5-418: APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) is a state public technological university headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala , India . KTU is an All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) approved university that offers undergraduate , postgraduate and doctoral degrees in engineering, technology, and management-related streams. Named after
10-645: A joint responsibility of the states and the central government. As of 23 August 2022 , the UGC lists 456 state universities. Section 12 (B) of the UGC Act of 1956 also grants the UGC the right to "allocate and disburse, out of the Fund of the Commission, grants to Universities..." As such, the UGC categorizes state universities as either "declared fit to receive Central/UGC assistance under Section 12 (B) of
15-483: Is English . KTU offers the following academic degrees in undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. State university (India) In India , state universities are run and funded by the state government of each of the states of India . Following the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950, education became a state responsibility . Following a constitutional change in 1976, it became
20-596: The Government of Kerala through an Ordinance on 21 May 2014. Kuncheria P. Isaac, a former Member Secretary of the All India Council for Technical Education , was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the university on 1 September 2014, and M. Abdul Rahman, former All India Council for Technical Education Director, was appointed as the first Pro-Vice-Chancellor . Classes for the first batch under KTU began on 1 August 2015. The language of instruction
25-459: The Indian aerospace scientist and statesman A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2015, it is both an affiliation and teaching university, with more than 170 affiliated colleges and over 160,000 students enrolled, having jurisdiction over the 14 districts of Kerala . It is a relatively new and reformed technological university, with its first batch enrolled in the academic year 2015-16. KTU was established by
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