Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering
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Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (also called RVCE or R.V. College of Engineering, , Rāshtrīya Vidyālaya Tāntrika Mahāvidyālaya) is a private technical co-educational college located in Bangalore
, Karnataka
, India
. Established in 1963, RVCE has 11 departments in engineering
, one school in architecture
, and a Master of Computer Applications department. It is affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University
, Belgaum
. The undergraduate courses are granted academic autonomy by the university. RVCE is accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE), all its departments are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation
(NBA), and its school of Architecture is accredited by the Council of Architecture
(COA). It was founded, and is managed by the Rashtreeya Sikshana Samiti Trust in Bangalore.
The college has twinning programs and tie ups with many institutions across the world, as well as collaborations with the industry. The annual festival of the college is called 8th Mile, and each of the departments host their own festivals. In recent rankings of engineering colleges in the country, the college ranked No. 15 among all engineering colleges in an India Today
2011 survey, and No. 7 among private engineering colleges in a Hindustan Times
2010 survey.
The students of RVCE operate many student projects, most notable being the ones supported by the Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO), and the ones which participate in the competitions conducted by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
, Bangalore, which manages the college was founded (as Rashtreeya Sikshana Samiti) in 1940 by Sivananda Sarma. It was formed as a trust in 1964. RSST currently operates over 25 institutions, educating over 15000 students.
Sivananda Sarma and Meda Kasturiranga Setty of RSST were responsible for the setting up of RVCE in 1963. The college initially offered degrees in three disciplines: mechanical engineering
, civil engineering
and electrical engineering
, and it operated from the R.V. Teacher's college campus in Jayanagar.
gate and Kengeri
. The nearest commuter railway station is the Kengeri railway station. The campus has a building for each undergraduate department, with the exception of the Biotechnology, Information Science, Instrumentation Technology and Master of Computer Applications departments, which are housed in a single building.
The college has a post office with postal identification as R.V. Vidyaniketan P.O, and a bank operated by ING
on its campus. The canteen serves North Indian, South Indian and Chinese vegetarian cuisine. RVCE offers internet connectivity at its browsing center, with Wi-fi
access all over campus, along with copier facilities. The college also operates a health center.
The library of the college was set up in 1963, and was moved to a dedicated block in 1989. All the books are bar coded, and the books are managed using a smart card
system. The total book count of the library is 70991, and the number of Journal volumes and conference proceedings together totals to 2699.
students, and the Sir. M. Visvesvaraya Block for the fourth year
students. The hostels on campus are completely meant for boys. The college, along with the managing trust (RSST) operates 4 other hostels in Bangalore located in Jayanagar, J.P. Nagar, and Rajarajeshwari Nagar
meant exclusively for the girls.
foundation have been installed around the campus, the construction of which was supervised by the department of civil engineering. Both the harvesting systems make use of a rooftop collection method, and a sump
, and the stored water is typically used for drinking purposes. 3000 sq metres of rooftop area is utilized, and around 1.7 million liters of water is collected annually.
member, 1 AICTE nominee, 1 state government
nominee, 1 university
nominee, and the principal.
, Germany
, South Korea
and Singapore
. The college has twinning programs with many institutions including Konyang University
, South Korea
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, West Virginia University
, Missouri University of Science and Technology
, Lamar University
, all in the United States
; Aachen University and University of Muenster in Germany
; ISMANS, France
; University of Sydney
and University of Wollongong
, both in Australia
. The college also has ties with the Kuvempu University
, Shimoga; and Mangalore University
.
In 2007, RVCE signed a MoU with the company Cognizant Technology Solutions
to strengthen industry–academia partnership.
In October 2009, Pace Embedded Systems opened a Embedded Systems lab at RVCE to train the students in Digital Television
and Embedded Systems. The college also has industrial interactions with companies like ABB, Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), DELL
, WIPRO
, Gas Turbine Research Establishment
(GTRE) and the Indian Railways
.
, J.P.Morgan, Citibank
, Societe Generale
, Microsoft
, Oracle
, Google
, Dell
, National Instruments
, Texas Instruments
, Delphi Automotive, Intel, Yahoo, Fidelity Investments
, IBM
, Caterpillar
, Accenture
, ABB, Citrix, Wipro
, Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS), Infosys
, Siemens
, Daimler Chrysler, United Breweries and Sasken.
. All the undergraduate courses are autonomous under the university, which gives the departments freedom to set their own academic system.
test, or in the COMED-K undergraduate test. Students are also admitted through a management quota, which places no merit requirement; students are directly admitted to a course upon the orders of the college management (in this case, the managing trust). There is a lateral entry scheme in place, by which students holding diploma
degrees can enter directly to the second year of study in engineering. Students, upon graduating, receive a Bachelor of Engineering
or a Bachelor of Architecture
degree. The total undergraduate strength allotted to the college is 3160.
