Thiruvananthapuram: The executive committee of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University decided not to extend the affiliation of Toms Engineering College, Mattakkara for the next academic year. The committee here on Thursday decided to take action against the college on the basis of a of the varsity’s inquiry committee report which found that Toms got its approval by faking details on infrastructure. A decision on rehabilitating students in the college will be taken in consultation with the AICTE.
There are two options being considered. One is to shift students to other colleges. The second is to allow students to continue in college till the end of their course. The two-member inquiry committee comprising Registrar G.P. Padmakumar and controller of examinations S. Shabu found that affiliation was secured after showing a nearby premises while the college was actually functioning at another site without adequate infrastructure.
The college did not even have a hostel warden while the library functioned from a room in the hostel. Complaints included they are not even allowed to go home on holiday claiming it as fully residential campus. The students also alleged that chairman of the college, Toms T. Thomas would personally go to the hostel rooms of female students in the evening. They are denied privacy and even not allowed to wear shawls when the chairman was around. The meeting was attended among others by Kuncheria P. Isaac and Registrar.
