Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET), Thiruvananthapuram

Faculty Achievements

• Mr. Biju B Varghese received "Significant Contribution Award -Trivandrum Chapter" at the CSI Annual Convention at Delhi on December 5th, 2015.
• Mr. Vishnu Kumar S was the "Award Jury Convenor" of CSI Golden Jubilee e-Governance Awards Kerala, 2015.

Student Achievements

• Francis Johny of S8CS won "TOP 25" with a Cash prize of Rs.  1  lakh and the Title  of  “IT  Genius  of  India"  in the IT  Olympiad ”A  Multilayer  Examination  and  Mega Quiz Contest  By  Computer  Society  of  India  and  Rotary  Club  of  Pune  Pride  on  a  National Level  from  11th February to 27th February, 2016.

• The project titled “UPASANA, A Diagnostic Tool Kit for ASHA workers” by Arun Krishna (S5 CS2), Joji John Varghese (S6 EC2) and Vivek Suresh Kumar (S8 EC) won the third prize for Tech Top 2015, held at Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology.The project also won Rs 50,000 first prize in the Marian Award for Technology Excellence (MATE) 2015, held at Marian Engineering College, August 17, 2015.

• Arun Krishna of S4 CS2 won the “Prof. Satish John Memorial Special Prize” of Rs 60,000, in February 2015, which was shared with two students of EC department for the development of a Diagnostic tool kit for Asha workers in Yuva Mastermind organized by Malayala Manorama in technical partnership with Amal Jyothi College of Engineering.

• Arunima S Kumar of senior MTech class received Indira Gandhi NSS National Award at the FIRST NATIONAL YOUTH AWARDEES’ SUMMIT - 2014  held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar from 27th to 28th December 2014 which was jointly organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt of India and the KIIT University. It was intended to bring together National Youth Awardees and Indira Gandhi NSS National Awardees from across the country. The theme of the summit was "Youth's Own India". She was also the Master of the Ceremony of the inaugural session of the Summit.

• Arunima S Kumar was also invited by the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of Odisha for a special address in the State Level National Integration Camp. The Summit also instituted the National Youth Awardees’ Forum of India (NYAFI), a group of National Youth Awardees and Indira Gandhi NSS National Awardees across the country working together to address the burning issues of the society. Arunima has also been selected as the all India Secretary of the Forum.