University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
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The University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, popularly known as UVCE, is an engineering college affiliated to Bangalore University
, located in Bangalore
, India
. The college was established in 1917, by Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The college is approved by the AICTE
and the Government of Karnataka
. The departments are accredited with five A+ for three years by the National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi
.
UVCE is ranked 24th in Best Engineering colleges in India as per survey conducted by India Today and Nielsen companyfor the year 2011.
The admission of students to the undergraduate courses is on the basis of merit through the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by the state government. The entrance to post-graduate courses is through the Degree, GATE and entrance test results.
Every year, nearly 450 students graduate at the under-graduate level from five disciplines. Among the engineering colleges in Karnataka, UVCE was the earliest to have offered post-graduate courses.
and College of Engineering Poona
were unable to accommodate enough students from Mysore State. He started the college in 1917 in Bangalore
. It was started as Government Engineering College with 20 students in Civil
and Mechanical engineering
branches in the PWD building. It was the fifth engineering college to be started in India and the first one in Mysore State
. In 1965, the name of the college was changed to University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering after its founder.
Civil Engineering
Government-related projects assisted by the department include Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna project, BWSSB projects, and National Highway Authority projects. The department is recognized as a Quality Improvement Programme center of UGC/AICTE which offers admission to M. E. and Ph.D. degrees.
In 2008, a student exchange programme was started in the department where students can study abroad for a semester.
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronics Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Along with the placements, internships are offered for the students from organizations such as Philips, Intel, TI, Juniper, Cisco, IBM ISL, RSA, Netapp, HP, Citrix, NDS, and Samsung
Bangalore 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...
, located in Bangalore
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...
, 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...
. The college was established in 1917, by Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The college is approved by the AICTE
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...
and 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...
. The departments are accredited with five A+ for three years by the National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
.
UVCE is ranked 24th in Best Engineering colleges in India as per survey conducted by India Today and Nielsen companyfor the year 2011.
The admission of students to the undergraduate courses is on the basis of merit through the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by the state government. The entrance to post-graduate courses is through the Degree, GATE and entrance test results.
Every year, nearly 450 students graduate at the under-graduate level from five disciplines. Among the engineering colleges in Karnataka, UVCE was the earliest to have offered post-graduate courses.
History
In 1917, the then Diwan of Mysore Sir M. Visvesvaraya felt a need to have an engineering college in the state as the Civil Engineering College MadrasCollege of Engineering, Guindy
College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India, is India's oldest engineering and technical institution, having been established in 1794. Today it is one of the four constituent colleges of Anna University, Chennai....
and College of Engineering Poona
College of Engineering, Pune
College of Engineering, Pune is an engineering college in Pune, India. Established in 1854, it is the third oldest engineering college in Asia, after the College of Engineering, Guindy and IIT Roorkee...
were unable to accommodate enough students from Mysore State. He started the college in 1917 in Bangalore
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...
. It was started as Government Engineering College with 20 students in Civil
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 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...
branches in the PWD building. It was the fifth engineering college to be started in India and the first one in Mysore State
Mysore State
The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states within the erstwhile British Empire of India. Upon India gaining its independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Mysore merged his realm with the Union of India...
. In 1965, the name of the college was changed to University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering after its founder.
Post-graduate programs
UVCE offers four semesters M. E. degree courses: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...
- Structural Engineering
- Geo Technical Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Pre-Stressed Concrete Engineering
- Water Resource Engineering
- Construction Technology
- Earthquake Engineering
Government-related projects assisted by the department include Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna project, BWSSB projects, and National Highway Authority projects. The department is recognized as a Quality Improvement Programme center of UGC/AICTE which offers admission to M. E. and Ph.D. degrees.
In 2008, a student exchange programme was started in the department where students can study abroad for a semester.
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...
- Machine Design
- Manufacturing Science and Engineering
- Thermal Science and Engineering
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...
- Power and Energy Systems
- Power Electronics
- Control and Instrumentation
Electronics Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Information Technology
- Computer Networks
- Software Engineering
- Web Technology
- Bioinformatics
Graduate departments
- 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 Engineering
- Information Science and Technology
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- 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...
- Architectural EngineeringArchitectural engineeringArchitectural engineering, also known as building engineering, is the application of engineering principles and technology to building design and construction...
Placements and internships
Around 150 service, product and research organizations visit the campus for recruitment every year. Usually placements start when the student enters the seventh semester and lasts until graduation.Along with the placements, internships are offered for the students from organizations such as Philips, Intel, TI, Juniper, Cisco, IBM ISL, RSA, Netapp, HP, Citrix, NDS, and Samsung
Notable alumni
- Roddam NarasimhaRoddam narasimhaRoddam Narasimha is an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist. He was the chairman of the Engineering Mechanics Unit at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research JNCASR, India...
, Aerospace scientist and Fluid Dynamicist - Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, physicist, engineer, and leader in international scholarship
- M.R.Sreenivasan, member, National Security Advisory Board
- V. K. AatreV. K. AatreDr. Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre is an Indian Scientist and former head of the Defence Research and Development Organisation , India's premier Defence R&D Organization. In that capacity, he also served as the Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister . He is an awardee of the Padma Bhushan...
, Scientist - B. G. Srinivas, Senior Vice President, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
- S.Ramegowda, former Chairman, All India Council of Technical Education
- Ramesh Arvind, Kannada Actor
- Mano MurthyMano MurthyMano Murthy is a leading musician and composer in the Kannada Film Industry. Although his compositions in his earlier films were also successful, he shot to fame with Mungaru Male, one of the biggest hits in Kannada industry. Before moving onto becoming a composer, he was an entrepreneur, having...
, entrepreneur and music director - T.S.Prahlad, scientist and former Director, National Aerospace LaboratoriesNational Aerospace LaboratoriesNational Aerospace Laboratories , is India's second largest aerospace firm after Hindustan Aeronautics . It was established by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at Delhi in 1959 and its headquarters was later moved to Bangalore in 1960...
- Sanjeev Sinha, Managing Director,Nokia Siemens
- Lakshmi NarayananLakshmi NarayananLakshmi Narayanan is the vice chairman and ex-CEO of Cognizant. He was the CEO and president of Cognizant until 2006. [1]Lakshmi has played a leading role in the global information technology industry for more than 25 years, managing divisions and business units in Europe, India and the United...
, Chairman, ex-CEO, Cognizant Technology SolutionsCognizant Technology SolutionsCognizant 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... - Dr.Guru Rao, Senior Vice President, Risk Management Solutions
- Vijay Bhaskar, Kannada music composer
- Manjunath, CEO of S7 Software solutions.
- Aravind Bhat, badminton player
- B.V.Jagadeesh, CEO - NetScaler, Founder - Exodus CommunicationsExodus CommunicationsExodus Communications was an Internet hosting service and Internet service provider to dot-com businesses. It went broke, along with many of its customers, during the bursting of the dot-com bubble. It declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 and was purchased by Cable and Wireless in November...
- K Jairaj, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka
Reunion
A mega reunion of UVCE alumni was held on January 2 and 3, 2011, at Gayatri Vihar, Palace Grounds, Bangalore.External links
- Bangalore University
- http://www.ieeeuvce.com (updated)
- Vision UVCE
- INSPIRON