| College name {}"{{" 09743763058,acharya College Of Bangalore 2016 | Available courses Master Degree / Bachelor Degree / Professional Degree | Locality Chhittupura |
09743763058,The Acharya Institute of Technology (AIT) was established in 2000 by Premnath Reddy, chairman of the Acharya Group of Institutions.[4] The college is managed by the JMJ Education Society, headquartered in Bangalore.[5] 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).[14] It was the first college under the VTU to start an undergraduate course in Mechatronics in Karnataka.[42][43]
In 2009 the college constructed a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) long road from its campus to the Hessarghatta 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.[44][45]
In 2012, the institute was granted "Technical Campus" status by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).[46]
On 16 June 2012, the college hosted India's first Heavy metal music festival as a part of Bangalore Open Air 2012 backed by Germany's Wacken Open Air at the college stadium. German Heavy metal bands and Teutonic thrash metal bands like the Kreator and the Suidakra along with an American Power metal band and Indian metal bands namely Kryptos, Eccentric Pendulum, Dying Embrace, 1833 AD, Bevar Sea and Albatross performed in the fest.[47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] Although Iced Earth were scheduled to perform at the fest, but backed out due to the denial of Visa by the Indian embassy.[6
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Undergraduate courses
The college offers four-year BE courses in the following subjects. All are recognised by VTU.[14][65]
Aeronautical Engineering
Automobile Engineering
Biotechnology
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Construction technology
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Information Science & Engineering
Postgraduate courses
The college offers the following two-year postgraduate courses, all recognised by the VTU.[14]
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