College of Engineering Chengannur

College of Engineering, Chengannur (CEC)
Established	1993
Type	Public
Academic staff	200
Location	Chengannur, Kerala, India
Campus	Rural enrollment = 1200 (total), 300 (+10% lateral entries per year), 120 (+10% lateral entries per year, per trade)

The College of Engineering, Chengannur

The College of Engineering Chengannur (established in 1993), commonly known as CEC, is an engineering institute in the state of Kerala, India. The college is affiliated to the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, and the courses are recognised by AICTE and accredited by NBA, the National Board of Accreditation ^[1], India.

Overview

CEC was established in 1993. The college was set up under the auspices of the Institute of Human Resources Development (IHRD) and is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. The college is located in Chengannur, Alapuzha. Students of CEC calls themselves CECians. The college is listed as `CHN' in the allocation list of engineering seats maintained by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Government of Kerala^[2]

Courses

Two year postgraduate course in:

• M.Tech Electronics Engineering (VLSI and Embedded Systems) - 18 seats (from academic year 2010-11)

Four-year B.Tech. degrees in:

• Computer Science and Engineering (formerly, Computer Engineering)
• Electronics and Communication Engineering (formerly, Electronics Engineering)
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering (from academic year 2009-10)

The degrees are awarded by Cochin University of Science and Technology, recognized by AICTE and accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.

About

Admission to the courses happens on an annual basis and is based on the All Kerala Common Entrance Examination conducted by the Controller of Entrance Examinations, Government of Kerala. Fifty percent of the seats are reserved for management quota.

Annual intake

CEC has an annual intake of 300 students (+10% lateral entry students) through Government allotment, divided among the three branches as follows:

• Computer Science and Engineering: 120 (+10% lateral entry students)
• Electronics and Communication Engineering: 120 (+10% lateral entry students)
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering: 60 (+10% lateral entry students)

CEC Technical and non-Technical events

SUMMIT

Summit is a biennial technical festival conducted by the college, to providing a platform for improving the technical and non-technical skills of the students. The Summit offers events including seminars and workshops.

See SUMMIT website

Technical organizations

IEEE student branch

An IEEE student branch was formed in CEC in mid 1997, with the goal of keeping the students in touch with technological advances. An IEEE library was inaugurated in December 1999. The library houses journals and magazines of IEEE. The IEEE student branch comes under the IEEE Kerala Section (http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/kerala/)

CEC's IEEE student members have presented projects at state and national level conferences and competitions. An IEEE Robotics Initiative Program has begun, with groups designing robots.

PRODDEC (Product Design and Development Centre)

PRODDEC provides a platform for students of both branches to exchange ideas and sharpen their technical skills. It organizes seminars by professionals and engineers and publishes a technical journal called Breakthrough.

FOCES (Forum of Computer Engineering Students)

This is an organization of CSE students of the college. The forum aims at improving the technical and industrial knowledge of the students and strives to keep them abreast with softwares and technologies evolving in the information technology field. It welcomes the freshers into the world of computer engineering by conducting orientation classes.

After renovating FOCES in January 2010, its code of conduct has changed slightly and now all students can join this forum, but CSE students are default members. Newsletters and CDs are brought out to keep the students abreast of the latest trends. It organizes talks by personalities in the industry on evolving technologies in computing, workshops on latest developing platforms, languages and software packages in the IT industry..

Blog: - http://cecfoces.wordpress.org

ExESS (ElectronicS Engineering Students Society)

The society increases the technical awareness of its members by exposure to developments. The activities of the ExESS have helped students in attending state and national level contests. Apart from conducting technical learning sessions for Component familarisations and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools, ExESS also does hands on training sessions for soldering and PCB fabrication.

FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open-Source Software) Cell

The FLOSS cell has been organised to explain Open Source and Linux. The cell conducts Linux familiarisation classes, installation sessions and other activities in a regular basis.FLOSS Cell also helps install and maintain systems and LAN in near by government school.

Non-technical organizations

Students performing Thiruvathira Kali as a part of the Onam celebrations

Santhwanam

Integrated with the NSS unit, it undertakes campus cleaning drives, sending volunteers to the Pulse-Polio Immunization programs of the Government of India, and organizes orphanage visits.

Nature Club

CEC has joined hands with the "Save the Earth" global movement through the `Aranyam' forestry club. Group discussions, awareness camps and visits to nearby sanctuaries are some of the activities of the club.

Arts Club

ACE (Arts Club for Engineers) provides a platform for students to develop their creative skills. It runs Music club, Quiz and Debate club and Audio Visual club. The Arts Club organizes "Utsav", the college arts festival.

The Students' Executive Senate (CEC Senate)

The Students Executive Senate, simply known as 'CEC Senate', is the supreme student body. The members of the senate are elected by and from the students, with two representatives from each class. The objectives of the senate are: To train the students of the college in their duties, responsibilities and rights, to organize debates, seminars, group discussions, work squads, and tours, and to encourage sports, arts and other cultural, social or recreational activities.

CEC Senate URL: http://ceconline.edu/index.php?link=senate

CEC Senate Suggestion Box: http://ceconline.edu/index.php?link=senate&data=suggestions

CEC Senate Suggestion Box: http://ceconline.edu/index.php?link=senate&data=notifications

Students' Executive Senate (2011-12)

• Principal - Prof. (Dr.) V.P. Devassia
• Staff-in-charge - Mr. Shanu N, Lr. in Electronics and Communication (ex-Officio)
• Chairman - Mr. Rahul Ramesh
• Vice Chairman -
• General Secretary - Jino Thomas
• Arts Secretary - Mr Sreenath Kodiery K
• Sports Secretary - Mr Sheljith Krishnan
• Chief Editor - Mr Rajeesh Radhakrishnan
• Treasurer -

A representative each of all other classes (either boy or girl) is also a member of the senate. A girl from each year, being a representative of girls of that year, is also part of the senate.

Training Placement Cell

The Training and Placement Cell (TPC) is a blend of faculty and students. With a group of students led by a Placement officer, the TPC helps the CeCians realise their goals, prepare for it and find placements in work. The TPC of Chengannur Engineering College was the first of its kind, among the college placement units in the state, to introduce an 'Industry like' screening system for the selection as TPC student members.

Location

CEC is situated in the heart of Chengannur, The M.C. Road links it to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (100 km south) and Kochi Airport (100 km north). The Chengannur Railway Station and Bus Station is 1 km from the college.

See also

• List of Engineering Colleges in Kerala
• KEAM

References

1. ^ NBA Accredited Programs since 2007
2. ^ http://www.cee-kerala.org/

External links

• Official website
• CEC Alumni website
• CECians unofficial blog
• SUMMIT '09 National Level Technical Fest website (new)
• Cochin University of Science And Technology official website
• The Institute of Human Resource Development Kerala official website
• FLOSS cell of CEC
• The IEEE Student Branch
• CEC on Twitter
• CEC Google SMS Channel
• CECians Google Group (new)