CuCek an Overview

Overall I liked the college. But there is no lab facility for some semesters in civil and mechanical branches. They have to go university campus for doing lab which 65 kms away. College will arrange bus service. Less infrastructure is available. But overall good academics, good atmosphere, highly qualified teachers these all factors make this college good one

Cusat Common Admission Test (CAT) should be written in order to get admissions in technical courses in the CUSAT university , My rank was 8796 and i got admission in Computer science branch in the second campus named Cochin University Colege of engineering Kuttanad located in pulinkunnu(alappey)

Computer Science and Engineering is easy subject offered by the university. A student who study computer science and engineering can Design and develop software application for different industries, manages softwares and hardwares, can write codes and algorithms for different operating systems

Mostly internships are done by the students during the 6th semester. Many students from each branch of the college are getting oppurtunities to do iternships in reputed industries. by doing internsips students are getting chance to understand more about the practical part of their course related jobs. as per my knowledge my seniors had visited KSRTC, Cochin Shipyard etc for their internships

The placement in the university is more than 90%. The average package in the university is abou 4-5lpa. The highest placement was from the amazon offering about 12lakhs pera annum Many students got off-campus placements in reputed companies like Ola, Ola Search, etc. Being one of the best colleges of Kerela, the college has quite a good reputation among companies.

The main events in the college takes place during the even semesters. It includes Sports,Arts . Freshers cup football match takes place for the first years every year. 'Sattva' was the arts festival took place in 2017 were every branches competete each other and have a chance to participate in the university level competitions

The fee structure is classsified into Free Seat(State merit), Payment seat(All india merit). The students who get admission into free seat category have to pay about Rs.25000 where payment seat category students have to pay Rs.42000 each semester. According to the reservation categories the fee structure changes The SC/ST students have to pay the category fees only once and they have to pay about 180rs each sem

Students can apply for scholarships and educational loans if needed. Scholarships are provided mostly for students from financially weak families after the verification from respected authorities. Students Aid Funds, MOMA scholarships, MEA scholarships etc. are some of the scholarship categories which students can apply

Looking back to the eventful history of the Cochin University College of Engineering Kuttanad (CUCEK), Pulincunnu would invoke a mixed feeling in the mind of a CUCEK lover. The only one of its kind in the locality around, it has the capacity to grow beyond a mere Engineering College or a University Department. Offering four engineering under-graduate courses, it has been initiated under the aegis of the CUSAT on 21st October 1999 as a University own department outside its main campus, in the picturesque piece of land in Pulincunnu, Alappuzha district. Being formally inaugurated on 25th of October 1999 in the presence of Syndicate members including Dr. K C Joseph, the then MLA of Kuttanad and the visionary behind it and Sri. James K. J., the Special Officer of CUCEK, the College began its academic activities in rented buildings which belonged to the St. Mary’s ITC, Pulincunnu and the St.Joseph’s HSS, Pulincunnu. There were 192 students in four B.Tech branches, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering in the first batch (1999-2003). The faculty members were deputed from the Centre for Undergraduate Studies in Engineering (now, the School of Engineering), CUSAT and recruited on contract basis. The experience and guidance from many of the senior faculty members benefitted the student and junior faculty community of the College. The College flourished into an institution offering six undergraduate (B.Tech) programs in Engineering (Civil, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering) and a post graduate program, Master of Computer Applications (MCA), within four years of its inception. An educational institution of this kind offering many technical and professional courses and admitting students from all parts of the country and initiated in a place remote from the main transportation system and townships had to face many hardships, in the recent past. But, if it is viewed from a global perspective, it could be noticed that the best educational institutions were groomed up in rural areas which are away from distractions and pollution which are part of urbanization. Kuttanad has been a place which is surrounded by many water bodies, like lakes and rivers and with limited land transportation network. It could not offer much to education including schooling, in the past. But, given the agriculture-based living of people, pollution-less atmosphere, availability of abundance of land, encouragement and enthusiasm of the people around, possibility of research elements, like soil, water, environment, structures, appropriate technologies, etc. a catalytic development of the institution is very much promising. The institute is standing tall in the middle of the historical rice bowl of Kerala in spite of minor elements of pulling down. The University procured nearly 40 acres of land in Pulincunnu and constructed semi-permanent buildings for the conduct of classes and administration by 2000-2001. The College was shifted to own place by the academic year 2002-2003. Initiatives to construct a permanent building became fruitful when the first five storied building of Kuttanad having 4000 square metre habitable space was opened as the main building of CUCEK by the then Chief minister of Kerala, Sri. V S Achuthanandan, on 9th January 2010. A series of laboratory buildings, a library building and limited sporting facilities are housed by a mini-campus of CUCEK in nearly 3.5 acres apart from the main campus of academic and administrative infrastructure facilities.

CUCEK do not have own hostels at the present. There are plans to build hostels but it will take time. presently there are many private hostels at the place. Many of them are recognized by the college. College doesnt own college buses also bus service is done by other private oraganizations. An average rental of 4500rs per month is needed. Rooms are available at rs 1400-2500 which accomodates 2-4 people

of the leading institutions which is an important landmark in the landscape of the higher education in India. In the recent NISCAIR ranking of research performance of Indian Universities CUSAT is 14th . In all India ranking among top 100 research institutions in India, CUSAT ranking fluctuates between 36 and 32 during the last 5 years( G Pratap, Curr Sc, 96, 1561, June 2009). As one of the highly reputed and internationally acclaimed Indian Universities, the objective of CUSAT is to promote graduate and postgraduate studies as well as advanced research in applied science, technology , social science and humanities. With its 28 departments and 9 Faculties CUSAT also has valuable inputs in the scenario of higher education through various specialized centers . From the first year of its inception 1n 1971 as University of Cochin , this temple of learning passed through various stages of transformations to undergo a phase transition to Cochin University of Science and Technology in 1987. During its existence of more than three decades, CUSAT served the society through manpower training in the areas of cutting edge technologies. Alumni of CUSAT are now occupying prestigious positions all over the world. CUSAT wish to create a well-knit family of its alumni and establish a lifetime partnership with CUSAT. In order to generate synergism for the benefit of further betterment in the performance of CUSAT in the scene of higher education, it is proposed to form CUSAT Alumni Association. CUSAT invites all its alumni to join hands with us to develop CUSAT into a world class institution of higher learning. CUSAT has instituted Distinguished Aluminous Award to CUSAT Alumni who have excelled in various fields of activities. We wish to envisage various projects so that Alumni can have their valuable contributions in shaping the future of CUSAT.

according to the 2015 scheme of the university. Examinations are done during the time which is comfortable for the students. two series examinations and semester exam takes place in each semester . Each semester includes 6 theory papers and 2 lab exams.Out of 100 marks for each subjects 60 marks should be obtained from the semester exam and remaining 40 marks are obtained by Series examinations,assignments and attendance

Registration for the CAT examination was done online and the notifications regarding the test was up to date n the official site of the university. After the registratoin an amount of rs.1000 was paid as the registration fee. Examination date and centre was informed by the month of march or april. Apart from the other engineering entrance examinations the CAT examination test is done using computers. the proceedures were easy in order to write the exam and admission. after announcing the results a counselling date was informed and as per the available seats i got admission in CSE branch

The faculty members in the college are well qualified and experienced. Many of the faculty members have Phd and Mtech from reputed colleges. All the faculty members are teaching each one of us very friendly and knowledgeable. The faculty members concentrate more on their syllabus than the other activities of the students