Siddaganga Institute of Technology
College of SIT, Tumkur
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| Motto | Work is Worship |
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| Type | Autonomous |
| Established | 1963 |
| Principal | Dr. Shivakumaraiah |
| Director | Dr. M.N. Channabasappa |
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Academic staff
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310 |
| Students | 5000 |
| Location | Tumkur |
| Campus | 65 acres (260,000 m2), 70km from Bangalore city on National Highway 4 |
| Affiliations | Visveswaraiah Technological University |
| Website | http://www.sit.ac.in |
Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT) is a technological institute in Tumakuru, Karnataka, India. It is run by the Sri Siddaganga Educational Society. The institute was established in 1963 starting with three Courses leading to Bachelor of Engineering in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and now offers undergraduate degree courses in 12 disciplines. In addition it also runs post-graduates programmes in 14 disciplines, including MBA and MCA Courses. It has nearly 5000 students pursuing the above courses with a faculty strength of about 310. It became an autonomous institution under Visveswaraiah Technological University in 2007-08 with the last VTU batch graduating in 2010.
The Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), Tumkur, Bangalore, is one among the 130+ educational institutions run by the Sri Siddaganga Educational Society. It was established in 1963 starting with three courses leading to Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical,civil and Electrical Engineering.
The Institute is one of the 14 Engineering Colleges under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) a World Bank Project, administered by the Government of Karnataka in the state and is granted Academic Autonomy from the Year 2007-08. From the academic year 2007-08 the 1st Semester is run under the autonomous status. Its undergraduate courses are Accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), an Autonomous body of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.
The Sri Siddaganga Educational Society (SSES), Tumkur, the parent body of the SIT, is also running more than 130 Educational Institutions in Karnataka, and Revered His Holiness Dr. Sree Sree Sivakumara Swamiji of Sree Siddaganga Mutt, is its President and Sree Sree Siddalinga Swamiji, is the Vice President of SESS and the Junior Swamiji of the Mutt.
The Institute has 14 Teaching departments, offering 12 Under-graduate and 11 Post-graduate programmes. The Dept. of Placement and Training, the Dept. of Library and the Dept. of Physical Education and the SIT Group of Hostels, offer other supporting services and facilities. Of the 14 Departments, 12 belong to Engineering Disciplines, One each for Architecture and Management, 3 are the Science faculties.
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