St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai (SJCET Palai) is a private engineering college located in Pala, Kerala, India. Managed by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Pala, the college is affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University. It is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and offers professional degree programs in engineering and management.
SJCET Palai has received accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). In 2012, the NBA accredited four of its undergraduate engineering programs: Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, for a period of three years. In 2019, the NBA re-accredited the Electronics and Communications Engineering and Mechanical Engineering programs, with the accreditation valid until June 30, 2022. Recently, the college received accreditation for its MCA and Electrical & Electronic Engineering departments. The college has been awarded NAAC 'A' grade and has obtained autonomous status by July 2024.
The institution, certified under ISO 9001:2008, conducts regular internal and external audits to ensure quality standards are maintained, and also holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications.
| St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai | |
| Motto: | A College With A Difference |
| Established: | 2002 |
| Accreditation: | NAAC 'A' Graded with autonomous status, NBA Accredited: CSE & Civil (2025), EEE & MCA (2026/2027), ECE & ME (2025). |
| Chairman: | Joseph Maleparampil |
| Principal: | Dr. V. P. Devassia |
| Director: | Dr. James John Mangalathu |
| Head: | Mathew Koramkuzha |
| Academic Staff: | 212 |
| Students: | 1925 |
| Postgrad: | 225 |
| Doctoral: | 15 |
| State: | Kerala |
| Postalcode: | 686579 |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | English, Hindi, Malayalam |
| Free Label: | NBA Accredited - 6 Programs |
| Campus: | Rural, |
| Coordinates: | 9.7268°N 76.726°W |
| Logo Alt: | SJCET Palai, A college with a difference |
St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology was established in 2002 by the Diocesan Technical Education Trust of the Catholic Diocese of Palai. It was conferred with the status of the minority community institution by the Government of India in 2008.
* The courses has been granted accreditation by NBA[2] for a period of 3 years in the year 2019 and is valid up-to 2022.
The four courses with which the college began in 2002- Applied Electronics and Instrumentation, Electronics and Communications, Computer Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering- are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation in the year 2012.[3]
The international Conference on Global Colloquium in Recent Advancement and Effectual Researches in Engineering Science and Technology (RAEREST) focus on providing an international opportunity for sharing the ideas, knowledge and information of eminent and experienced professionals from industries, research organizations, faculty, research scholars and students from academic institutions among experts and researchers working in their area of interest.[4]
Reviewed and accepted papers will be published as one dedicated issue in Elsevier's Procedia Technology Journal and made available in open-access on Elsevier's Science Direct, which is used by millions of researchers and professionals on a monthly basis guaranteeing maximum visibility of the research paper.[5]
The theme of the conference is Human Empowerment through Technology. The program of the conference constitutes plenary lectures, keynote lectures and invited talks from eminent scientists/technologists/ industry professionals working in the area of Mechanical, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical engineering, Electronics Engineering, Applied Electronics Engineering and related applications
SJCET Journal of Engineering and Management[6] is a technical national journal published half yearly by St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Pala.
Cynosure is the quadrennial technical exposition organized by St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Pala, in its endeavor for social outreach to the local and mofussil residents. The programmes and themes of Cynosure are focused on youth empowerment and inculcation of scientific temper among them. Cynosure 2015 was held during the three days from 17 to 19 September 2015.
SJCET is a residential campus having residential facilities for both students and faculty. Facilities include canteen, cafeteria, book store, gymnasium, bank (South Indian Bank) and medical care centre.[7]
Library members can access materials (such as Books, Journals, Magazines, Digital material etc.) available in the library collection. The Library reading space can accommodate nearly 200 members. The SJCET Library is fully computerized with smart ID cards and bar-code technologies. All the Library functions such as Acquisition, Circulation, Cataloguing and Serial control have been automated using integrated software.
The computers provided in the college are connected by high speed LAN. A modern well - furnished Computer Centre with necessary accessories are available for students. An Internet Lab and two other computer labs are also available in the college.
SJCET Computer Center administers and manages the Campus and Residential Computer Network of the college. A fiber optic backbone which runs to a length of 10 km. provides high speed network connectivity to the Campus. Ten virtual network segments comprising nearly 750 systems are connected through fiber optic cables and high speed HP manageable switches to the Cyberoam firewall to form the network environment.
