. Hence reputed companies / industries likes Wipro, Infosys, TCS, NeST, GE, etc., visit our campus regularly and recruit reasonable number of students every year. Industrial Training is given to students of all major departments during the semester breaks. Special pre-placement training program of about 2 weeks duration is conducted for the final year students, just before the commencement of campus selection process. TPC helps the students to widen up their horizons and achieve their dream jobs. Career Guidance, Placement Unit (Availability of an exclusive Well furnished Seminar Hall, Central Computing Facility, Soft skill development, employability assessment) • The Placement Committee in the campus is headed by a placement officer. He is supported with an assistant placement officer and one faculty member from each department and student representatives from each batch as the members. Since inception the cell functions very effectively. • Industry-Institute Interaction Cell (IIIC) is also actively functioning in all the departments to organize industry visit and to provide in plant training for pre-final year students. Utilizing the visiting faculty scheme/facility, experts from various leading industry are invited to the institute for delivering speeches, seminars, discussions, etc. • Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) is functioning in GCEK which conducts various technical courses, training programs, for students and general public and also provides consultancy service to various government/private organizations. Various testing works are also undertaken through CCE. • A Technology Business Incubator (TBI) was established as an integral part of the continuing R & D and consultancy services being rendered at GCE Kannur. The objectives of TBI are: Career Guidance, Placement Unit (Availability of an exclusive Well furnished Seminar Hall, Central Computing Facility, Soft skill development, employability assessment) • To arrange enterpreneural programmes for the students, professionals and personnel from industry and to arrange specialized training programmes for industry. • To act as a Management discussion forum for interaction among participating industries and intellectuals. • To arrange web enabled training programs through tie up with institutes of excellence both within and abroad, on the frontier areas of technology. • To undertake industry sponsored research. • To understand / identify talents from among the students and to create a human resources bank for the industry to utilize. • To provide all necessary assistance to prospective entrepreneurs, to sharpen their technology, assistance during start up, comprehensive quality assessments etc. Career Guidance, Placement Unit (Availability of an exclusive Well furnished Seminar Hall, Central Computing Facility, Soft skill development, employability assessment) • Selected business entities qualify to be a start up business of the incubator program with at least one of following relationship with the college. • At least one of the stakeholders of the business is a current student or former student of the institute. • The technology or business was developed or conceived through the activities of the institute faculty, staff or students. • Institute has the intellectual property rights of technology / business or the rights will be licensed or transferred to GCEK as per norms and procedures. • The business is consulting with GCEK for substantial technical or business services provided by the faculty / or other experts contracted for the purpose. • The firm / business will have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the whole operation of the Incubate-TBI relationship. • The administration is envisaged to have a three-tier structure as detailed below: • Manager • Board of Directors • Technical Advisory Committee Career Guidance, Placement Unit (Availability of an exclusive Well furnished Seminar Hall, Central Computing Facility, Soft skill development, employability assessment) • The major infrastructure facilities of the Cell include • A modern 125-seater airconditioned seminar hall with state of the art facilities • Air conditioned interview rooms It shares the following facilities of the College • A Seminar Hall with a capacity of 300. • Airconditioned Conference Room with a capacity of 30 • Work has already started for building a 1000 seater auditorium. The work is expected to be completed by six months. Technology Business Incubator Dreamzlab • Software development firm under the supervision of, • Roopak A N • Vighnesh L • Sayooj O • Nithin Kumar Co-curricular activities • • • • • • • • Civil Engg. Association Mechanical Engg. Association Electrical and Electronics Engg. Association Electronics & Communication Engg. Association Computer Science & Engg. Association IEEE Students Chapter Innovative Electronics Club Science club Co-curricular activities • Engineering Association • Major departments have formulated its own students association to chart out different academic programs like awareness programs on emerging area, industrial applications, induction programs, software introduction, etc., related to their discipline. • IEEE Chapter • The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world’s largest professional organization, spanning over 165 countries with more than 4,00,000 professional members. We are proud that we are part of this most prestigious organization. Presently we have 5 faculty and 105 students as members of IEEE. IEEE chapter organizes, workshops, industrial visits, technical quiz etc. • Innovative Electronics Club • Students who are interested in electronics and computer subjects gather in the evening to bring out innovative ideas in circuits/software and to produce cost effective solutions to the problems that they usually face in the lab activities. Extra-curricular activities • Arts Club • Arts club is active in the institute to develop the inborn talents of students. The secretary of the club is elected from the students. A staff member nominated by the principal will be the in-charge of Arts Club. Cultural activities, competitions etc are organized within and outside the campus. A mini-auditorium is available near the workshop building for academic or non-academic activities of the college. • Sports