Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a state government-owned
autonomous
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university in
Kochi
Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...
,
Kerala
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,
India
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. It was founded in 1971 and has three campuses: two in Kochi (
Kalamassery
Kalamassery () is a major industrial region in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. It is located around northeast of the city centre.
Kalamassery is a major hub for industrial and Information Technology, IT activities in Kochi. In ...
and
Ernakulam
Ernakulam () is the central business district of the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the namesake of Ernakulam district. The eastern part of Kochi city is mainly known as Ernakulam, while the western part of it after the Venduruthy Bridge ...
) and one in
Kuttanad
Kuttanad is a river delta landscape region in the state of Kerala, India, known for its vast paddy fields and geographical peculiarities. It is in the Districts of Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta. The region has the lowest altitude in ...
,
Alappuzha
Alappuzha (, आलप्पुळ) or Alleppey is a municipality and town on the Laccadive Sea in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is the district headquarters of the district, and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvana ...
, inland.
The university was founded in 1971 as the University of Cochin through an act of the
Kerala Legislature, which was the result of a campaign for postgraduate education in the state. It was renamed as Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in February 1986. Its goals are to promote undergraduate and postgraduate studies and advanced research in
applied science
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, technology, industry, commerce, management and
social sciences
Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...
.
Admissions to both undergraduate and postgraduate courses are based on the
Common Admission Test
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(CAT). Departmental Admission Tests (DAT) are conducted for some postgraduate courses. , the university has 29 Departments of study and research, offering graduate and post-graduate programmes across a wide spectrum of disciplines in
Engineering
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,
Science
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,
Technology
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,
Humanities
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,
Law
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&
Management
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. The university has academic links and exchange programmes with several institutions across the globe.
A new species of amphipod collected from the Cochin backwaters was named ''
Victoriopisa cusatensis'' after the university in 2018.
The motto of the university is ''Tejasvinavadhithamastu'', which is taken from the
Vedas
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and conveys "May the wisdom accrued deify us both – the teacher and the taught - and percolate to the universe in its totality".
Campuses
The university has three campuses: two are in
Kochi
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, and one is at
Pulinkunnu,
Kuttanad
Kuttanad is a river delta landscape region in the state of Kerala, India, known for its vast paddy fields and geographical peculiarities. It is in the Districts of Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta. The region has the lowest altitude in ...
,
Alappuzha
Alappuzha (, आलप्पुळ) or Alleppey is a municipality and town on the Laccadive Sea in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is the district headquarters of the district, and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvana ...
about 65 km south of Kochi in the state of
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
.
Main (Thrikkakara) Campus

The main campus is off the
National Highway 47 in South
Kalamassery
Kalamassery () is a major industrial region in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. It is located around northeast of the city centre.
Kalamassery is a major hub for industrial and Information Technology, IT activities in Kochi. In ...
. The campus includes the
School of Engineering
Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional development, professional practice of engineering. It includes an initial education (Diploma in Engineering, Dip.Eng.)and Bachelor of Engineering, ( ...
(SOE Campus),
Kunjali Marakkar School of Marine Engineering, School of Management Studies, various Science departments, and the School of Legal Studies.
Lakeside Campus
The Lakeside campus, about from the main campus, is set on Fine Arts Avenue in Cochin city on the waterfront of the
estuary
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. It includes the
School of Marine Sciences, School of Industrial Fisheries, Department of Physical Oceanography, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Chemical Oceanography, Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, and the Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics. The School of Marine Sciences library is one of the largest marine science libraries in Asia. The school also has a research vessel for coastal water studies, and has academic interactions with other universities and research institutes within and outside India.
Pulincunnu Campus
The Pulincunnu campus in
Kuttanad
Kuttanad is a river delta landscape region in the state of Kerala, India, known for its vast paddy fields and geographical peculiarities. It is in the Districts of Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta. The region has the lowest altitude in ...
, Alappuzha District is 65 km from the Main campus. It is home to the Cochin University College of Engineering, Kuttanad (
CUCEK) and the Cochin University College of Computer Applications (CUCCA).
Faculties
CUSAT is structured into nine faculties:

*
Science
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*
Technology
Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...
*
Engineering
Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...
*
Environmental Studies
Environmental studies (EVS or EVST) is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human behavior, human interaction with the Natural environment, environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sci ...
*
Humanities
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...
*
Law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...
