Visvesvaraya Technological University

The Visvesvaraya Technology University was established by the government of Karnataka as a public university on 1ST April 1998 through the passing of the VTI Act 1998 at the Karnataka STATE legislative assembly. The motto of the university is ?Above all be human? The chancellor of the university is the governor of Karnataka. The provost of the university is Mr. S.A. Kori and the vice chancellor is Mr. Ramachandra Swami The university has 67100 students are listed in the under graduate courses while 12,666 are listed in the post graduate courses and 1800 students are listed in the doctorate courses. 201 colleges affiliated to it with under graduate course in 28 disciplines and PG Program in 71 disciplines The university is located at Belgaum Karnataka. The university also has additional centres located at Bangalore Mysore and Gulbarga at Karnataka The university has received accreditation from national recognition bodies like 5 CoA etc. Four batches of M.Tech. 3 batches of MBA and 2 batches of MCA students have so far passed out of this University The Faculty has published around 694 research publications in the year 2009-10 The administration of the university is handled by the Executive Council and the Academic Senate of the university. Members to both these bodies are eminent education personalities and government officials The university has an excellent placement record and has signed Memorandum of Understanding with various corporate houses like IBM Intel Asia Electronics Ingersoll-Rand (India) Nokia Bosch Rexroth etc. This has not only helped improve the placement record substantially but also helped improve the industry interaction the students get to have. Research and Development: University has 2305 research centers in 75 colleges which provides reearch scope in various fields such as: Bio-Technology Chemistry Civil Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Electrical Engineering Electronics & Communications Engineering General Science Master of Business Administration Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Physics Textile Engineering Festival: Youth festival: University organises youthfestival every year. It is a week long event in which various national and inetrnational artist perform.165 colleges take part in various competitions.