Students are admitted to postgraduate courses on basis of their GATE
test scores, as well as on their Post Graduate Karnataka CET
scores. Students, upon graduating receive a Master of Technology, Master of Computer Applications
or a Master of Architecture
degree. The total postgraduate strength allotted to the college is 616.
(CGPA) reflecting the overall performance across semesters. Initially in 2007, the college used to follow a relative grading system, but later on switched to an absolute grading system. The medium of instruction is English.
In 2008, the college had the highest number of gold medal winners among colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, a gold medal being the honour given to a student of a university when he outscores everyone else in a course.
The undergraduate course in mechanical engineering of the is the state's first degree course in a private institution to be accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.
The college has been consistently ranked among the top 40 engineering colleges in the country as noted by various media houses like India Today
, Outlook
, and Dataquest
, as well as among the 10 best private engineering colleges in surveys by Hindustan Times
and LiveMint.
These departments offer four year undergraduate courses in engineering. All of the undergraduate courses have been conferred autonomous status by the Visvesvaraya Technological University
The allied departments of the college are the departments of Physics
, Chemistry
, Mathematics
, Humanities, and that of placement and training.
Postgraduate courses
Postgraduate courses offered by the college are not autonomous, and they remain fully under the ambit of the university.
and Football are widely played across the college campus. The college has a cricket team, which has won major competitions like the Chamaraju Memorial intercollegiate tournament. The college's football team was victorious in tournaments like the VTU South Zone football tournaments. The women's Basketball
team wins in intra University tournaments, as well as other tournaments. The college Badminton
team frequently wins in university level tournaments.
, Malaysia and won the "Best New Team Award" in the 12th All Asian Debate Championship. The society also participates in inter varsity competitions held by Oxford University and Cambridge University. Kannada Sangha is the club dedicated to spreading Kannada language and cultural awareness. The club conducts Kannada classes and holds a cultural fest every year.
each year. The Science Forum of the college, consisting of first year students conducts Genesis, the intercollegiate festival. Apart from this, each department conducts its own festivals, some of them being Helix(Department of Biotechnology)Iota(Department of Computer Science)Infinity (Department of Information Science and Engineering), Impulse (Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering), Vortex (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Vantage (Department of Instrumentation Technology), Exceptions (Department of Master of Computer Applications) and Connect (Department of Telecommunication Engineering). All of these are intercollegiate technical and cultural festivals.
The Kannada Sangha conducts a cultural festival every year. This fest has come under fire by the media and some officials because the organizers brought an elephant
into the college campus; an act, which is supposedly illegal, even with requisite permission by the government.
Club of RVCE is affiliated to Rotary International
District 3190. Raag is the youth club of RVCE. The National Service Scheme of India (NSS) has a unit in the college, which organizes blood donation camps. The National Cadet Corps of India
(NCC) has a unit in the college.
, teamed up to make the first pico satellite in India, called STUDSAT. The pico satellite was launched by the PSLV C-15 on June 12, 2010 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
in Sriharikota
. The camera on board has a low resolution of 90 metres. The panchromatic images are designed to provide terrain information during the satellite's short lifespan of six months to one year.
) to participate in Aerodesign competitions conducted by the Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE) in Marietta, GA; and in Brazil
. The team is the first Asian team to compete in the Aerodesign competitions.
Ashwa, a formula racing
car, was designed and built by a group of students. The car won the "Best Car from South Asia" award in the Formula SAE
(FSAE) event in Germany. The team was also the first Indian team to compete in the FSAE event in 2005 in Australia, which won the "Best Value for Money" award. The project team has been awarded the “Young Achiever 2007” award, an award instituted by the Rotary Midtown and the Brigade Group.
An All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) that can travel on muddy swamps and climb up hills was designed by a group of students from the Mechanical engineering department. The vehicle entered the Baja SAE
contest in Pretoria
in October 2006.
(IEEE) operates a student branch in RVCE. It organises many events, some of them being a workshop on LabVIEW
(Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench), which is a platform and development environment for a visual programming language from National Instruments
; various paper presentation competitions, and a seminar competition.
team from the Instrumentation Technology Department won the "All India Robotics Challenge" at Shaastra
2007, he annual tech festival of IIT Madras.
held at the Rockingham Motor Speedway
, Corby
, United Kingdom
. Project Garuda was awarded the "Most Persevering Team" award, which is given to the best first time participant every year.
Eight students of the college have developed an auto rickshaw
consuming water as a fuel. The team has also developed an inexpensive and simple retrofit kit for auto rickshaws.
