Thursday, April 08, 2004
Kannur: Government College of Engineering here has received recognition from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of AICTE, College Principal Antony Thomas said here on Saturday. With the new recognition, the college becomes the third engineering college to get NBA accreditation after the Government Engineering Colleges in Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur. An NBA team which paid a three-day visit to the college from February 20 examined in details various facilities and infrastructure available in the institution and awarded the acreditations to the branches of civil, mechanical, electrical and electronics engineering, he said. The new recognition, valid for three years, will help the college in getting financial aid from the Union Human Resources Development Ministry, he said.