Vidya Academy of Science and Technology

History

The college started functioning in August 2003 offering B Tech courses in four branches of engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, and Mechanical Engineering.

From 2006 the college began to offer B Tech programmes in Civil Engineering and Production Engineering. In the same year the postgraduate programme of Masters in Computer Application was started. There are around 1900 students and 112 faculty members.From 2012 the college is offering M.Tech in Power Electronics and Drives, Computer Science and Engineering, Structural engineering and Embedded Systems. The college is one of the Research Center for Doctoral Research (Ph.D) of Anna University, Chennai.

Certifications

The college is affiliated to the University of Calicut, approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and recognized by the Government of Kerala (see External links below). It has also secured ISO 9001:2008 certification.It is also a recognized research center for Doctoral Research for Department of EEE and Dept. of CSE from Anna University, Chennai. College has National Board of Accreditation (NBA)for it's EEE, ME and CE undergraduate programmes.

Departments and courses

The college has seven engineering departments (including the Department of Computer Applications) and three allied departments. The College runs six B Tech, four M.Tech & two Ph.D programmes in engineering and the MCA programme.

Engineering departments

Allied departments

Twinning Programme

VIDYA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with State University of New York at New Paltz providing for a twinning programme arrangement.

Research and allied activities

The college has a forum in the form of Research Development Extension and Consultancy Cell (RDEC Cell) for promoting research and allied activities. The infrastructure facilities of the college are utilized for formulating and implementing research projects. The laboratories provide the testing facilities.

Institutional memberships

The College has institutional memberships in the following professional associations:

In addition, there are active student chapters of Computer Society of India, ISTE and Institution of Engineers (India), and also of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the college.

Academic tie-ups

The college has academic tie-ups with these IT industries.

Vidya Student Support Cell (VSSC)

The Vidya Student Support Cell is a forum, initiated by the management, to provide additional academic as well as emotional support to needy students. The Cell coordinates and monitors the effective implementation of the ‘group tutor system’ whereby groups of thirty students each are put under the patronage of a faculty member designated as the ‘group tutor’. Every group tutor interacts with the students on a regular basis. The cell arranges training programs for the prospective as well as serving group tutors periodically. The cell has organized an Orientation Programme for the benefit of students who have just completed higher secondary course and who are aspiring to a career in engineering.

National Service Scheme

There are two units, Unit 101 and Unit 200 of the National Service Scheme (NSS) in the college.

Admissions

For both B. Tech and MCA programmes, fifty percent of the students are selected by the Government of Kerala from the rank list prepared based on the Common Entrance Examination conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations and fifty percent of the students are selected by the management from a list prepared by them.

Scholarships

As part of its philanthropic activity, the Vidya International Charitable Trust, in co-operation with Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates, and Mr. Sunny Varkey, founder of GEMS Education, a consortium of educational institutions in India, the Middle East and Europe, awards nearly 100 scholarships.

Administration

Vidya International Charitable Trust, a non-profit charitable trust formed by a group of non-resident Indians and registered at Thiruvananthapuram in December 2000, is the promoter of the College. Under the provisions of the trust deed of Vidya International Charitable Trust, the Board of Trustees is the custodian of the Trust and all its properties. The Board of Trustees vests the management and control of Vidya Academy of Science and Technology and other ventures of the Trust on an Executive Committee of eleven Trustees elected from the Board of Trustees. An Advisory Board guides the development of the College. A Steering Committee directs the day-to-day functioning of the college. There is also an Academic Council to provide leadership to the academic activities in the college. The Chief Patron is P. K. Asokan.