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  • CUSAT to be upgraded to IIESR

    Central government has sought opinion from other departments on a proposal to convert Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) into a leading science education and research institute under the Central government.

  • CUSAT to notify 90 teaching posts soon

    Cochin University of Science and Technology ( CUSAT) will notify 90 teaching posts for assistant professors by next week. Incidentally, though it is time for the university to renew its accreditation, sources said that they would apply only after permanent recruitment of 100-odd assistant professors take place. “Within a month, recruitment of permanent faculty will…

  • Three young friends come up with 69mm, a music video with a message

    The story of how the music video 69mm got made is as formulaic as a film script. There is friendship (the do-anything-for-your-friend variety), there is disappointment and frustration, there is suspense and there is a nail-biting climax and ends with a happily ever after. The people behind the music video 69mm are Nimal V.V., Rahul V. Raju and Rameez…

  • Cusat to have advanced Weather Radar System soon

    An MoU was signed between Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) and Data Patterns (India) Pvt Ltd, Chennai, for supplying and installing the stratosphere troposphere (ST) radar system atop a three-storey building in Cusat on Thursday. The `20-crore-Doppler radar is the first of its kind being given to a university by the Ministry of…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • CUSAT forms sub-committee to study BTech fee hike issue

    Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) authorities will hold talks with engineering students to tide over fresh trouble in the varsity due to hike in fee for BTech courses. Sources said that the CUSAT syndicate met here on Saturday and decided to form a sub-committee comprising of CUSAT registrar and conveners of the syndicate…