In June 2008, students developed a prototype of a hybrid electric vehicle that uses both electric energy and diesel mixed with biodiesel
. According to The Hindu
, this is the first indigenous hybrid electric prototype in the country and among very few prototypes to use biodiesel. The project, named "Chimera", was conceived and the prototype developed by the final year students of four engineering disciplines–Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Computer science and Industrial engineering. In 2011, The team was the only Indian entry in the Michelin Challenge Bibendum
held in Berlin
.
Anil Kumble
, former captain of the Indian Test Cricket Team and winner of Arjuna Award
in 1995 and Padma Shri
Award in 2005 passed out from RVCE with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Shiney Ahuja
, a Bollywood
actor is an alumnus of the college.
Another alumnus of the college is Table tennis
player Chetan Baboor
, who represented India in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Komati Venkata Reddy and P.G.R. Scindia, politicians from Andhra Pradesh
and Karnataka respectively, are alumni of the college. Ashok Nayak, chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
and noted Kannada singer Nanditha
also call the college their alma mater.
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Established in 1963, RVCE has 11 departments in engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, one school in architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, and a Master of Computer Applications department. It is affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Visvesvaraya Technological University is an affiliating state university in Karnataka, India. It was established on 1st April 1998 by the Government of Karnataka as per VTU Act 1994, to improve the quality of technical education in the state. Apart from a few notable exceptions, VTU has complete...
, Belgaum
Belgaum
Belgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the fourth largest city of the state of Karnataka, the first three being Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad....
. The undergraduate courses are granted academic autonomy by the university. RVCE is accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education
All India Council for Technical Education
The All India Council for Technical Education is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development...
(AICTE), all its departments are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation
National Board of Accreditation
The National Board of Accreditation , India was established by AICTE as an autonomous body under section 10 of AICTE act, 1987 for periodic evaluations of technical institutions & programmes basis according to specified norms and standards as recommended by AICTE council...
(NBA), and its school of Architecture is accredited by the Council of Architecture
Council of Architecture
The Council of Architecture is a body corporate by the Government of India under the provisions of the Architects Act, 1972, enacted by the Parliament of India, which came into force on 1st September, 1972...
(COA). It was founded, and is managed by the Rashtreeya Sikshana Samiti Trust in Bangalore.
The college has twinning programs and tie ups with many institutions across the world, as well as collaborations with the industry. The annual festival of the college is called 8th Mile, and each of the departments host their own festivals. In recent rankings of engineering colleges in the country, the college ranked No. 15 among all engineering colleges in an India Today
India Today
India Today is an Indian weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975 based in Mumbai. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi...
2011 survey, and No. 7 among private engineering colleges in a Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....
2010 survey.
The students of RVCE operate many student projects, most notable being the ones supported by the Indian Space Research Organisation
Indian Space Research Organisation
The Indian Space Research Organisation is an independent Indian governmental agency established in 1969 for the research and development of vehicles and activities for the exploration of space within and outside of Earth’s atmosphere. Headquartered in Bangalore...
(ISRO), and the ones which participate in the competitions conducted by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
History
The Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust (RSST) in JayanagarJayanagar
Jayanagar is a residential and commercial neighbourhood of the city of Bangalore in Karnataka, India. It is sub-divided into ten blocks, most of which comprise residential areas. A prominent shopping complex is located in Jayanagar IV Block. Jayanagar IV Block also houses one of Bangalore's...
, Bangalore, which manages the college was founded (as Rashtreeya Sikshana Samiti) in 1940 by Sivananda Sarma. It was formed as a trust in 1964. RSST currently operates over 25 institutions, educating over 15000 students.
Sivananda Sarma and Meda Kasturiranga Setty of RSST were responsible for the setting up of RVCE in 1963. The college initially offered degrees in three disciplines: mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
, civil engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
and electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
, and it operated from the R.V. Teacher's college campus in Jayanagar.
Campus
RVCE is spread over 53 acres (21.4 ha) on the banks of the Vrishabhavati River in Bangalore, located on the Mysore Road, in between Bangalore UniversityBangalore University
Bangalore University is a public university located in Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. The university is one of the oldest in India, dating back to 1886...
gate and Kengeri
Kengeri
Kengeri is a suburb of Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka.-History:The name Kengeri comes from the words Tengu coconut and Keri meaning place. The place is still surrounded by Coconut farms, most of them ruled by Vilperi the Coconut Baron. The place has been ruled by a number of dynasties...
. The nearest commuter railway station is the Kengeri railway station. The campus has a building for each undergraduate department, with the exception of the Biotechnology, Information Science, Instrumentation Technology and Master of Computer Applications departments, which are housed in a single building.
