MANDATORY DISCLOSURE

Name of Institution                           : COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING MUNNAR

Name &Address of Principal                 : Dr. K.G.Balakrishnan
                                                       Principal
                                                       College of Engineering Munnar
                                                       P.B.No:45, County Hills
                                                       Munnar – 685 612
                                                       Tel: 04865 230606 (Off)     
                                                       Fax: 232106  

Affiliating University                           : Cochin University of Science &Technology

Governing Body

Academic Advisory Board

Frequency of Board Meetings

Governing body meetings will be convened once in a year.
Academic advisory board meetings will be convened thrice during each semester.

Organizational Chart

Nature and extend of involvement of faculty and students and Mechanism for Good Governance

Apart from the academic advisory board meetings, the Principal used to convene periodic meetings with the faculty members to discuss the academic progresses, level of teaching and other academic/non academic matters. The HOD’s also convene frequent Departmental Meetings and the report will be submitted to the Principal. The Class tutors will be spending an hour each per week in their respective classes to gather the feed back and suggestions.

Student Feed back on Governance / Faculty performance

The Principal used to visit every class during each semester and used to collect the staff evaluation vide the evaluation form designed as per AICTE norms.

Grievance redressal mechanism for faculty, staff members and students

PROGRAMMES

Programmes approved by AICTE

B.Tech Programmes in ECE,CSE, EEE

Programmes accredited by AICTE

Nil

Details of Each Programme

1.Name                                                           : Electronics & Communication Engg
   No:Seats                                                      : Intake of 60  per year
   Duration                                                      : 4 years
   Cut off marks for admission                       : 50%aggregate marks in Physics,       
                                                                          Chemistry and Maths at Plus two
                                                                          And should pass the Common Entrance
                                                                           Examination conducted by Kerala Govt

   Fee                                                               : Rs 4000/- per Year for Govt Quota
                                                                        : Rs 65,000/- per year for Management
                                                                          Quota (Government allotment)

                                                                        :Rs 80,000/- per year for NRI
Placement Facilities                                       : College has set up an Independent
                                                                          Training &Placement Cell
Campus Placement in last 3 years                : 39 students from 2005 and 40 students
                                                                          From 2006 batch, 53 students from
                                                                           2007 batch, 50 students from 2008 batch
   were placed
                                                                          Maximun Salary – 22,000/- per month
                                                                          Minimum Salary—5500/- per month
                                                                          Average Salary – 10500/-
2.Name                                                           : Computer Science &Engg
   No:Seats                                                      : Intake of 60 per year
   Duration                                                      : 4 years
   Cut off marks for admission                       : 50%aggregate marks in Physics,       
                                                                          Chemistry and Maths at Plus two
                                                                          And should pass the Common Entrance
                                                                           Examination conducted by Kerala Govt

   Fee                                                               : Rs 4000/- per Year for Govt Quota
                                                                        : Rs 65,000/- per year for Management
                                                                          Quota (Government allotment)
                                                                          Rs 80,000/- for NRI
Placement Facilities                                       : College has set up an Independent
                                                                          Training &Placement Cell

Campus Placement in last 3 years                : 31 students from 2005 and 36 students
From 2006 batch 44 students from 2007    batch, 36 students from 2008 batch
                                                                          Maximum Salary – 22,500/- per month
                                                                          Minimum Salary—6000/- per month
                                                                          Average Salary – 12,500/-
3.Name                                                           : Electrical &Electronics Engg
   No:Seats                                                      : Intake of 60 per year
   Duration                                                      : 4 years
   Cut off marks for admission                       : 50%aggregate marks in Physics,       
                                                                          Chemistry and Maths at Plus two
                                                                          And should pass the Common Entrance
                                                                           Examination conducted by Kerala Govt

   Fee                                                               : Rs 4000/- per Year for Govt Quota
                                                                        : Rs 65,000/- per year for Management
                                                                          Quota (Government allotment)
Rs 80,000/- per year for NRI
Placement Facilities                                       : College has set up an Independent
                                                                          Training &Placement Cell

