G.G. Salem — senior member of the Jewish community in Mattancherry and son of the illustrious freedom fighter and community reformer Abraham Barak Salem, widely known as ‘Jewish Gandhi’ — died, aged 89, on Tuesday. His spouse Reema had predeceased him.

G. G. Salem was one of the six members of the shrunken Jewish community in Mattancherry and its senior most male member. Troubled by age-related ailments, he was admitted to a private hospital at Panayapilly on Monday. The end came around 6.45 a.m. on Tuesday. The body is being kept at a morgue.

Funeral-

The funeral will take place after the arrival of his children settled in Canada. Salem last worked as principal of the Government Polytechnic at Kalamassery. He had also worked as professor of mechanical engineering at Govt Engineering College, Thrissur.

The device called iPost or Intelligent Electric Post was developed by Shyam Pradeep of Government Engineering College, Thrissur. He won a cash prize of Rs 50,000.

The contest was held as part of the FOSS Young Professional Meet. The meet was organised by the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) here the other day.

iPost has an in-built facility to control the power line with a simple circuit fixed on the safety gloves of the worker. iPost can also be used by KSEB is the functioning of streetlights. It informs KSEB office whenever a streetlight malfunctions and this could help in rectifying the defective streetlights quickly.

The first runner-up prize of Rs 25,000 each was shared by two teams - National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Calicut, for their project ‘Citywide Water Quality Monitoring’ and TCS team which developed the product ‘iBot’, a social cognitive robot.

‘Meet The VC’ student conference - a novel initiative of Kerala Technological University (KTU) for direct interaction between students and the university top brass - has stressed the need for moulding engineering education according to industry demands and creating an ecosystem conducive for the growth of entrepreneurship culture in the state.KTU began organising the conferences region-wise to make it more convenient for the student community to participate in the interactions. The first such conference was held in Thiruvananthapuram on September 19 for students from Kollam, Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram districts.The second conference at Government Engineering College Thrissur saw the participation of students from Thrissur, Ernakulam and Palakkad districts. The third conference was held in Kottayam on October 10.The meet for the Malabar region is scheduled to be held at Government Engineering College, Kozhikode, on October 17.This is the first time that the students in the state are getting an opportunity to interact directly with the Vice-Chancellor and his team to share their ideas and suggestions. “The aim of such meetings is to improve the technical education scenario of the state and mould skilled youth. We need to empower the youth with skill which promote knowledge and meaningful employment,” said KTU Vice-Chancellor Dr Kuncheria P Isaac said.The students interacted with the university’s top officials on the new changes introduced by KTU. They also put forward their suggestions such as the importance of giving ample opportunity for arts and sports. The VC and his team made it clear that KTUs’ focus will be on creating an ecosystem conducive for the growth of entrepreneurship culture in the state.Financial assistance of `two lakh will be provided to each institution to set up start-ups. KTU has also put forward four different models to encourage the start-up ideas.“We are confident that such interactions will significantly contribute towards building up a skilled state. We will continue to meet the students at least once in a year to get their feedback about the system and address genuine concerns,” said Pro-Vice-Chancellor  M Abdul Rahman.Emeritus Professor of IIT Chennai V Radhakrishnan, who is the academic advisor of KTU, is the brain behind the new changes introduced in the field of engineering education.

Dyuthi Radio, our first ever College Radio, went off well as one of the biggest hits of the event. On the same lines, VIVIKTHA'15 brings back the show, with promising fun and non-stop entertainment. 
This time, however, Viviktha Radio presents "THE RJ HUNT", a call to find the best Radio Jockeys of the college! An audition, to be conducted for first years on Tuesday, will decide whose voice will ring throughout the campus during the days of Viviktha !
Tune in and listen to ‪#‎VivikthaRadio‬ to find out ...

Despite the oft-heard tall claims of women breaking the glass ceiling and scripting success stories in areas hitherto considered male preserve, the ground reality seems a wee bit different, at least in some sectors.And Aswathy A C,  who belongs to Government Engineering College, Thrissur Chemical Engineering B Tech Class of 2013, could well be a case in point.After scouting around for jobs for nearly a year and getting none, she enrolled for the M Tech course in 2014. But she later discontinued the course after landing a job with the Postal Department.Aswathy’s case is more the norm for the female Chemical Engineering graduates rather than the exception as they have to knock on very many doors to secure a job in their chosen field.  The industries, including the public sector enterprises prefer male candidates during the campus and off-campus recruitments.It’s a similar situation for Polymer Technology graduates, a branch associated with Chemical Engineering. Certain civil engineering industries also have a prediliction for male candidates. Apart from the issue of gender bias, the situation reveals lack of proper career guidance in the state as the girl students opted for the particular stream in spite of the prevailing situation.“Apart from job openings, the male candidates get priority even in apprenticeship programmes whatever their academic record is. Of the 42 boys and 18 girls in our batch, only five to six girls landed a job in Chemical industry that too outside Kerala. While almost all the boys were able to get jobs, girls had to foray into diverse fields,” says Aswathy. Usha Kumari E R, Associate Professor at GEC, Kozhikode said:  “The difficulty in putting the female workers on night shifts, make the chemical and polymer engineering industries prefer men.”

