Acharya Institute of Technology

Acharya Institute of Technology, or AIT, is a private co-educational engineering and management college in Bengaluru, India, affiliated with the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Established in 2000, it offers eleven undergraduate courses and eight postgraduate courses. The college has links and collaborations with various industries and universities across the world. It is one of the several institutes run by the JMJ Education Society. AIT organises the Acharya Habba, an annual 2 days long inter-collegiate cultural festival that is one of the largest in Bengaluru and Karnataka. The Deccan Herald lists AIT as one of the "notable" colleges to apply the Karnataka Management Aptitude Test (KMAT) for admission to postgraduate management courses.

History
The Acharya Institute of Technology (AIT) was established in 2000 by Premnath Reddy, Chairman of the Acharya Group of Institutions. The college is managed by the JMJ Education Society, Headquartered in Bengaluru.[14] AIT offers Thirteen Bachelor of Engineering (BE) courses, Six Master of Technology (MTech) courses, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and a PhD course in Mathematics. All courses are affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU). It was the first college under the VTU to start an undergraduate course in Mechatronics in Karnataka. In 2009, the college constructed a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) long road from its campus to the Hesaraghatta Main Road. The road was inaugurated by Shivakumara Swamiji of Siddaganga Math in September 2010. It is named Acharya Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Road after former Indian President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. In 2012, the institute was granted "Technical Campus" status by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). In news - a third year engineering student was stabbed to death, allegedly by his classmate, after the two got into an argument over attendance shortage in class on Wednesday afternoon. Both were students of the Acharya Institute of Technology, near Peenya First Stage.

Admission Criteria
AIT admits 50 percent students on the basis of their rank in the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by the Government of Karnataka and 30 percent students through the Undergraduate Entrance Test of the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges (COMEDK) of Karnataka. It also admits 20 percent students under a management quota without merit requirements and has admitted about 150 foreigners from 25 countries under "PIO Quota". There is a lateral entry scheme in place, by which students holding diploma degrees can enter directly into the second year of study in engineering. After completing their graduation, students receive a BE degree from the VTU. Students are admitted to postgraduate courses on the basis of their test scores in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, as well as on their Karnataka Postgraduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) and KMAT scores.

Undergraduate Courses
The college offers four-year BE courses in the following subjects. All are recognised by VTU:-

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Aeronautical Engineering
• Automobile Engineering
• Biotechnology
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
• Construction technology
• Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Manufacturing Science & Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Information Science & Engineering

Postgraduate Courses
The college offers the following two-year postgraduate courses, all recognised by the VTU:-

• MBA
• MCA
• MTech in Biotechnology
• MTech in Computer Networking Engineering
• MTech in Computer Science and Engineering
• MTech in Digital Communication Engineering
• MTech in Machine Design
• MTech in Power Systems

Faculty
AIT maintains a teacher-student ratio of 1:40. It is the first college in Karnataka to put in effect the Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations for faculty pay scale.

Research Centers
The Institute receives a "Modernisation and Removal of Obsolescence" grant from the AICTE for research activities and upgraded laboratory facilities. The Visvesvaraya Technological University recognises the college's departments of Biotechnology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mathematics, and Mechanical Engineering as research centers.

Accreditation
AIT is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). It was the first college of the Visvesvaraya Technological University to start an undergraduate course in Mechatronics in Karnataka. It is one of the seven colleges in Karnataka to be funded by the World Bank and receives endowments from the VTU to carry out research in both its undergraduate and postgraduate departments.

(Source:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acharya_Institute_of_Technology)