About Us

The Centre for Education Technology at IIT Palakkad serve as the focal point of computing resources, which are shared by all the departments and offices of the Institute. The CET comprises and manages High-Performance Computing Cluster  (Chandra@iitpkd ), Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (VMWare) and 4 Labs equipped with 255 All-In-One Dual Boot Desktops connected centrally to the File Server with LDAP authentication and   12 high-end servers in which applications and software such as Moodle, Room Booking System, Website, Admission Portals, Recruitment portals, Support portal and other  Portals are hosted. All machines are Internet-enabled via a high-speed network. And other accessories including printers, scanners, LCD projectors etc. that are available for the use of the staff and the students of the Institution. 

An EPABX for the intercom facility of the Institute is also housed here which is equipped with digital, analogue and IP telephone connectivity.

The Network facility is served by a 1 Gbps  internet connectivity through the NKN. It is the hub of the Campus-wide Network backbone and distributes the internet connectivity throughout the Campus via optical fiber  including Hostels, enabling 24 X 7 internet access.

CET office is open from 0800 hrs  to 1700 hrs on all working days. 

The Centre is managing a High-Performance Computing  cluster ,dedicated for training "Param Vidya" set-up as part of the National Supercomputing Mission.The Bhavani,GPU cluster is the latest edition to the high performance computing infrastructure of IIT Palakkad