Vidya Academy of Science and Technology
| Vidya Academy of Science and Technology | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Motto | Progress through education |
| Established | 2003 |
| Type | Private self-financing engineering college |
| Principal | S. P. Subramanian |
| Dean | P. Prathapachandran Nair |
| Director | D. Balakrishnan |
| Academic staff | 112 |
| Undergraduates | 1668 |
| Postgraduates | 180 |
| Location | Thrissur, Kerala, India |
| Campus | 30 acres (120,000 m2) |
| Website | boards.4chan.org/v/ |
Vidya Academy of Science and Technology ('VAST), also known as Vidya Engineering College or Vidya College or simply Vidya, is a private self-financing engineering college in Thrissur District in Kerala. The college is located in a 30-acre (120,000 m2) rural campus situated nearly half-way between Guruvayoor and Thrissur City, the district headquarters. The college offers B Tech courses in six branches of engineering - Civil, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical, and Production -and also the post-graduate course of MCA.
The college was established and is administered by Vidya International Charitable Trust (VICT), a registered body formed by more than a thousand non-resident Keralites mostly based in the Arab Gulf states.
VAST meets the Kerala guidelines for new colleges control[1] especially in matters of admissions and fee structure. A substantial number of students hold scholarships instituted by the management. The college has implemented the AICTE Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme for promoting technical education for women, handicapped and weaker sections of the society.[2]
Contents |
[edit] History
The college started functioning in August 2003 offering B Tech courses in four branches of engineering, namely Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, and Mechanical.
From 2006 the college began to offer B Tech programmes in Civil Engineering and Production Engineering. In the same year the postgraduate programme of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) was started. There are around 1900 students and 112 faculty members.
[edit] 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 9001:2000 certification.
[edit] 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 programmes and the MCA programme.
[edit] Engineering departments
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Computer Applications
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Production Engineering
[edit] Allied departments
- Department of Applied Sciences
- Department of Humanities
- Department of Training and Placement
[edit] Academic support and services
[edit] Twinning Programme
VIDYA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) [3] with State University of New York at New Paltz [4] providing for a twinning programme arrangement.[citation needed]
[edit] Library
The college library houses a collection of more than 13000 books in branches of engineering, technology and basic sciences. National and international journals, including e-journals, are subscribed. The global e-journal literature relating to engineering and technology can be accessed through J-Gate. There is a collection of Educational software in the library. The full set of web courses prepared by NPTEL [5] (a joint initiative of the IITs and the IISc) is available through the intranet of the college.
[edit] 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.[6]
[edit] Institutional memberships
The College has institutional memberships in the following professional associations:
- Computer Society of India (CSI)
- Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
- Institution of Engineers (India)
- Nano Science and Technology Consortium [7]
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)[8] in the college.
[edit] Academic tie-ups
The college has academic tie-ups with these IT industries.
- Infosys Technologies Limited through their Campus-Connect programme
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Cisco Systems through the Cisco Networking Academy at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
[edit] Physical infrastructure
Only the Central Block of the present college buildings had been completed when the college started functioning. The South Block was added in 2007 and the North Block in 2008.
A CAD/CAM lab is equipped with CNC machines and professional software.[9]
The student-computer ratio in the campus is nearly 3:1. Even though the college promotes free software products, major proprietary software packages are available.
There are separate hostels for boys and girls on the campus.
[edit] Campus life
[edit] 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.
[edit] National Service Scheme
There are two units of the National Service Scheme (NSS) in the college.
[edit] Placements
There is a placement cell under the supervision of a Placement Officer. During the first year of its operation, a large number of students were placed in major companies. In order to enhance their employability, the students are trained in Turning Point [10] programme. This is a programme to develop the students confidence, making them comfortable while facing the public, in interviews, and in group discussions.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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,[11] a consortium of educational institutions in India, the Middle East and Europe, awards nearly 100 scholarships. [11] (Retrieved on 13 July 2008)</ref>.
[edit] 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[12] to provide leadership to the academic activities in the college. The Chief Patron of the Trust is P. K. Asokan; the chairman is K. Muraleedharan.[13]).
[edit] Ranking
There is no official mechanism to rank the technical institutions in a state in India. However, the ranks obtained in the Common Entrance Examination by the students admitted last to the courses in the professional colleges in Kerala give an indication of the popular ranking of the engineering colleges in Kerala. Considering the ranks of the students last admitted under the State Merit quota during 2007, among the 39 engineering colleges to which students were admitted under this quota, the position of Vidya Academy of Science and Technology varied from the fourth to the eighth.[14]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Guidelines for starting of new colleges [1](Retrieved on 28 August 208)
- ^ AICTE scheme on tuition fee waiver [2] (Retrieved on 21 December 2008)
- ^ Chairman's message [3] (Retrieved on 29 July 2008)
- ^ State University of New York at New Paltz home page
- ^ [4] (Retrieved on 21 December 2008)
- ^ Home page of VAST RDEC Cell [5] (Retrieved on 29 August 2008)
- ^ List of institutional members in Nano Science and Technology Consortium [6] (Retrieved on 28 August 2008)
- ^ Home page of IEEE Student Branch [7] (Retrieved on 28 August 2008)
- ^ http://www.vidyaacademy.ac.in/newvidya/facilities.html
- ^ Clientele of Turning Point [8] (Retrieved on 13 July 2008)
- ^ GEMS Education Home page
- ^ Profiles of Academic Council members
- ^ Profiles of members of the Executive Council of VICT [9] (Retrieved on 21 June 2010)
- ^ Last rank details after admission to professional degree courses in Kerala in 2007 [10] (Retrieved on 08 July 2008).
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Vidya Academy of Science and Technology |
- VAST website
- Vidya International Charitable Trust website
- Vidya Academy of Science and Technology in Wikimapia
Coordinates: 10°37′39″N 76°08′47″E / 10.6276045°N 76.1464334°E
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
