St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai

St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai

Motto	A College With A Difference
Type	Private, Roman Catholic, Diocese of Palai
Established	2002
Chairman	Rev.Msgr. Dr. Joseph Kollamparampil
Principal	Dr. C J Joseph
Director	Dr. P. J. George
Manager	Rev. Fr. Mathew Koramkuzha
Academic staff	300
Students	2160
Postgraduates	500
Location	Palai, Kerala, India 9°43′36″N 76°43′34″E / 9.726770°N 76.726033°E / 9.726770; 76.726033Coordinates: 9°43′36″N 76°43′34″E / 9.726770°N 76.726033°E / 9.726770; 76.726033
Campus	Rural, 58 acres
Language	English, Hindi, Malayalam
Bursar	Rev. Fr. Jose Tharappel
Sports	Basketball Volleyball Football Badminton Table tennis
Affiliations	MG University Kottayam , Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University[1]
Website	www.sjcetpalai.ac.in

St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai (SJCET PALAI) is a self-financed college managed by the Catholic Diocese of Palai, located in Palai, Kerala State, India. It is an AICTE approved college offering professional degree programs in engineering and management.^[2] SJCET is affiliated with the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University.^[3][4] Four of its engineering undergraduate degree programs- Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering and Mechanical Engineering- are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation, AICTE.^[5] The college is an ISO 9001:2008 certified institution.

SJCET Palai is one among the top 5 self-financing engineering colleges in Kerala as identified by the Alumni Association of NIT Calicut for the information of the public. SJCET is also one among top 10 Engineering College in Kerala where percentage pass is always more than 80%.

History

St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology was established in 2002 by the Diocesan Technical Education Trust of the Catholic Diocese of Palai. It was conferred with the status of minority community institution by the Government of India in the year 2008.^[6]

Courses Offered

Undergraduate programmes

• B.Tech in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
• B.Tech in Civil Engineering
• B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
• B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering
• B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering

Post Graduate Courses

• M.Tech in Advanced Manufacturing & Production Management
• M.Tech in VLSI & Embedded Systems
• M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
• M.Tech in Advanced Communication & Information Systems
• M.Tech in Power Electronics
• M.Tech in Structural Engineering & Construction Management
• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Computer Applications

The four courses with which the college began in 2002- Applied Electronics and Instrumentation, Electronics and Communications, Computer Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering- are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.^[5]

International Conference SINGULARIS

The international Conference on Global Colloquium in Recent Advancement and Effectual Researches in Engineering Science and Technology (RAEREST) focus on providing an international opportunity for sharing the ideas, knowledge and information of eminent and experienced professionals from industries, research organizations, faculty, research scholars and students from academic institutions among experts and researchers working in their area of interest.^[7]

Reviewed and accepted papers will be published as one dedicated issue in Elsevier's Procedia Technology Journal (ISSN 2212-0173) and made available in open-access on Elsevier's Science Direct, which is used by millions of researchers and professionals on a monthly basis guaranteeing maximum visibility of the research paper.^[8]

The theme of the conference is Human Empowerment through Technology. The program of the conference constitutes plenary lectures, keynote lectures and invited talks from eminent scientists/technologists/ industry professionals working in the area of Mechanical, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical engineering, Electronics Engineering, Applied Electronics Engineering and related applications

R & D Activities

• SJCET has received a financial grant of Rs 2.80 Lakh from NMICET MHRD Govt. of India to setup HD Audio Video streaming Conference through R & D centre of CSE Department. Mr. Deepu Job is the faculty in charge of the R & D centre.
• R&D Centre of CSE Department has consulted in installation and observing of HD Camera in our College Campus including college Hostels.
• R&D Centre of CSE Department has done exploration in High density Wi-Fi Connectivity in College Hostel and in our campus.
• R&D Centre of CSE Department is planning to make a Wi-Fi bridge network to the PG Hostel Block to the Main Building.
• R&D Centre of CSE Department has been consulted for developing a College website for the sister concern SJHMCT.
• CSE department has initiated a portable NAS storage solution for moving 10TB of data from IIT Madras to SJCET Campus.
• Low cost Incubator: A low cost incubator is developed and is under test as per requirement of a local resident under the guidance of Mr. Mohit John and supervision of Mr. Jomy Joseph of Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Department
• Bus Scheduling System: Inspired from district collectors SMART Kottayam initiative, a smart bus schedule system is developed in-house and installed in KSRTC bus terminals of Palai & Erattupetta under the guidance of Mr.Mohit John and supervision of M/s. Jomy Joseph, Sreekumar K.T & Justin Tom of Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Department. The smart bus schedule system is also installed at Thiruvalla bus terminal.

