GECT Development Trust - GECTDT

01/04/2023

This is great, my dear friend, Deepak! Thank you for going to Gireesan's office and showing your respect, representing all of us classmates!

Deepak, your words are right on the mark 📌. We are all so proud of the fact that now we have a Chief Engineer from our class to lead Kerala Water Authority (KWA)!

Gireesan, When you explained to me some years ago, when I met you in your KWA office near Ernakulam Maharajas college with our classmate Abdulla, how your decision to encourage folks to report things in our mother tongue Malayalam instead of English, made things way better. As a result, reports became detailed, the diagnosis became sincere and their brain's initiative to propose innovative and creative engineering solutions got triggered, you told me. And you proved it with literally real-time documents in front of me that demonstrated the fact very clearly!

From college itself, I knew you have super brains! On that day in Kochi, I realized you are not just a serious engineer but a person who should lead this department from the very top! A true leader always looks forward to making things better than they found them and you are a great example of that. That is the breed that we are missing at the top in many places and as the Chief Engineer of Kerala Water Authority (KWA), I am glad you were able to become one of such rarity!

I am glad you were able to get to that top despite you being so good at what you do which is very tough these days everywhere in the world!

I have told folks whenever I get a chance that the current KWA Chief Engineer is my classmate! On a selfish note, it adds to my non-existent engineering brand too 😂😂! So thank you for making it all possible dear friend!

I wish you all the very best! I also wish that they somehow can extend your retirement age to at least 60 years so that Kerala Water Authority can benefit more from a great engineer and a true leader leading the way from the very top!

God bless you and KWA! 😍👍
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04/09/2022

GectDT has sponsored two digital cameras
1. Microsoft Azure and 2. GoPro 10 to the robotics lab today. Total roughly 70000 rupees. Students could use both cameras to study digitally, the movements of robotic arms. Both are state of the art cameras.

17/05/2022

ജക്ടിൽ അടുത്ത ആഴ്ച നടത്തുവാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്ന 'ഉറക്കെ' എന്നൊരു കലോത്സവം നടത്താൻ ഓഡിറ്റോറിയം കിട്ടത്തില്ല എന്ന് പറയുന്നു. അതിൽ പഴയ എതോ ഇലക്ഷന്റെ ബാലറ്റ് ബോക്സ് രണ്ടു വർഷമായി ഇരിക്കുവാണെന്നു. അതുകൊണ്ടു അടച്ചിടടിരിക്കുവന്നു അറിയാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞത്.

അത് അവിടുന്ന് മാറ്റുവാൻ വഴിയൊന്നുമില്ലെ? അതിൽ ലക്ഷം കേസ് നടക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന് പറയുന്നു. എന്നുവെച്ചാലും സെകുരിറ്റി വെച്ചത് മാറ്റുവാൻ സധിക്കില്ലെ??

ഉത്തരവാദിത്വമുള്ള ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥർ പെട്ടെന്ന് ഇടപെടണമെന്നണ് ആവശ്യപ്പെടുന്നു.

19/03/2021

It is with great sadness that I write the untimely demise of Rajesh K. R. (1984-1988 Mechanical). Rajesh had met with a scooter accident in Thrissur and passed away soon afterward while he was being treated in Aswini hospital.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.

11/01/2021

Hi friends,
It’s been quite a tumultuous time with passions getting the better of people on all sides.
There are many posts in GECT Alumni Foundation group and the GECT Development Trust group (the two groups that I am involved in) discussing Vincent Palathingal's actions and demanding his removal from the admin posts. Some of those posts have referenced my name. So it is only proper that I respond and make my position clear.

I do not agree with Vinson's decision to participate in the protest march on Capitol Hill or display the Indian national flag. In fact, I think they were rather foolish or even despicable. I also know that he participated in the protest march without participating in the ensuing violence. None of these is my business, nor do I think they are of anyone else’s.

If we start removing people, be that an admin or a member, based on our perceived right to be offended, we will descend into a slippery slope rather quickly. There are many people who support political leaders who are deemed mass murderers or otherwise committed heinous crimes against humanity. I know many in this group have sympathetic views and even participated in marches holding such people’s photos and flags. My take is that, as long as they have not found guilty of any crimes, we should accord them the presumption of innocence. Alumni groups are not purported to stage trials and serve justice. In this case, I do not subscribe to the notion that we should remove Vinson from the admin post because he is neither found guilty of nor charged with any crime. Furthermore, I believe that removing Vinson serves only to pander to the loudest voices and not to uphold any principled stand.

Again, these are my personal views.
Thank you for reading,
Sasi Eswaran

10/01/2021

Here I am, the man with the flag!

I never thought what I did last Wednesday will gather so much attention, carrying an Indian flag to the rally. I am simply overwhelmed with phone calls and interviews, without having even a minute to sleep. There is still controversy about who all carried the flag and who is ultimately responsible. That is why, I am coming to all of you, yet again, to help clear the air.

I request you to listen to this video, understand these facts from the bottom of my heart, and help the people to know these truths!

Vincent Xavier Palathingal, the Flag Man, explains his position on Flag Controversy, and takes full responsibility in carrying it!

14/06/2020

19/11/2018

കെ.ടി.യു ടേബിൾ ടെന്നീസ് രണ്ടാം സ്ഥാനം കരസ്‌ഥമാക്കിയ ഗവണ്മെന്റ് എഞ്ചിനീയറിംഗ് കോളേജ് തൃശൂർ ടീം ട്രോഫി ഏറ്റ് വാങ്ങുന്നു.

Government Engineering College Thrissur Table Tennis team receiving the KTU Inter-zone runners-up trophy.

14/03/2018

This residential project in Khar is a classic blend of Mr Puri's sensible, thoughtful aesthetics and Ms. Mak's minimalist, contemporary style. It is embellished with all the world class amenities and facilities, which reflects sophistication and majesty