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Established
  
1958

Academic staff
  
200

Phone
  
0474 271 2024

Affiliation
  
University of Kerala

Principal
  
Dr. S. Ayoob

Undergraduates
  
2500

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
4,000 USD (2010)

Founded
  
1958

Motto
  
Pre-eminence in Engineering and Technology with a universal perspective.

Type
  
Govt. Aided Aided by the World Bank under TEQIP Programme Govt. of India

Address
  
Karicode, NH 220, Kollam, Kerala 691005

Similar
  
TKM Institute of Technology, College of Engineering - Trivandrum, Rajiv Gandhi Institute o, Government Engineering College, NSS College of Engineering

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Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering (TKMCE), founded in 1958, was the first government aided engineering institution in the private sector in the Indian state of Kerala. The college is located at Karikode, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the city of Kollam in southern Kerala. The foundation stone was laid by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the erstwhile President of India on 3 February 1956.

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The college is affiliated with the University of Kerala. Admission to the college is based on the Kerala Engineering Agricultural Medical (KEAM) conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, Kerala. The college is preferred by most students who complete this examination.

Institution

The college was founded by the TKM Educational Trust, an organization established by Thangal Kunju Musaliar. The college's foundation stone was laid in 1956 by Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. The college was inaugurated by Prof. Humayun Kabir, the Cabinet Minister for Scientific and Cultural Affairs, on 3 July 1958. The main building is designed in the grand medieval Mughal architectural style with courtyards, around which are spread the departmental buildings, library block, laboratories, workshops and hostels.

The college started with 120 students and a faculty of six, offering courses in mechanical engineering, civil engineering and electrical engineering. The college now has more than 2000 students with about 200 faculty, supported by 136 non-teaching staff. The college has laboratories and computer facilities.

The institute offers B.Tech programs in eight branches of engineering, two M.Tech programs and a Computer Applications (MCA) Program. The programs are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.

Dr. S.Ayoob is the current principal of the college.

Location

The college is located at Karicode, a suburb town of the coastal city of Kollam on the Kollam-Schencottah NH-208 road. There is a railway station at Karicode called Kilikollur railway station. Direct trains connect Kollam Junction Railway station to all important cities of the country. The college is six kilometres away from Kollam city centre (Chinnakada).

Admission

Undergraduate level

  • Admission to the college is based on the competitive Entrance Examination KEAM administered by the Government of Kerala, India. Some seats are reserved for students from Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman and Lakshadweep.
    • Postgraduate level
  • M.Tech.Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology, IITs.
  • MCA Kerala MCA Entrance Examination, conducted by the Office of the Commissioner of Entrance Exams run by the Government of Kerala.
  • MBA Management Aptitude Test (MAT) conducted by the All India Management Association and CMAT conducted by AICTE.

    • Full-time Courses(B.Tech & B.Arch.)

  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Production Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Architecture (B.Arch, 5 years duration)

    • Part-time Courses(B.Tech.)

  • Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering

    • Full-time Courses

  • Master of Computer Applications
  • Industrial Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering(M.Tech.)
  • Structural Engineering and Construction Management(M.Tech.)
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Integrated Manufacturing
  • Industrial Instrumentation and Control

    • Part-time Courses

  • Master of Business Administration

    • Facilities

  • Career Guidance and Placement Unit (CGPU)
  • Football cum Cricket Ground
  • Indoor Badminton Court
  • Basketball, Tennis and Volleyball court
  • Canteen
  • Stationery shop
  • Hostels for all students
  • International students hostel
  • Central Library

    • The college has a central library with over 70,350 books, around 100 technical journals, and periodicals. The library is open on all working days and Saturdays. The library system is computerized, and has also Internet facility. Apart from the central library, each department has its own library with specialized collections. One of earliest e-campuses in India, the entire campus including 14 hostels for boys and girls are linked into a WLAN.

    Alumni association

    The Alumni Association was formed in 1963. Chapters of the association are in several countries. TAGA was formed on 8 September 2004 as an internet based initiative to link all the alumni. TKMCE Alumni UAE is one of the alumni association based in UAE which was founded in 1987 as an auxiliary unit of TKM Alumni Association Kollam. It has more than 1000 members.

    Notable alumni

  • Shibu Baby John
  • T. K. Alex
  • Rajan Pillai
  • V. K. Adarsh
  • M. Jayachandran

    • References

    Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering Wikipedia
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