SJCET Journal of Engineering and Management

SJCET Journal of Engineering and Management ^[9] is a technical national journal published half yearly by St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai.

Cynosure 2015

Cynosure is the quadrennial technical exposition organized by St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, in its endeavor for social outreach to the local and mofussil residents. The programmes and themes of Cynosure are focused on youth empowerment and inculcation of scientific temper among them. Cynosure 2015 was held during the three days from 17 to 19 September 2015.

Infrastructure & Facilities

SJCET is a residential campus having residential facilities for both students and faculty. Facilities include canteen, cafeteria, book store, gymnasium, bank (South Indian Bank) and medical care centre.^[10]

Library & Information Division

Library members can access materials (such as Books, Journals, Magazines, Digital material etc.) available in the library collection. The Library reading space can accommodate nearly 200 members. The SJCET Library is fully computerized with smart ID cards and barcode technologies. All the Library functions such as Acquisition, Circulation, Cataloguing and Serial control have been automated using integrated software.

Computer Centre

The computers provided in the college are connected by high speed LAN. A modern well - furnished Computer Centre with necessary accessories are available for students. An Internet Lab and two other computer labs are also available in the college.

SJCET Computer Center administers and manages the Campus and Residential Computer Network of the college. A fiber optic backbone which runs to a length of 10 km. provides high speed network connectivity to the Campus. Ten virtual network segments comprising nearly 750 systems are connected through fiber optic cables and high speed HP manageable switches to the Cyberoam firewall to form the network environment.

The SJCET Computer Center offers computing facility to the SJCET community. The computing resources include Servers and Workstations. A campus network with fiber optic backbone and a 200Mbps Leased line Internet connection and 10Mbps from NMECT which offer access to Internet for the students and staff round the clock, for their educational and research needs. In addition to that we have standby connection of speed 20Mbps.

Auditorium

An auditorium cum multipurpose building with a seating capacity of more than a thousand people was inaugurated in February 2006. The two-storied building, with balcony seating facility can accommodate 1260 people and is the longest college auditorium in Kerala. Apart from hosting all college functions it is used for conducting yoga and meditation sessions, cultural festivals, placement tests, college exams, etc.

Gymnasium

Gymnasium facilities are available for students in the campus. For making use of this facility, students have to join the gymnasium club. Gymnasium facilities are available for ladies students and staffs at St.Mary's Hostels also.

Student Hostels

The students are provided accommodation within the campus itself. The hostels in the campus are:^[11]

• St. Thomas' Hostel (for men)
• St. Alphonsa Hostel (for men)
• St. Augustine's Hostel (for women)
• St. Mary's Hostel (for women)
• Lioba Hostel (for women)

Besides these a few hostels are situated outside the campus for student accommodation.

Faculty Houses

A Faculty House is available in the campus for male faculty members. A separate wing in the Ladies Hostel is available for lady faculty members.

College Canteen

Main Campus Canteen

Main Campus canteen situated at the main entrance of the College.

Madonna Cafeteria

Madonna Cafeteria situated in front main central Campus Library.

Central Canteen

In addition to the main canteen, a new central canteen has been constructed at the newly constructed DB4.

Student Societies

Spandanam

Spandanam is a charity organization in SJCET that works with the aim to improve the community we live in. The organization regularly conducts visits to old-age homes, jails, orphanages and community health centers. Spandanam co-ordinates many charity related activities within SJCET, the uniform collection drive being the most notable of them all, this encourages the students to donate their old uniforms to those less fortunate.

IEEE Student Branch

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a global organisation to support the creation, development, sharing and application of knowledge about technology and science for the benefit of students. The IEEE student Branch of SJCET was inaugurated on March 2, 2005 by Mr. S Gopakumar, Head Computer Session VSSC & IEEE students activity Chair Kerala Section. He delivered an awareness session on IEEE and its activities. We are proud to have Mr. C Brajesh, Project manager NEST as the branch mentor. He is acting as a mediator between the college and industries. The total strength of IEEE student branch was 32 students with Mr. Binu P John as the Branch Counselor. The branch has conducted many activities like personality development Invited talks national level technical Symposium and as well as a Project Exhibition. The student branch secured the award for the largest student branch in Kerala Section for the year 2011 under the leadership of branch counselor Mr.G Sabarinath.^[12] The present branch counselor is Mr.Anoop B.N of the Electronics and Communications Department.^[13]

