Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE or RV College of Engineering) is an autonomous

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. It was established in 1963 under the Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust (RSST) and was one of the earliest self-financing engineering colleges in the country. It is affiliated with the

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. In 2008, the college was given autonomous status.

Academics

Academic Programmes

RVCE offers courses towards

Bachelor of Engineering A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a college graduate majoring in an engineering discipline at a higher education institution. In the United Kingdom, a Ba ...

(B.E), Bachelor of Architecture (BArch),

Master of Technology A Master of Engineering (abbreviated MEng, ME, M.E. or M.Eng.) is a professional master's degree in the field of engineering. International variations Australia In Australia, the Master of Engineering degree is a research degree requiring com ...

(MTech),

Master of Computer Applications A Master of Science in Information Technology (abbreviated M.Sc.IT, MScIT or MSIT) is a master's degree in the field of information technology awarded by universities A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiar ...

(MCA),

Master of Architecture The Master of Architecture (M.Arch. or MArch) is a graduate professional degree in architecture qualifying the graduate to move through the various stages of professional accreditation (internship, exams) that result in receiving a license. Ove ...

(MArch) and

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of Postgraduate education, graduate study and original resear ...

(PhD). The medium of instruction for all the courses at the college is English.

Departments and courses

Undergraduate

These 14 departments offer four-year undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering (BE) courses. All of the undergraduate courses have been conferred autonomous status by the

. *

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Computer Science & Engineering Computer science and engineering (CSE) is an academic subject comprising approaches of computer science and computer engineering. There is no clear division in computing between science and engineering, just like in the field of materials science ...

* Information Science & Engineering *

(Data Science) *

(

Cyber Security Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems and networks from thr ...

) *

Electronics & Communication Engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of Passivity (engineering), active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and contr ...

Electrical & Electronics Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Telecommunications engineering is a subfield of electronics engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication engin ...

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

Aerospace Engineering Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is s ...

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

Industrial Engineering & Management Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

* Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering ''(not being offered starting academic year 2024 - 2025)'' The School of Architecture offers a five-year Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) course which has also been conferred autonomous status by the

. The allied departments of the college are the departments of

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and

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along with the placement & training department.

Postgraduate

(MCA),

(MTech) offered by the following departments : *

* Information Science & Engineering *

(MArch) offered by The School of Architecture.

Admission

The admission towards a full-time Bachelor of Engineering degree in RVCE is through either the Karnataka Common Entrance Test or th
COMED-K
counselling process, based on All India Rank (AIR) secured in the respective entrance examinations. Admission of foreign students to RVCE is through the direct admission of foreign nationals and non-resident Indians (NRIs) scheme. Admission can also be done by donation through the management quota scheme for which a small amount of seats are reserved. Admission in the BE (Lateral Entry) programme is also available for students with diploma degrees. Admission towards a postgraduate degree at RVCE is based on performance in the

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(GATE) as well as on their Post Graduate Karnataka CET scores qualifying exam scores. If two or more candidates have the same GATE score, the highest percentage in qualifying undergraduate courses shall decide the merit. No separate test or interview is conducted by the college.

Achievements and Accreditation

RVCE is accredited as in the Tier 1 category by the

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, it is also accredited by the

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. It is recognised as a centre of excellence under Technical Education Quality Improvement Program by

Government of India The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union t ...

. RVCE has been recognised as a centre for excellence by the

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. * In 2008, the college had the highest number of gold medal-winners among colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University. * The department of Mechanical engineering of RVCE is the state's first degree programme in a private institution to be accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.

Rankings

R.V. College of Engineering was ranked 89 among engineering colleges in India by the

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(NIRF) in 2022. The college was ranked 96th in 2023 and 99th in 2024.

Research and Projects

The Robotics team from the Instrumentation Technology Department won the "All India Robotics Challenge" at Shaastra 2007 The annual tech fest held at

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. ;Student Space Technology Projects Team Antariksh is a student satellite team established in 2015 that aims to build a

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and

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with a research based payload, guided and monitored by various scientists from the

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and faculty from RVCE. Started by three aerospace engineering students, as of 2020 the team has a strength of more than 100 students from all fields of engineering. Team Antariksh is a space technology student club whose goal is to understand, disseminate and apply the engineering skills for innovation in the field of aerospace technology. The hundred-member strong team belonging from various engineering backgrounds is involved in designing payload for ISRO's PS4 orbital platform, RVSAT-1 and experimental sounding rocket, ReSOLV-1.The flagship project of the team is RVSAT-1, which is a 2U nanosatellite that is scheduled to be launched in 2022, carrying a microbiological payload. StudSat is a team of students of RVCE, along with students from some other colleges in the country and the

