Student Activities
The democratically elected college union spearheads academic, cultural and sports activities of the students in the campus. Aagneya the inter collegiate Techno-cultural festival of the college, started in 2008 is a crowd puller with increasing participation each year. The college arts festival stands out in respect of the number of participants it succeeds to attract and the yearly college magazine showcases the creative abilities of the students. Apart from the college union, all the departments have a students association which organizes academic events pertaining to their branch.
There is a student chapter of the IEEE in the college, which organizes technical seminars and related activities. The college has a team of students working to promote the use of free software among academia. They, along with the Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE), have released a custom GNU/Linux distribution named FreeElectron, which provides (along with an operating system) software tools required in the ECE curriculum.
Thie college is a member of the Technology Incubation Centre of the Government of Kerala, which conducts Entrepreneurship Development Programmes and assists the students in starting their own enterprises.
The college has clubs and forums for promoting student interaction which includes a quiz club and a unit of the National Service Scheme(NSS). The quiz team has represented the college in and outside the state.
The Physical Education Department students can use the facilities of the Department of Physical Education, University of Kerala and their stadium which isa kilometer from the campus. Arrangements have been made to practice athletics, football, volleyball and weight training equipments there. Students can also practice basketball and handball have at the Central stadium and ball badminton, shuttle badminton and table tennis at Jimmy George stadium, which is about 2 kilometers away from the campus. Meanwhile, the construction of 2 badminton courts is progressing on the campus.
The basketball, football and cricket teams of the college have taken part in numerous competitions across the state and in inter-collegiate events organised by the university and won prizes.
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