PALAKKAD: M Krishnadas, a tribal student from the remote Kalkandiyur tribal hamlet of Kottathara in Attapadi on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, has become the first tribal student from the district to secure MTech degree from IIT-Palakkad.
He received the PG degree in Manufacturing and Material Engineering. In 2020, Krishnadas passed GATE and got admission for MTech at IIT-Palakkad. Belonging to the Irula tribal group, Krishnadas has become the first tribal from the district to get admission into any IIT.
