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 (IHRD), an autonomous agency under the Government of Kerala, in 1989. It is affiliated to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) since 2015.

MEC was previously affiliated to the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) 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 (NBA).

History

MEC was established in 1989 by the Institute of Human Resources Development (IHRD), 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 (CUSAT). The institute shifted into its current campus in 1994. It is affiliated to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) since 2015.

Campus

thumbnail|The main academic block

Facilities

Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala Delivery Platform
Basketball ground It includes educationalists, industrialists, representatives from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU), a state government nominee from its department of higher education, the college principal, and some faculty members. in the following nine programmes:

Computer engineering: 180 seats

Post Graduate programs

The institute also offers two-year long postgraduate academic degrees with a sanctioned annual intake of 78 students The vacant seats are filled based on nativity, percentage of marks obtained, and reservation criteria of the students.

Research

thumbnail|Robotics Workshop at MEC

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. with industrial linkages:

Artificial intelligence (AI)
Machine learning (ML)
Robotics
Automation

The university research centre will come up at a space of around 60,000 sq.ft in the institute. IEEE student's branch, Electronics Association (Mixed Signals), the Electrical Minds Forum (EMF), the MEC Association of Computer Students (MACS), the Biomedical Association (BMA), the Model Amateur Radio Association (MARC), the FOSS MEC, the IETE Students Branch, the TEDx MEC, the Topgear MEC (mechanical association), 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 (Google).
Tinkerhub MEC: MEC branch of Tinkerhub Kerala.

Non-technical bodies

These include the Illuminati (quizzing fraternity), the Debate Club, The Book Thieves (Literature Club), Bharathanam ( Music Club), the Bhoomitrasena (environmental club), and the National Service Scheme chapter among many others. The festival has been held every year since its inception in 2001. It has been held as an All India Annual Technical Fest since its beginning in 2001.

Technopreneur

It is the annual national level entrepreneurial and managerial symposium of MEC and the flagship event of IEDC MEC. The first edition of Technopreneur, Technopreneur 2006, went on to win the Best Yi-Net event at the CII National Summit in Mumbai. The 13th edition of Technopreneur will be held in March 2023. The symposium attracts over 2000 participants across the nation.

Arts and sports

Arts and sports festivals are conducted every year by the college senate. The College Senate divides students into 4 houses, each with a captain and a co-captain. The houses compete with each other for the Arts, Sports and Overall trophies across multiple events. Houses are formed exclusively for the arts and sports competitions and are dissolved soon after. There is a college inauguration ceremony. Arts and Sports festivals are conducted annually in the even semesters. The Arts festival of the university is named Sargam which was later changed to Layatharang. Chakravyuh is the name given to the annual sports meet. MEC was the overall champion of CUSAT inter-college arts fest SARGAM-2013 consecutively for the third time.

Placements

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, MEC graduates of 2019-20 batch got nearly 100% placements in 2020. Almost all of the 360 students who graduated from the institute in 2020 got recruited by over 80 companies during the campus placement drive conducted by MEC.