Activities
INDUSTRY INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP CELL
IEEE & IE(I)
Student Chapter of IEEE (Institution
of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, USA) is very active in the
campus with Dr. V. P. Mohandas as the branch councillor. The student
chapter maintain an IEEE library. Several IEEE transactions and Magazines
are being subscribed in the IEEE library. The IEEE students’ chapter
frequently conducts technical seminars, Paper contests, Workshops, training
programmes etc. Student members are also actively participating in the
paper contests and conferences conducted by various other IEEE student
branches. There is a Staff advisor to monitor the activities of the
students’ branch.
The Institution of Engineers
(India) has Students Chapters all over India. The NSS College of Engineering
membership is open to all students. The Students Chapter at this Institution
has a total strength of about 1000 members. In recent years this chapter
has been arranging the following programmes.
- Industrial/ Field visit for students
- Seminar/Symposia/ Technical paper sessions
- Personality development programmes
- Other academic and cultural programmes for students
INDIAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Indian Society for Technical
Education, Palakkad Chapter has been established in the Year 1973. From
its inception, the society has been playing a key role to propagate
and promote academic and co-academic standards in the Institution. Regular
activities organized by the chapter help the members to gather and exchange
ideas associated with Technical education. The members of the chapter
have represented Kerala section, so also in the National Committee of
ISTE. From the year 1985 onwards, the institution consistently offers
short courses and training programmes to enable the concerned to review
and update their knowledge as well as database. Performance appraisal
and development systems, communication skills, creativity and leadership
qualities are frequently the topics of discussion in the regular meetings.
Lectures by external faculty from reputed Institutions in and around
the State has added effectiveness to the result oriented venture of
the chapter. The chapter has won the following awards:
- Best Chapter Award for the year 1996
- Best Chapter Award for the year 1997
- Special Award for the year 2000
- Other academic and cultural programmes for students
- The chapter is hosting the 13th annual Convention of ISTE Kerala Section in the year 2002
OTHER CLUBS & BODIES
Wild life and forestry club
of the institution has put its imprint in the minds of student community.
Making the involvement of students for the noble causes, nature conservation
and environmental protection is the main aim of Wild Life and Forestry
club of the institution. The club of this college is organizing tours
to various places of interest and is conducting pencil drawing, tree
planting, essay competition, film shows etc. on relevant subjects. Presently
there are nearly 75 active members and a staff in charge in the college.
National Service Scheme under
the University of Calicut was introduced in the college during the academic
year 1972-1973. With the formation of National Service Scheme Technical
cell under the Department of Technical Education, Govt. of Kerala, N.S.S
unit of the college was put under the technical cell form the academic
year 1988-1989 onwards. A second unit was also started during this period.
The aim of the N.S.S is “Education Through Community Service”. The overall
objective of the N.S.S is educational. Service to the community is the
activity through which this objective is sought to be attained. The
more specific objectives of the National Service Scheme are to arouse
the student’s social conscience and to provide him with the opportunity
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- to work with and among people
- to engage in creative and constructive social action
- to enhance his/ her knowledge of himself and the community through a confrontation with reality
- to put his/ her scholarship to practical use in solving at least some of the social problems
- to gain skills in the exercise of democratic leadership
- to gain skills in programme development to enable him/her to get self employed
Participation in the N.S.S
is voluntary. Department of Technical Education will award a certificate
to the volunteer for the participation in N.S.S provided if he/she completes
240 hrs of regular N.S.S work and attends a special camp with minimum
of 10 days duration.
During the last 29 years of N.S.S activities of the college, various
programmes were sufficiently completed with the active participation
of the volunteers. Some of the important programmes were, construction
of ESP type latrines for the poor, free tuition classes for school going
children, tapioca cultivation and free distribution, formation of rural
citizens forum, National saving scheme, Voluntary readership training
programme, health and family education programme, special nutrition
feeding centre for 200 children below the age of six, plantation of
seedlings, free medical check-up camp, traffic education training programme,
adult education programme, blood donation, cancer awareness programme,
drug abuse prevention programme, literacy programme, AIDS awareness
programme, career guidance programme and art and literacy programme.
With a view of encouraging
habits of thrift and self-help in students and also to disseminate knowledge
of co-operative principles among them, a Co-operative society has been
established. Membership of the society is open to all students and members
of the staff of the college. The society deals in all requirements of
students including notebooks, textbooks, drawing materials and other
stationery articles.