Category: News

  • 93 cents of land missing from Cusat property, HC told

    The state government on Wednesday submitted before the Kerala High Court that there is only a difference of 93 cents of land in possession of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat). In a statement, E R Shobhana, Deputy Director of Survey and Land Records, Collectorate, Ernakulam, said that, according to the survey conducted…

  • Indonesian Ambassador to visit Cusat

    Indonesian Ambassador to India Lt Gen (Retd) Andi M Ghalib will visit Cusat on Friday. He will hold discussions with the Vice-Chancellor and other officials on the possible collaborations between Cusat and similar institutions in Indonesia. The visit is part of the MoU signed between the MHRD, Govt of India, and the Ministry of Education…

  • Government Decided to transfer CUSAT debts to Centre

    KOCHI: The state government has decided to transfer all assets and liabilities of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) to the Union government as part of the proposal to elevate the varsity to the status of Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology ( IIEST). “The decision was taken after the Union human…

  • CUSAT to step up B.Tech. pass percentage

    In an initiative aimed at stepping up the pass percentage of B.Tech students, the School of Engineering (SOE) at the Cochin University of Science and Technology has chalked out an action plan that includes remedial classes for weak students and periodical review by the heads of departments of syllabus covered. The initiative also focuses on…

  • All India Inter University (South Zone) Sports and Games – Selection Trails

    All India Inter University (South Zone) is scheduled to be held during October-February. Department of Physical Education is proposed to conduct the All India Inter University (South Zone) selection trails on 14th & 15th September 2012 for Cricket(M) Chess(M) Football(M) Basket Ball(M) Volley ball(M) Table Tennis(M&W) Shuttle Badminton(M&W). Interested participants are requested to report at 9.30.am on…

  • CUSAT students got suspended

    Two students of School of Engineering (SOE), Cusat, were suspended on Friday for allegedly assaulting the security guard two weeks ago at the post-matric hostel. In addition to this, the students of the Departments of Instrumentation and Ship Technology, have been suspended from their hostel following inter-departmental clashes. The first and the seventh semester students of…

  • Tensions at School of Legal Studies of CUSAT

    Tension prevailed at the School of Legal Studies of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) at Kalamassery on Friday after students resisted the continuing strike by the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in protest against the hike in fees. Students’ opposition to boycotting classes led to minor skirmishes with the striking SFI activists.…

  • ‘Special considerations’ going up in CUSAT

    Worried about having completed the maximum period of 10 years for submitting your Ph.D. thesis? Are you a B.Tech. student of the old batches wishing to appear for an examination that you missed? The academic council of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is ready to help. From relaxing norms for submission of…

  • CUSATreduces fees for some courses by 20- 25%

    Cochin University of Science and Technology has reduced fees of some of its regular engineering and MSc courses by 25% and regular MTech courses by 20%. The decision to bring down the fees was taken after the sub-committee comprising CUSAT registrar and conveners of the syndicate standing committee to study the fee hike issue held…

  • Alumini Meet of IT-tudes!!

    A big ‘hi’ to the best IT professionals of the country. The mother-hub of Information technology in INDIA, where you once walked in as under-graduate and walked out proudly holding the tag of an Engineer , is wholeheartedly inviting you back once again to CUSAT. The campus that still preserve the cherished dreams of your…

  • Alumini Meet of IT-tudes!!

    A big ‘hi’ to the best IT professionals of the country. The mother-hub of Information technology in INDIA, where you once walked in as under-graduate and walked out proudly holding the tag of an Engineer , is wholeheartedly inviting you back once again to CUSAT. The campus that still preserve the cherished dreams of your…

  • Special grant of Rs. 10 crore for CUSAT to tide over crisis

    The university authorities were groping in the dark on how to pay salaries The cash-strapped Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has received a breather, with Finance Minister K. M. Mani agreeing to provide Rs.10 crore as special grant. A team led by Cusat Vice-Chancellor Ramachandran Thekkedath met Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Finance Minister…