*
Marine Sciences
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*
Medical Sciences
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...
and Technology
*
Social Sciences
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Faculty of Science
Department of Physics
The Department of Physics of the Cochin University of Science and Technology was founded as the Department of Physics of the Ernakulam Centre of the University of Kerala in 1963 by Prof. K. Venkateswarlu. It is now a centre of excellence, well known within India and abroad for its contributions to teaching and research in both experimental and theoretical physics. Areas of interest include
nanoscience and technology,
optoelectronic
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devices,
quantum computing
A quantum computer is a computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena. On small scales, physical matter exhibits properties of wave-particle duality, both particles and waves, and quantum computing takes advantage of this behavior using s ...
, semiconductor devices, solar cells,
holographic
Holography is a technique that allows a wavefront to be recorded and later reconstructed. It is best known as a method of generating three-dimensional images, and has a wide range of other uses, including data storage, microscopy, and interfe ...
materials, high density storage batteries,
astrobiology
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and
quantum optics
Quantum optics is a branch of atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum chemistry that studies the behavior of photons (individual quanta of light). It includes the study of the particle-like properties of photons and their interaction ...
. Research is sponsored by agencies including
UGC, AICTE,
IUCAA,
DST,
DRDO
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, headqu ...
,
CSIR, IUAC,
DAE, and
KSCSTE
Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is an autonomous body constituted by the Government of Kerala in November 2002 to encourage and promote science and technology-related activities in Kerala State. Prior to the e ...
. The department has extensive instrumentation, which is made available to outside users at a nominal charge.
The department offers postgraduate programmes leading to the degrees of MSc (Physics), M.Phil. (Physics) and PhD.
The Department of Physics conducts a science awareness programme in physics and the
National Space Olympiad in association with the
IUCAA Resource Centre, CUSAT and Edumithra Intellectual Services.
Faculty of Technology
Department of Electronics
The Department of Electronics was established in 1975. Research areas include microwave electronics,
microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor (computing), processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs. The microprocessor contains the arithmetic, logic, a ...
s,
underwater acoustics
Underwater acoustics (also known as hydroacoustics) is the study of the propagation of sound in water and the interaction of the mechanical waves that constitute sound with the water, its contents and its boundaries. The water may be in the oce ...
, ocean electronics,
microwave
Microwave is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than other radio waves but longer than infrared waves. Its wavelength ranges from about one meter to one millimeter, corresponding to frequency, frequencies between 300&n ...
propagation antennas, microwave
image processing
An image or picture is a visual representation. An image can be two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture. Images may be displayed through other media, including a pr ...
,
pattern recognition
Pattern recognition is the task of assigning a class to an observation based on patterns extracted from data. While similar, pattern recognition (PR) is not to be confused with pattern machines (PM) which may possess PR capabilities but their p ...
,
microprocessor
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applications in signal processing and display devices. Research is sponsored by external agencies including the
DST,
ISRO
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,
AICTE
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education (India), Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 firs ...
, DOE,
DRDO
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development, headqu ...
, MOD and the state government. The department has international collaborations with
Delft University
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It is considered one ...
(Netherlands), PolarizOne Corporation (Malaysia),
University of Kent
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(UK) and
University of Surrey
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(UK).
The department offers postgraduate programmes leading to the degrees of MSc (Electronics) and MTech (Electronics) with specializations in Microwave & Radar Electronics and Digital Electronics, and PhD.
The department conducts two national symposia as biennial events: the National Symposium on Antennas & Propagation (APSYM),
and the Symposium on Ocean Electronics (SYMPOL).
Department of Instrumentation
The Department of Instrumentation was established in the year 1995 as an outgrowth of the University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC), which offers instrumentation services including design and fabrication, glass blowing, and carpentry to science and technology departments of the university and external organizations. As an academic department, it now has research programmes in the areas of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, sponsored by external funding agencies including
DST,
DAE,
UGC,
AICTE
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education (India), Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 firs ...
,
KSCSTE
Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is an autonomous body constituted by the Government of Kerala in November 2002 to encourage and promote science and technology-related activities in Kerala State. Prior to the e ...
and
TWAS
The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting more than 1,400 scientists in some 100 countries. Its principal aim is t ...
. It also offers consultancy for the design and fabrication of experimental systems for teaching, research, calibration and industrial applications.
The department offers a four-year BTech (Bachelors) course in Instrumentation Technology, two-year MTech course in Instrumentation Technology and two-year MSc course in Instrumentation.
K N Madhusoodanan, professor of Department of Instrumentation was appointed vice-chancellor (VC) of CUSAT on 25 April 2019 by Governor
P Sathasivam.
Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology
The Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology (P.S. & R.T.), established in 1971, is a pioneer in the areas of education and research in polymer science and engineering. Its BTech programme began in 1972, in collaboration with the Rubber Research Institute of India. It is funded by agencies including
Nuffic
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Its most important contract partners are the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture & Scienc ...
(MHO,
The Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
),
Volkswagen Foundation
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It wa ...
(Germany),
MHRD, AICTE,
DRDO
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,
DST, and
UGC.
Department of Ship Technology
The Department of Ship Technology was founded in 1974 and is one of the pioneers in the field of
Naval Architecture
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education in India. Its
BTech
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Countries
Australia
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programme in Naval Architecture and Ship Building began in 1975. The Naval Architecture programme is run in collaboration with the
University of Rostock
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, Germany, and its graduates are in demand for positions in the
shipbuilding
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industry,
ship classification societies
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,
R&D organisations, and the
Indian Navy
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. The Ministry of Shipping (Government of India) approved the BTech course for the M.O.T. Certificate Examination, and the Indian Navy has recognised this department as a centre for the higher education of their
officers.
The Society of Naval Architecture Students in the department publishes an annual Technical Magazine, SHIPSTECHNIC.
International School of Photonics
The International School of Photonics (ISP) was founded in 1995. Research activities include the design and fabrication of various laser systems and laser components, investigations of non-linear phenomena in different materials using
photothermal,
photoacoustic and related techniques, time- and space-resolved studies on laser-induced plasmas, design and characterization of fibre-optic sensors, fabrication and characterisation of
polymer fibres, preparation and investigation of
photonic materials and studies on
photonics theory, sponsored by funding agencies including
DST, AICTE and
UGC. The
University Grants Commission designated Cochin University of Science and Technology as a "University with Potential for Excellence in the Field of
Laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word ''laser'' originated as an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radi ...
s and
Optoelectronics
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Sciences" in March 2002, and provided a grant of Rs. 5
crore
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that was used to establish a Centre of Excellence in Lasers and Optoelectronics Sciences (CELOS). The Centre later merged with the International School of Photonics.
The department offers postgraduate programmes leading to the degrees of MTech (Opto Electronics and Laser Technology) and PhD.
Department of Computer Applications
The Department of Computer Applications (DCA) was established in 1994. It offers a Masters in Computer Applications programme with the financial support of
UGC and the
Department of Electronics,
Government of India
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. Research areas include
information security
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, simulation and modelling,
cryptography
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and
coding theory
Coding theory is the study of the properties of codes and their respective fitness for specific applications. Codes are used for data compression, cryptography, error detection and correction, data transmission and computer data storage, data sto ...
, language computing,
algorithm
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s,
pattern recognition
Pattern recognition is the task of assigning a class to an observation based on patterns extracted from data. While similar, pattern recognition (PR) is not to be confused with pattern machines (PM) which may possess PR capabilities but their p ...
,
Web mining
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, applications of graph theory,
image processing
An image or picture is a visual representation. An image can be two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture. Images may be displayed through other media, including a pr ...
,
data mining
Data mining is the process of extracting and finding patterns in massive data sets involving methods at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and database systems. Data mining is an interdisciplinary subfield of computer science and ...
,
network
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Science and technology
* Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics
...
ing and
software engineering
Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...
. The department also provide MSc Computer Science with Specialization in soft Computing from 2016. The aim is to prepare the students with both theoretical and practical foundation in soft computing. The curriculum includes exposure to the current technologies like Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, AI, Big Data Analytics etc.
Department of Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science (DCS) focuses on academic programs in Information Systems, but also includes research on high-speed computing, human-computer interactions,
information security
Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data ...
, networked embedded systems, natural language processing,
software engineering
Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...
, and
very-large-scale integration. It was instrumental in establishing the university computer centre and the CUSAT Intranet.
The department offers postgraduate programmes leading to the degrees of MTech (Computer & Information Science), MTech (Software Engineering) and MTech (Computer Science with Specialization in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence), MSc Computer Science ( Artificial Intelligence & Data Science) and PhD (Computer Science / Computer Engineering or Information Science).
