Federal Institute of Science and Technology, by bringing in a whole new educational culture modeled on academic excellence, world-class infrastructure and cutting edge research and innovation facilities, completely changed the rules of the game in private sector engineering education to emerge as one of the most respected and sought after technical education brands in Kerala.
Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT) is one of the premier private self-financing professional colleges in Kerala that has the distinction of being a true game changer in the field of engineering studies in the state. Established in the year 2002 under the aegis of Federal Bank Officers’ Association Educational Society, an initiative of Federal Bank Officers’ Association, it has built a stellar reputation for educational excellence, raising the bar very high for the whole sector. The college is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), accredited by NAAC with A Grade, ISO 9001-2015 certified and affiliated to A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University and Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.
Over the last decade and a half, the institution has, true to its founding objectives, striven to deliver top notch scholastic that integrates seamlessly with an equal degree of extra-curricular brilliance. This is evidenced by the exceptional results the college has posted year after year, clocking an impressive track record of university ranks, and campus placements. Not willing to rest on its laurels, FISAT continues its unrelenting journey towards realizing its aspirations for the future, and its steadfast commitment to shaping and transforming its young students into disciplined, and responsible citizens and skilled, highly employable professionals.
PROGRAMMED FOR SUCCESS
The vision of the college is to develop into a distinguished centre for technical education, imparting relevant and value based education in science, technology and management studies. The institute offers courses that are tailored to equip students with the skills and knowledge to meet the challenges of the new age life and careers. They provide extensive scope for career enhancement and the creation of aptitude and a comprehensive technical knowledge base. The academic curriculum of the college offers an extensive portfolio of programmes that include graduate and post graduate technical courses, masters in computer applications as well as masters in business administration.
FACILITIES PAR EXCELLENCE
The college places equal emphasis on facilities that aim at creating a very conducive environment for students for co-curricular pursuits as well a comfortable ecosystem for a wholesome campus life. FISAT can be credited with changing the game for private engineering education in the state by setting up extensive facilities and infrastructural services required to build top class capabilities in technical education and technology related research, along with creativity and innovation. The campus is located in Hormis Nagar at Mookkannoor, the birth place of the late K P Hormis, the founder of the Federal Bank, in the suburbs of Kochi, near Angamaly. Just fifteen kilometres from the Cochin International Airport and it is well connected by road, rail and air. Spread over an idyllic landscape of 36 plus acres, the campus is imbued with a refreshing rural ambience and is the centre of bustling student activities. With more than 5, 60, 000 lakh sq.ft of built up space, FISAT prides of one of the most extensive infrastructure facilities among the state’s engineering colleges. The campus houses academic and administrative blocks, hostels, research and lifestyle facilities for over 3200 students who are studying in various programmes. There are 218 faculty members and over 125 non-teaching staff members working in the institution. The college hostels provide resident accommodation for around 1100 students. Spacious class rooms, a language lab, a computerized digital library, fabrication lab, banking, healthcare and conveyance facilities, canteen, indoor and outdoor recreational amenities, backup power supply, eco friendly green campus, clean energy and various other conveniences all add up to make FISAT an educational institute in the elite genre of technical institutes in the state.
DRIVING INNOVATION
The institute has chalked up an illustrious track record in innovation and product development. The college’s determined focus on encouraging the spirit of inquiry and innovation stems from the realization that employability is a key factor in the career prospects of thousands of engineers who pass out every year. The college is credited with establishing Kerala’s first High Performance Computing Centre that aims at building a supercomputing lab working at several gigaflops of speed. Instrumentation Research and Consultancy Centre (IRACC), Centre for Advanced Research in Power Converters (CARPC), Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (Nodal center of KSUM), Federal Labz (Incubation Centre), Fab Lab, Centre for Earthquake Engineering Studies (CEES), Centre for Automotive Research (CAR) and Centre for Research and Innovations in Signal Processing (CRISP) are the other centers that power FISAT’s mission to nurture research and development. FISAT is one among the few colleges where, under the Research Promotion Scheme, AICTE has sanctioned research centers in the departments of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Science Engineering. The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship promotes entrepreneurship and innovation capabilities and skills in students. It supports and incubates entrepreneurship ventures and launches products developed by students of FISAT and other colleges. To supplement pedagogic learning and to give students access to the latest developments in technology and research, regular talks, business community interactions, workshops, seminars and design competitions are organized at regular intervals, are organized by the centre.EXTRA EDGE
The college’s reputation for academic excellence is also reflected in its constant efforts to improve the quality of its faculty through rigorous skill enhancement regimes and training programmes. FISAT has been selected as one of the Eklavya Outreach Programme Remote Centers of Indian Institute of Technologies and E Yenthraya (IIT) Bombay and Kharagpur. FISAT is also approved as a Resource Centre of IIT Bombay for the ‘Spoken Tutorial Project’. In the international collaboration we have signed MOU with three foreign universities from Japan, Malaysia and Korea.
The institute places equal emphasis on extra-curricular programmes aimed at enhancing both the academic and non-academic skills of its wards. The various clubs, associations, festivals and community initiatives organized by the college all go a long way in fostering the overall development of its students. These lend an added dimension to education at FISAT. ‘At FISAT education is not just about imparting learning through the academic courses, but also about creating an ideal platform for students to realize their dreams, hone their cognition, sharpen their competence and shape wholesome personality. This noble task is effectively carried out by our accomplished team of teachers who work diligently to synergies theoretical knowledge and practical skills to promote the all-round professional competence of the Gen Next engineers and managers. An institution with many firsts, FISAT today stands as a beacon of quality education.
FOR ADMISSION DETAILS
THE ADMISSION COORDINATOR
FISAT ENGINEERING COLLEGE
HORMISNAGAR, MOOKKANNOR PO
ANGAMALY, ERNAKULAM, KERALA, INDIA
Mail: mail@fisat.ac.in
Website: www.fisat.ac.in
Phone 0484 2725272, 8547704139
