Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology


Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET), is an engineering educational institution located in Nalanchira, Trivandrum, Kerala, India offering engineering education and research. The college is located on a hillock in the Bethany Hills. The educational Institution is situated along the way from Kesavadasapuram to Mannathala route, this road further extends to north of Kerala as the MC Road.

Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology
Logo of MBCET
MottoDuc In Altum
Motto in English
Leading to the Heights of Excellence
EstablishedJuly 2002
AffiliationSyro-Malankara Catholic Church
PrincipalT.M. George
DirectorSamuel Irenios
(Vice Chairman of Malankara Catholic Educational Society)
PatronBaselios Cleemis
Students2662
Undergraduates2410
Postgraduates252
Location
Trivandrum
,
Kerala
,
India

8.5520°N 76.9379°E / 8.5520; 76.9379
BursarJohn Vilayil
ColoursBlue and white    
NicknameMBCET
AffiliationsKerala Technological University, AICTE
University of Kerala, AICTE
SportsBasketball
Soccer
Cricket
Table Tennis
Badminton
Websitembcet.ac.in[1]

The college is a part of the Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar Campus which has 22 educational institutes, including primary, secondary and higher secondary schools, training institutes and an arts college.[2] [3] [4] The college which started operations in July 2002 is affiliated to the University of Kerala and the Kerala Technological University.

It is one of the top ranked colleges in Kerala for engineering. All B.Tech programmes have been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation w.e.f 1 July 2016 for two years.[5]

Academics

The following courses in MBCET are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and sanctioned by the Government of Kerala, leading to the B.Tech. Degree of the University of Kerala and Kerala Technological University. It has an annual intake of 600 students for B.Tech courses. The distribution of seats are as follows.

  • Civil Engineering : 120 seats
  • Computer Science & Engineering : 120 seats
  • Electrical & Electronics Engineering : 120 seats
  • Electronics & Communications Engineering : 120 seats
  • Mechanical Engineering : 120 seats


MBCET offers M.Tech programmes in the CSE, EEE, ME, CE and ECE Departments.

Computer Science and Engineering

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers 4 years undergraduate program leading to the award of B.Tech Degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Every year 120 students are admitted to the program.

  • Head of the Department: Tessy Mathew
  • Year in which the department began: 2002

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Electrical & Electronics engineering deals with the generation, transfer and conversion of electric power with the aid of mechanical, electronic circuits and computer systems.

  • Head of the Department: M.K. Giridharan (Also Dean of Academics)
  • Year in which the department began: 2002

Electronics and Communication Engineering

This department deals with the teaching of electronic engineering such as analog circuits, digital circuits, VLSI, and solid state conductors, and communication engineering, networking, and digital signal processing.

  • Dean of Research and Development: Sakuntala. S. Pillai
  • Head of the Department: S. Viswanatha Rao
  • Year in which the department began: 2002
  • Student body: Electronic Association (EA), IEEE

Mr. Joji John Varghese was selected as the winner in Electronics Skills from Kerala as part of Nypunyam 2015 and won first prize worth Rs 1,50,000/-.[6]
Student project gets funding from Startup Village and Kerala Chapter of IEEE Communication Society.[7][8]

Mechanical Engineering

The Mechanical Engineering department of Mar Baselios College has various contributions and had students develop environment friendly engines. The batch of 2005 had introduced the G-Mech or "Generation Mech" as a student body to unite future mechanical engineering students and act as a branch student body.

  • Head of the Department: Rajesh T N
  • Year in which the department began: 2005
  • Student Body: Association of Mechanical Engineers (G-Mech)

List of notable mechanical projects in MBCET
BatchProjectSpecific client(s)Key factorProject completion
2015Plastic waste disposalN/AIEEE Award2015[9]
2009Thermo-acoustic refrigeratorN/AHigh COP attained2013
2008Coconut de-huskerN/ASpeedy and cost effective2012[10]
2007Multi-purpose farming machineN/ACheaper than market2011[11]
2006Compressed air engineN/AZero carbon emission (patent pending)2010[12]
2005V II 400 redesignKerala Automobiles Limited (KAL)KAL accepted the redesign2009[13]
2005Diesel two-wheelerN/A( Lower Carbon Emission)2009[14]

Civil Engineering
  • Head of the Department: M Satyakumar
  • Year in which the department began: 2005
  • Student Body: Civil Engineering Students Association (CESA)
  • UTBHAV - Annual Technical fete by Civil Engineering Department[15]

Basic Sciences

The department offers courses in engineering mathematics, engineering physics and engineering chemistry within the engineering curricula. There are no students directly under this department. However, there are lectures and seminars conducted by these department to all students in the first year of Engineering.

