Visvesvaraya Technological University

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Visvesvaraya Technological University

VTU Logo

Motto

Modalu mnavangu (Kannada)

Motto in English

Above all, be human

Established

April 1, 1998 [1]

Type

Public, Affiliating University

Chancellor

H.R. Bhardwaj, Hon'ble Governor of Karnataka [2]

Provost

Dr. S.A.Kori, Registrar [2]

Vice-Chancellor Dr. H. Maheshappa [2]

Rector

Ramachandra Swamy, Finance Officer

[2]

Dr. V. S. Acharya, Honble Minister Pro-Chancellor for Higher Education, Planning and Statistics, Govt. of Karnataka [2]

[3] Undergraduates 67100

Postgraduates

12666 [3]

Doctoral students

1800 [3]

Belgaum, Karnataka, India 154643.72N 742743.53E15.7788111N Location 74.4620917ECoordinates:

154643.72N 742743.53E15.7788111N 74.4620917E

Campus Accreditation Colours Athletics

Urban, 115 acres (0.5 km2) [4] UGC, AICTE, CoA [5] [6] Orange, White and Green Cycling, Gymnastics, Power Lifting, Swimming and Weight Lifting [7] Archery, Chess, Cricket, Basketball, Fencing, Football , Judo, Kabaddi,

Sports

Netball, Softball, Tennis, Throwball, Volleyball, Wrestling and Yoga [7] Affiliations Website ACU, AIU, UGC, AICTE, CoA [8] http://vtu.ac.in/

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Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU, Kannada: ) is an affiliating state university in Karnataka, India. It was established on 1st April 1998 by the Government of Karnataka[9] as per VTU Act 1994, to improve the quality of technical education in the state.[10] Apart from a few notable exceptions, VTU has complete authority in the state of Karnataka. It is a statutory requirement for colleges offering any program in engineering or technology in the state to be affiliated with the university.[10] The university is named after Sir Visvesvaraya from Karnataka, the only engineer to be awarded a Bharat Ratna award, the highest civilian award in India. Jnana Sangama, Belgaum is the headquarters of VTU. Additionally, the university has three regional centers located in Bangalore, Gulbarga and Mysore. VTU is one of the largest universities in India with 208 colleges affiliated to it with an intake capacity of over 67100 undergraduate students and 12666 postgraduate students. The university encompasses various technical & management fields which offers a total of 30 undergraduate [11] and 71 postgraduate courses. [12] The university has around 1800 PhD candidates.[13] Presently, VTU has 13 QIP centers and 17 extension centers [14] in its various affiliated colleges offering post graduate courses. It has around 2305 departments recognized as research centers which are spread across its various affiliated institutions in different cities of Karnataka.[3][15] It is one of the few universities of India to have 16 of its affiliated colleges recognised by the World Bank for getting assistance in setting up state of art laboratories, campus facilities and research centers under the TEQIP program. [3]

The university is administered by its Executive Council and Academic Senate whose members are selected from the academic community and government servants.[16] The present Chancellor of the university is His Excellency, Sri Hans Raj Bhardwaj, Pro-Chancellor is Dr. VS Acharya and the present Vice-Chancellor is Dr. H. Maheshappa.[16][2] VTU is currently only an affiliating university and does not have an undergraduate college of its own. The Jnana Sangama, Belgaum campus and the regional and extension centers of VTU at Bangalore, Davangere, Gulbarga and Mysore offer M.Tech, MBA, MCA and PhD courses. [17][18][19] However, Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology, Bangalore expected to open in August 2011 shall become the first college run by the university.[20] The University has signed MoUs with various MNCs like IBM, Intel Asia Electronics Inc., Ingersoll-Rand (India) Ltd., Bangalore, Nokia, Bosch Rexroth and Microsoft to improve the industry interactions for both students and the teachers. [3][21] VTU is one of the member universities of the Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities. [22][23]

Contents

1 History 2 Academic Profile o 2.1 Admission o 2.2 Seat Matrix o 2.3 Boards and Courses 2.3.1 Undergraduate Courses 2.3.2 Postgraduate Courses o 2.4 Syllabus 3 Research and Development (R & D ) o 3.1 Research Centers 4 Centers of Excellence 5 Autonomy Cell o 5.1 Autonomous colleges 5.1.1 Marks and Grading system 5.1.1.1 Non- Autonomous Colleges 5.1.1.2 Autonomous Colleges 6 Student Activities o 6.1 Sports o 6.2 VTU Fest 7 Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology 8 Affiliated Colleges 9 Rankings o 9.1 Ranking List 10 List of Vice Chancellors 11 Gallery 12 See Also