The college has a post office with postal identification as R.V. Vidyaniketan P.O, and a bank operated by ING
ING Group
The ING Group is a global financial institution offering retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, asset management, and insurance services. ING is the Dutch member of the Inter-Alpha Group of Banks, a cooperative consortium of 11 prominent European banks...
on its campus. The canteen serves North Indian, South Indian and Chinese vegetarian cuisine. RVCE offers internet connectivity at its browsing center, with Wi-fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
access all over campus, along with copier facilities. The college also operates a health center.
The library of the college was set up in 1963, and was moved to a dedicated block in 1989. All the books are bar coded, and the books are managed using a smart card
Smart card
A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card , is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits. A smart card or microprocessor cards contain volatile memory and microprocessor components. The card is made of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride, but sometimes acrylonitrile...
system. The total book count of the library is 70991, and the number of Journal volumes and conference proceedings together totals to 2699.
Hostels
RVCE has 4 hostels on campus, namely the Cauvery Hostel for first year students, the Diamond Jubilee Block hostel for the second year students, the Chamundi Block for the third yearJunior (education)
"Junior" is a term used in the United States to describe a student in their 3rd year of study . A Junior is considered an upperclassman...
students, and the Sir. M. Visvesvaraya Block for the fourth year
Senior (education)
Senior is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the 4th year of study .-High school:...
students. The hostels on campus are completely meant for boys. The college, along with the managing trust (RSST) operates 4 other hostels in Bangalore located in Jayanagar, J.P. Nagar, and Rajarajeshwari Nagar
Rajarajeshwari Nagar
Rajarajeshwari Nagar is a locality in South Bangalore, India is located in the southern part of Bangalore along the Mysore road. Which has a famous temple called Rajarajeshwari temple. The entire area is divided into five stages and it is next to green belt. Coconut groves and eucalyptus...
meant exclusively for the girls.
Environmental initiatives
Three rainwater harvesting systems sponsored by the KPMGKPMG
KPMG is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PwC. Its global headquarters is located in Amstelveen, Netherlands....
foundation have been installed around the campus, the construction of which was supervised by the department of civil engineering. Both the harvesting systems make use of a rooftop collection method, and a sump
Sump
A sump is a low space that collects any often-undesirable liquids such as water or chemicals. A sump can also be an infiltration basin used to manage surface runoff water and recharge underground aquifers....
, and the stored water is typically used for drinking purposes. 3000 sq metres of rooftop area is utilized, and around 1.7 million liters of water is collected annually.
Higher level administration
The college is managed at the top level by a governing body consisting of 5 members from the managing trust (RSST), 2 teachers of the college, 1 educationalist or industrialist, 1 University Grants CommissionUniversity Grants Commission (India)
The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised...
member, 1 AICTE nominee, 1 state government
Government of Karnataka
The Government of Karnataka is a democratically elected body with the Governor as the constitutional head. The Governor who is appointed for a period of five years appoints the Chief Minister and his council of ministers...
nominee, 1 university
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Visvesvaraya Technological University is an affiliating state university in Karnataka, India. It was established on 1st April 1998 by the Government of Karnataka as per VTU Act 1994, to improve the quality of technical education in the state. Apart from a few notable exceptions, VTU has complete...
nominee, and the principal.
Lower level administration
The daily affairs of the college are managed by the principal, in consultation with the advisor and the vice-principal. Student welfare, and academics in general is headed by the respective deans; examinations by the controller of examinations; administration by the director of administration, while each of the academic departments, as well as research and placement departments are headed by the respective heads of departments.Industry collaborations and MoUs
The college has industry collaborations and Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with companies and universities. The college has tied up with universities in India, the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. The college has twinning programs with many institutions including Konyang University
Konyang University
Konyang University , located in Nonsan, South Korea, was founded in 1991.Konyang University has campuses in Nonsan and Daejeon. The Nonsan campus is the main campus with over 10,000 undergraduate students and more than forty majors, mostly in applied fields. The Daejeon campus has programs in...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, West Virginia University
West Virginia University
West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...
, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Missouri University of Science and Technology is an institution of higher learning located in Rolla, Missouri, United States, and part of the University of Missouri System...
, Lamar University
Lamar University
Lamar University, often referred to as Lamar or LU, is a comprehensive coeducational public research university located in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar confers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees and is classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher...
, all in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
; Aachen University and University of Muenster in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
; ISMANS, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
; University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
and University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong is a public university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney...
, both in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The college also has ties with the Kuvempu University
Kuvempu University
Kuvempu University is a public state university located in Shimoga, Karnataka, India established in 1987 by the act of the Karnataka state legislature through an amendment No.28/1976 dated 29 January 1989 under the Karnataka State University Act 1976. The university offers undergraduate and...
