The student’s chapter of Foundation for Restoration of National Values (FRNV), of which E Sreedharan, principal advisor, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is the founder president was formally inaugurated at the School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology on Monday.

Student startups at the Centre for Innovation Technology Transfer and Industrial Collaboration (CITTIC), CUSAT have been bringing accolades to the department.

In order to curb spread of fake news and track groups generating them, the Cochin University of Science and Technology’s (Cusat) department of computer science and technology is developing an automated system that can judge the veracity of online stories.

An electronics engineer from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has developed a robot which has applications in underwater research and search and rescue operations.

A search committee has been formed to select the new Cusat VC, with B Ekbal, former Kerala University VC as Cusat nominee; M Jagadesh Kumar, VC of JNU as UGC nominee, and Chief Secretary Tom Jose as government nominee.