ISTE National Award for Best M.Tech. Thesis
The First Prize of 2008- ISTE-GSFC National Award for Best M.Tech. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering was awarded to Mr. Sooraj V.S., MTech. (Manufacturing Technology-2008 Batch) for the thesis titled: Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on Mechanical Micro Machining (M3) Guided by Dr. Jose Mathew, Professor, Dept. of Mech. Engineering, NIT Calicut. The award carries a cash price of Rs 10,000/- and a citation both to the student and the guide.
Best Ph.D. Thesis in CSA
Dr. K. Murali Krishnan, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has recieved 'Alumni Medal for the Best Ph.D. Thesis in CSA' From IISc Bangalore.
Best Research Paper Award
Dr. A.V. Babu, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics&Communication Engineering, has been presented the award for 'The Best Research Paper' among the papers published by the members of the faculty during the academic year 2007-2008. The paper was entitled as 'Fairness Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Multi-rate Wireless LAN' published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 56 (Sep.2007), pp.3073-3088.
Best Young Teacher Award
Sajith V , Lecturer (SS) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), has recieved the Best Young Teacher Award for the acedamic year 2007 -2008. It was distributed on Republic day by the Director.
The Best Engineering College Teacher of Kerala State -2008 Award
R. Sreeram Kumar, professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), has won the national award for 'The Best Engineering College Teacher of Kerala State -2008,' constituted by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi. The award is in recognition of his contribution to the academic and the student community. Dr. Kumar received the award, comprising a citation, medallion and cash prize, at the 38th annual national convention of the ISTE held recently at Bhubaneswar. The award, constituted this year, is given on the basis of the past five years' documentary evidence of teaching ability based on appraisal by students, professional society activities, publications, R&D and institutional development activities.
Best Research Paper Award
The research paper entitled Behaviour of Steel Fibre Reinforced High Performance Concrete Members under Flexure published in the Civil Engineering Journal of The Institution of Engineers,Vol.88,May 2007 authored by Dr. N.Ganesan, Dr.P.V.Indira and Mrs Ruby Abraham (QIP Research Scholar)has been selected for the E.P.NICOLAIDES PRIZE.The award will be presented at the Prize Distribution Ceremony of the 23rd Indian Engineering Congress at NIT ,Warangal on 12th December 2008.
The Railway Board's Prize
A Technical paper entitled A Simplified Procedure for Design of Machine Foundations Subjected to Vertical Vibrations published in Journal of The Institution of Engineers authored by Dr.S.Chandrakaran and Dr. N.Ganesan has recieved The Railway Board Prize. The certificate will be issued in the Ceremony of the 23rd Indian Engineering Congress to be held at Warangal on December 12, 2008.
