Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology: Admission 2025, Courses, Fees, Ranking & Malappuram Campus Life

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My collage.KCAET, Kelappaji College of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Established in Oct 2,1985 with a view to deliver advance education in agricultural studies and technology and also food engineering and technology. It is the only education institution in Kerala provides education in Agricultural Engineering..The College is named after the veteran freedom fighter Shri. K. Kelappan (Kerala Gandhi).The 40 hectare KCAET campus is located in Tavanur village in Malappuram district. This place is 7 km west of Kuttippuram Railway Station and 12 km north of Ponnani.

n 1956, the National Council for Rural Higher education was set up by the Government of India, which established 14 Rural Institutes all over India from 1956 to 1963 to promote educational development in Agriculture, Engineering, Public Health and Humanities, in rural areas. The Rural Institute, Tavanur, in then Palakkad district was established in 1963. Shri. K. Kelappan, popularly known as Kerala Gandhi, who had already established a high school, The Sarvodayapuram Post Basic School in Tavanur, had influenced the then Central Government in establishing this prestigious Institute for higher education in this village. Shri. K. Kelappan and the local dignitaries, Shri. T. M. Vasudevan Namboodiri and Shri. K. C. V. Raja identified the suitable 100 Acres of land for this purpose and approached the owners of this land, Vellayil Mana and The Pappinikkavu temple Devaswom to donate this land. The head of Vellayil Mana who is also the trustee of the Pappinikkavu Devaswom Shri. V. M. Narayanan Namboodiri and his brother Shri V. M. Neelakandhan Namboodiri, the descendants of Shri. Vilwamangalam Swamiyar, the famous sage and devotee of Sri. Guruvayurappan, donated the required land including the remains of their hereditary home (Illathara) where Vilwamangalam Swamiyar lived and Sri. Vasudevapuram temple, which he built for his mother. The Vasudevapuram temple and the remains of Sri. Vilwamangalam Swamiyar’s home, which has great historical importance, are in the middle of this campus.

Kelappaji College of Agriculture Engineering & Technology, Tavanur also known as KCAET is an agricultural engineering college situated in the Malappuram district of Kerala. The college was established in the year 1985 and named after freedom fighter and social reformer Sri K. Kelappan. KCAET is affiliated to Kerala Agricultural University and approved by ICAR and offering various graduates and postgraduate courses in the field of Agriculture. KCAET is situated at Tavanur village in Malappuram district (Kerala). The college campus is spread in a 99 acres of land having lush green and beautiful environment located near the banks of river Bharathapuzha. The college has good connectivity with other states and city by fast and frequent transport facility.