, Shimoga; and Mangalore University
Mangalore University
Mangalore University is a public university located in Konaje, Karnataka State of India. Ranked with a four star by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council in June 2000, this young university offers higher education and conducts research in various fields...
.
In 2007, RVCE signed a MoU with the company Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. is an American global provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services. Its headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States and is a member of NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500 and Fortune 500...
to strengthen industry–academia partnership.
In October 2009, Pace Embedded Systems opened a Embedded Systems lab at RVCE to train the students in Digital Television
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
and Embedded Systems. The college also has industrial interactions with companies like ABB, Indian Space Research Organisation
Indian Space Research Organisation
The Indian Space Research Organisation is an independent Indian governmental agency established in 1969 for the research and development of vehicles and activities for the exploration of space within and outside of Earth’s atmosphere. Headquartered in Bangalore...
(ISRO), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), DELL
Dell
Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...
, WIPRO
Wipro
Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...
, Gas Turbine Research Establishment
Gas Turbine Research Establishment
Gas Turbine Research Establishment is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation . Located in Bangalore, its primary function is research and development of aero gas-turbines for military aircraft...
(GTRE) and the Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
.
Campus placements
The college offers placement on campus for its students. A few of the companies which have visited the college for campus placements are Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
, J.P.Morgan, Citibank
Citibank
Citibank, a major international bank, is the consumer banking arm of financial services giant Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York...
, Societe Generale
Société Générale
Société Générale S.A. is a large European Bank and a major Financial Services company that has a substantial global presence. Its registered office is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, while its head office is in the Tours Société Générale in the business district of La...
, Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
, Dell
Dell
Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...
, National Instruments
National Instruments
National Instruments Corporation, or NI , is an American company with over 5,000 employees and direct operations in 41 countries. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is a producer of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software...
, Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
, Delphi Automotive, Intel, Yahoo, Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
FMR LLC or Fidelity Investments is an American multinational financial services corporation one of the largest mutual fund and financial services groups in the world. It was founded in 1946 and serves North American investors. Fidelity Ventures is its venture capital arm...
, IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc. , also known as "CAT", designs, manufactures, markets and sells machinery and engines and sells financial products and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network. Caterpillar is the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas...
, Accenture
Accenture
Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
, ABB, Citrix, Wipro
Wipro
Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...
, Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services Limited is a global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing services in India...
(TCS), Infosys
Infosys
Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...
, Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
, Daimler Chrysler, United Breweries and Sasken.
Academic profile
All the engineering departments and the school of architecture are accredited by the AICTE and the NBANational Board of Accreditation
The National Board of Accreditation , India was established by AICTE as an autonomous body under section 10 of AICTE act, 1987 for periodic evaluations of technical institutions & programmes basis according to specified norms and standards as recommended by AICTE council...
. All the undergraduate courses are autonomous under the university, which gives the departments freedom to set their own academic system.
Admission
Students are admitted to undergraduate courses on basis of their merit in the Karnataka CETCommon Entrance Test
The Common Entrance Test is a state-level competitive exam conducted for the purpose of admission of students to the first year or first semester of full time courses in Medical, Dental and Engineering Courses in professional colleges within the state in question in IndiaThe professional colleges...
test, or in the COMED-K undergraduate test. Students are also admitted through a management quota, which places no merit requirement; students are directly admitted to a course upon the orders of the college management (in this case, the managing trust). There is a lateral entry scheme in place, by which students holding diploma
Diploma
A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to...
degrees can enter directly to the second year of study in engineering. Students, upon graduating, receive a Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
The Bachelor of Engineering is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering at universities in Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland , Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Korea,...
or a Bachelor of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture
The Bachelor of Architecture is an undergraduate academic degree designed to satisfy the academic component of professional accreditation bodies, to be followed by a period of practical training prior to professional examination and registration. It is awarded for a course of study that lasts up...
degree. The total undergraduate strength allotted to the college is 3160.
Students are admitted to postgraduate courses on basis of their GATE
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technologies on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development ,...
test scores, as well as on their Post Graduate Karnataka CET
Common Entrance Test
The Common Entrance Test is a state-level competitive exam conducted for the purpose of admission of students to the first year or first semester of full time courses in Medical, Dental and Engineering Courses in professional colleges within the state in question in IndiaThe professional colleges...
scores. Students, upon graduating receive a Master of Technology, Master of Computer Applications
Master of Computer Applications
The Master of Computer Applications is a postgraduate degree in computer application streams awarded in India. Full time MCA programmes normally take three academic years. The primary emphasis in MCA curriculum is on the development of diverse types of application software rather than designing...
or a Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture
The Master of Architecture is a professional degree in architecture, qualifying the graduate to move through the various stages of professional accreditation that result in receiving a license.-Overview:...
degree. The total postgraduate strength allotted to the college is 616.