  • Head of the Department: Cherian
  • Year in which the department began: 2002

Governance

Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology is administered by the Major Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram through the Malankara Catholic Educational Society, a society found by the diocese exclusively for the formation of educational technical and other institutions to benefit the community and the public in general.

The society was registered in 1996, under the Travancore – Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act XII of 1955. The major Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram under which the society functions, has established several primary, secondary and higher secondary schools, nursing college, technical college, NAAC 'A' grade training college and other colleges.

Admissions

Candidates for admission to the B.Tech degree courses will have passed the higher secondary examination of Kerala with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as subjects or any other examination accepted as equivalent by the Kerala Technological University. Pass in Higher Secondary Examination of the Board of Higher Secondary Education of Kerala or an examination recognized equivalent thereto with at least Fifty percent marks in Mathematics separately and Fifty percent marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry / equivalent subjects put together or equivalent grade. Candidates should qualify in the Engineering Entrance Exam conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Exams, Govt. of Kerala.

Facilities

Library

The backbone of MBCET is the library. There are 21,000 engineering books for the six engineering branches. A periodical section has 190 national and international journals. Back volumes of journals, question papers etc. are available for reference. MBCET Library Portal[16]
Award for MBCET Library portal[17]

Hostel

MBCET's men's hostel is Mar Aprem Hostel and it is located behind the college. The ladies stay at the foot of the hillock at the Sacred Heart Hostel along with students from other institutions in the Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar.

WiFi and Intranet

The campus is fully networked, with optical fiber inter-building backbone. Services like MOODLE, Student Management System, MBCET Webmail which uses VMware Zimbra, Digital Library-DSpace and centralized License server for software like AutoCAD, StaaD, Pspice etc. are provided. Leased line connection of 50Mbps provides internet connection. 24 hr campus wide WiFi connection is provided to faculty and students.

Other facilities
  • Amenities center
  • Chapel
  • Canteen
  • Central Computing Facility

NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS)

The NSS unit of the college is a very active one which does a number of Social Service activities in and out of the college. It Conducts campaigns to make students aware of the society. Assistant professor Jinu Baby is the program office of the unit, Sajin James and Sumayya s are the volunteer Secretaries of the unit.

Conferences and workshops

Design and Innovation Workshop by MIT Media Lab[18] [19] [20] [21]

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab is an interdisciplinary research laboratory devoted to projects at the convergence of technology, multimedia and design. The MIT Media Lab joins hands with Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBT) to host a Design and Innovation Workshop from 30 July to 1 August 2013 at MBT Campus. The workshop has been designed around the MIT Media Lab philosophy, where the future is lived, not imagined. The workshop aims to share MIT’s interdisciplinary research, design, and development cultures—hands-on creative learning (learning-by-doing) and "hacking" (rapid prototyping).

International Conference on Green Technologies 2012[22]

International Conference on Green Technologies (ICGT12) was organized by Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum, jointly with University of Dayton, USA during 18–20 December 2012 at Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum. The Conference was technically sponsored by IEEE EDS India Chapter and IEEE Kerala Section. The Conference was inaugurated by Honorable Minister for Education Sri P K Abdu Rabb and was presided by Samuel Irenios, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Trivandrum.

During the three days of the Conference, the Research and Development activities in all Engineering fields viz. Civil, Computer Science and IT, Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering related to Green Technologies were discussed. The keynote address "Alternative Energy Sources: A Practical Perspective" was delivered by R. Unnikrishnan, Dean, California State University, Fullerton, USA.

Organ Donation Camp(Dec 2015)[23]

Mohanlal[24] in 2015 took part in the 'Organ Donation Campaign'[25] organized by Mar Baselious College. Mar Baselious College frequently conducts such programs that involves the society and are useful for the humankind. Mohanlal declared MBCET as the first organ donation friendly campus.

Professional student bodies

The college shows keen interest in developing a professional caliber among the students. This was done with the help of various international organisations forming student bodies with the college. Mar Baselios College in association with the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Kerala circle, Computer Society of India, Thiruvananthapuram chapter, and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) had organised national conference on communication systems and networks (CoMNeT- 2010).[26] The Mar Baselios College in association with the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Kerala circle, Computer Society of India, Thiruvananthapuram chapter, has also conducted a national conference on broadband technologies in 2008.[27]

Computer Society of India

The college is an institutional member of the Computer Society of India. The CSI Student Branch of Mar Baselios College of Engineering & Technology was inaugurated on 24 September 2004. Over the years, the CSI branch has proved itself to be the most active association in the college. It is also the biggest student branch in the Kerala state, boasting 153 members.

