ENERGY CONSERVATION SOCIETY
INDUSTRY- INSTITUTE INTERACTION CELL
CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION

ENERGY CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Energy Conservation Society (Thrissur chapter) is functioning in the college. The object of the Society is to foster all forms of energy and to protect the environment for the sustainable development of our country. Following are the few activities of the ECS.

• Energy Audit
• Popular Awareness and Motivational Programs
• Energy Education
• Pollution Control and Environment Protection Measures
• Collection of data and Research on New and Renewable Energy Sources
• Reuse and Recycling Technology for Waste Energy Utilization
• Conducting Workshops, Seminars and Demonstrations regarding Energy Efficient Devices

More information can be had from Secretary - ECS, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering , Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur.

INDUSTRY- INSTITUTE INTERACTION CELL

Industry-Institute Interaction Cell is functioning in this college as a forum for interaction between industries and the college, for mutual benefit. Industries can help the institutions by sponsoring R & D activities, involving themselves in the curriculum preparation and providing placement to deserving candidates. The testing and laboratory facilities in the college can be utilized by the industries for their day to day needs. Further, the innovative ideas of the students can be pooled for commercial applications. Also it will help the industries to keep abreast with the developments in the fields of Science, Engineering and Technology. A committee consisting of representatives from industry and the faculty is monitoring the activities of the cell. It is maintaining close liaison with the District Industries Center and financial institutions.

The professor in charge of the cell is Dr. M.K. Balakrishnan Nayar.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER

Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), a constituent of Canada-India Co-operation Project has identified 24 Technical Institutions in India as Centers of Continuing Education. The Government Engineering College, Thrissur is one of the National Centers, identified by ISTE as Center of Excellence. These are Institutions with proven capability and the centers are managed by a senior Professor as Manager. Training is imparted through these centers to the personnel from industries with the overall objective of keeping them update with the developments in Engineering and Technology.

The Professor in charge of the Center is Dr M.K. Balakrishnan Nayar.

PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION

A Parent Teacher Association is actively working in the college. The objectives of the Association are:

• to work for the welfare of the students and of the institution and to offer constructive suggestions for the smooth and successful functioning of the college.
• to promote better participation of the parents in the various programs of the college and to establish better liaison with teachers.

All parents/guardians of the students on the rolls of the college and members of teaching faculties of the college are members of the Association. It is compulsory for a parent/guardian of a student on the rolls of the college to be a member of the Parent Teacher Association. Some achievements/activities of the association that require special mention are:

• Construction of the three-storey library building in the college campus.
• Subscribing Technical journals for the college library.
• Giving awards to students coming first in the University examinations for each semester and in each branch.
• Printing information bulletin, Syllabi etc. and distributing them to the students.
• Financing Departmental Association activities, sports and games and providing financial assistance to poor and needy students.

The office bearers of the Association for the year 1995-96 are:

Dr K Neelakantan, Principal - Patron
Adv Therambil Ramakrishnan MLA - President
Dr. PV Krishnan Nair - Vice President
Prof. Rani Thomas - Secretary
Prof. KC John - Joint Secretary
PD Vijayarajan -Treasurer

Executive Committee Members

N. Pankajakshan Pillai
CK Kunjikuttan
Prof. KT Mary
Dr. KV Narayenan
Prof. KT Joseph