Research laboratories include:
1. Artificial Intelligence & Computer Vision Laboratory (AICV)
2. Bioinformatics Laboratory (BI)
3. Cyber Physical Systems Laboratory (CPS)
4. Natural Language Processing Laboratory (NLP)
5. Software Engineering Laboratory (SEL)
Faculty of Engineering
School of Engineering, Thrikkakara
The
School of Engineering
Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional development, professional practice of engineering. It includes an initial education (Diploma in Engineering, Dip.Eng.)and Bachelor of Engineering, ( ...
was established in 1979 to offer part-time MTech programmes in the major disciplines of engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical Engineering) for practising engineers in and around
Cochin
Kochi ( , ), formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernaku ...
. In 1995 the School introduced BTech programmes in
Civil engineering
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,
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...
,
Electronics and Communication engineering
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,
Computer Science & Engineering
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and
Information technology
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. Safety and Fire Engineering was added in 1996 and Electrical & Electronics Engineering in 2003.
In 1981 the School added PhD programmes. , the School had produced 53 PhDs and over 250 candidates were registered as research students. External funding for research activities is provided by agencies including
DST, the Central Water Commission,
ISRO
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,
AICTE
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education (India), Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 firs ...
,
Coir Board, and the Kerala State Coir Corporation.
The BTech programmes offered by the school are accredited by the
National Board of Accreditation
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(NBA) under the Tier-I system. The
National Board of Accreditation
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(NBA) is a permanent signatory to the
Washington Accord The Washington Agreement was a peace agreement that led to the modern Bosnia and Herzegovina, signed in 1994.
Washington Agreement or Washington Accords may also refer to:
* Washington Accords (1942), the Brazil-United States Political-Military ...
that sets standards for engineering undergraduate degrees in a number of countries.
Undergraduate BTech courses (student intake in parentheses)
*
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...
(90)
*
Computer Science and Engineering
Computer science and engineering (CSE) is an academic subject comprising approaches of computer science and computer engineering. There is no clear division in computing between science and engineering, just like in the field of materials science ...
(90)
*
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
(60)
*
Electronics and Communication engineering
Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flow ...
(90)
*
Information technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...
(90)
*
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...
(90)
* Safety and Fire Engineering (60)

Postgraduate MTech courses
Full Time
* Information Technology (Software Systems) (18)
* Computer Science and Engineering (Networking Systems) (18)
* Civil Engineering (Geo-technical Engineering) (18)
* Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Engineering) (18)
* Electronics & Communications Engineering (Wireless Technology) (18)
Part Time
* Civil Engineering (18)
* Mechanical Engineering (18)
* Chemical Engineering (18)
* Electrical Engineering (18)
PhD programmes are available in all areas mentioned above.
Kunjali Marakkar School of Marine Engineering
The
Kunjali Marakkar School of Marine Engineering offers a BTech programme in Marine Engineering. This is a full-time compulsory residential programme. Students wear
Merchant navy Cadets' Uniform for classes. Physical training is compulsory for the cadets.
The intake for BTech Marine Engineering is 80 per year. In 2014, a full-time two-year MTech programme in Marine Engineering (80 students) was added. The School also provides short term courses in an Engine Room Simulator for students preparing for competitive examinations conducted by the
Directorate General of Shipping.
Cochin University College of Engineering, Kuttanad
The
Cochin University College of Engineering, Kuttanad was established in 1999 and is owned by the Cochin University of Science and Technology. It is situated in a 42-acre campus in
Pulincunnoo,
Kuttanad
Kuttanad is a river delta landscape region in the state of Kerala, India, known for its vast paddy fields and geographical peculiarities. It is in the Districts of Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta. The region has the lowest altitude in ...
, about 75 km away from the main campus at Thrikkakara. It is the only campus of CUSAT that is outside the Ernakulam District. BTech programmes are offered in:
*
Computer Science
Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...
and Engineering
* Electrical and
Electronics Engineering
Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flow ...
* Electronics and Communication Engineering
*
Information Technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...
*
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...
* Civil Engineering
* Computer Applications
Faculty of Environmental Studies
School of Environmental Studies
The School of Environmental Studies, a Centre for higher learning dedicated to environmental protection and sustainable development, was established in 1983. The School is funded by grants from the
Department of Science and Technology and the
University Grants Commission.
The National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health (NCAAH), attached to the School of Environmental Studies conducts a two-year MTech programme sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India under its network programme in human resource development in biotechnology.
The MSc in Environmental Technology is offered with specializations in two disciplines:
Stream I:
Environmental engineering
Environmental engineering is a professional engineering Academic discipline, discipline related to environmental science. It encompasses broad Science, scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiolo ...
Stream 2:
Environmental biotechnology
Environmental biotechnology is biotechnology that is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation. The Internat ...