Course content and Grading
All the courses which have been conferred autonomous status have their departments set their own course content and grading system. The college follows the credit–based system of performance evaluation, with proportional weighting of courses based on their importance. The total marks (usually out of 100) form the basis of grades, with a grade value (out of 10) assigned to a range of marks. For each semester, the students are graded by taking a weighted average of all the subject grades with their respective credit points. Each semester's evaluation is done independently with a cumulative grade point averageGrade (education)
Grades are standardized measurements of varying levels of comprehension within a subject area. Grades can be assigned in letters , as a range , as a number out of a possible total , as descriptors , in percentages, or, as is common in some post-secondary...
(CGPA) reflecting the overall performance across semesters. Initially in 2007, the college used to follow a relative grading system, but later on switched to an absolute grading system. The medium of instruction is English.
Recognition
RVCE has been recognised as a centre of excellence by the Union Government of India.In 2008, the college had the highest number of gold medal winners among colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, a gold medal being the honour given to a student of a university when he outscores everyone else in a course.
The undergraduate course in mechanical engineering of the is the state's first degree course in a private institution to be accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.
The college has been consistently ranked among the top 40 engineering colleges in the country as noted by various media houses like India Today
India Today
India Today is an Indian weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975 based in Mumbai. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi...
, Outlook
Outlook (magazine)
Outlook is one of India's four top-selling English weekly newsmagazines. Like many other Indian magazines, it is reluctant to reveal its circulation, but the 2007 National Readership Survey suggested 1.5 million copies...
, and Dataquest
Dataquest
Dataquest is India's oldest IT publication. A fortnightly, Dataquest is published by Cyber Media India Ltd, South Asia's largest specialty media group. The magazine targets senior IT managers in user organizations as well as the IT industry professionals in India.Dataquest has grown with the Indian...
, as well as among the 10 best private engineering colleges in surveys by Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....
and LiveMint.
Departments and courses
UndergraduateThese departments offer four year undergraduate courses in engineering. All of the undergraduate courses have been conferred autonomous status by the Visvesvaraya Technological University
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Visvesvaraya Technological University is an affiliating state university in Karnataka, India. It was established on 1st April 1998 by the Government of Karnataka as per VTU Act 1994, to improve the quality of technical education in the state. Apart from a few notable exceptions, VTU has complete...
- BiotechnologyBiotechnologyBiotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
- Chemical EngineeringChemical engineeringChemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
- Civil EngineeringCivil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
- Computer Science And EngineeringComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Electrical And Electronics Engineering
- Industrial Engineering and ManagementIndustrial engineeringIndustrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...
- Information Science EngineeringInformation science-Introduction:Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information...
- Instrumentation TechnologyInstrumentationInstrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control of process variables within a production, or manufacturing area....
- Mechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
- Telecommunication Engineering
- The R.V. College of Architecture (RVCA) offers a 5 year course in architectureArchitectureArchitecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, which is accredited by the Council of ArchitectureCouncil of ArchitectureThe Council of Architecture is a body corporate by the Government of India under the provisions of the Architects Act, 1972, enacted by the Parliament of India, which came into force on 1st September, 1972...
(COA).
The allied departments of the college are the departments of Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Humanities, and that of placement and training.
Postgraduate courses
Postgraduate courses offered by the college are not autonomous, and they remain fully under the ambit of the university.
- The Master of Computer ApplicationsMaster of Computer ApplicationsThe Master of Computer Applications is a postgraduate degree in computer application streams awarded in India. Full time MCA programmes normally take three academic years. The primary emphasis in MCA curriculum is on the development of diverse types of application software rather than designing...
department offers a postgraduate course in Computer Applications. - Master of Technology offered by departments of Computer Science, Electronics and Communication and Mechanical Engineering.
- The School of Architecture offers a program in Master of ArchitectureMaster of ArchitectureThe Master of Architecture is a professional degree in architecture, qualifying the graduate to move through the various stages of professional accreditation that result in receiving a license.-Overview:...
, accredited by the COA.
Sports
CricketCricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and Football are widely played across the college campus. The college has a cricket team, which has won major competitions like the Chamaraju Memorial intercollegiate tournament. The college's football team was victorious in tournaments like the VTU South Zone football tournaments. The women's Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team wins in intra University tournaments, as well as other tournaments. The college Badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
team frequently wins in university level tournaments.
Literary and language awareness
DEBSOC, the literary and debating society of RVCE has 60 members, and takes part in tournaments across the world, with success at tournaments such as the All Asians Intervarsity Tournament. Members of the club participated in the 13th All Asian Debate Championship in LangkawiLangkawi
Langkawi, officially known as Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah is an archipelago of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea, some 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia. The islands are a part of the state of Kedah, which is adjacent to the Thai border...
