Nehru College of Engineering and Research Centre (NCERC) is a private engineering college in Thiruvilwamala, Thrissur District, Kerala, India. The college is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and affiliated to the University of Calicut. NCERC was also awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification.

The college is run by the Nehru College of Educational and Charitable Trust, established in 1968 and headquartered in Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu. The trust operates 12 educational institutions in Kerala and Tamil Nadu under the Nehru Group of Institutions.

In January 2017 the college was in the news after a student died by suicide; media reports said he had been allegedly harassed by college authorities over purported examination malpractices, and the case prompted other students in Kerala to come forward with accounts of mistreatment at self-financed colleges. The college has been reported to enforce unconventional rules, with penalties for growing beards, not wearing an ID tag, being late, cutting a cake for celebrations, and similar conduct; students who questioned these policies have reportedly faced reduced internal marks or denial of exam attendance. There is an undeclared ban on boys and girls being together on campus.

Student suicide controversy
An 18-year-old computer science student named Jishnu Pranoy was found hanging in his hostel bathroom on January 6, 2017, allegedly after being harassed by the college management when he was caught cheating in a university semester exam. There were torture marks on Jishnu’s body, and college authorities reportedly refused to take him to the hospital. His death sparked violent protests, with many students coming forward to share the harassment they faced at the college. It was reportedly revealed that the college had "torture rooms" where students were assaulted. Students were also fined for beards longer than 0.02 millimeters and were not allowed to have girlfriends or sit on the same bench with girls in the classroom. Even cutting cakes in the classroom to celebrate birthdays was banned. The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has sought a report on the matter. Many mainstream media out A Facebook campaign page called "Justice for Jishnu" was started, where students shared posts alleging that emotional harassment by college authorities was an everyday affair. The mystery surrounding Jishnu's death deepened when the college's claim that he had been "caught copying" was disproved by investigations. The university investigation team assigned by Kerala Technological University (KTU) said they had not received any complaints regarding Jishnu's alleged copying. According to university rules, the college was required to report any exam malpractice incidents on the same day. After inspecting the bench where Jishnu had sat, and assessing the distance and angle to other students, A.D.G.P. Sudesh Kumar concluded there was no chance Jishnu could have copied in the manner the college claimed. All students testified that Jishnu did not copy. Jishnu's postmortem report showed multiple injuries to his nose, face, lips, and neck, suggesting physical assault. Classmates alleged that the vice-principal and the college PRO had physically assaulted Jishnu, after which he committed suicide. After this incident, students from many other private engineering colleges came forward with stories of harassment by management. When the protest turned violent, the college management suspended Vice-Principal Dr. N. K. Sakthivel, teacher Praveen C. P., and PRO Sanjith Viswanathan. The Kerala Chief Minister said many organisations had started colleges with an eye on making profits, and that even liquor barons established colleges and auctioned job opportunities in those institutions. He said the government would inquire into the "corruption and loot" prevalent in the self-financing educational sector. "Ever since self-financed colleges came up, many saw the education sector as a business with a potential for huge profits."