Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur

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Vidya Academy of Science and Technology
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MottoProgress through education
TypeSelf-financing engineering college
Established2003 [1]
Affiliation APJAKTU, AICTE
Principal Dr. Saji C.B
Academic staff
211
Undergraduates 2478
Postgraduates 405
Location, ,
10°37′37″N76°08′45″E / 10.6270°N 76.1458°E / 10.6270; 76.1458 Coordinates: 10°37′37″N76°08′45″E / 10.6270°N 76.1458°E / 10.6270; 76.1458
Campus30 acres (120,000 m2)
Website http://www.vidyaacademy.ac.in
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Location in Kerala
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Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur (India)

Vidya Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) is a privately financed engineering college in Thrissur District in Kerala. The college offers a degree in Bachelor of Technology and courses in six branches of engineering - Production, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical. The college also offers a degree in Masters in Computer Application (MCA). From the year 2011, the college has offered four MTech courses and two PhD programmes in Electrical engineering & Computer science engineering. The college was established and is administered by Vidya International Charitable Trust (VICT), a body formed by more than a thousand non-resident Keralites mostly based in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf.

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History

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Side view of college
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Statue of Sree Narayana Guru in VAST hallway

The college started functioning in August 2003 offering BTech courses in four branches of engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, and Mechanical Engineering.

From 2006, the college began to offer BTech programmes in Civil Engineering and Production Engineering. In the same year, the postgraduate programme of Masters in Computer Application was started. There are around 1900 students and 112 faculty members. From 2012, the college has offered MTech in Power electronics and Drives, Computer science and engineering, Structural engineering and Embedded systems. The college is one of the Research Center for Doctoral Research (PhD) of Anna University, Chennai.

Certifications

The college is affiliated to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) (formerly under University of Calicut), approved by the All India Council for Technical Education [2] and recognized by the Government of Kerala (see External links below). It has also secured ISO 9001:2008 certification. It is also a research center for Doctoral Research for Department of EEE and Dept. of CSE from Anna University, Chennai. College has National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for its EEE, ME and CE undergraduate programmes.

Departments and courses

The college has seven engineering departments (including the Department of Computer Applications) and three allied departments. The College runs six BTech, four MTech & two PhD programmes in engineering and a MCA programme.

Engineering departments

Allied departments

Academic support and services

Twinning Programme

VIDYA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) [3] with State University of New York at New Paltz [4] providing for a twinning programme arrangement.[ citation needed ]

Research and allied activities

The college has a forum in the form of Research Development Extension and Consultancy Cell (RDEC Cell) for promoting research and allied activities. The infrastructure facilities of the college are utilized for formulating and implementing research projects. The laboratories provide the testing facilities. [5]

Institutional memberships

The College has institutional memberships in the following professional associations [ citation needed ]:

In addition, there are active student chapters of Computer Society of India, ISTE and Institution of Engineers (India), and also of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the college.

Academic tie-ups

The college has academic tie-ups with these IT industries.

National Service Scheme

There are two units, Unit 101 and Unit 200 of the National Service Scheme (NSS) in the college.

FOSS Club

The college has an active Free & Open Source Software club called "FOSSers VAST" since 2008. [6]

Admissions

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Advika is the annual arts & cultural fest of VAST

For both BTech and MCA programmes, fifty percent of the students are selected by the Government of Kerala from the rank list prepared based on the Common Entrance Examination conducted by the commissioner of entrance examinations, and fifty percent of the students are selected by the management from a list prepared by them.

Scholarships

A musical performance in auditorium of VAST

As part of its philanthropic activity, the Vidya International Charitable Trust, in co-operation with His Highness, Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates, and Mr. Sunny Varkey, founder of GEMS Education , [7] a consortium of educational institutions in India, the Middle East and Europe, awards nearly 100 scholarships. [8] [ citation needed ]

Administration

Vidya International Charitable Trust, a non-profit charitable trust formed by a group of non-resident Indians and registered at Thiruvananthapuram in December 2000, is the promoter of the college. Under the provisions of the trust deed of Vidya International Charitable Trust, the board of trustees is the custodian of the trust and all its properties. The board of trustees vests the management and control of Vidya Academy of Science and Technology and other ventures of the trust on an executive committee of eleven trustees elected from the board of trustees. An advisory board guides the development of the college. A steering committee directs the day-to-day functioning of the college. There is also an academic council [9] to provide leadership to the academic activities in the college. The chief patron is P. K. Asokan. [10]

Notable alumni

See also

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References

  1. "About Us". vidyaacademy.ac.in/. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. "List of AICTE approved institutes for the state Kerala for the academic year: 2016–2017". AICTE. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. Chairman's message (Retrieved on 29 July 2008)
  4. State University of New York at New Paltz home page
  5. Home page of VAST RDEC Cell[ citation needed ] (Retrieved on 29 August 2008)
  6. "FOSSers". fossers.vidyaacademy.ac.in. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  7. GEMS Education Home page
  8. (Retrieved on 13 July 2008)
  9. Profiles of Academic Council members
  10. Profiles of members of the Executive Council of VICT (Retrieved on 21 June 2010)