Club • A sports secretary nominated by college union is planning the club activities. A staff member is in-charge of the club. Indoor and outdoor sports facilities are available. Inter College competitions are also conducted. • Healt and Fitness Centre • Provides a facility to improve the health and fitness of students. This has subcenters at mensn hostel and ladies hostel Extra-curricular activities • College Union • College Union is functioning in the college level to exercise students’ democracy in the administration, academics and cultural fields which are being faced during the course. Structure and regulations of the college union are formulated by the Kannur University to which the college is affiliated. College Union office bearers are being elected by the presidential mode of election stipulated by the University. Union is headed by chairman and other office bearers will assist in administration. College union will be guided by a staff advisor on behalf of the Principal. Two members of the college union represents for University Union to participate the student administration at university level. • College union actively involves and arranges the techno-cultural and sports events. Discipline, good culture, dedication and creative involvement in the college administration by the student community are being monitored by the college union. Various department associations who conduct events at department levels are functioning under the umbrella of the college union. Extra-curricular activities • National Service Scheme (Unit No: 141) • National Service Scheme works in GCEK under the Technical Cell (Directorate of Technical Education). The NSS has one unit bearing Unit No.141 involving strong contingent of 100 volunteers. • The NSS unit of GCEK is headed by the programme officer assisted by a lady staff coordinator and two volunteer secretary’s one each from boys and girls. NSS is assisted by an advisory board consisting of Principal and all HOD’s. It has an executive committee consisting of two student representative from each class. • The activities that NSS take up are divided into two categories; 1) Regular activities 2) Special Camp activities. The regular activities include campus cleaning and beautification, orientation programme, community visit, tree plantation, educational programme, celebration of important days, service to public like road construction, awareness classes on the importance of blood donation, blood donation programme, measures for prevention of AIDS etc. NSS Unit organizes special camps with the help of local bodies. The seven day special camp includes Sramdhan, cultural programme in the selected ward of nearby Grama Panchayath. NSS also undertake socioeconomic and health survey in selected villages and remedial measures are suggested based on the data collected. It conducts cultural programmes and invited lectures on environmental and educational subjects. Facilities for Sports and Games • Institution has separate physical education department and has sufficient play ground facility and regular interactions with sports instructor is arranged. • Sports Club : A sports secretary nominated by college union is planning the club activities. A staff member is in-charge of the club. Indoor and outdoor sports facilities are available. Inter College competitions are also conducted. • A play ground is available in the campus for the sports related activities of the students and staff. It is used as athletic track, cricket field, and foot ball court. • In addition, the following sports facilities are also available in the campus: • 2 Shuttle Badminton courts • 2 open-air auditoriums • Outdoor facilities(either at college or at hostel) available: • • • • • Foot Ball Cricket Badminton Volley Ball Basket Ball Facilities for Sports and Games • Indoor facilities available: • • • Carroms Chess Table Tennis • Physical Fitness Centre & Yoga Centre: facilities such as treadmill, home gym etc. is available and is regularly used by both staff and students of this institute. • Department of Physical Education manages all the courts, sports goods, and the sports related activities in the campus. Management of courts includes mowing of grasses, court marking, painting of goal posts, cleaning of courts etc. • The courts are used for conducting coaching camps, conducting tournaments both intra murals and inter collegiate and for practice. Campus Development and Management • A campus management software is purchased under procurement plan of TEQIP II. This is used to tabulate the attendance and sessional marks of students. Parents can view the progress of their wards through this software. Hostels • The college has two men’s hostels of 102 rooms with a total intake of around 325 students, while the two ladies hostel have 80 rooms which facilitates around 300 inmates, the hostels have proper mess, sports and recreation facilities. The internet facilities are provided to the inmates. Also runs one PG hostel for boys with a capacity of 50 students. • Admission to the hostel is confined to the students of GCEK,Kannur. Students are admitted to the hostels according to the rules framed by the college council • The mess committee selected from the inmates from time to time is in full charge of running the mess. The inmates are to abide by the rules of the hostel and the directions issued by the warden and the resident tutors Canteen • A canteen is functioning in the college campus under the supervision of college canteen committee with the Principal as chairman and all heads of departments, representative from administrative wing and college union. • Sitting space : 64 persons • Daily Usage : 400 persons Transport facilities • The college provides bus facilities to students and staff. At present the college has five buses, four from the govt. and one sponsored by PTA. A proposal for purchasing two buses are under process- one by PTA and one by Govt. The buses are operated from Kannur and Payyannur to the college • The day to day administrative matters pertaining to the bus are generally seen by the bus secretary. There is a bus committee constituted by the Principal for taking decisions related to the timings, bus charges, routes etc. Electricity, power backup and telecom • 24 Hours power supply is provided by Kerala