Second prize in the Kairali TV Super Managers' Contest

MBA students Romin Mathew and Suhas Anil from School of Management Studies have won second prize in the Kairali TV Super Managers' Contest (MBA Grand Business Challenge 2009) among the business schools in the state of Kerala

Gold Medal in Chemical Discipline

Mr. VAISHAKH NAIR (S3 M.Tech Nanotechnology.) won Gold Medal in Chemical Discipline in the 40th All India Students Design Competition 2009 instituted by the National Design and Research Forum, Institution of Engineers (India) for his work entitled “COMPARITIVE DEGRADATION STUDY OF POLYETHYLENE USING TiO2 NANOPARTICLES AND DESIGNING A DEGRADATION CHAMBER". Rear Admiral K O Thakare, President of Institution of Engineers (India) presented the award on 1st November 2009, at the inaugural function of the 17th IEI Convocation and Technicians'/Students' Convention held at Kochi. This work is part of his M.Tech project, which being guided by Dr.N.Sandhyarani of School of Nano Science and Technology and Dr.Lity Allen Varghese of Chemical Engineering Department of NIT Calicut

HABITAT AWARD

Mr. JONU JOHN THOMAS (S9 B. Arch.) won the prestigious HABITAT AWARD instituted by the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra. Hon. Minister for Forest & Housing Sri. BINOY VISWOM will present the AWARD on “The World Habitat Day” (October 5th)

ISTE National Award for Best M.Tech. Thesis

The First Prize of 2008- ISTE-GSFC National Award for Best M.Tech. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering was awarded to Mr. Sooraj V.S., MTech. (Manufacturing Technology-2008 Batch) for the thesis titled: Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on Mechanical Micro Machining (M3) Guided by Dr. Jose Mathew, Professor, Dept. of Mech. Engineering, NIT Calicut. The award carries a cash price of Rs 10,000/- and a citation both to the student and the guide.

Best Ph.D. Thesis in CSA

Dr. K. Murali Krishnan, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has recieved 'Alumni Medal for the Best Ph.D. Thesis in CSA' From IISc Bangalore.

Best Research Paper Award

Dr. A.V. Babu, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, has been presented the award for 'The Best Research Paper' among the papers published by the members of the faculty during the academic year 2007-2008. The paper was entitled as 'Fairness Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Multi-rate Wireless LAN' published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 56 (Sep.2007), pp.3073-3088.

Best Young Teacher Award

Sajith V , Lecturer (SS) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), has recieved the "Best Young Teacher Award" for the acedamic year 2007 -2008. It was distributed on Republic day by the Director.

The Best Engineering College Teacher of Kerala State – 2008 Award

R. Sreeram Kumar, professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), has won the national award for ‘The Best Engineering College Teacher of Kerala State – 2008,’ constituted by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi. The award is in recognition of his contribution to the academic and the student community. Dr. Kumar received the award, comprising a citation, medallion and cash prize, at the 38th annual national convention of the ISTE held recently at Bhubaneswar. The award, constituted this year, is given on the basis of the past five years’ documentary evidence of teaching ability based on appraisal by students, professional society activities, publications, R&D and institutional development activities.

Best Research Paper Award

The research paper entitled "Behaviour of Steel Fibre Reinforced High Performance Concrete Members under Flexure " published in the Civil Engineering Journal of The Institution of Engineers,Vol.88,May 2007 authored by Dr. N.Ganesan, Dr.P.V.Indira and Mrs Ruby Abraham (QIP Research Scholar)has been selected for the "E.P.NICOLAIDES PRIZE ".The award will be presented at the Prize Distribution Ceremony of the 23rd Indian Engineering Congress at NIT ,Warangal on 12th December 2008.

The Railway Board's Prize

A Technical paper entitled "A Simplified Procedure for Design of Machine Foundations Subjected to Vertical Vibrations " published in Journal of The Institution of Engineers authored by Dr.S.Chandrakaran and Dr. N.Ganesan has recieved The Railway Board Prize. The certificate will be issued in the Ceremony of the 23rd Indian Engineering Congress to be held at Warangal on December 12, 2008.