The Winter School by IIT Bombay & SSET for MTech EE students on “Participatory Urban Sanitation Planning for Small & Medium Towns” ( from 27th Nov to 4th Dec) is progressing very well at Alapuzha. It’s organised for 3rd Sem MTech students of SSET as well as IIT Bombay. Everyday students do field work in the morning and analysis and compilation of data in the afternoon. The state of the art facilities of Kerala State Coir Machinery Manufacturing Company at Alapuzha has been provided by Government for conducting this Winter School.There used to be a lecture by an expert of national repute on every day evening. Our students already got the remarkable opportunity to interact with Hon’ble Finance Minister Dr Thomas Issac ( over skype); Dr Madhavan Chandradathan, Scientific Advisor to Chief Minister of Kerala; Mrs T V Anupama IAS, District Collector Alapuzha; Dr Joy Elamon, Director Kerala Institute of Local Administration; faculty from IIT Bombay, etc. This Winter School will be a great exposure for MTech EE students & faculty.