The SJCET Computer Center offers computing facility to the SJCET community. The computing resources include Servers and Workstations. A campus network with fiber optic backbone and a 200 Mbit/s Leased line Internet connection and 10 Mbit/s from NMECT which offer access to Internet for the students and staff round the clock, for their educational and research needs. In addition to that we have standby connection of speed 20 Mbit/s.
An auditorium cum multipurpose building with a seating capacity of more than a thousand people was inaugurated in February 2006. The two-storied building, with balcony seating facility can accommodate 1260 people and is the longest college auditorium in Kerala. Apart from hosting all college functions it is used for conducting yoga and meditation sessions, cultural festivals, placement tests, college exams, etc.
Gymnasium facilities are available for students in the campus. For making use of this facility, students have to join the gymnasium club. Gymnasium facilities are available for ladies students and staffs at St.Mary's Hostels also.
The students are provided accommodation within the campus itself. The hostels in the campus are:[8]
Besides these a few hostels are situated outside the campus for student accommodation.
A faculty house is available in the campus for male faculty members. A separate wing in the Ladies Hostel is available for lady faculty members.
Main Campus canteen situated at the main entrance of the college.
Madonna Cafeteria situated in front main central Campus Library.
In addition to the main canteen, a new central canteen has been constructed at the newly constructed DB4.
Spandanam is a charity organization in SJCET that works with the aim to improve the community we live in. The organization regularly conducts visits to old-age homes, jails, orphanages and community health centers. Spandanam co-ordinates many charity related activities within SJCET, the uniform collection drive being the most notable of them all, this encourages the students to donate their old uniforms to those less fortunate.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a global organisation to support the creation, development, sharing and application of knowledge about technology and science for the benefit of students. The IEEE student Branch of SJCET was inaugurated on 2 March 2005 by Mr. S Gopakumar, head Computer Session VSSC & IEEE students activity chair Kerala Section. He delivered an awareness session on IEEE and its activities. We are proud to have Mr. C Brajesh, project manager NEST as the branch mentor. He is acting as a mediator between the college and industries. The total strength of IEEE student branch was 32 students with Mr. Binu P John as the branch counselor. The branch has conducted many activities like personality development invited talks national-level technical symposium and as well as a project exhibition. The student branch secured the award for the largest student branch in Kerala Section for the year 2011 under the leadership of branch counselor Mr.G Sabarinath.[9] The present branch counselor is Mr.Anoop B.N of the Electronics and Communications Department.[10]
IEEE SB of SJCET conducted a project exhibition competition as the part of Cynosure 2k15. Innovative ideas and projects with working models were displayed at the event. Some of the prize winning projects were: Efficient All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Smartphone controlled Car, EWaste Bin, Mobile application for Civil Engineers and students etc. In the junior section, the prize winning projects were: Regenerative braking system and Robotic arm. IEEE stall had various exhibits like 3D Printer, Home Automation System, Virtual Reality Headsets, Google Cardboard, Object detection robots etc.
A CSI chapter is functioning in the college as a professional society for computer science students exclusively.
Since the formation of the ISTE student chapter in July 2003, the chapter has been organizing many activities under the ISTE banner for the benefit of the members. The ISTE students' chapter of SJCET, Palai was inaugurated by Dr. D. Balakrishnan (chairman, ISTE Kerala section) in 2004.[11]
The college has 24 buses, one van and one car for the use of students and staff.
Buses ply from the college through Bharananganam, Erattupetta, Poonjar, Edamattom, Paika, Pinnakanad, Thidanad, Poovathode, Pala, Ettumanoor, Kuraavilangad, Kuruppanthara, Kaduthuruthy, Muttuchira, Ramapuram, Koothattukulam, Thodupuzha, Pravithanam[12]
Yoga and mediation Yoga and mediation training program was conducted for the first year students. A total of 90 hours training is being conducted for nine batches where each batch has obtained at least 10 hours of training during this period. This has in turn resulted in improving mental as well as physical health of the students.
College conducts inter-college meet for various sports games annually, which has got wide participation reaching of count 15 from various colleges all over the Kerala state. The meet consists of total five events including volleyball football, cricket, basketball, and shuttle tournament.