Model Engineering College
Model Engineering College or MEC is a government cost-sharing technical institute and research centre in Thrikkakara, Kochi, Kerala, India. It was established by the Institute of Human Resources Development, an autonomous agency under the Government of Kerala, in 1989. It is affiliated to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University since 2015.
MEC was previously affiliated to the Cochin University of Science and Technology until 2015. 'Excel' is the annual national techno-managerial festival conducted by MEC since 2001 under the motto "Inspire, Innovate, Engineer".
All B.Tech programs offered by the institute are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.
History
MEC was established in 1989 by the Institute of Human Resources Development, an autonomous technical educational research institute established by the Government of Kerala in 1987. MEC was the first institute in Kerala to be affiliated to the Cochin University of Science and Technology. The institute shifted into its current campus in 1994. It is affiliated to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University since 2015.Campus
Facilities
- Additional Skill Acquisition Programme Kerala Delivery Platform
- Amphitheatre
- Basketball ground
- Cafeteria
- Central Computing Centre
- Central Library
- College Buses
- Counselling Facility
- Football ground
- Gymnasium
- Laboratories and Workshops
- Main Auditorium
- Mens Hostel
- Open air theatre
- Placement Cell
- State Bank of India ATM
- University Research Centre
- Wi-Fi
Organization and Administration
Governance
The Board of Governors of MEC is constituted by the Institute of Human Resources Development. It includes educationalists, industrialists, representatives from All India Council for Technical Education, University Grants Commission, Indian Institutes of Technology, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, a state government nominee from its department of higher education, the college principal, and some faculty members.Departments
The institute has six departments. They are:- Department of Computer engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics engineering
- Department of Electronics and Biomedical engineering
- Department of Mechanical engineering
- Department of Applied Sciences
Academics
Undergraduate programs
MEC offers four-year long undergraduate academic degrees with a sanctioned annual intake of 660 students in the following nine programmes:- Computer engineering: 180 seats
- Electronics and communication engineering: 120 seats
- Computer engineering : 60 seats
- Electronics engineering : 60 seats
- Electrical and electronics engineering: 60 seats
- Electronics and biomedical engineering: 60 seats
- Mechanical engineering: 60 seats.
- Electronics and communication engineering for working professionals: 30 seats
- Electrical and electronics engineering for working professionals: 30 seats
All B.Tech courses offered by the institute are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.
Graduate programs
The institute also offers two-year long postgraduate academic degrees with a sanctioned annual intake of 78 students in the following four specialisations:- VLSI design and embedded systems: 24 seats
- Data science: 18 seats
- Energy management: 18 seats
Admission
The admission procedure and the fee structure for the academic programmes offered by the institute are decided by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and Institute of Human Resources Development respectively.Admissions to the undergraduate programs are based on the ranklist prepared after the performance of applicants in the KEAM Entrance Test conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations, Kerala. 15% of total seats to the programs offered by the institute are reserved for Non-Resident Indians.
Admissions to postgraduate programs offered by institute are based on the ranklist of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering conducted by Indian Institutes of Technologies. The vacant seats are filled based on nativity, percentage of marks obtained, and reservation criteria of the students.
Research
MEC was the first engineering college in Kerala to be recognised by Cochin University of Science and Technology as the research centre of university in the branch of Electronics and communication engineering in the year 2010. The research areas in 2010 included Digital image processing, Signal processing, and Optical communication.Later, the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University extended the research into various specialisations including Microwave engineering, Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, VLSI and Embedded systems, Reliability engineering, etc.
In September 2022, the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University decided to establish a Centre of Excellence at MEC for advanced learning and research in the following fields of Computer engineering with industrial linkages:
The university research centre will come up at a space of around 60,000 sq.ft in the institute.
Traditions and student activities
The foremost student body of the institute is the Senate, which consists of elected representatives from each stream. The institute has several students bodies, of both technical and non-technical nature.Technical bodies
These include the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell, which is a fully functioning student body registered under the Technology Business Incubator of MEC. The cell provides a platform for students to work on their ideas and take it further. IEEE student's branch, Electronics Association, the Electrical Minds Forum, the MEC Association of Computer Students, the Biomedical Association, the Model Amateur Radio Association, the FOSS MEC, the IETE Students Branch, the TEDx MEC, the Topgear MEC, a robotics Club named Cyborg and NSDC MEC are some of the other student technical bodies in the institute.There are multiple tech community and club branches in MEC which are highly active in supporting the students gain knowledge in core technical and related subjects. They include:
- Hack Club MEC: MEC branch of the international community 'Hack Club'.
- DSC MEC: MEC branch of Developer Students Club.
- Tinkerhub MEC: MEC branch of Tinkerhub Kerala.
Non-technical bodies