Type Public Pro Vice Chancellor Dr.M. Abdul Rahman Chancellor P. Sathasivam President P. Sathasivam | Established 2014 Affiliations UGC Phone 0471 259 8122 Founded 2014 Vice-chancellor Kuncheria P Isaac | |
Address CET Campus, Ambady Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695016 | ||
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (initially called 'Kerala Technological University') is a university established by the government of Kerala. The objective of the University is to coordinate, supervise, regulate, guide and provide leadership in all aspects of technological and engineering education and research in Kerala State.
The university has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram and its jurisdictional authority extends to the whole of Kerala State. The university has been established both as a teaching and affiliation university. Engineering colleges may be affiliated as a regular college, a constituent college, an autonomous college, or as a college with academic autonomy.
History
In 2014 May, KTU was established by the government of Kerala through an Ordinance. Kuncheria P. Isaac, a former Member Secretary of the All India Council for Technical Education has been appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala Technological University, and M. Abdul Rahman, former AICTE Director, has been appointed as the first Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University.
The University was initially called as Kerala Technological University, On the death of former President of India Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Govt. of Kerala decided to name the university after him.