, Malaysia and won the "Best New Team Award" in the 12th All Asian Debate Championship. The society also participates in inter varsity competitions held by Oxford University and Cambridge University. Kannada Sangha is the club dedicated to spreading Kannada language and cultural awareness. The club conducts Kannada classes and holds a cultural fest every year.
College festivals
8th Mile is the main annual techno cultural festival of the college, with intercollegiate competitions. RV Quizcorp, the quiz club of RVCE conducts the national level college and corporate quiz festival Under the Peepal TreeUnder the Peepal Tree
Under the Peepal Tree is the annual quiz fest organized by RV Quiz Corp, the quiz club of RVCE, Bangalore. It is Asia's largest exclusive quiz fest....
each year. The Science Forum of the college, consisting of first year students conducts Genesis, the intercollegiate festival. Apart from this, each department conducts its own festivals, some of them being Helix(Department of Biotechnology)Iota(Department of Computer Science)Infinity (Department of Information Science and Engineering), Impulse (Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering), Vortex (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Vantage (Department of Instrumentation Technology), Exceptions (Department of Master of Computer Applications) and Connect (Department of Telecommunication Engineering). All of these are intercollegiate technical and cultural festivals.
The Kannada Sangha conducts a cultural festival every year. This fest has come under fire by the media and some officials because the organizers brought an elephant
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
into the college campus; an act, which is supposedly illegal, even with requisite permission by the government.
Social service
The RotaractRotaract
Rotaract originally began as a Rotary International youth programme in 1968 and has now grown into a major Rotary-sponsored organisation of over 8,700 clubs spread around the world and 200,000 + members. It is a service, leadership and community service organisation for young men and women between...
Club of RVCE is affiliated to Rotary International
Rotary International
Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
District 3190. Raag is the youth club of RVCE. The National Service Scheme of India (NSS) has a unit in the college, which organizes blood donation camps. The National Cadet Corps of India
National Cadet Corps (India)
The National Cadet Corps is the Indian military cadet corps with its Headquarters at New Delhi. It is open to school and college students on voluntary basis....
(NCC) has a unit in the college.
STUDSAT
A team of students of RVCE, along with students from some other colleges in the country and the Indian Space Research OrganisationIndian Space Research Organisation
The Indian Space Research Organisation is an independent Indian governmental agency established in 1969 for the research and development of vehicles and activities for the exploration of space within and outside of Earth’s atmosphere. Headquartered in Bangalore...
, teamed up to make the first pico satellite in India, called STUDSAT. The pico satellite was launched by the PSLV C-15 on June 12, 2010 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
The Satish Dhawan Space Centre is the launch centre for the Indian Space Research Organisation . It is located in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, north of Chennai in South India. It was originally called Sriharikota High Altitude Range , and was sometime known as Sriharikota Launching Range...
in Sriharikota
Sriharikota
Sriharikota is a barrier island off the coast of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It houses India's only satellite launch centre in the Satish Dhawan Space Centre and is used by the Indian Space Research Organisation to launch satellites using multi-stage rockets such as the Polar...
. The camera on board has a low resolution of 90 metres. The panchromatic images are designed to provide terrain information during the satellite's short lifespan of six months to one year.
SAE Events
Team Vyoma, a student group designs and manufactures UAVs (Unmanned Aerial VehiclesUnmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...
) to participate in Aerodesign competitions conducted by the Society of Automotive Engineers
SAE International
SAE International is an organization for engineering professionals in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries. The Society is a standards development organization for the engineering of powered vehicles of all kinds, including cars, trucks, boats, aircraft, and others.SAE...
(SAE) in Marietta, GA; and in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. The team is the first Asian team to compete in the Aerodesign competitions.
Ashwa, a formula racing
Formula racing
Formula racing is a term that refers to various forms of open wheeled single seater motorsport. Its origin lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single seater regulations, or formulae. The best known of these formulæ are Formula One, Formula Two, and...
car, was designed and built by a group of students. The car won the "Best Car from South Asia" award in the Formula SAE
Formula SAE
Formula SAE is a student design competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers . The competition was started back in 1978 and was originally called SAE Mini Indy.-Concept:...
(FSAE) event in Germany. The team was also the first Indian team to compete in the FSAE event in 2005 in Australia, which won the "Best Value for Money" award. The project team has been awarded the “Young Achiever 2007” award, an award instituted by the Rotary Midtown and the Brigade Group.
