To clear the UPSC Examination is a mark that identifies your knowledge. The selection for the perfect civil servant, through the toughest of exams is to find the best leaders of India. And from the annals of CET, here are four stars who have come out with flying colours.
Aman Chandran , EEE 2017, AIR 197
Arjun C Nilambur, AE 2012, AIR 349
Smilna Sudhakar, ECE 2012, AIR 458
Mridul Darshan, EEE 2018, AIR 622
A plate of piping hot, delectable charcoal biryani is Trivandrum’s latest hype. In the sudden surge of new restaurants and takeaway counters that have taken the capital city off its feet, LF Eats has paved some space for itself. An uncommon and a wholly new taste to the palette of a foodie from Trivandrum, LF Eats biriyani has an interesting and inspiring tale of how they came to be the city’s new favourite biryani destination. But, this is not a story about good food.
Featured in this month's Big Project ME is the Vice President and Head of the International Operations Business Group for Voltas, Mr. A R Suresh Kumar. Despite the current challenges, Voltas continues to flourish. Voltas is one of India’s leading air conditioning companies and engineering solution providers. Voltas has given its employees security, due to its strict vetting process. With simple business strategies, Voltas has grown in the Middle East region with ease.
Sprouting from the need to popularise his favourite tropical fruit, Mr. James Joseph planned the perfect remedy for normalizing jackfruit as a part of one’s diet.
Eat for Health (E4H) is an initiative that aims to popularise locally sourced, sustainably produced foods. Aiming to bridge the gap between the food we consume and the producers of these foods, E4H tries to reinstate the lost connection with nutrition and wellness which has led to poor physical and mental health in our communities. Launching a successful community of sustainable farming with a goal of educating India’s urban population of the need for local produce, E4H has an inspiring goal of cultivating on 1 acre land with one farmer, for 60 members that join this marvellous NGO.
The CET community is pleased to announce one of it’s very own member’s latest achievements. Ar. S Gopakumar of Kumar Group has been awarded the prestigious Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal by Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) for his outstanding contribution to Indian Architecture. This coveted honour has been awarded to some of the most famous architects time has seen. Added to that, Ar. S Gopakumar is the first ever Malayali to have received this award. A brilliant architect, a talented artist and a humble human being, Mr.
An outstanding accomplishment by another CET alumnus has us brimming with pride. Sijo Kuruvila of the 2005 batch of Mechanical Engineering has been selected as a member of the Central Government’s Expert Committee on Science and Technology Policy. Sijo Kuruvila is the founding CEO of Startup Village and founder of Rethink Foundation and the only Malayali to be part of said Expert Committee. The Committee is to formulate the first stage of policy-making, with their key focus on updating the existing policy made in 2013.
Adding another feather to his hat, Dr. Saji Gopinath, Director, IITMK, and the current CEO of Kerala Startup Mission, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Kerala University of Digital Science, Innovation and Technology. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, in the capacity as the chancellor of the university, made this announcement. He is currently the CEO of the Kerala Startup Mission. A huge round of applause for Dr. Saji Gopinath on this splendid milestone. He is an alumnus from the Mechanical Engineering batch of 1988, College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
It all started during the era of World War 2, when the then Maharajah of Travancore, Sree Chitra Tirunal Balarama Varma laid his vision to establish this institution at Thiruvanthapuram. It initiated in the former office and bungalow of the Chief Engineer (which is now the office of the Postmaster-General (PMG)). Maj. T. H. Mathewman was appointed as the first principal of the college with Vastuvidya Kushala Sri, Balakrishna Rao, and Prof. D. L. Deshpande on the faculty.
