Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology
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Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology (Dr. AIT) is an Autonomous engineering
Engineering
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 college
College
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 located on Outer Ring Road, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore
Bangalore
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, India
India
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.

Founded by M.H. Jayprakash Narayan in 1979, and named after Dr B. R. Ambedkar
B. R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , popularly also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, a revolutionary and one of the founding fathers of independent India. He was also the Chairman...

, the institute is affiliated to 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...

 (VTU), Belgaum
Belgaum
Belgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the fourth largest city of the state of Karnataka, the first three being Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad....

 and is accredited by AICTE. The institute offers both graduate
Graduate school
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 and postgraduate courses. The institute has been granted academic autonomy, which means the institute can frame its own syllabus and conduct its own examinations.

Dr. P Martin Jebraj is the principal of the college.

Courses

The institute offers Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
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 degrees in
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Computer Science Engineering
  • Information Science Engineering
  • Telecommunication Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • 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...

  • Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering
  • 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...

  • Medical Electronics
  • Industrial Engineering and Management


The college also offers Master of Technology courses in Computer Science & Engineering and VLSI Design & Embedded Systems. The college also offers 2 years full time MBA and 3 years MCA
Master of Computer Applications
The Master of Computer Applications is a postgraduate degree in computer application streams awarded in India. Full time MCA programmes normally take three academic years. The primary emphasis in MCA curriculum is on the development of diverse types of application software rather than designing...

 courses.

Department of Electronics and Communication

It has an intake of 120 students. The department comes under the grant-in-aid scheme of the Government of Karnataka in 1992. The PG course M.Tech in VLSI Design and Embedded System was started in 2003 with an intake of 18. Prof G. V. Jayaramaiah is the head of the department. He pursued PhD degree in the field of power electronics from Indian Institute Of Technology. The students are doing project works in organizations such as IISc, NAL
NAL
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, HAL
HAL
-Companies and organisations:* HAL Computer Systems, a defunct computer manufacturer* HAL Laboratory, a Japanese video game developer* Halliburton, by NYSE ticker symbol* Hamburg America Line, a shipping company* Hawaiian Airlines...

, ISRO, BEL
BEL
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, BHEL, WIPRO
Wipro
Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...

, LRDE, DRDO, C-DoT
C-DOT
The Centre for Development of Telematics is an Indian Government owned Telecom Technology development Centre,. It was established in 1984 with initial mandate of designing and developing digital exchanges. Today, C-DOT has expanded itself in the area of Telecom. C-DOT is now a Next Generation...

, etc. The department organizes guest lectures from industrial experts. Young Minds is the technical forum of the department.

Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

The department of Industrial Engineering and Management was established in 1984. The department came under the grant-in-aid code of the Government of Karnataka in 1992 with an intake of 30 students per year. Dr. G. Rajendra heads the department.

ABIDE is the student group of the department, formed for the welfare of the students during the engineering course by providing industry interaction, student cultural and technical activities and mentoring.

Department of Information Science and Engineering

It has an intake of 60 students. The department came under the grant-in-aid scheme of the Government of Karnataka in 1992. Mrs. Prabha. R heads the department. Students have won at the VTU Fest (including a recent one at DSIT, Bangalore). The students do project works in organizations such as IISc, Siemens
Siemens
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, NAL
NAL
Nal may refer to:* Nál, or Laufey a goddess in Norse mythology* Nal Airport, Airport in Rajasthan, India* Nal, Balochistan, a town in Balochistan, Pakistan* Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Bird Sanctuary in Gujarat, India...

, HAL
HAL
-Companies and organisations:* HAL Computer Systems, a defunct computer manufacturer* HAL Laboratory, a Japanese video game developer* Halliburton, by NYSE ticker symbol* Hamburg America Line, a shipping company* Hawaiian Airlines...

, ISRO, BEL
BEL
BEL can be an abbreviation for:* The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Belgium* BEL or bell character in the C0 control code set* Belarusian language, in the ISO 639-2 and SIL country code lists* Bharat Electronics Limited...

, BHEL, WIPRO
Wipro
Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...

, LRDE, DRDO, and C-DoT
C-DOT
The Centre for Development of Telematics is an Indian Government owned Telecom Technology development Centre,. It was established in 1984 with initial mandate of designing and developing digital exchanges. Today, C-DOT has expanded itself in the area of Telecom. C-DOT is now a Next Generation...

. The department organizes guest lectures from industrial experts.

The department has also consistently won in the Maitri fest (welcoming fest for all departments) and has been adjudged the best 7 out of 12 times.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Established in 1980, the Mechanical Engineering department provides education and training in mechanical engineering.

Dr. B.M. Nandeeshaiah heads the department. He holds a PhD from IIT Bombay.

The department is accredited by NBA and has received funding from DST, AICTE and TEQIP. It was the first to have a recognized R&D Center for pursuing research activities. Vijay Zaveri Research Centre for Composite Materials is the first of its kind among the local colleges.

A fest called mAITri in which AIT stands for Ambedkar Institute of Technology is conducted by the department's students every year for freshers.

Department of Civil Engineering

Established in 1980, Dr.C. Nanjundaswamy heads the department.

Students visits are arranged to industries like cement industry, waste management units, bridges and flyover construction sites. Staff are involved in consultancy work like design of structures, soil investigation, and material testing, and have been retained as consultants by agencies like Karnataka Land Army Corporation.

The Technological club of the Department conducts technical programmes. The department encourages sports activities.
A fest called mAITri in which AIT stands for Ambedkar Institute of Technology is conducted by this department students every year for freshers.

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Established in 1980. Intake of students is 60. The department is headed by Dr & Prof. B V Sumangala. She obtained PhD in the field of 'high voltage engineering' from IISc. The department came under grant-in-aid scheme of Government of Karnataka in 1992.

The teaching staff consists of one professors, two assistant professors, six senior lecturers and two lecturers. The average professional experience of the staff is 10 years with the senior most staff of the department having 19 years of experience.

One staff member has completed PhD and four staff members are pursuing doctoral degree. All the staff members are members of prestigious professional bodies like ISTE and IEI.

The department has three laboratory halls with a total area of about 7,200 sq. ft. The department has modernized three labs at a cost of Rs. 19 lakhs with AICTE grants under MODROB Scheme.

The students are sent on industrial visit to various factories and power project sites. 'Power club' is the technical club of the department. Many students are presenting technical paper in various colleges.

The department organised a workshop for the final year students for the improvement of their skills for training and placement activity.

Sayantan Bhadra (placed at INFOSYS, Bangalore), of 2002–2006 batch has secured IX Rank (81.32%) in the VTU Exams.

Department of Instrumentation

Established in 1987, Dr. M. Meenakshi(PhD IISc) heads the department. This department has an intake of 30 student and also serves as the center for Virtual Instrumentation
Virtual instrumentation
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 and ISA
ISA
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Bangalore Chapter.

Department of Medical Electronics

Established in 1999, Prof. A. P. Manjunath heads the department.

Campus Placements

Prof. A. P. Manjunath heads the placement cell. TCS, HCL, MINDTREE, MPHASYS, TITAN, SASKEN, ORACLE hired students recently. A good number of students get placed in these companies each year.
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