Production Engineering Department of Training and Placement Academic support and services Twinning Programme VIDYA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with State University of New York at New Paltz providing for a twinning programme arrangement. Research and allied activities The college has a forum in the form of Research Development Extension and Consultancy Cell (RDEC Cell) for promoting research and allied activities. The infrastructure facilities of the college are utilized for formulating and implementing research projects. The laboratories provide the testing facilities. Institutional memberships The College has institutional memberships in the following professional associations : Computer Society of India (CSI) Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Institution of Engineers (India) Nano Science and Technology Consortium In addition, there are active student chapters of Computer Society of India, ISTE and Institution of Engineers (India), and also of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the college. Academic tie-ups The college has academic tie-ups with these IT industries. Infosys Technologies Limited through their Campus-Connect programme Tata Consultancy Services Limited Cisco Systems through the Cisco Networking Academy at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore National Service Scheme There are two units, Unit 101 and Unit 200 of the National Service Scheme (NSS) in the college. FOSS Club The college has an active Free & Open Source Software club called "FOSSers VAST" since 2008. Admissions For both BTech and MCA programmes, fifty percent of the students are selected by the Government of Kerala from the rank list prepared based on the Common Entrance Examination conducted by the commissioner of entrance examinations, and fifty percent of the students are selected by the management from a list prepared by them. Scholarships As part of its philanthropic activity, the Vidya International Charitable Trust, in co-operation with His Highness, Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates, and Mr. Sunny Varkey, founder of GEMS Education, a consortium of educational institutions in India, the Middle East and Europe, awards nearly 100 scholarships. Administration Vidya International Charitable Trust, a non-profit charitable trust formed by a group of non-resident Indians and registered at Thiruvananthapuram in December 2000, is the promoter of the college. Under the provisions of the trust deed of Vidya International Charitable Trust, the board of trustees is the custodian of the trust and all its properties. The board of trustees vests the management and control of Vidya Academy of Science and