.
Doctoral programmes are offered in the areas of: environmental biology, environmental chemistry, environmental photocatalysis & sonophotocatalysis,
environmental microbiology
''Environmental Microbiology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal focused on microbial interactions and microbial processes in the environment. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell. Until January 2024, it was an official journal of the S ...
,
Environmental Management
Environmental resource management or environmental management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the management of the environment itself. Environment ...
,
environmental toxicology
Environmental toxicology is a multidisciplinarity, multidisciplinary field of science concerned with the study of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical biological agent, agents on living organisms. Ecotoxicology is ...
,
environmental biotechnology
Environmental biotechnology is biotechnology that is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation. The Internat ...
, environmental engineering and
remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an physical object, object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring inform ...
.
The School conducts UGC sponsored refresher Courses for university and college teachers, and offers consultancy services in
climate resilience
Climate resilience is a concept to describe how well people or ecosystems are prepared to bounce back from certain climate hazard events. The formal definition of the term is the "capacity of social, economic and ecosystems to cope with a hazardou ...
, environmental surveys, pollution monitoring, water quality management, water treatment, disease diagnosis and management of aquaculture systems, and
environmental impact assessment
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental impact, environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the te ...
. The School participated in the environmental impact assessment for the
Metro Rail Project of Kochi city.
Faculty of Humanities
Department of Hindi
The Department of Hindi, established in 1963, is one of the oldest departments of the university. It was originally part of Kerala University but moved to the University of Cochin in 1971. It is the only department in South India with Department Research Support (DRS) and Department Special Assistance (DSA) programmes in Hindi supported by UGC.

The department's research includes areas such as ancient and modern poetry, fiction, drama and theatre studies, criticism, grammar, linguistics, comparative studies of languages and literature, folk literature, translation, and computer aided language teaching.
Programmes of study and research:
* M.A. Hindi Language and Literature
* M.Phil. P.G. Diploma in Translational and Functional Hindi
* PhD
* Short Term Course in Computer-based Training and Teaching in Hindi
Department of English and Foreign Languages
The Department of English and Foreign Languages was initially established as the Department of Foreign Languages in 1976. The department's main focus is the teaching of languages including English,
French,
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
,
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
,
Japanese and
Russian
Russian(s) may refer to:
*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
. In 2012 the department was named the Department of English and Foreign Languages, to signal the special importance of
English language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...
teaching.
Faculty of Law
School of Legal Studies
The School of Legal Studies was initially established as the Postgraduate Department of Law of Kerala University in 1962. The first Chair of the department was the late Dr. A.T. Markose, an internationally reputed jurist who was the founding Director of the
Indian Law Institute
The Indian Law Institute (ILI) is a deemed university and socio-legal research institute, founded in 1956. Established in New Delhi, primarily with the objective of promoting and conducting legal research, education and training. The objective ...
and Deputy Judge at the International Administrative Tribunal.
The school maintains an
Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, co ...
repository consisting of rare books and journals, with help from the
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry may refer to:
Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian mi ...
(MHRD).
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a component agency of the United Nations, has donated its major publications to this repository. The
MHRD has sanctioned a chair for Intellectual Property studies.
A Human Rights Chair in the name of late Justice
V.R. Krishna Iyer has been established at the school to encourage interdisciplinary research into human rights.
The school offers a 3-year
LL.B. programme, a 5-year B.B.A, LL.B. (Hons) programme, and a B.Com. LL.B (Hons.) programme.
Inter University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies
The Centre for IPR Studies established in the School of Legal Studies of the Cochin University of Science & Technology in 2003 is converted into an Inter University Centre in 2009 to encourage multidisciplinary teaching and research in the area of intellectual property rights. This is an autonomous Centre at CUSAT established by the Government of Kerala envisaged to be a research hub and resource centre facilitating interaction between researchers from different universities in Kerala and outside. This is one of the Inter University Centers conceived and implemented by the Department of Education, Government of Kerala.
Centre for IPR Studies was originally established with Dr. K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai, Dean, Faculty of Law as the Director and Dr. N.S. Gopalakrishnan as the Coordinator. The centre is also supported by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, which has already established a Chair on Intellectual Property Rights in CUSAT in 2003.