Gyanartha ,the quiz club of GEC ,hosted for the second time, the annual "India Quiz " for school children of the town. A healthy dose of both factual and trivial questions ensured that the kids had a good time working out their grey cells . A packed room 309 with a lot of eager faces was indeed a good sight.
Harisri continued their dominance in the quizzing circle by grabbing the First place. Students of St.Thomas came Second followed by Paramekavu. 
The success of the event once again has helped to bolster the Gyanartha brand among the quizzing circles .

 MedGenome is headed by Sam Santosh. Our Alumnus graduated in Bachelor of Technology in Engineering in 1984. He went on to do his Masters of Business Administration in MIS from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 1987. He has attended an executive program on preparing humanity for exponential technology space from Singularity University in 2010.
MedGenome was incubated by SciGenom Labs, Kochi, India. Later the company was hived into a separate entity. MedGenome shifted their base to Bengaluru, the startup capital of India.MedGenome secures $20M funds from Sequoia Capital. MedGenome is a provider of clinical genomics solutions for personalized healthcare. The company assists doctors and researchers across the globe to develop and tailor made treatments specifically for each patient’s genetic code which is unique.

The company aims to improve global health by developing deep insights into diseases at the genetic and molecular level. MedGenome solutions apply cutting-edge genomics technologies, bioinformatics, computing, and big data analytics to the genetically diverse and large South Asian population to understand genetic basis of cancer, metabolic disorders, eye disorders and other rare diseases. The company also addresses on hereditary diseases, cardiovascular complications and neurological disorders.
Sam has published several articles in various seminars. Prominent among them are Sequencing and analysis of a South Asian Indian personal genome, Prevalence of genetic variants associated with cardiovascular disease risk and drug response in the Southern Indian Population of Kerala and Evolution of targeted therapies in cancer; opportunities and challenges in the clinic.

Adding another feather in our multi coloured cap is our alumnus Amit Upadhyay . And this man needs no introduction. Here is a news article featuring him as he becomes the Script and Dialogue writer for the serial 'Naraayan Naraayan' .  You ll always be an inspiration to us !

With DMRC advisor E Sreedharan making a statement that the state government should consider Thrissur as the nodal centre for setting up Kerala Technological University, the issue has gained a new lease of life, reports said on Thursday.Speaking to Express, Therambil Ramakrishnan MLA said he had filed a petition in this regard with the Chief Minister’s Mass Contact Programme.“There are a lot of issues that need to be addressed before a decision could be taken. However, we have suggested Kerala’s oldest college, Thrissur Government Engineering College, to be the site for Kerala Technological University. Every facility is available there in case a decision comes through in its favour,” he said.

GEC witnessed the launch of a much awaited Music Club in college on 9 thApril,2015, under the name "BAASURI", the divine musical instrument.The program, held as a tribute to the late maestro of Malayalam Film Industry Johnson Master, exhibited the brilliance of many talented singers in our college.
Congrats to the whole team for their indeed praise-worthy effort!!!

Ebrary from GectDt: Students could use the site from their own laptops or tablets or smart phones as long as you are connected through Gect Wifi. Congratulations Sasi Eswaran for providing this wonderful opportunity. Thank you Navneet Vijay for the installation at gect. Any access problems, students should talk w Navneet. Students could download books into their laptops and could read it at home. Once you downloaded a book in your laptop or tablet, you don't need Internet anymore. There are about 140,000 books available. ProQuest is providing this opportunity on a very subsidized price of $1200 yearly fees. Thank you Sasi Eswaran for negotiating the deal. ProQuest is the largest academic book leasing agency. Only IIT's have this facility in India. 

We welcome everybody to contribute to Gect Development Trust. We haven't collected enough to buy furniture for the amphitheater. So everybody please, Www.gectdt.com. 
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