The CSI branch has been conducting an annual technical quiz competition under the name BYTES. CSI has in its own way been a trend setter in the matter of conducting events regularly. The branch also had the privilege of hosting the State Level Student Convention in 2006.

An important event and a milestone in the history of the CSI Student Chapter was the 26th National Student Convention - NSC 2010 that the Mar Baselios Student Branch hosted in association with Trivandrum Chapter of CSI from 2–4 September 2010.[28]

The CSI student branch of MBCET was selected as the Best Student Branch from among engineering colleges in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry for the year 2010-2011. This is the second consecutive year that the student branch has received this award.

Indian Society for Technical Education

The college is an institutional member of the ISTE since 2005. A chapter of the society is functioning in the college with 37 members.

IEEE student branch

An IEEE student body was set up on 14 February 2006.[29] A number of students are involved in the activities conducted by this group.

Deepthi Anna George, student of Computer Science branch has been selected to receive the prestigious IEEE Computer Society - Richard E. Merwin Scholarship - 2011 in recognition of her exemplary involvement in student chapter activities and excellent academic achievement. She is one among fourteen students chosen from colleges and universities throughout the world for this scholarship. The scholarship includes an award and amount of $2,500.[30]

Finishing school

In alliance with EDS Technologies, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology has set up a finishing school to provide industry specific technical training in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).[31]

Green Dream

An environmental initiative was undertaken by students of Mar Baselios College of Engineering along with nine other college to form Green Dream.[32] The group along with UST Global and "TidyCity" ran a clean-up drive on Veli beach.

Sports and College Festivals

Crossroads

Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET) holds an annual technical and cultural event named CROSSROADS.[33] This is conducted in the month of February or March. It is often a three- or four-day event.[34] [35] [36] [37]

Hash

Hash is the annual inter college technical fest conducted by Department of Computer Science and Engineering. It was first conducted in the year 2018. It is usually conducted in odd semesters.

Sports

Joji Varghese is the coach for the basketball team and is in charge of Physical Education.

Basketball

Mar Baselios College has a basketball team. This team has won several accolades and awards at various intra college basketball tournaments.[38] It hosts the Baselios Trophy all-Kerala Professional Colleges Basketball Tournament.[39]

Awards won by MBCET Basketball team
YearPositionTournament nameScoresLast match against
2013FirstDon Bosco All-Kerala Basketball Tournament69-67Kerala Police[40][41]
2013FirstMar Baselios Trophy All-Kerala Basketball Tournament64-47Viswajyothi College of Engineering[42]
2012First19th Viswappan Memorial All-Kerala Basketball Tournament77-56SB College (Changanassery)[43]
2012FirstMar Baselios Trophy All-Kerala Basketball Tournament68-42FISAT[44]
2011FirstKerala University Inter Collegiate Basketball Tournament74-56Mar Ivanios[45]
2011FirstIV Marian All-Kerala Professional College Basketball Tournament37-17Marian College of Engineering[46]
2011FirstArena 2K1132-12Amal Jyothi College[47]
2011FirstAll-Kerala Professional Collegiate Basketball Tournament64-49FISAT[48]
2010FirstFisat Trophy All-Kerala Inter-collegiate Basketball Tournament60-34FISAT[49]
2009FirstMar Baselios Inter-collegiate Basketball Tournament64-51Marian College of Engineering[50]

MBCET students part of Kerala State team for South Zone basketball championship.[51]

Table tennis

Mar Baselios won awards in table tennis in Kerala University's inter-collegiate table tennis tournament held at the Government Engineering College in 2009.[52]

Badminton

Mar Baselios Engineering College won the title in the Kerala University inter-collegiate women’s badminton tournament held on 9 October 2012.[53]

College rating

Careers360 rates MBCET among the Top 10 Engineering Colleges in Kerala.[54]

Tallest Christ statue in India

33.5 feet-tall statue of Jesus Christ, the tallest Christ statue in the country, was unveiled and blessed by Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Baselios Cleemis at the campus of Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology on 29 September 2012.[55] [56][57][58]

