Thangal Kunju Musaliar Institute of Technology ( TKM Institute of Technology) (

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: തങ്ങള്‍ കുഞ്ഞു മുസല്യാര്‍ സാങ്കേതിക വിദ്യാപീഠം) (

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:थंगल कुंजू मुसलिअर प्रोद्योगिकी संस्थान) is an

institute of engineering and technology The Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow (IET, Lucknow) is a state government-funded technical institute in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a constituent college of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (erstwhile Uttar ...

located in Karuvelil, 23 km from the city of

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, India. Earlier the institute was affiliated by Cochin University of Science and Technology(CUSAT). Now the institute is affiliated by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU).

Overview

TKM Institute of Technology is affiliated to the

APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, formerly known as Kerala Technological University (KTU), is a state owned public university headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It is both a teaching and affiliatio ...

and

All India Council of Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in ...

. The institute offers

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and

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courses in various streams of engineering. It is close to the technology and industrial campus of Technopark, Kollam.

History

TKM Institute of Technology was started functioning in the year 2002. The college was established by the TKM College Trust with the approval of the

AICTE The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in ...

and affiliation of

. The TKM College Trust was registered as an educational trust on 20 December 1956, by Thangal Kunju Musaliar, an eminent educationalist and the doyen of the cashew industry.

Admission

The admission procedure and the fee structure is decided by the

Government of Kerala Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision ...

. A certain percentage of seats are reserved for the children of

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(NRIs).

Departments

* Dept of Biomedical Engineering * Dept of Civil Engineering * Dept of Mechanical Engineering * Dept of Computer Science Engineering * Dept of Food Technology * Dept of Electrical and Electronics Engineering *

References

*http://www.highereducationinindia.com/institutes/tkm-institute-of-technology-32.php - TKMIT

External links

TKM institute of Technology, Computer Science Department National Conference website

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