Dr. T. S. Ramanatha Iyer Passes away
The former Principal of College of Engineering Trivandrum and the former Director of Technical education, Dr. T. S. Ramanatha Iyer, passed away.
Dr. Ramanatha Iyer started his career as demonstrator and rose to the position of Professor in Civil Engineering in 1965. He took his M. Tech in Soil Mechanics from University of Madras and Ph. D. from University of Roorkee. He was the Post Doctoral fellow during 1971-72 at Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, the Professor at the University of Zambia during 1977-79 and Visiting Professor, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria during 1983-84.
Prof. Ramanatha Iyer has served as Principal of both the colleges at Trichur and Trivandrum and was the Director of Technical education during the period 1986-87. Later he served as Visiting professor at I.I.T., Madras and U.G.C. Emeritus Fellow.
We pay our tributes to the departed soul and convey our deepest condolences to his family.
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CETAA, was formed in 1976 with the aim of establishing rapport with former students and the college and to have common programs which will be mutually beneficial.
CETAA now has about 15,000 members and is increasing every year. Now, CETAA has chapters at Chicago, Dubai, Delhi, Kuwait, Bangalore, America and Kochi.
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A Concise History of College of Engineering Trivandrum
A book by Dr. K. P. P. Pillai
Former Principal of CET
The book gives a detailed account of the first 25 years (1939 - 1964) of CET along with very rare pictures that give nostalgic feelings. The book was launched by Er. PRS Murugan in the colorful event of CETAA Day 2013.
B2C (Back to Campus) Programme
As a part of diversification of CETAA activities in the campus, it was decided to arrange many novel programs beneficial to the students of this campus, like ‘Back to Campus’ Lecture Series proposed by our former Principal Dr. V. Gopakumar. It is a series of lectures by selected eminent alumni of our college who excelled in their professional field and brought fame to this college in national as well as international stages.
The first lecture was given by internationally acclaimed consulting engineer Dr. Balu Iyer (CET 1962) on 19th October at the CETAA Hall.
Along with the launching of B2C programme, CETAA honoured the Rank holders of the 2012 batch.
The second in this series was a talk by our alumnus Dr. Madhu Ganesh (1987 Batch) at CETAA HALL on 22nd November Friday 2.00 p.m. on “ Importance of Mathematics and Methodology for research”.
Contributions from Batches
Renovation of SARGAM Premises - 1987
Sargam Renovated by the 1987 batch
First Entrance batch of CET - 1987, proudly handed over the renovated SARGAM premises in CET campus, as a token of love and affection to their alma mater. The work was completed at a cost of Rs.20 lakhs, funded and managed by batch members.
Books & Paintings - 1962
Malayalam Books to Central Technical Library by 1962 Batch
The members of 1962 batch donated an amount of Rs. 70,000/- towards the purchase of Malayalam books to main library of CET. They also donated 4 Mural Paintings worth Rs. 3 Lakn to the CETAA Hall.
Conference Hall - UAE Chapter
Renovation of Principal’s Conference Hall
The Principal's conference hall was renovated by the CETAA UAE Chapter. They spent Rs. 2.5 Lakh for the renovation.
MEADOWS - 1973
MEADOWS by 1973 Batch
Medows re-created by the 1973 batch. Spent Rs. 5 Lakh for this.
Golden Walkway - 1958
Golden Walkway by 1958 batch
1958 batch made the "Golden Walkway" in front of the college during their Golden Jubilee Celebrations, They spent 6 Lakh for this.
GOLDEN PLAQUE - 1959
Golden PLAQUE by 1959 batch
This Plaque was the contributoin of the 1959 batch, during their golden Jubile Celebrations. They Spent Rs.3 Lakh for this.
CETAA ARBORETUM - 1953
CETAA ARBORETUM by 1953 Batch
Renovation of CETAA hall - 1984
Renovation of CETAA hall by 1984 Batch
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