13 References 14 External links

[edit] History
In India, the state governments are responsible for education in their states. So, development and monitoring of universities is in the mandate of a state government. In view of improving the quality of technical education in Karnataka, the Karnataka State government passed the VTU Act in 1994 which led to formation of VTU and its dedication to technical education. VTUs mandate is defined as : [24]

Promote planned and sustainable development of technical education consistent with state and national policies Design need based programs that ensure adequate human resource of the right kind Establish objective evaluation and certification systems for students programs and institutions Collaborate with national and international institutions, R&D establishments, organizations like AICTE, MHRD, UGC, industry and user agencies

The VTU Act vested authority to VTU as the sole affiliating university for technical education in the state. All the existing colleges in the state that offered technical programs, mostly affiliated to regional state universities, were obligated to shift affiliation to VTU. Notable exceptions to the VTU Act include, but are not limited to University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (Affiliated to Bangalore University), National Institute of Technology Surathkal, and Manipal Institute of Technology.

[edit] Academic Profile

VTU Admin Block

VTU Examinations section Block

[edit] Admission
At undergraduate level, VTU admits students to its affiliated colleges on basis of their Karnataka CET ranks. The COMEDK, a body of private colleges, conducts a separate entrance examination known as COMEDK UGET, which also acts as a window for getting admission to the university seats in the private colleges. The university also admits students under Management quota to the affiliated private colleges, which does not demand any merit requirements. At postgraduate level, students are admitted on the basis of their GATE test scores, as well as on their Karnataka Post Graduate CET (PGCET) and KMAT PGCET scores.[25]

[edit] Seat Matrix

The seat matrix is decided by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) which annually conducts the competitive CET for the domicile candidates of the state. Complying the Government of Karnataka rules, 50% of the seats in Private Colleges and 100% seats in the Government Colleges are given to the KEA for CET counselling as Merit seats. The remaining 50% seats in the Private colleges are shared in equal proportion and are given as the COMEDK and Management seats. [26]

[edit] Boards and Courses

VTU offers an undergraduate engineering course that awards a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree. The university also offers postgraduate programs that lead to Master of Technology (M.Tech), Master of Science (MSc) by research, Master of Business Administration (MBA) , Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and doctorate (Ph.D). The MSc and PhD are research degrees while the rest are taught degrees.

[edit] Undergraduate Courses The university, presently has 12 undergraduate boards which offer Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) courses and 1 undergraduate board which offers Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) course. The courses are listed below : Board Architecture Automobile Engineering Biotechnology Civil Engineering Chemical / Polymer Engineering CSE / ISE Electrical Engineering Electronics & communication Engineering IPE / IEM / MA Undergraduate courses [11] Architecture Automobile Engineering Biotechnology Cement Technology, Ceramics & Civil Engineering, Construction Technology and Management , Environmental Engineering Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science & Engineering Computer Science & Engineering and Information Science & Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering Electronics & Communication Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering

Industrial & Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Management, Manufacturing Science & Engineering Biomedical Engineering, Instrumentation Technology, Medical IT / BM / ML Electronics Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Mechanical Engineering Engineering, Precision Engineering, Printing Technology, Tool Engineering Mechatronics Engineering Mechatronics Engineering Silk / Textile Engineering Fashion Technology, Silk Technology, Textile Technology

- The Architecture board offers B.Arch course.

[edit] Postgraduate Courses The university, presently has 11 postgraduate boards which offer Master of Technology (M.Tech) courses. The courses are listed below : Board Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Postgraduate courses [12] Computer Aided Design of Structure, Construction Technology, Environmental Engineering, Geo-Informatics, Highway Technology, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering And Management Chemical Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering

