TKM ENGINEERING COLLEGE
TKM College of Engineering, the oldest engineering college in private sector in the state of Kerala, was established in 1958 by Janab Thangal Kunju Musaliar, a reformer, philanthropist and businessman under the aegis of the TKM College Trust, in Kollam district of Kerala. The institution has been a torchbearer for social and technological transformation since its inception and has touched the lives of countless individuals from around the nation, both directly and indirectly. Over a period of six decades, the college produced thousands of brilliant engineers, many of whom are stalwarts in their fields across the globe.
Having started with a humble beginning of 120 students in three basic streams of engineering, the college today stands with the highest intake of 1000 plus students per year in nine UG programs and about 250 students in 10 PG programs. All the departments are approved research centres of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and about 100 scholars pursue their doctoral studies in these departments. The college has received funding from TEQIP-II, which was launched in 2012 and the fund utilization is completed in 2023. A total of 12.88 Cr funding was received which was utilized in two phases with 10.05 crore in phase -1 (2012-17) and remaining during the extended period (phase -2 during 2017-23) and TKM College is the only engineering college which became eligible for RUSA funding.
The college has been selected by the AICTE as the "Margadarshan" Institute for mentoring three neighboring institutions, including two engineering colleges and one polytechnic. Additionally, a Technology Business Incubation Centre, named "SEEDS-97" (Startup Enabled Entrepreneurship Development Centre), was established by the 1997 Alumni batch.
The institution today has become a temple of learning and is equated with excellence in technical education having six accredited UG programs and two PG programs by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Also, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited the college with A grade. The Institution is governed by the Governing Body under TKM College Trust.
The 57th Governing Body meeting had decided to apply to UGC for autonomous status. The institution was conferred with autonomous status by the UGC on 26th May 2022, and the same was formally notified by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University on 2nd September 2022 (U.O.No. KTU/ASST11(ADMIN)/3212/2022). First Governing Body meeting under autonomous status held on 15th September 2022, Second Governing Body meeting was held on 19th August 2023 and Third Governing Body meeting was held on 12th October 2024.
Our Programs
UG
- BTech Civil Engineering
- BTech Mechanical Engineering
- BTech Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- BTech Electrical & Computer Engineering
- BTech Electronics & Communication Engineering
- BTech Computer Science & Engineering
- BTech Computer Science & Engineering (AI)
- BTech Chemical Engineering
- BArch (Architecture)
PG
- Master of Computer Application (MCA)
- MTech - Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering & Construction Management
- MTech - Civil Engineering - Transportation Engineering
- MTech - Mechanical Engineering - Industrial Refrigeration and Cryogenics
- MTech - Mechanical Engineering - Artificial Intelligence
- MTech Electric Vehicle Technology
- MTech - Electronics - Communication System
- MTech - Computer Science
- MPlan Urban Planning
- MTech - Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Industrial Instrumentation and Control (Self-Financing)
The affiliation was with the University of Kerala till 2015 and from 2015 onwards it is affiliated with APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (APJAKTU). It is also approved by the AllIndia Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. The college carries NBA accreditation to all B.Tech programs and two M.Tech programs, out of which the UG programmes inCivil and Mechanical engineering won the coveted six years accreditation. NAAC has accredited the college with A grade and in NIRF, the college has been included in the band of 201-250 in the year 2019. The College is an approved research center of There are 200 plus faculty members and 150 technical and ministerial staff in the college. The college has the highest annual student intake (more than 1000) among all peer level institutions in the state. APJAKTU for all streams and approved QIP Centre of Ministry of Education (formerly, MHRD) for Mechanical and Civil Engineering. Currently there are 87 doctoral scholars under the supervision of the institute faculty. The major research facilities include Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) centre, Nanotechnology Research Centre, SPACE Technology Lab, Biomechanics Lab, Structural Engineering Lab, Structural Dynamics Lab, Dynamic testing Facility using horizontal shake table, Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory, VLSI Design Lab, Advanced Communication Laboratory.
The College runs on a well- structured platform, that offers various infrastructure facilities such as the Central library, Department libraries, Central and Departmental Computer facilities, Hostels for boys and girls of various semesters, Career Guidance and Placement Cell, Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Cooperative Society Store, Medical Cell and Sports facilities like Football court, Basket Ball courts, Tennis Court, Volley Ball court, Shuttle-Badminton Court, Multi-Gymnasium, Table Tennis Hall and a Cricket pitch. The College has a common auditorium and seminar halls for various departments, equipped with modern audio-visual presentation devices. The students participate regularly in events conducted by various student branches like the NSS, NASA, IEEE., ISTE, SSA., IICE and the college union. Various professional bodies such as IEI, SAE, IETE, ISHARAE, ASCE, ICI, AIChE, CSI organize seminars, hands-on workshops, hardware and software training programs, hackathons, competitions and other such activities which give opportunity to students and faculty members to enhance their skills and enrich their knowledge in areas beyond the prescribed curriculum.
The college has remained amenable to the requisites of modern technical education by establishing collaborations with industry leaders and distinguished national and foreign institutions including the University of Leeds, University of Kookmin, University of Twente, University of Wisconsin Parkside and Indian Indian Institute of Science among others.