• In connection with IEEE Day celebrations on 6 October, an SB level Quiz contest was conducted. The Quiz was held exclusively for the IEEE Members of the college. Hridhya Bibi of S4 EEE, Libin Tomy of S4 ME were the toppers and they qualified for the finals held at GEC Trichur.
• The IEEE P.E.S. Kerala Chapter organized a State Level Quiz Competition for the first year engineering college thstudents of the state. The final was held at SJCET on 9 October 2015. As a part of the World IEEE day and Tenth anniversary Celebration of the IEEE student's branch of SJCET, IEEE SB of SJCET organized its annual mega event Tesseract 2.0 on th 10 October 2015.
• The event consisted of various workshops including Catia v5, Raspberry Pi, and Wordpress and technical talks. All classes were handled by experts and professionals. Students from various colleges participated in the events.

IEEE SB of SJCET conducted a project exhibition competition as the part of Cynosure 2k15. Innovative ideas and projects with working models were displayed at the event. Some of the prize winning projects were: Efficient All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Smartphone controlled Car, EWaste Bin, Mobile application for Civil Engineers and students etc. In the junior section, the prize winning projects were: Regenerative braking system and Robotic arm. IEEE stall had various exhibits like 3D Printer, Home Automation System, Virtual Reality Headsets, Google Cardboard, Object detection robots etc.

CSI Student Chapter

A CSI chapter is functioning in the college as a professional society for CS students exclusively. Monthly subscription of the chapter magazine is sent to all registered members by the headquarters and this in turn may help the students in acquiring knowledge about the things happening in the revolutionary IT filed. This chapter is aiming at more events which may enhance the qualities required for a software engineer.

ENCON Green Club

The ENCON GREEN CLUB of SJCET was started by the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department to focus on Energy Conservation and Environment Protection activities. Effective Energy Utilization & identification of the areas of possible energy conservation and environmental protection are carried out at SJCET under the guidance of the HoD, EEE Dept. Our goal is to become as self-reliant as possible in the use of energy and water in our campus and be an example to other institutions. ENCON GREEN CLUB of SJCET is affiliated to the ENCON Club of BPCL Kochi from 2009 onwards and was inaugurated on 12 October 2009. The management, faculty and the students of our college consciously join hands to make the campus eco-friendly and energy efficient.^[14]

ISTE Student Chapter

Since the formation of the ISTE Students Chapter in July 2003, the Chapter has been organizing many activities under the ISTE Banner for the benefit of the members. The ISTE students' chapter of SJCET, Palai was inaugurated by Dr. D. Balakrishnan (Chairman, ISTE Kerala section) in 2004. Right from its inception, the chapter focused on providing training to the students and encouraging innovation and excellence in students through various means.^[15]

Transportation

The college has 24 buses, one van and one car for the use of students and staff.

Buses ply from the college through Bharananganam, Erattupetta, Poonjar, Edamattom, Paika, Pinnakanad, Thidanad, Poovathode, Palai, Ettumanoor, Kuraavilangad, Kuruppanthara, Kaduthuruthy, Muttuchira, Ramapuram, Koothattukulam, Thodupuzha, Pravithanam ^[16]

