University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering

University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) was established in 1917, under the name Government Engineering College, by Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya. It is the 5th engineering college to be established in the country and 1st in Karnataka. UVCE is one of the few technical institutions in the country that is vested with the status of a university and autonomy on the lines ot IITs. It is one of the oldest technical institutions in the country, imparting technical education leading to B.Tech., B. Arch., M.Tech., M. Arch. and PhD degrees in the various disciplines of Engineering and Architecture. The college is approved by the AICTE and the Government of Karnataka. UVCE has secured an NAAC accreditation score of 3.17 (A Grade).[1] The college receives financial aid under the TEQIP program from the World Bank.[2]

University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
MottoFor Quality and Excellence
TypePublic Technical University
Established1917
PrincipalH N Ramesh
FounderBharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya
Address
K R Circle
,
Bangalore
,
Karnataka
,
India

12°58′31.4″N 77°35′12.1″E
CampusK R Circle campus – 15 acres (6.1 ha)
Jnana Bharathi campus – 50 acres (20 ha)
AccreditationAICTE, NAAC
ColorsRed and grey   
AffiliationsA constituent college of Bangalore University (1964–2021), University of Mysore (1917–1964)
Websiteuvce.ac.in
campusuvce.in

A committee has been formed by the Government of Karnataka, headed by S. Sadagopan as the chairman to explore the procedure of granting autonomy to the institute.[3][4]

History
Main Block, UVCE Bangalore

In 1917, the then Diwan of Mysore, Sir M. Visvesvaraya, felt the need to have an engineering college in the state as the College of Engineering, Guindy and College of Engineering, Pune were unable to accommodate enough students from Mysore State.

He started the college in 1917 in Bangalore as a School of Engineering with 20 students in Civil and Mechanical engineering branches in the PWD building. S.V. Setty was a founding professor. It was the 5th engineering college to be started in India and the 1st one in the Mysore State. In 1965, the name of the college was changed to University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), after the founder.

Campus

UVCE is situated at K.R. Circle and in the neighborhood of Vidhana Soudha, Government of Karnataka, with a campus area spreading over 15 acres, housing the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Science Engineering. The institute runs the Civil and Architecture courses at the Jnana Bharathi Campus, occupying an area of about 50 acres.

The college provides hostel facilities for boys and girls separately, both in the Jnana Bharathi and K.R. Circle campus.

Admissions

Candidates who qualify in the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) / Aptitude test conducted by the Government of Karnataka are eligible for admission to the Under Graduate Engineering / Architecture courses. Candidates belonging to Union Territories / other states are also admitted to the college under the Central Government quota. Candidates who qualify through GATE and PGCET are eligible to the Post Graduate programmes. Candidates who qualify in the test conducted by Bangalore University are eligible for Research programmes leading to M.Tech. in Engineering and Doctoral programmes. Admission to UVCE is strictly done on the basis of merit.[5]

Academics
Cyber 'Minchu', UVCE Bangalore.
Library, UVCE Bangalore

The institution offers 7 undergraduate (B.Tech. / B. Arch) and 24 postgraduate (M.Tech. / M. Arch.) programmes.

Regular B.Tech. / B. Arch.
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Information Science and Engineering
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Architecture

Part-time B.Tech.

No part time B.Tech offered anymore

M.Tech.
  • Computer Science and Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Information Technology
    • Computer Networks
    • Web Technologies
    • Software Engineering
    • Bioinformatics
  • Electronics and Communication
    • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
    • Power & Energy Systems
    • Power Electronics
    • Control & Instrumentation
  • Civil Engineering
    • Construction Technology
    • Geo-Technical Engineering
    • Structural Engineering
    • Highway Engineering
    • Pre-stressed Concrete Engineering
    • Water Resource Engineering
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Earthquake Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
    • Machine Design
    • Manufacturing Science Engineering
    • Thermal Science Engineering
    • Advanced Material Technology
  • Architecture
    • Construction and Project Management
    • Landscape Architecture

PhD programmes

The PhD degree is awarded by Bangalore University. UVCE serves as a research centre for the award of PhD degree in several research areas, under following branches:

  • Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering (Software Engineering, Computer Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks, Distributed Computing, Web Mining, Data Mining, Semantic Web, Image Processing, Bio-metrics, Bioinformatics, Signal Processing, Cloud Computing, Big Data and Analytics, Data Auditing, Internet of Things, Social Networks, Network Security and many other Computer Science related research areas)
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Architecture

Research

Most of the faculty members are actively involved in research along with regular teaching. There are several ongoing sponsored R&D projects wherein UG and PG students are actively involved. An average of 120-150 technical papers per year are published in various national and international conferences and journals. The college annually conducts workshops, seminars, webinars and conferences on the latest technological trends including soft skill enhancement training programs for the students. UVCE undertakes about 200 consultancy projects per year belonging to Government and private organizations.[1]

Student life

Milagro

Milagro[6][7] is the annual inter-collegiate cultural fest that is organized in UVCE. This event draws crowds of up to 2,000 and is organized during March - April.[8][9]

Inspiron

Since its inception in 2009, Inspiron has been hosted by The Training and Placement Office, UVCE.[10]

Impetus

IMPETUS is a national-level technical extravaganza organised by IEEE UVCE which was started in the year 2001.[11]

Corporate companies like IBM, Yahoo!, NIIT, Motorola, Cognizant, Infosys, DELL etc. and Government organisations like BWSSB and BESCOM sponsor the fest. The event hosts both technical events like Circuit Debugging, OSP, Web Designing, Technical Quiz and non-technical events like Mad Ads, Ad-Venture, Team building event, Marketing event, Mock stock etc.

Kagada

Kagada[12] is a National Level Annual Technical Paper Presentation Contest organized by IEEE UVCE.

Convocation

Every year convocation[13] is held in June, where degrees are awarded to graduating students.

Training and Placement Office UVCE

The Training and Placement Office [10] is functional in the institute since 1989 founded by Dr. M Channa Reddy and further developed by Dr. Sathya Narayana Makam, Dr. Paul S Vizhian, Dr. P Deepa Shenoy and Dr. K B Raja. The current placement officer is Dr. B M Rajaprakash,[14] Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering..

IEEE UVCE

IEEE UVCE[15] is an IEEE student branch under the aegis of IEEE Bangalore Section. This branch revived in 2001. Symposiums, guest lectures, KAGADA- the National Level Paper Presentation Contest, IMPETUS- the National Level Technical Fest and collegiate activities- RIPPLES are some of the events held all through the year.

IEEE UVCE has 13 Special Interest Groups.

Notable alumni

UVCE IEEE Fellow awardees

Alumni associations

UVCE has three active alumni associations that work to bring about effective change on campus:

  • Vision UVCE
  • UVCE Foundation
  • UVCE Graduates Association

References
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