Computer Engineering, Computer Network Engineering, Computer Science And Engineering, Information Technology, Software Engineering Computer Applications In Industrial Drives(ECD), Energy Systems & Electrical Management (EEM), Microelectronics And Control Systems(EMS), Power Engineering Electronics (EPE), Power Systems, Engineering (EPS) Digital Communication Engineering, Digital Communication & Networking, Digital Electronics, Digital Electronics & Communication, Electronics & Digital Electronics & Communication Systems, Electronics, Industrial Communication Electronics, Information & Communication System, Network & Internet Engineering Engineering, VLSI Design & Embedded Systems, Signal Processing, Communication Systems Manufacturing Science & Engineering (MSE), Master Of Engineering Management (MEM), Product Design & Manufacturing (MPD), IP Engineering Production Engineering & System Technology (MPT), Production Engineering (MPE), Production Management (MPM), Production Technology (MPY) IT Engineering Biomedical Signal Processing & Instrumentation MBA Master Of Business Administration MCA Master of Computer Applications Computational Analysis In Mechanical Sciences, M.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering (MAE), Industrial Automation And Robotics (MAR), Mechanical Computer Integrated Manufacturing (MCM), Design Engineering (MDE), Engineering Engineering Analysis (MEA), Machine Design (MMD), Thermal Power (MTP), Tool Engineering (MTE) Textile Technology Textile Technology

[edit] Syllabus
The university accomplished its primary task of setting a common syllabus across the state in 1998. The university revises the syllabus every four years keeping in view the technology upgrades around the world. The syllabus was revised in 2002, 2006 and 2010. [27]

[edit] Research and Development (R & D )

VTU Central Library

[edit] Research Centers

Presently, VTU has over 2305 Research Centers in 75 affiliated colleges. [28] The university provides research scopes in the following fields : [29]

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

See : List of Research Centers

[edit] Centers of Excellence

A far view of the Main Auditorium The University has signed MoUs with various MNCs like IBM, Intel Asia Electronics Inc., Ingersoll-Rand (India) Ltd., Bangalore, Nokia, Bosch Rexroth and Microsoft and has set up various Centers of Excellence. [30][31][32][33] A few Centers of Excellence are listed below :

Bosch Rexroth Center of Competence in Industrial Automation E- Learning Center VTU-IBM Centre of Competence VTU-Microsoft Centre VTU-Sun Knowledge Laboratory VTU-UG PLM Centre of Excellence

[edit] Autonomy Cell

A fountain at VTU Campus

[edit] Autonomous colleges

In 2007, the University granted academic and administrative autonomy to 14 colleges in the state. Autonomy implies that the college has the freedom to set its own syllabus, evaluation system and grading system, but the degree awarded at the end of the course will be by the university. This degree differs from the degree awarded by non-autonomous colleges, with the difference being that the college name is boldly marked as 'Autonomous'. [34] [edit] Marks and Grading system
[edit] Non- Autonomous Colleges

All the affiliated non autonomous colleges assess the students by a mark system. An aggregate score is calculated out of 100 as a percentage. All the subjects get equal weightage. The final score is not calculated as a GPA but are instead awarded with various classes according to the marks obtained.

The different classes awarded to the students of non-autonomous colleges are : Class Awarded Marks Range Abbreviation First Class with Distinction 70-100 FCD First Class 60 - 70 FC Second Class 35- 60 SC
[edit] Autonomous Colleges

All the autonomous colleges follow a grading system, the system being absolute grading or relative grading. The final score is calculated as a GPA.

[edit] Student Activities

VTU Campus

[edit] Sports
The university organizes competitions for most sports played in India. Most competitions are held in its affiliated colleges except for tennis Hockey, Tennis and Table-Tennis which are held in the university campus at Belgaum. The winning teams then represent the University in national level competitions. VTU organizes the national level inter-university competition in Table Tennis.[35]

[edit] VTU Fest

The university annually organises an inter-collegiate culfest which sees participants from all its affiliated colleges.[36]

[edit] Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology

Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology, also known as VIAT, is a research institute being constructed in Muddenahalli-Kanivenarayanapura, Karnataka, India. The institute is

located on 200 acres (0.81 km2) of prime land nestled in the Nandi Hills adjacent to the Indian Institute of Technology Muddenahalli and is expected to cost 600 crores.[37][38][39] In the initial years, VIAT will focus on research in embedded technology, software quality, agricultural engineering and bioengineering. Each department would function as a discovery-innovation center. The institute will offer graduate and PhD programs in the sciences.

[edit] Affiliated Colleges

Presently, there are 208 colleges affiliated to the university. The colleges are categorised as government, private-aided and private-unaided based on the type of funding. A few colleges may be classified as Minority Linguistic and Minority Religious based on the minority status of languages and religions. [40] [41] Further, these colleges are placed under Autonomous and NonAutonomous category of institutions based on the autonomy granted by UGC. [34]