MEC Kochi is an engineering institute established in Thrikkakara near Kochi,Kerala in 1989 by IHRD.
- It is first self-financing college to be established by the Govt. Of Kerala
- It is first to be affiliated with Cochin University of Science And Technology and its courses are approved by AICTE
- It has been constantly ranked at top in various surveys in Kerala
- It was ranked 5th in terms of industrial interaction by MINT magazine
- It offers 4 undergraduate and 5 post graduate courses
- It has a campus of 14 acres located about 12 KM away from heart of Kochi city
- College main building design is influence by the first Indian satellite “Aryabhatta”
- College has 200+ faculty,2000 students and 50 supporting staff
- Admissions are based on Kerala Engineering Entrance Exam
Departments:
- Electronics and Communication Engineering Department
- Computer Science and Engineering Department
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department
- Electronics and Biomedical Department
- Mechanical Engineering Department
- Applied Science Department
Alumni:
- Balasubrahmanyan S, Aravind krishnan and Sreekanth S -Co-inventors of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT graphical processing unit.
- Krishnaswamy -Second highest payee among fresh recruits in Intel Technologies for year 1999.
- Shan Kadavil -Indian technical head,Zynga India
- Rosh cherian -CEO, CogniCor
- Jayakrishnan T -CEO, Asimov Robotics
- Arjun C -Co-founder, Compile INC
Placements:
Year |
Company |
No. of Students placed |
2013-14 |
ADP |
12 |
BOSCH |
15 |
|
|
2 |
|
Nest |
21 |
|
Oracle |
6 |
|
Qburst |
16 |
|
TCS |
83 |
|
Wipro |
45 |
|
UST Global |
10 |
|
NSN |
14 |
Extracurricular Activities:
- IEEE
- MACS- MEC Association of Computer Students
- EMF- Electrical Mind Forum
- Mixed Signals
- Bio Medical Association
- The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
- Young Indians
- Illuminati
- NSS
- Music Club
- Cyborg
- Sports
Facilities:
ECell: It is entrepreneur ship forum developed with an objective to encourage entrepreneurship among students. It conducts workshops and seminars about cooperate world
Library: College library has good collections of books. It has over 16000 books and 60 journals.
Hostel: College has men’s hostel which can accommodate 240 students. The hostel boasts of a multi- gym, a badminton court, football ground, volleyball court.
Festivals:
Excel: It is annual managerial fest of MEC conducted in association with IEEE. It is platform for stdents to showcase their talent in technical field.
Technopreneur: This event is organized by E-Cell MEC in association with Yi Net MEC and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) is national level annual entrepreneurship summit
Ranking:
Magazine |
Title |
Rank |
Year |
Outlook |
Top Engineering college |
46th |
2013 |
Outlook |
Top engineering for Return on Investments |
5th |
2010 |
Mint |
Top govt. engineering college |
28th |
2009 |
Outlook |
Top engineering college in industrial ranking |
39th |
2014 |