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, teamed up to make the first pico satellite in India, called

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. The pico satellite was launched by the

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C-15 on 12 June 2010 from the

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. The camera on board has a low resolution of 90 metres. The panchromatic images are designed to provide terrain information during the satellite's short lifespan of six months to one year. ;Society of Automotive Engineers Events Ashwa Racing is a Formula racing car that won the "Best Car from South Asia" award in the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers event in Germany. The team was also the first Indian team to compete in the FSAE event in 2005 in Australia, which won the "Best Value for Money" award. The project team has been awarded the "Young Achiever 2007" award, an award instituted by the Rotary Midtown and the Brigade Group. Team Vyoma is a student group that designs and manufactures UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) to participate in Aerodesign competitions conducted by the

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; and in Brazil. The team is the first Asian team to compete in the Aerodesign competitions. Team Helios Racing is a group of students who designed an

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(ATV) that can travel on muddy swamps and climb up hills. The vehicle entered the "Mini BAJA Challenge" — an international challenge in

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in October 2006, and became the national champion at Baja Student India in January 2015. ;IEEE branch The

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(IEEE) operates a student branch in RVCE. It organises many events, some of them being a workshop LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench), which is a platform and development environment for a visual programming language from

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, various paper presentation competitions, and a seminar competition. IEEE PES RVCE chapter was Inaugurated in the year 2015 which organises events pertaining to Electrical Engineering. ACM Student Chapter RV College of Engineering also started an ACM Student Chapter in January of 2024. They Hosted the ACM India Summit 2024 in collaboration with BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru ;Other projects Garuda, a fuel-efficient, aerodynamic car, was designed by the Mechanical engineering students. The car reportedly gives a mileage of 180 kilometers per litre of fuel. Project Garuda members were the only team from India to participate in the Shell Eco Marathon held at Rockingham Raceway, Corby, UK. Project Garuda was awarded the 'Most Persevering Team' award, which is given to the best first-time participant every year. Eight students of the RV College of Engineering developed a vehicle consuming water as a fuel. Together, they have developed a water-powered hybrid

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. The team has developed an inexpensive and simple retrofit kit for auto rickshaws. In June 2008, the students developed a prototype of a hybrid-electric vehicle that uses both electric energy and diesel mixed with bio-diesel. According to ''The Hindu'', this is the first indigenous hybrid-electric prototype in the country and among very few prototypes to use bio-diesel. The project, codenamed 'Chimera', was conceived and the prototype developed by the final year students of four engineering disciplines – Mechanical, Electrical and Computer science and Industrial engineering. From 2019, the college has also housed a center of excellence in Quantum Computing with the help of the student research team called CIRQuIT Quantum Research.

Notable alumni

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, the former coach and captain of the

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, the former international table tennis champion and Arjuna award winner * Vishwas Mudagal, CEO of GoodWorkLabs and GoodWorks CoWork, Author *

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Lakshmi Gopalaswamy is an Indian actress from Karnataka and a classical dancer, qualified in Bharatanatyam. She has mainly acted in Malayalam films, while also appearing in few Kannada and Tamil films. She won the Karnataka State Film Award f ...

, Indian actress and a classical dancer *

Asha Bhat Asha Bhat (born 5 September 1992) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Supranational 2014 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the title. Bhat made her acting debut with the 2019 Hindi film '' Junglee''. She has since appea ...

, Miss Supranational 2014 and Bollywood actress * Vidyut Mohan, social entrepreneur and

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winner *

Divya Gokulnath Divya Gokulnath (born 1987) is an Indian entrepreneur and educator who is the co-founder and director of Byju's, an educational technology company founded in 2011 in Bangalore, India. Early life and education Divya was born and raised in Ban ...

, the Co-founder and Director of BYJU'S The Learning App * Nanditha Channarayapatna, playback singer *

Akshata Krishnamurthy Akshata Krishnamurthy (Born December 27, 1990) is an Indian space systems engineer working as Principal Investigator and Science Phase Lead at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She is currently working on Mars 2020. She was named to Fortune ...

, space systems engineer and scientist at the

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. * Shrihari Sridhar, scholar and author

References

External links

College website
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