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KTU’s headquarters building, shown in a darkened treatment.

What is KTU?

Why is CET forced to be KTU’s constituent college?

12yrs

No campus or adequate staff. Still housed in CET and staffed by CET professors.

0

KTU has no NAAC accreditation or NIRF ranking. CET has A grade & a 101–150 rank.

53%

Of a B.Tech batch manages to pass across 143 colleges, 2020–24 batch.

33

Colleges shut in nine years. 22,000 vacant seats that nobody wants.

“KTU is facing a lot of shortcomings and setbacks, including in its rankings. To resolve these issues and to strengthen the KTU and CET, it was decided to make CET a constituent college of the university.”

— Roji M. John, Minister for Higher Education, Kerala · 24 July 2026

CET as constituent college =

  • Owned, controlled & administered by KTU.
  • CET to lose its own ranking & accreditation.
  • Academics, admissions, fees, staff: in KTU’s hands.
  • ₹3000+ crores of assets transferred to KTU.

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