Student Achievements

• Mr. Nithin Babu of third year Mechanical Engineering handled a session on Entrepreneurship development for the Boot Camp at SJCET.
• Mr. Nithin Babu of third year Mechanical Engineering participated in YES I CAN meet organised by Government of Kerala for promoting entrepreneurship on 12 September 2015.
• Second year Mechanical Engineering students took part in IEEE camp held at Vimal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kannur and College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
• Nine Second year Mechanical Engineering students registered a company titled Infusory Designs in Startup Village. M/s. Akash Joseph and Thomson Tom were the student volunteers for Teenovators 2k15 organised by Manipal University in October, 2015.
• Projects of M/s. Jebin Joseph and Thomson Tom, Mechanical Engineering students were selected for the final round of the innovative project contest SMART organised by the District Administration.
• M/s. Thomson Tom and Akash Joseph, Second year Mechanical Engineering students were the finalists of BPlan Competition held at NIT, Calicut from 27 to 29 November 2015. Mr. Thomson Tom was qualified into the finals of paper presentation contest and Circuit Maze.
• Mr. Thomson Tom of Second year Mechanical Engineering attended a conference on Free and Open Source Software by ICFOSS and Kerala Start-Up Mission at Mascot Hotel, Trivandrum from 20 to 21 December 2015.
• A Technical Presentation on Recent development in the field of Computer Science and Engineering was conducted by students Mr. Sharan Sabi, Mr. Jerin Sebastian, Mr. Jeril Jacob Babu, Mr. Geo Baby and Mr. Martin K. Vargese for S7 & S8 students in association with CSEA on 21 September 2015. It was coordinated by Mr. Jacob P. Cherian.
• One-week hands on workshop on Android Application Development was organised by members of Startup Boot camp of SJCET from 6 to 12 September 2015.
• Ms. Sethu Sathyan of S8 CSE secured student scholarship at Grace Hopper Celebration of women in computing in 2015.
• Five final year CSE students, Jeevan George Antony, Dona Maria Royce, Seethu Sahthyan R., Jackson M. Joseph and Jimmy Jose of S8 CSE secured the Best Project idea presentation Award for NASSCOM start up 2020 jointly organized by Kerala Start Up Mission and NASSCOM in August, 2015.
• Akshay Rejikumar, Mohammed Shaloof N. and Akshay Sivaprasad of EEE department secured second prize in the Soccer Colosseum at Mar Athanasios College, Ramapuram in 2015.
• Sharon Sam Kodunthara of EEE department secured first place in Magnetorace in the National Level Technical Fest at Saintgits College of Engineering, Pathamuttom in 2015.
• Justin Joseph of EEE department secured third place in Men's Kumite in the 9 Shihan Bonnie Robert's Memorial National Karate Championship held at Pala in 2015.
• ENCON Green Club members presented a Seminar on Energy Conservation at the ENCON GREEN Club Engineer's Forum, YMCA Building, Moonnani on 4 October 2015. ENCON Green Club Student Secretary M/s. Pranav Prasannan and Athul V. of EEE department presented the measures to be taken for Environment protection, Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency.
• M/s.Kevin James, Arnold Antony, Jerin James, Linu M., Siddarth and Abhishek Sebastian secured Second prize for Acoustic Band Competition at Nakshatra 2016 held at Saintgits College of Engineering, Pathamuttom.

Sports

Yoga and mediation Yoga and mediation training program was conducted for the first year 2015 admission under KTU from 7 September 2015 to 4 December 2015. In total 0f 90 hours training was conducted for 9 batches where each batch has obtained at least 10 hours of training during this period. This has in turn resulted in improving mental as well as physical health of the students. Classes were taken by eminent personality in the field of YOGA, Dr. Jose Peryapuram who as an acharya in this filed for 10 years. Students were really motivated and enthusiast to undergo this training.

List of Competition Participated.

MG University Competition

• Volleyball Tournament at St. Thomas College Ranni on 16 and 17 September 2015.
• Football Match at St. Stephen’s Uzhavoor 22 and 23 September 2015.
• Cricket Tournament at Catholic College Pathanathitta 12 to 14 January 2015.
• Basket ball Game at St. Dominic’s College Kanjirapally 18 and 19 November.
• vShuttle Tournament at K.G. College Pampadi 26 to 27 November 2015.

Other Inter Collegiate Matches.

• PACE 2015-16 :SJCET Palai has conducted and inter-college meet for various sports games, which has got wide participation reaching of count 15 from various colleges all over the state. The meet consisted of total 5 game events including Volleyball Football, Cricket, Basket Ball, and Shuttle Tournament. And SJCET has grabbed ever-rolling trophy for the year 2015-16. Valedictory function Inaugurated by Mr T. C. Mathew BCCI Vice President and President KCA on 20 February 2016.
• SJCET has grabbed Trophy in basketball competition Areena organized by Amal Jyothi Engg. College.
• Football team of SJCET has become the champions of inter college football tournament conducted by Rajagiri College of Engineering and Technology, Kakkanad.
• College Volleyball Team secured second position in inter college volleyball tournament conducted by M.B.C. College Kuttikanam.
• College Volleyball Team secured second position in inter college volleyball tournament conducted by Rajagiri College of Engineering and Technology, Kakkanad.

Placement Cell Activities

• First session of Placement Training for final year B.Tech students was conducted by Career Launcher, Trivandrum from 30 July to1st August, 2015.
• Annual Refresher Programme for the SJCET staff members was held on 7 July 2015. The sessions were handled by Dr. Jeremy Sundarraj, Mr. Jayesh L. and Mr. Cliff Marcus of Career Launcher, Trivandrum. Final year students of MCA attended three-days of Placement Training by PRAGMATIX from 14 to 19 September 2015.
• Second session of Placement Training for final year B.Tech students were conducted by Career Launcher, Trivandrum from 21 to 26 September 2015 .
• About 250 final year students of different branches were placed in different companies in the placement drive conducted in and outside the campus up to 1 April 2016.
• CARPE DIEM workshop conducted by IIM Calcutta on Digital Marketing on 23 October 2015.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology.