Address | |
Telephone | 08162214000 |
Fax | 0816-2282994 |
Website | www.sit.ac.in |
University | Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) |
Tags | Siddaganga Institute of Technology |
The Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), Tumkur, is one among the 130+ educational institutions run by the Sri Siddaganga Educational Society. It was established in the year 1963 starting with three Courses leading to Bachelor of Engineering in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and is now offering undergraduate degree courses in 12 disciplines. In addition it also runs post-graduates programmes in 7 disciplines, including MBA and MCA Courses. It has nearly 4000 students pursuing the above courses with a faculty strength of about 273. The Institute is Affiliated to Visveswaraya Technological University, Belgaum and has granted permanent affiliation to SIT.
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.
Vision:
To develop young minds in a learning environment of high academic ambience by synergizing spiritual values and technological competence
Mission:
To continuously strive for the total development of students by educating them in state-of-the-art technologies and helping them imbibe professional ethics and societal commitment, so that they emerge as competent professionals to meet the global challenges