The centre is offering multi-disciplinary PhD Programme with scholarships in IPR related areas to encourage researchers from different disciplines like law, economics, political science, history, science and technology etc. to undertake policy research. There are several research scholars working in different areas. The availability of primary research materials in the depository makes it possible for the researchers to bring out mimeographs on vital topics in the area of Intellectual Property Rights. The centre, in association with the School of Legal Studies, also offers courses on Intellectual Property Rights for the LL.M programme of the School.
The IUCIPRS is administered by a Governing Council with the Hon’ble Minister for Education and Culture, Government of Kerala as chairman. There is an executive committee with the Vice-Chancellor of CUSAT as chairman and a Faculty Committee to manage the administrative and academic activities of the centre. Dr. M. Bhasi is the Director of the centre.
Courses Offered
1. LLM (IPR) PhD Integrated (5 Year)
2. LLM (IP) PhD Integrated (5 Year)
3. LLM (IPR, 1 Year)
4. BBA LLB (5 Year)
5. B.Com LLB (5 year)
DDU KAUSHAL Kendra
UGC has introduced DDU KAUSHAL KENDRAS (DDUKK) for promoting vocational education in continuation to its initiatives for introducing community colleges and B.Voc Programmes realizing the importance and the necessity for developing skills among students, and creating work ready manpower on large scale.
It is one of the pioneering institutions in vocational education in higher education sector in the country. DDUKK CUSAT aims at providing quality vocational education through DDUKK combining class room centered formal education and training with experience sharing of Industry practitioners and internships in business houses. The focus is towards integrated knowledge acquisition and upgrading human skill towards creating a new league of employable youth. Teaching and training methodology of courses offered under DDUKK are designed accordingly.
DDUKK was originally established with Dr. Zakkariaya K.A (Professor, School of Management Studies, CUSAT) as the founder director in the year 2015.
Courses offered:
1. M.Voc in Technology and Management Consultancy
2. M.Voc in Mobile Phone Application Development
3. B.Voc in Business Process and Data Analytics
Faculty of Marine Sciences
School of Industrial Fisheries
The Department of Industrial Fisheries was established in 1976 and upgraded to a school in 1995 to recognize its academic and scientific achievements. It has five divisions:
* Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries
* Fishing Technology
* Fish Processing Technology
* Fisheries Economics
* Fisheries Management.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is a centre of excellence in teaching and research in the field of Meteorology/Atmospheric Sciences. It is located in the Lakeside Campus of the Cochin University of Science and Technology.
The department was identified by the
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nati ...
(CSIR) as one of the Centres of Excellence for the
Government of India
The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union t ...
's New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) on
mesoscale modelling for monsoon-related predictions, along with other premier centres such as the
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; the
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune; the
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The institute was established in 1909 wi ...
; the
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a leading research Institute under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is a public deemed university located at Navy Nagar, Colaba in Mumbai. It also has a centres in ...
, Mumbai; C- MMACS, Bangalore and the
National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore.
The department offers post-graduate coursework leading to the degrees of MSc (
Meteorology
Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e. weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agricultur ...
) and MTech (
Atmospheric Science
Atmospheric science is the study of the Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere and its various inner-working physical processes. Meteorology includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics with a major focus on weather forecasting. Clima ...
).
Department of Chemical Oceanography
The Department of Chemical Oceanography focuses on teaching and research on the chemistry of aquatic systems. This is a core discipline for research across the various disciplines of marine sciences.
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry
The Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry is one of the foremost academic centres in marine biology in the country. It was founded in 1938 and immediately established a research programme. Over 100 PhD students have graduated from the department.
The department offers post-graduate coursework leading to the degrees of MSc (Marine Biology) and M. Phil.(Life Sciences).
Researchers from the department named a new species after the university, ''
Victoriopisa cusatensis''
''.''
Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics
The Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics was one of the first departments in the country to recognize the importance of geology and geophysics in environmental and developmental issues. The postgraduate programme in Marine Geology began in 1976.
The department offers post-graduate coursework leading to the degree of MSc (Marine Geophysics).
Department of Physical Oceanography
The Department of Physical Oceanography was an outgrowth of the Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography of the University of Kerala. A postgraduate programme in Oceanography began in 1965, which later moved to the Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Division (POMD) of University of Cochin. In 1996, the Department of
Physical oceanography
Physical oceanography is the study of physical conditions and physical processes within the ocean, especially the motions and physical properties of ocean waters.
Physical oceanography is one of several sub-domains into which oceanography is div ...
was founded.
The department offers post-graduate coursework leading to the degrees of MSc (Oceanography) and MTech (Ocean Technology).