References
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  2. , Mar Ivanios Vidya Nagar.
  3. , Mar Baselios Punctuality, Social Responsibility.
  4. , Mar Baselios Uniform.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), "All B.Tech programmes have been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation w.e.f 1st July 2016 for 2 years"
  6. Winner in Electronics Skills from Kerala as part of Nypunyam 2015 The Hindu, Trivandrum, 8 February 2016
  7. Student project gets funding from Startup Village and Kerala Chapter of IEEE ComSoc The Hindu, Kochi, 6 September 2012
  8. Student project gets funding from Startup Village and Kerala Chapter of IEEE ComSoc The Business Standard, Kochi, 6 September 2012
  9. CLaurel for project on plastic waste disposal The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 8 February 2016
  10. Coconut De-husker The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 23 March 2012
  11. Farming Machine The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 1 April 2011
  12. Air Powered Engine The Hindu, 3 April 2010
  13. KAL accept MBCET The Hindu, 15 May 2009
  14. Low Emission Bike The Hindu, 26 May 2010
  15. Technology unplugged Technology unplugged The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 22 September 2012
  16. MBCET Library Portal MBCET Library Portal
  17. Award for portal on energy resources Award for Portal The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 14 December 2010.
  18. MIT media lab design, innovation workshop begins New Indian Express, Thiruvananthapuram, 31 July 2013.
  19. MIT media lab workshop begins The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 31 July 2013.
  20. MIT mentor creates new entrepreneurs The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 15 December 2013.
  21. NABARD to Support Innovations New Indian Express, Thiruvananthapuram, 11 July 2014.
  22. MBCET organises ICGT 2012 The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 19 December 2012.
  23. https://www.ibtimes.co.in/mohanlal-meets-polish-fan-bartosz-czarnotta-thiruvananthapuram-photos-659697
  24. Mohanlal
  25. https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/mohanlal-meets-his-fan-from-poland-for-organ-donation-campaign.html
  26. MBCET organises CoMNeT The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 20 December 2010.
  27. Broadband 2008 The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 26 March 2008.
  28. NSC 2010 Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine CSI Communications, September, 2010.
  29. "IEEE Region 10". Archived from the original on 18 May 2013.
  30. IEEE Computer Society
  31. EDS Tech and MBCET Indian Express, Bangalore, 15 February 2011
  32. Green Dream The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram. 19 March 2009.
  33. "Crossroads Website". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  34. MBCET Crossroads 2011 Archived 27 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Trivandrum Buzz, Thiruvananthapuram, 3 February 2011
  35. Limca Book of Records Times of India, Thiruvananthapuram, 18 February 2012
  36. Crossroads Next Big Idea Archived 26 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Deccan Chronicle, Kochi, 24 February 2012
  37. Crossroads Next Big Idea Trivandrum News, Trivandrum, 28 January 2012
  38. Mar Baselios, a worthy champion The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 5 November 2011
  39. MBCET Defeats IIST at 3rd Baselios Trophy The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 16 March 2010
  40. Mar Baselios college triumphs The Hindu,IRINJALAKUDA , 21 August 2013
  41. Mar Baselios triumph over Kerala Police at Don Bosco all-Kerala basketball tournament Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Deccan Chronicle,21 August 2013
  42. Mar Baselios triumphs The Hindu,Thiruvananthapuram , 17 March 2013
  43. Mar Baselios Engineering College takes title The Hindu, ALAPPUZHA, 14 February 2012
  44. Mar Baselios EC triumphs The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 25 January 2012
  45. Mar Baselios wins title The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 25 October 2011
  46. MBCET defeats Marian College The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 26 February 2011
  47. MBCET defeats Amal Jyothi The Hindu, Kanjirappally,22 January 2011
  48. MBCET defeats FISAT The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 22 January 2011
  49. MBCET defeats FISAT The Hindu, Kochi, 2 February 2010
  50. MBCET wins as host The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 28 March 2009
  51. MBCET students part of Kerala State team for SZ basketball championship The Hindu, Kochi, 28 August 2012
  52. MBCET wins table tennis The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 7 October 2009
  53. Mar Baselios triumphs The Hindu, Thiruvananthapuram, 9 October 2012
  54. Careers360 Kerala Engineering Colleges rating Careers 360
  55. Tallest statue of Jesus Christ unveiled New Indian Express, Thiruvananthapuram, 30 September 2012
  56. Tallest Christ statue in the country unveiled PTI News 30 September 2012
  57. New heights The Hindu, 30 September 2012
  58. Tallest Jesus Christ statue in the country unveiled NDTV, 30 September 2012
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