State Electricity Board. A distribution transformer (3 Phase, 400 KVA, 11 KV / 433 V, 21 A / 532 A , ONAN) exclusively for the institute has been installed by KSEB for feeding electric power to the institute. • A back-up power supply (Generator 62.5 KVA) is also available in the institution. UPS of required capacity are installed at different departments locally for providing supply to computer systems. • Intercom Facility: 50 connections • Internet Service Provider: Railnet with a speed of 100 Mbps • BSNL Band-Width: 1 broadband connection with a speed of 20 Mbps Drinking Water • A continuous water supply scheme is implemented in the campus and hostels with the help of Kerala Water Authority. • A self-dependant water supply scheme is implemented in the campus. Grievance redressal forums • A Grievance Cell is constituted in the college with Principal as Chairman and three Heads of the Department as executive members. Students can approach the cell with their grievances regarding academic and non-academic matters. Staff can also report the grievances if any. Budget & Expenditure • • • • Budget Fund received Bank interest Expenditure • • • • • • • • • : 10 crores : 8 crores : 6,69,120 lakhs : 6,49,34,889 crores Faculty & staff development Enhanced interaction with Industry Enhancement of research & development Institutional management capacity Implementation of institutional reforms Academic support for weak students Incremental operating cost Procurement Teaching and research assistantship : 62,05,158 lakhs :14,25,858 lakhs : 3,86,548 lakhs : 8,48,531 lakhs :16,70,762 lakhs : 5,93,001 lakhs : 21,49,848 lakhs : 4,88,69,808 crores : 27,85,375 lakhs Library No of library staff: 8 3000 Chart Title Books, 2824 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 Books, 409 Journals, 26 Journals, 5 eBooks,eBooks, 0 0 0 Books eBooks 2010-11 Journals 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 eJournals, eJournals, 0 0 eJournals Campus Network • Internet Services :Yes • Name of the Internet provider :NKN(National Knowledge Network) • Available bandwidth :100Mbps • Access speed :100Mbps • Availability of Internet in an exclusive lab :YES • Availability in most computing labs :YES • Availability in departments and other units :YES • Availability in faculty rooms :YES • Institute’s own e-mail facility to faculty/students : YES • Security/privacy to e-mail/Internet users :YES Safety norms and checks • Electrical Safety: All buildings and laboratory electrical wiring have been carried out by PWD (Electrical) section in accordance with the safety norms/measures prescribed by the KSEB and as per IE Rules. Proper earthing has been provided at appropriate places. Main switch and ELCB are provided and necessary protective measures have been taken in case of High-Voltage. Kerala State Electrical Inspectorate authority inspects the institution regularly. Dress code is strictly maintained in the lab and wearing of shoes is made compulsory in the lab sessions. Safety warning/norms, first-aid, and other precautionary measures in case of emergency are displayed in the Notice Boards provided inside the labs and important venues Safety norms and checks • Fire Safety: Small water tanks/open pits are built near the buildings and departments as a decoration for the garden. Buckets fully filled with fine sand are kept at easily accessible places inside the labs. The institute premises are kept clean regularly as a precautionary measure against any fire hazards. • Proper ventilations in auditoriums and all laboratories. Fire extinguishers are placed at appropriate place in all floors. • Enough safety measures have been taken by providing safety exits on all sides of the building in all floors of the academic block. Fire extinguishers have also been kept in all buildings. Safety norms and checks • Safety of civil structure : The buildings are constructed by the Public Works Dept., Government of Kerala. All the safety measures are observed according to the Building Rules.The quality check are also done at the finishing of all bulidings. • Handling of hazardous chemicals and such other activities : Sufficient care is taken when dealing with hazardous chemicals in laboratories. Only trained personnel handle such chemicals. The laboratories are equipped with fire fighting devices. • Road Safety: All roads in the campus are with tar coating and wider enough to travel safely. Sufficient street lighting and appropriate traffic signal/sign boards have been provided throughout the campus for safe travel and easy accessibility of the destination. • Security: Security personals are available inside the campus and hostels round the clock. Counselling & Medical Care • A counselling cell is functioning in the college with Prof. Daya Krishnankutty as the Head. A team assists her in her work. The aim of the cell is to identify the students having psychological, academic or personal problems and give them proper counselling. The cell conducts awareness classes by expert counsellors. The help of qualified psychologists have been sought in the past. Dr. E.D. Joseph, PhD in clinical psychology and a former psychologist of District Hospital Kannur visits the college when required. • The physical education department is having all the first-aid arrangements. Besides, first-aid units are kept handy in all the laboratories. Counselling & Medical Care • Though the college does not have a medical practitioner of its own, it takes the services of the doctors in the hospitals nearby Govt. Women and Child Hospital 500m Leading Hospitals in Taliparamba 6km Leading Hospitals in Kannur 15km Medical College Pariyaram 15km Response-time in calling ambulance services from outside 5 minutes Key Performance Indicators Minutes of Board of Governors (BoG) meetings • Yes Statutory Audit • Yes Performance Audit along with Data Audit • Yes Initial Governance Development Plan • Yes % of committed expenditure out of funds received • 100% Key Performance Indicators % of Expenditure of the total funds received • 81.16% % of Procurement plan out of 5.5 Crores • 88.85% MIS data entry • Completed for the years 2010-11,2011-12,201213,2013-14 • 2014-15 entry is going on Mandatory Participation in CII-AICTE survey • Yes Participation in TEQIP Faculty, Staff and Students Satisfaction Survey • Yes