LBS Insti­tute of Tech­nol­ogy for Women, Poo­jap­pura, Thiru­vanan­tha­pu­ram, started func­tion­ing in 2001, is the first Women Engi­neer­ing Col­lege in the state, man­aged by LBS Cen­tre for Sci­ence and Technology (LBSCST), Thiru­vanan­tha­pu­ram. LBSCST, the pre­mier insti­tu­tion of com­puter training/consultancy, was estab­lished by the Gov­ern­ment of Ker­ala in 1976. The Cen­tre is admin­is­tered by a gov­ern­ing body and an exec­u­tive com­mit­tee. The Honorable Chief Min­is­ter is the Chair­man of the gov­ern­ing body and the hon­or­able min­is­ter for Edu­ca­tion is the Vice-​Chairman.