An All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) that can travel on muddy swamps and climb up hills was designed by a group of students from the Mechanical engineering department. The vehicle entered the Baja SAE
Baja SAE
Baja SAE is an intercollegiate design competition run by the Society of Automotive Engineers . Teams of students from universities all over the world design and build small off-road cars. The cars all have engines of the same specifications...
contest in Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
in October 2006.
IEEE branch
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
(IEEE) operates a student branch in RVCE. It organises many events, some of them being a workshop on LabVIEW
LabVIEW
LabVIEW is a system design platform and development environment for a visual programming language from National Instruments. LabVIEW provides engineers and scientists with the tools needed to create and deploy measurement and control systems.The graphical language is named "G"...
(Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench), which is a platform and development environment for a visual programming language from National Instruments
National Instruments
National Instruments Corporation, or NI , is an American company with over 5,000 employees and direct operations in 41 countries. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is a producer of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software...
; various paper presentation competitions, and a seminar competition.
Robotics
The RoboticsRobotics
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
team from the Instrumentation Technology Department won the "All India Robotics Challenge" at Shaastra
Shaastra
Shaastra is the annual technical festival of Indian Institute of Technology Madras , Chennai, India. The Sanskrit word ‘Shaastra’ means science and the festival accordingly consists of various science and technology based competitions, symposia, lectures, video conferences, exhibitions,...
2007, he annual tech festival of IIT Madras.
Other projects
Garuda, a fuel efficient, aerodynamic car, was designed by the Mechanical engineering students. The car reportedly gives a mileage of 180 kilometers per litre of fuel. Project Garuda members were the only team from India to participate in the Shell Eco MarathonEco-marathon
The Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by Shell, in which participants build special vehicles to achieve the highest possible fuel efficiency. The Eco-Marathon is held around the world with events in Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, and the USA...
held at the Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham is the UK's most modern motorsport venue and Europe's fastest racing circuit, hosting corporate driving days, driver training, conferencing & exhibitions, vehicle manufacturing events, track days, testing, driving experiences and motorsport...
, Corby
Corby
Corby Town is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby Town is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Project Garuda was awarded the "Most Persevering Team" award, which is given to the best first time participant every year.
Eight students of the college have developed an auto rickshaw
Auto rickshaw
An auto rickshaw or three-wheeler is a usually three-wheeled cabin cycle for private use and as a vehicle for hire. It is a motorized version of the traditional pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw...
consuming water as a fuel. The team has also developed an inexpensive and simple retrofit kit for auto rickshaws.
In June 2008, students developed a prototype of a hybrid electric vehicle that uses both electric energy and diesel mixed with biodiesel
Biodiesel
Biodiesel refers to a vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl esters. Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids with an alcohol....
. According to The Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
, this is the first indigenous hybrid electric prototype in the country and among very few prototypes to use biodiesel. The project, named "Chimera", was conceived and the prototype developed by the final year students of four engineering disciplines–Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Computer science and Industrial engineering. In 2011, The team was the only Indian entry in the Michelin Challenge Bibendum
Michelin Challenge Bibendum
The Michelin Challenge Bibendum is a major annual sustainable mobility event, sponsored by the French tire company Michelin. In December 2008, Michelin announced that it was postponing the 2009 Michelin Challenge Bibendum event—scheduled for April 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—until 2010, due to...
held in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
Notable alumni
Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian Test cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-hand batsman. He is currently the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test and One Day International matches...
, former captain of the Indian Test Cricket Team and winner of Arjuna Award
Arjuna award
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
in 1995 and Padma Shri
Padma Shri
Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...
Award in 2005 passed out from RVCE with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Shiney Ahuja
Shiney Ahuja
Shiney Ahuja is an Indian actor who won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi in 2006.- Early life :...
, a Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actor is an alumnus of the college.
Another alumnus of the college is Table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
player Chetan Baboor
Chetan Baboor
Chetan Baboor is an Indian international Table Tennis champion and winner of the Arjuna Award for 1997 - an award recognizing outstanding achievement in sports in India. He belongs to the Babooru Kamme community of Holenarasipura, Karnataka...
, who represented India in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Komati Venkata Reddy and P.G.R. Scindia, politicians from Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
and Karnataka respectively, are alumni of the college. Ashok Nayak, chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited based in Bangalore, India, is one of Asia's largest aerospace companies. Under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence, this state-owned company is mainly involved in aerospace industry, which includes manufacturing and assembling aircraft, navigation and...
and noted Kannada singer Nanditha
Nanditha (singer)
Nanditha is a singer in the Kannada film industry. She is a software engineer by profession. She was formerly working with Cisco systems. But because of her love for the music she has given up her information technology profession and now fully into music. She is a veena player too and has passed...
also call the college their alma mater.
See also
- List of Indian engineering college rankings
- List of colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University