VIDMEDIA - Official media Club of VAST released the official promo of VYVIDH 2K19

*Vyvidh'19 Official* - https://youtu.be/A_v2KUVHmsY
*CE* - https://youtu.be/mVPawKc_T2M
*CSE* - https://youtu.be/3mV_vXT62XA
*ECE* - https://youtu.be/Zqfjyke0xdA
*EEE* - https://youtu.be/VyYJ2XhDFzc
*ME* - https://youtu.be/4mJbXDrXSc8
*PE* - https://youtu.be/hMc5Qyc5nj8
*MCA* - https://youtu.be/lKn8Y8vZuxA

AVA Member - VASUDA K V seeks support from AVA Family as a part of her research related to brain behaviour and phone addiction at Govt. Engineering College, Trichur. All are requested to participate in the online survey by visiting the links given below. It may take 1-2 minutes only.

In advance she has conveyed her thanks for the patience and time spent to support her.

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The 3rd edition of Vidya Cup Inter-Collegiate Football Tournament was held in the campus on 23 – 24 February 2019.

The tournament was inaugurated by Mr Vishak Nair (promising cine artist of Aanandham fame) in a colorful opening ceremony. Er G Mohanachandran, Executive Director, Dr Saji C B, Principal, Sri K M Parameswara Swamy, Managing Director, KMP Consultants, Dr S Swapnakumar (Prof and Head, ECE,Dept) members of faculty and students attended the function.

As many as 22 engineering colleges and 3 polytechnic colleges from different parts of South India took part in the tournament. IES College of Engineering, Chittilappilly, won the champion title by defeating Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, in a tie-breaker decider. Mr Akhil T A of Maharaja’s Technical Institute, Thrissur, was adjudged as the ‘Man of the Tournament’ and secured a Trophy and Cash award worth Rs.5000 sponsored by Vidya’s alumnus Mr Yoonus M P (2010-14 B Tech EEE (2010 – 14 batch)) and B Tech ME (2007-11 batch).

An awareness talk about the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) was held in the Auditorium on 19 February 2019 for the 2020 pass out batch B Tech students. The main speaker of the session was Mr Mathew Kurian from Manifold, an institute in Thrissur that provides assistance for IES, GATE and PSU Exams, who touched upon the various placement and higher education opportunities that are available to students upon being GATE qualified. He told the students about the subject areas that are tested as part of this competitive exams and on how to prepare for it. The list of top institutes and universities taking students for M Tech programs along with their indicative selection cut-off scores was shared. Besides higher education opportunities, almost all of the the leading public sector companies in India, viz. SAIL, IOC, OIL, ONGC, BHEL, BEL, NTPC, etc. are now recruiting fresh candidates only on the basis of the GATE score. GATE score is also a valid score for recruitment to country’s leading research establishments like ISRO, BARC, and also at some of the leading private sector companies like L&T, etc.

Alma Matter becomes a wing of State Govt's IT Hub

Kerala Government has launched its IT hub at Vidya as part of its initiative to develop the skills of budding engineers. In the first stage, the Kerala government has initiated the IT hub at 20 colleges. As a result of this, the students of these colleges will be able to communicate live with each other. They will also be able to conduct live skill development sessions. Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the event at Thiruvananthapuram through a video conference. Tourism Minister Shri Kadakampally Surendran, IT Secretary M Sivasankar, IAS, and Dr Saji Gopinath attended the function. The programme is being organised by Kerala IT Mission.

An awareness talk about the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and about the various opportunities through an MBA degree was held in the Auditorium for the 2020 pass out batch B Tech students on 19 February 2019. The main speaker on the occasion was Mr Diju Jose from T.I.M.E., an institute in Thrissur that provides coaching for appearing in competitive examinations, who touched upon the various entrance examinations like CAT/MAT/CMAT and exposed the students to the typical subject areas that are tested as part of these competitive examinations. He provided an overview of how to prepare for such examinations and shared the likely examination schedule for the coming academic year. A list of top institutes and universities offering the program with their indicative selection cut-off scores was also discussed.

NSS units of Alma Matter receives all the three State Awards

The NSS units of Vidya had been selected for conferring three prestigious State level awards for the year 2017-18 instituted by NSS Tech Cell, Government of Kerala. The awards were distributed by Mr K T Jaleel, Hon’ble Minister for Higher Education, Welfare of Minorities, in an award presentation ceremony held at Municipal Town Hall, Tirur, Malappuram District, on 23 February 2019. Dr Sudha Balagopalan (Dean Academics) and Mr Anil M (NSS Programme Officer, Vidya) received the state level Best NSS Unit Award. Mr Anil M received the Best Programme Officer Award and the state level award for Best Volunteer was received by Sreedevi A J.

Dr K Sabukuttan, the State NSS Officer, welcomed the gathering. Mr E T Mohammed Basheer, Member of Parliament, delivered a special address. Dr Anil Vallathole, Mr K T Bava, Mr I V Soman, Prof Gopinath Raveendran and Dr K P Suresh Kumar felicitated the event. Mr. Sudheer Shah Salam gave vote of thanks.

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana – Technical Institutions (PMKVY-TI) is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship under the Govt. of India and delivered by AICTE at the technical institutes across the country. The objective of the scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood.

As part of this initiative, during the academic year 2017-18, the College had conducted the following courses:

Plumber (General)
LED Light Repair Technician

The first batch of students who were trained under the scheme in the year 2017-18 completed their assessments and were certified by the respective Skill Sector Councils. .

RapidValue Solutions is a leading provider of end-to-end mobility, omni-channel, IoT and cloud solutions to enterprises worldwide. They have offices at Kochi, Bangalore, and Mumbai in India, and their global offices are located in USA, UK, and Germany.

RapidValue Solutions conducted a campus recruitment drive in Vidya on 19 February 2019 targeted at the final year (2019 pass out batch) B Tech and MCA students. This opportunity was made possible due to the special efforts taken by Ms Aswathi M R (AP, CSE Dept). As many as seven students have been provided with placement offers. Congratulations!

SupportSages is a leading Kochi-based information technology infrastructure support company. They manage servers and networks for their customers. They carry out server monitoring, trouble shooting, software updates, sever migration and are also into web-hosting and customer support.

SupportSages conducted a campus recruitment drive in Vidya on 15 February 2019 to select candidates for filling positions as Junior Systems Administrator. The drive was targeted at the CSE, ECE, EEE and MCA students in the 2019 pass-out batches. Twenty six students have been shortlisted for the final interviews to be held at the company’s office at Kochi.

The nascent Skill Development Centre of Vidya organised a skill development programme in MKMC UP School in Nenmanikara Village in Thrissur District on 24 February 2019. The training was for the making of LED bulbs, LED tubelights and LED T-Bulbs. The classes were conducted by the staff and students of Skill Development Centre of Vidya.

The programme, presided over by Sri V R Suresh, Nenmanikara Grama Panchayath Member, was inaugurated by Shri V K Raju, Assistant Commissioner, Thrissur City Police. Smt Rejitha Vijayan, Panchayath Member, Er G Mohanachandran, Executive Director, Sri M I Raveendran, VICT Trustee, Sri Ramesh C R, Programme Coordinator, Sri Pramod I P, PTA President, Sri Arun Lohithakshan (AP, ME Dept) and Smt Sindhu Menon, Head-Mistress, attended the function.

The programme was conducted in the school classrooms after dividing the participants into groups. The programme was attended by around hundred school students and Kudumbasree workers.