Amal Jyothi College of Engineering

Most students of Amal Jyothi come from the rural agrarian regions of Kerala. The practical problems of farming were taken as technical challenges to be solved through engineering education. We initiated a project contest named I2U (2006) — and to provide students with greater entrepreneurial exposure, an Entrepreneurship Development Cell was established in 2006 under the mentorship of Technopark TBI, a Govt. of Kerala initiative.

This centre was recognised and funded by NSTEDB, Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India in 2009 — one among only 5 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centres sanctioned by DST across India, and the first Govt. of India-supported IEDC in Kerala. The experience earned through the IEDC inspired a Technology Business Incubator, sanctioned by DST in 2015. AJCE became the first self-financing college under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University to receive a multi-crore (₹3.65 crore) TBI project from the Government of India.

Today, Startups Valley TBI operates with world-class infrastructure — a Pre-incubation Zone, Incubation Zone, Fab Lab, Conference Hall, Food Testing Facility, and a Library — with a dedicated 2 Gbps internet facility, mentoring support, laboratory access, and a campus collaboration with SRH University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany for innovation and entrepreneurship activities.