L.B.S. College of Engineering
L.B.S. College of Engineering (LBSCE)"," or in its full name Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Engineering, is a technical institution situated at Povval village near Cherkkala Junction in Kasaragod, Kerala, India. General information. L.B.S. College of Engineering, Kasaragod was established in 1993 as a self-financing engineering college under the propitious of L.B.S. Centre for Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, a government of Kerala undertaking. The chairman of the Governing body is Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala and Vice-Chairman is Hon’ble Minister for Education, Govt. of Kerala. The institution is affiliated to Kerala Technological University (KTU ) and is approved by AICTE, New Delhi. The campus is located at Muliyar (Kasaragod dist), about 12 km from Kasaragod railway station, Kerala and 75 km from Mangalore airport, Karnataka. The campus covers of land. Admissions. The admission for both the merit quota and management quota is purely based on the rank secured in the All Kerala Engineering Entrance Examination conducted by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Govt. of Kerala. The difference between the merit quota and management quota is in the amount of fees that have to be paid by the candidates. 15% of the seats are reserved for  NRIs; the admission is based on the merit in the qualifying examination.("INR 35,000/- for merit quota & 65,000/- for management quota per annum [as of 01/08/"2018"])" Kerala MCA Entrance Examination, conducted by the Office of the Commissioner of Entrance Exams, is run by the Government of Kerala.