Faculty

Ratio of permanent faculty and students

1:22

Number of faculty employed and left during last 3 years

49

FEE STRUCTURE

Details of Fee approved by State Fee Committee

Tuition Fee                             : 65,000/- (Management Quota)  4000/- (Govt Quota)
Admission Fee                         :250/-
Special Fee                            :1200/-
University Recognition Fee        :3500
CUSAT Fee                            : 245

Time schedule for the payment of Fee

Fee will be collected from each student on the commencement of Odd Semester classes

No: Fee waivers granted with the amount and name of students

Scholarships Offered

Nil

 Criteria for fee waivers

As per the list issued by Entrance Commissioner, Government of Kerala.

Estimated cost of Boarding and lodging in Hostels

Boys Hostel:  1800/- per month
Girls Hostel :  1500/- per month

ADMISSION

Number of seats sanctioned &Year of Approval

The approved intake is 60 seats per branch for three B.Tech courses per year
First approval was given on October 20th 2000

Number of students admitted during last 3 years under various categories

Number of applications received during last 2 years for admission under management quota and the number admitted

ADMISSION PROCEDURE

Students have to appear and clear the Common Entrance Test Conducted by the Govt of Kerala. The address of the Entrance Authority is
Commissioner for Entrance Examinations
5TH Floor, Housing Board Buildings
Santhi Nagar
Thiruvananthapuram 695 001
Tel:04712 332120  Fax 04712 337228  Web: cee-kerala.org

All students have to clear the CET and no separate reservation is followed for AIEEE or any other Tests

The calendar for admission against NRI Quota is as Follows

Last date for request of application                  :06/06/2008
Last date for submission of application              :06/06/2008
Date for announcing results                             :10/06/2008
Release of admission List                                 :16/06/2008
Last date for closing of admission                     :16/06/2008
Starting of academic sessions                          :…………..

Policy of refund of Fee As per the directions from the Government of Kerala

CRITERIA AND WEIGHTAGE FOR ADMISSION

The basic criteria to get admission to B.Tech courses at College of Engineering Munnar (Merit/Management) is that the student has to pass the Common Entrance Test conducted by the Govt of Kerala. A student who has cleared the Entrance have to score a minimum of 50%marks in Physics, Chemistry &Mathematics at their plus two level and a separate minimum of 50%marks for Mathematics.. If the student satisfies all the above mentioned conditions, then the candidate will be granted admission on the basis of hierarchy of the CEE rank.

The candidates belonging to SC/ST category need secure only pass marks in the Qualifying examination along with a pass in CEE. A relaxation of 5%marks is allowed for the students belonging to OBC/SEBC category.

APPLICATION FORM

LIST OF APPLICANTS UNDER OPEN QUOTA

*** Admission for 2008 batch is under process and is yet to be finalized

LIST OF ALLOTTED CANDIDATES BY GOVERNMENT OF KERALA (Merit 2007)

Brach : Computer Science & Engineering

Branch : Electronics and Communication Engineering

Banch : Electrical and Electronics Engineering

LIST OF APPLICANTS UNDER NRI  QUOTA - 2007

Brach : Computer Science & Engineering

Branch : Electronics & Communication Engineering

Branch : Electrical & Electronics Engineering

ADMISSION UNDER MANAGEMENT/NRI SEATS AND VACCANCY

On receiving the applications for admission under NRI quota, a committee comprising of Principal, HOD’s of all Departments and the Administrative Officer used to scrutinize the same and a list is released according to the merit. The candidates are informed about their respective position in the list and a date is announced so that the student could report and could confirm his/her admission by remitting the prescribed Fee. If a student is not turning up within the stipulated time, then the candidates in the waiting list will be informed accordingly.

