CERD SATELLITE CENTRE
Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD) is established by Government of Kerala to act as a platform for the faculty and students of engineering colleges in the State to pursue their interest in basic and applied research in Engineering and Technology.
The objective of CERD is to coordinate the research activities in various engineering colleges in Kerala and create an encouraging atmosphere for research. CERD provides seed money for research activities of staff members, financial assistance to student projects, financial assistance for establishing centre of excellence, Innovation centers, Incentives for publications, best researcher award and consultancy services.
A committee of Satellite Centre Programme Implementation Units (SCPIU) was constituted on 19" April 2010 for implementation of the Programme of CERD at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Kottayam, with the Principal as the Chairman, Prof. George Thomas, Professor in Mechanical Engineering as the Professor in Charge of the Centre.
On-going programmes under SCPIU are:
1. Centre of Excellence - Advanced Digital Signal Processing Research Lab
2. Reseach Seed Money to faculty
3. Grand for student project
4. Incentives for Publication in International
5. Innovation centre
