Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), Tumkur

Siddaganga Institute of Technology was established in the year 1963 and is one among these 125 institutions. SIT is offering 14 undergraduate programmes and 9 post graduate programmes. More than 4000 students are currently pursuing their studies in t students are currently pursuing their studies in the institute. 15 departments of the institute are recognized as Research Centres by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi. 187 Research scholars are pursuing Ph.D. programme in these centres. University Grants Commission, New Delhi, Government of Karnataka and Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi have granted autonomous status to our institute from the academic year 2007-08. The institute has experienced, qualified and devoted faculty members (about 310) and 143 of them have Ph.D. from reputed institutions like IISc, Bangalore, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati and others. Another 68 of our faculty members are pursuing Ph.D. programme at various reputed institutions. Faculty members have considered research as an integral part of teaching and are actively engaged in research and pursuing sponsored research projects from DRDO, DST, ISRO, AICTE, VGST and others, the total funding being Rs.100 million. The research work and project works carried out by the faculty and students has resulted in good publications in conferences and refereed journals. The faculty members are closely interacting with DST, BARC, ISRO, DRDO and other premier R&D institutions. The institute is renowned for excellence in technical education and has high institutional values. Most of the UG programmes have been accredited by the NBA, New Delhi for the 4th cycles. The institute has been accredited by NAAC with ՙA՚ grade. The institute is consistently ranked among the top 100 engineering institutes in the country for fifth time in a row (2016 - 2020) at the all India level under Engineering Category in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), MHRD, Govt. of India. SIT is placed in the Gold Category in AICTE-CII survey of Industry Linked Technical Institutes in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The institute is ISO 9001:2015 certified. The Institute has been placed in 'B' band among private institutions in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA). The Government of Karnataka has honoured Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur with State Environment Protection Award for the year 2011-12 in recognition of excellent performance of S.I.T. Tumakuru in respect of environment protection. Along with the citation, the college has also received a cash award of Rupees one lakh. S.I.T. is one among the nine engineering colleges across the state selected by the Department of IT, BT & ST, Government of Karnataka for establishing New Age Incubation Centre in Information & Communication Technology. The institute promotes entrepreneurship through awareness camps, New Age Incubation Center, MSME Business Incubator. SIT has established Siddaganga Technology Business Incubator @ ₹ 2.75 crore. SIT has been selected for Unnat Bharath Abhiyan project. Reputed industries including Amazon, Akamai, TCS, WIPRO, Mind Tree, L&T, Aricent, Ernst and Young, Oracle and Brahmos and others are visiting our institute for campus placements. About 80 per cent of the eligible students are being placed through the campus placement. The institute has a 33,000 strong network of alumni spread over in 24 countries.To develop thoughtful and creative young minds in a learning environment of high academic ambience by synergising spiritual values and technological competence. 1. To continuously strive for the total development of students by educating them in state-of-the-art-technologies and managerial competencies providing best in class learning experience with emphasis on skills, values and learning outcomes and helping them imbibe professional ethics and societal commitment. 2. To create research ambience that promotes interdisciplinary research catering to the needs of industry and society. 3. To collaborate with premier academic and research institutions and industries to strengthen multidisciplinary education, applied research, innovation, entrepreneurship and consulting ecosystems. Siddaganga Institute of Technology is Committed to: 1. Impart Quality Education by establishing effective learning teaching earning processes to produce competent engineers and managers with high professional ethics and societal responsibility. 2. Create congenial environment and provide state-of the-art infrastructure. 3. Continually improve the effectiveness of the Quality Management System. ...view more