INFRASTRUCTURE

CENTRAL LIBRARY
The central library offers the students an excellent variety of text books and magazines on the related fields. The back issues of leading journals, Indian as well as International are also available. The Library which is computerized is opened from 08.00am to 5.00pm on all working daysThe list of resources available under each category are

Total Number of Titles available                        :            2967

Total number of Volumes available                     :            10310

Number of National Journals                              :            15

Number of International Journals                        :            33

Number of Educational CD’s                               :            1106

(College is also subscribing the e-journals DEL published by AICTE Consortium)

DETAILS OF LABORATORY FACILITY

COMPUTING FACILITY

Number of Terminals                                   :  210

Hardware   

1. PIV Server                  

         PIV@2.8 GGHz, 2 GB DDR RAM              : 1 No.
         160 GB SATA

1. PIV Server

        PIV @2.66GHz,512MB DDR SDRAM           : 1 No.
        2X36GBSCSI 
Nodes
P IV @3.06GHz,512 MB DDR SDRAM,80GB HDD   : 30 Nos.

P IV @2.4GHz,256 MB DDR SDRAM,40GB HDD     : 50 Nos.

1. P-IV Server

    P-IV@2.4 GHz , 512 MB RAM, 40X2SCSI        : 2 Nos.
Nodes
    P-IV@ 1.8GHz , 128MB RAM , 40GB HDD        : 86 Nos.

1. P-III Server

    P-III@I.7GHz, 128 MB RAM, 20x2 SCSI          : 1 No.

Others :- Celeron 600mhZ, 32 MB RAM,10GB HDD

Number of Terminals on LAN                            : 208

Relevant Logical Software:

1. Application Software’s:-

        MS Visual Studio-6
        Oracle – 91
        MS Office XP
        IBM-DB2
        Adobe Photoshop 7.0
        Macromedia Director
        Macromedia Studio MX
        3DS MAX

2. System Software’s:-

        Borland Builder & Suit
        Freeware LINUX -9
        Fedora Core-3

Printers                                            :25
Laptop                                             : 4
LCD Projector                                    : 2

Internet Accessibility                          :   Broad Band 1.28 mbps

FACILITIES

Adventure Sports and Indoor Games

A unit of Adventure club promoted by District Tourism promotion Council provides rigorous Training programmes for interested students in adventure sports like Para Gliding, Parachuting, Rock Climbing River Crossing etc. Facilities for High class indoor games such as Billiards, Lawn Tennis, Table tennis etc are arranged at the Kannan Devan Hills Indoor Stadium near to the Campus. The students are also benefited with the Tata Tea sports ground and the High altitude stadium near by.

Coffee shop and Amenity Centre
The Coffee shop functioning in the campus provides a Delicious menu of continental/Indian dishes to the students at a reduced rate. An amenity centre attached to the Coffee shop avails the students with stationary, Text books and necessities to meet their day –to- day life.

Extra Curriculum Activities
In order to sharpen the skills, students of each Department have formed their own departmental clubs. The activities include assistance with orientation for new students, arranging and involving in Technical /Social events on weekly/ Monthly and annual basis including the annual ball.

Training and Placement Cell

The Training and Placement Cell functioning in the Institution keeps abreast itself and updated with the latest International and National Events, Industry directions and the changing market place.The Cell offers intensive training programs in career guidance which leads to development and enhancement of personality of each CEM product. Apart from these, the cell organizes project assignments, seminars by expert technocrats, industrial visits and tours. The cell was successful in providing placements for more than 80%of the first four batches of students in reputed MNC’s.

EDUSAT
The EDUSAT project of AICTE has been successfully implemented.

BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE

EXAMINATION

The Semester Examinations are conducted as per the schedule fixed by Cochin University of Science and Technology. An Examination Committee is constituted for the smooth and effective conduct of University as well as the Series tests. Principal College of Engg Munnar is designated as the Chief Examination Superintendent and the rest of members comprises of Additional Chief Superintendent and Asst Superintendents. 12 numbers of class rooms with seating capacity of 40 students each and 1 drawing hall of seating capacity 60 are utilized for the conduct of Examinations.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

The Internal assessment is done on the basis of attendance, assignments and series tests. The marks awarded for each item is
Series Test                 :            25Marks
Assignment                 :            15Marks    (5 assignments x 3marks )
Attendance                 :            10 Marks