Faculty of Medical Sciences and Technology
Department of Biotechnology
The Department of Biotechnology, established in the year 1991, focuses on research in Microbiology, Virology, Microbial Ecology, Neurobiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry,
Genetic Engineering
Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology. It is a set of Genetic engineering techniques, technologies used to change the genet ...
, Plant Biotechnology, Bio-electrochemical systems and Microbial Genetics.
The department offers post-graduate coursework leading to the degree of M.Sc. Microbiology (started in 2018), M.Sc. (Biotechnology), Integrated MSc in Biological Sciences (Started in 2021) and PhD in Biotechnology . Prof. (Dr.) Parvathi A. is currently serving as the Head of the Department.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Applied Economics
The Department of Applied Economics focuses on the economics of technology, econometrics and operations research. The city of
Kochi
Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...
has an industrial belt and a coastal area that supports fishing. Industry and fishing have contributed considerably to environmental pollution in the area. Therefore, the department takes a particular interest in the technology problems of industry and the fisheries sector, and the economics of the environment.
The department offers postgraduate coursework leading to the degree of M.A. (Applied Economics) as well as M.Phil. and PhD programmes.
School of Management Studies
The School of Management Studies (SMS) is one of the oldest academic units of the university and was one of the first five management schools to be established in the country. It was founded in October 1964 as a part of Kerala University, under the leadership of Professor Emeritus
M. V. Pylee and located in the premises of the
Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. It became part of the University of Cochin in 1971, which later became Cochin University of Science and Technology. The school pursues four areas of academic activity: teaching, training, research, and consultancy.
SMS offers postgraduate coursework leading to the following degrees: MBA, M.Phil. (Commerce) and PhD
Rankings
CUSAT was ranked in the 1201-1500 band by the ''
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', often referred to as the THE Rankings, is the annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli Symon ...
'' in 2024
and in the 301-350 band in Asia.
The
NIRF ranked it 34th among universities and 51st overall in India in 2024.
Centres
Centre for Science in Society
The Centre for Science in Society (C-SIS) was established in 1991 with partial financial assistance from
Cochin Refineries Limited. The Centre aims to make science and technology more accessible to children. The
government of Kerala
The Government of Kerala (abbreviated as GoK), also known as the Kerala Government, is the administrative body responsible for governing the Indian States and territories of India, state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who ...
has approved C-SIS as a training centre for high school science teachers under the "Sastraposini" Programme.
The Science and Technology Park of C-SIS includes a Space Pavilion donated by the
Indian Space Research Organization
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ) is India's national space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It serves as the principal research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), overseen by the Prime Minister o ...
(ISRO) that includes models of their space rockets and of the lunar probe
Chandrayaan, and videos of rocket launches from
Sriharikota
Sriharikota () is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Shar Project settlement of Tirupati district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, one of the two satellite launch centres in India (the ...
. Students can see demonstrations of trajectory monitoring and error correction in the process of satellite launching. The park also includes an electronics exhibit from the U.S based (IEEE)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines.
The IEEE has a corporate office ...
, 'E –Scientia'.
Sophisticated Test and Instrumentation Centre
The Sophisticated Test and Instrumentation Centre (STIC) is a joint venture of the
Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) and Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). Its goals are to provide advanced instrument facilities for analysis testing, measurement, and calibration to users from industries, academic institutions, and R&D establishments; develop novel instruments in areas relevant to industries in the State; and offer training in the operation of these instruments for industry and academic institutions.
National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health
The National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health (NCAAH) was formerly the Centre for Fish Disease Diagnosis and Management. It is situated in the Lakeside Campus of the university. The centre was established in 2000 to support aquatic farmers in protecting the health of growing stocks. It includes research laboratories in
bacteriology
Bacteriology is the branch and specialty of biology that studies the Morphology (biology), morphology, ecology, genetics and biochemistry of bacteria as well as many other aspects related to them. This subdivision of microbiology involves the iden ...
,
virology
Virology is the Scientific method, scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host (biology), ...
, animal tissue culture,
immunology
Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of Immune system, immune systems in all Organism, organisms.
Immunology charts, measures, and contextualizes the Physiology, physiological functioning of the immune system in ...
,
genomics
Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of molecular biology focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes as well as its hierarchical, ...
,
proteomics
Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins. Proteins are vital macromolecules of all living organisms, with many functions such as the formation of structural fibers of muscle tissue, enzymatic digestion of food, or synthesis and replicatio ...
