Govt. Model Engineering College - [MEC] Thrikkakara, Kochi

Govt. Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara (MEC) is an engineering institute established in Thrikkakara near Kochi,Kerala in 1989 by IHRD.

• It is first self-financing college to be established by the Govt. Of Kerala
• It is first to be affiliated with Cochin University of Science And Technology and its courses are approved by AICTE
• It has been constantly ranked at top in various surveys in Kerala
• It was ranked 5^th in terms of industrial interaction by MINT magazine
• It  offers 4 undergraduate and 5 post graduate courses
• It has a campus of 14 acres located about 12 KM away from heart of Kochi city
• College main building design is influence by the first Indian satellite “Aryabhatta”
• College has 200+ faculty,2000 students and 50 supporting staff
• Admissions are based on Kerala Engineering  Entrance Exam

Departments:

• Electronics and Communication Engineering Department
• Computer Science and Engineering Department
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department
• Electronics and Biomedical Department
• Mechanical Engineering Department
• Applied Science Department

Alumni:

• Balasubrahmanyan S, Aravind krishnan and Sreekanth S -Co-inventors of NVIDIA GeForce  9400 GT graphical processing unit.
• Krishnaswamy -Second highest payee among fresh recruits in Intel Technologies for year 1999.
• Shan Kadavil -Indian technical head,Zynga India
•  Rosh cherian -CEO, CogniCor
• Jayakrishnan T -CEO, Asimov Robotics
•  Arjun C -Co-founder, Compile INC

Placements:

Extracurricular Activities:

• IEEE
• MACS- MEC Association of Computer Students
• EMF- Electrical Mind Forum
• Mixed Signals
• Bio Medical Association
• The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
• Young Indians
• Illuminati
• NSS
• Music Club
• Cyborg                                 
• Sports

Facilities:

ECell: It is entrepreneur ship forum developed with an objective to encourage entrepreneurship among students. It conducts workshops and seminars about cooperate world

Library: College library has good collections of books. It has over 16000 books and 60 journals.

Hostel: College has men’s hostel which can accommodate 240 students. The hostel boasts of a  multi- gym, a badminton court, football ground, volleyball court.

Festivals:

Excel: It is annual managerial fest of MEC conducted in association with IEEE. It is platform for stdents to showcase their talent in technical field.

Technopreneur: This event is organized by E-Cell MEC in association with Yi Net MEC and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) is national level annual entrepreneurship summit

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