APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, formerly known as Kerala Technological University (KTU), is a

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headquartered in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

, the state capital of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Ca ...

, India. It is both a teaching and affiliation university, with more than 150 affiliated colleges and over 160,000 students enrolled, having jurisdiction over the entire area of Kerala. It is an AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) and UGC (University Grants Commission) approved university that offers UG and PG courses under popular streams such as BTech, BArch, BHMCT, MTech, M.Arch, MBA, and MCA. Now, KTU also provides B.Tech Honours as well as Minor programs in addition to regular courses. APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University offers engineering and technology-related courses and has advanced courses and syllabi compared to the courses offered by its predecessor, the old Kerala University. It is a relatively new and reformed university, with its first batch in 2015. As of 2018, the state government has given administrative sanction to set up the headquarters of Kerala Technological University (KTU) at Vilappilshala, on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram.

History

In 2014 May, KTU was established by the

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through an

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. Kuncheria P. Isaac, a former Member Secretary of the

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was appointed as the first

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of the Kerala Technological University, and M. Abdul Rahman, former

Director, was appointed as the first Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the university.

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