Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering
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Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering or VVCE is one of the five prime and recognized engineering colleges of Mysore, Karnataka
Karnataka
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, India
India
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. 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...

. It offers courses on Computer Science
Computer science
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, Information Science
Information science
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, Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical
Mechanical engineering
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, Electronics and Communication and Environmental Engineering
Environmental engineering
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. It is ranked 17th in the list of top engineering colleges in Karnataka in the year 2010-2011.

Description

Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering is an engineering college affiliated to the Visveswaraya Technological University and recognised by the Government of 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...

 and 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...

. Programs of study offered include bachelor's degrees in mechanical, electronics, computer science, information sciences, electrical and environmental engineering. The college was founded by the VidyaVardhaka Sangha in 1997.

Vidyavardhaka Sangha is a well established organization in Mysore. Veterans like Late Sahukhar Chennaiah & Late K. Puttaswamy former minister of Karnataka established the sangha during the year 1949, which is dedicated to imparting quality education.

The vision of Vidyavardhaka Sangha is excellent education to the people of all caste, Creed and religion. At present Vidyavardhaka Sangha is under the able guidance of Sri. Gundappa Gowda, honorable president and Sri P Vishwanath, honorable secretary. Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering is one of the 8 educational institution run by the sangha. Ever since its inception in 1997, VVCE has been in continuous pursuit of excellence in imparting technical education. The mission of Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering is to dedicate the students in the field of engineering, management and science.

The college is located in the VijayaNagar-Gokulam area 6 km (3.7 mi) north of the city and 4 km (2.5 mi) from the city railway station. The college can be reached easily through local bus facility.

Activities

The college organizes an annual cultural event Vidyuth, in which students from the other colleges in the city participate. Since 2004, VVCE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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student branch organizes an annual technical symposium called IMPULSE. The Department of Mechanical Engineering organizes its annual fest CRUSADES in which various students of Mechanical, Industrial Production, and Automobile from the city participate. Crusades has so far drawn lot of attention among the events held in VVCE. So its worth a special mention.

Crusades was for the first time organized by Mechanical Engineering students of 8th semester. It was one of the kind event, which set a precedent for many events to follow. It won accolades for its unparalleled approach. Crusades had a total of 20 events which attracted hundreds of students across the city. All 20 events was organized successfully by group 5 enthusiastic students from 8th sem of mechanical Engineering. Events won lot applauds for out of box thinking, some of the events like floodlight cricket, pani puri competition were held for first time in city. Crusades was instrumental in organizing a marathon attracting 350 students from all over Mysore.

The Mechanical Engineering department also organizes a series of Technical Talks called SETME. Association of Students of Computer and Information Science Engineering, ASCI. The association organizes a yearly event called TechnoBlitz, which started in 2007, and is a technical symposium focusing on current trends in the computer industry.

The new group of Computer Science department called as TECSA holds two main events every year, one is Synapse and the other is Fragg Zone. Synapse includes various technical events which is focused mainly on Computer Science and Fragg Zone is a gaming event. Synapse and Fragg Zone have seen good success in the past two years, that is from the time of formation of Tecsa and both of the events are run by students only, taking minimum monetary aid from the department. Future plans of Synapse includes, but not limited to getting various public figures to speak for the students of CS Department, to guide them into an excellent future.

College students are known for participating in various social service activities
like blood donation, AIDS awareness and Tree plantation. In order to imbibe recent
trends and technologies among the students Seminars and special lectures are
frequently held.

Campus

The campus is designed with main preference to the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments, both of which are close to the main gate of the building. The mechanical department is offset for some distance from the main building. Highest privilege of providing benefits for the computer science and information science is evident as both the departments have more than five computer labs, all well equipped with the latest systems.

It has a medium sized ground which acts as a stadium for cricket, football and concerts. Concerts for various college festivals are held in the same ground.And it has a good canteen for the students.

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