,
fermentation
Fermentation is a type of anaerobic metabolism which harnesses the redox potential of the reactants to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and organic end products. Organic molecules, such as glucose or other sugars, are catabolized and reduce ...
, and
bioassay
A bioassay is an analytical method to determine the potency or effect of a substance by its effect on animal testing, living animals or plants (''in vivo''), or on living cells or tissues (''in vitro''). A bioassay can be either quantal or quantit ...
s. The centre offers an MTech programme in Marine Biotechnology sponsored by the
Department of Biotechnology
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India. ...
of the Government of India.
Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy
The Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP) was founded in 2009. It performs research into
social exclusion
Social exclusion or social marginalisation is the social disadvantage and relegation to the fringe of society. It is a term that has been used widely in Europe and was first used in France in the late 20th century. In the EU context, the Euro ...
, focusing on digital exclusion, housing and basic amenities exclusion, socio-cultural and structural determinants of exclusion, spatial exclusion, and demographic dimensions of exclusion.
Women's Studies Centre
The Women's Studies Centre (WSC) was started in 2010 with financial assistance from the University Grants Commission with a view to build up Women's capacity for empowerment. Since then the centre has been striving hard to achieve the goals. The centre has conducted numerous seminars and outreach programmes.
Inter University Centre for IPR Studies
Inter University Centre for
IPR Studies (IUCIPRS) is an autonomous institution established by the Department of Higher Education of the
Government of Kerala
The Government of Kerala (abbreviated as GoK), also known as the Kerala Government, is the administrative body responsible for governing the Indian States and territories of India, state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who ...
, within the Cochin University of Science and Technology. It was founded in 2003 to encourage multidisciplinary teaching and research in the area of intellectual property rights.
IUCIPRS's governing council consists of 12 members with the Minister for Education and Culture, Government of Kerala as chair and the Vice-Chancellor of CUSAT as vice-chair.
International Centre for Economic Policy and Analysis
The International Centre for Economic Policy and Analysis (ICEPA) emerged from international collaborations led by the Department of Applied Economics in the 1990s and 2000s. ICEPA was established in 2004 to focus on the analysis of economic issues and develop guidelines for policy decisions. The Centre collaborates with national and international NGO's as well as with industries and governments.
The centre has performed studies relating to the
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...
, the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
, the Royal Netherlands Embassy, the Development Research Institute of The Netherlands, the
Tilburg University
Tilburg University is a Catholic research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Tilburg has a student population of about 19,1 ...
, the Ministries of
Agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
and of Plantation (Government of India), and the Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation Ltd.
Tech Fest Incident in 2023
The CUSAT stampede was a fatal incident that occurred on 25 November 2023, at the CUSAT in Kochi, Kerala. Four students died and 64 others were injured when a crowd of people tried to enter an open-air auditorium where a concert by singer
Nikhita Gandhi
Nikhita Gandhi (born 1 October 1991) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in Indian films in five different languages. She has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, and Kannada film projects.
She sang as the face of Deepika Padukone ...
was about to begin, as part of the university’s annual tech festival ‘Dhishna’. The concert was organized in collaboration with
Realme
Realme (stylized in all lowercase as гealme) is a multinational Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It was founded by Li Bingzhong (known as Sky Li) on May 4, 2018, who was a former vice president of Oppo. ...
, a smartphone brand. The stampede was triggered by a sudden rain and a lack of proper crowd management, as only those with passes and ‘Dhishna’ T-shirts were allowed inside the auditorium, which had a single entrance/exit gate.
See also
*
List of colleges affiliated with Cochin University of Science and Technology
Notable alumni
*
Ameer Shahul, Author and environmentalist
*
Sunil Thomas, Honorable Judge, High court of Kerala
*
Mary Joseph, Honorable Judge, High court of Kerala
*
Tom Jose, Chief Secretary,
Government of Kerala
The Government of Kerala (abbreviated as GoK), also known as the Kerala Government, is the administrative body responsible for governing the Indian States and territories of India, state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who ...
*
Appu Krishnan, musician
*
Roshan Mathew, actor
*
B. Ravi Pillai, industrialist, business tycoon
*
Shanker Ramakrishnan, director
*
Roopesh, Maoist Leader
*
Sabu Thomas, Vice chancellor, MG University, Kottayam
*
Roxy Mathew Koll, Climate Scientist
*
Madhu Vasudevan, professor, lyricist
*
Binoy Viswam, Politician, ex-
member of Parliament, Former Forest & Wildlife Minister.
*
Sebastian Paul, Politician
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