Formally inaugurated on 26-2-2012 by Dr.T.Ramasami, Secretary, DST, Govt. of India under august presence of Prof. Rajaram Nityananda, Chairman, BoG, NIT-Tiruchirappalli.
Due to interdisciplinary nature of the theme of the Centre, a team has been formed with fifteen faculty drawn from Science, Engineering and Management departments of the Institute.
A Two Room Secretariat for CECASE had been provided with necessary infrastructure facilities along with a Secretarial staff.
MoU signed with CECRI, Karaikudi under which, TWO collaborative projects are ongoing.
Six papers have been published under the banner of CECASE in journals of international repute.
SEVEN technical papers were presented in International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies (SMT 26) held in Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France during June 20-22, 2012.
Recently the Centre has received 24 projects from BHEL, Tiruchirapalli for consideration and execution. Initial review by CECASE is over and further steps towards collaboration are initiated.