R.V. College of Engineering
R.V. Vidyaniketan
Mysore Road,
Bangalore - 560 059
Karnataka

R.V.C.E the flagship institute of the R.S.S.T, was established in 1963 with mandate to provide technical education of the highest order and to mould responsible citizens of tomorrow.  Since then R.V.C.E has been catalyst of change in engineering education in Bangalore University, from the building blocks of engineering-Civil, Mechanical, Electrical to the cutting edge of information Technology & Telecommunications. R.V.C.E provides the impetus to propell a new generation of engineers to take India into the next millennium.  Discipline has been ingrained into the R.V.C.E students by the principal and the Staff.

 

R.V.C.E boasts of a sprawling campus spread over 52 acres on Mysore Road, just 13 kms from the heart of the city.

Undergraduate Courses in:

Campus spread over 52 acres on Mysore Road, just 13 Kms, from the heart of the city. The campus provides a stimulating environment 'Far from the maddening crowd, as it were, large independent blocks interspersed with lawns, gardens and a profusion of trees provides the ideal setting for all round development.

The college provides vital infrastructure in the form of extensive computerized library facilities, lecture halls, auditorium, audio-video theatres, design studios and in-house computer centres. The independent library block houses over 32,000 volumes and over 90 journals, with an open stack system

In addition to academic excellence R.V.C.E boasts of a strong sporting tradition. It is often said that the college is the gateway to the India cricket, basketball and table-tennis teams. Extensive sporting facilities, multistation gymnasium, floodlit indoor basketball court, table-tennis rooms and a cricket stadium are available.

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

INFRASTRUCTURE:

• R.V.C.E the flagship of the (R.S.S.T) Rashtreeya Shikshana Samithi Trust was established in 1963.
• Over 25,000 sq.ft. Independent block area consisting of lecture halls, laboratories, in-house computing facilities, separate faculty for Measurements, Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and High Voltage engineering.
  
• Laboratories for Electrical Measurements, Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and High Voltage Engineering.
  
• Only college within Bangalore University to provide facilities for High Voltage experiments.
  
• Setup entirely in-house Power Electronics laboratory.
  
• Active participation of faculty and students alike in seminars and conferences with a number of papers presented by the students.
  
• In-house Book-Bank in addition to the Main library allowing students to refer & borrow text books on a semester.
  
  

Electronics & Communications Engg.

INFRASTRUCTURE:

• Over 8,000 square feet of laboratories and computing facilities.
  
• Six well-equipped labs for Basic devices, Digital Circuits, Integrated circuits and Microprocessors, Carrier Communication & Microwave, Industrial Electronics and Simulation & Design.
  
• In-house Library & book bank facilities with volumes of IETE & technical magazines as well as text books.
  
• Anticipated Government grant from the Ministry of Human Resources Development valued at Rs.50 Lakh for the creation of Microwave & digital Communication lab under the area of Advanced Radio Communication and ISDN (functional).
  
• Further funds to the tune of Rs.40 lakh are in pipeline for the creation of additional facilities.
  
• In-house computing facilities with 16 high-end workstations.
  
• Tie-ups with ISRO, ADE, ITI, BEL, IISc & DOT.

Telecommunication Engineering

INFRASTRUCTURE:

Presently the infrastructure offered by the Electronics & Communications Department is being utilized.  The department is expected to develop in due course of time.

Chemical Engineering

INFRASTRUCTURE:

• Over 19,000 square feet of class rooms, lecture halls, presentation halls, and laboratories
  
• Eight well equipped labs namely mechanical operations, momentum transfer, thermodynamics, unit processes, mass transfer, heat transfer, process control and reaction engg.
  
• Library facilities with over 2000 volumes and 7 technical journals.
  
• In-house computing facilities for process design.
  
• A number of papers presented on subjects dealing with hold-up studies in packed column, photo electric cells, thin film coating of diamond using plasma vapour deposition etc., by the students at IIT Delhi, CERCI Karaikudi, MRSI Hyderabad etc.
  
  

Instrumentation and Electronics Engg.

INFRASTRUCTURE:

• Over 8,000 square feet of classrooms, lecture halls & laboratories.
  
• Seven well equipped labs for-Basic measurement, Digital Devices & Conditioning Circuits, Industrial Electronics & drives, Microprocessors, Process instrumentation, Product design & Process control labs
  
• Upto-date equipments like Industrial process Controller for all Process Simulation, storage oscilloscopes etc.,
  
• PCB lab - design, fabrication & testing using software.
  
• In-house book bank
  
• IT club which conducts technical talks, film shows, industrial visits etc.,
  
• Tie-ups with ISRO, BEL, BHEL, HAL, NAL, DRDO etc., for student projects.

Civil Engineering

INFRASTRUCTURE:

• An independent block of over 40,000 sqft.
  
• In-house library for reference by students & staff.
  
• Six well equipped laboratories for Material testing, Structures, Soil Mechanics, Concrete Technology, Highway material testing & Geology.
  
• A separate laboratory for Environment & Pollution Control.
  
• Training facilities for PWD Engineers in collaboration with K.E.R.S.

Computer Science & Engineering

INFRASTRUCTURE:

• Over 20,000 sq. ft. of independent block, housing lecture halls, audio-visual rooms, faculty rooms, in-house library and laboratories.
  
• Centrally air-conditioned and well furnished Software labs.  The Hardware Labs are supplied with filtered air.
  
• All Laboratories have backup supplies from UPS and generators.
  
• Unix Lab consisting of landmark II - Intel 486 based Multibus II Supermini system with 30 terminals with all the software under Unix.
  
• Three Independent LANS with EISA 486 servers with 25 nodes each, for Proficiency and software development in Pascal, C, C++, Fortran, Wordstar, MASM, 4GLs etc.,
  
• A few number of stand alone systems with digitisers, Plotters, Mouse etc., for Autocad and 4GLs.
  
• A Hardware Lab with training in Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, interfacing modules and assembly code etc.
  
• Project work & research activities in the fields of Networking, Graphics, Image processing, Data Acquisition System, Neutral Network, Expert System, OOPs, Compilers etc.

Mechanical Engineering

INFRASTRUCTURE:

• An independent block with over 10,000 square feet of floor space. These include classrooms, lecture halls, design studios, engineering drawing halls and faculty rooms.
  
• Central workshops with independent carpentry, fitting, foundry, welding, smithy & machine shops.
  
• Extensive laboratories for hydraulics, turbo-machinery, I.C. engines, materials, metrology quality control & experimental stree analysis.
  
• R & D and Manufacturing Centre in Advanced Materials and Manufacturing.  A postgraduate centre affiliated to the University of Mysore awards doctoral level degrees.  Government funded projects under the aegis of UGC, DST, CSIR, DRDO Organisations, ISRO, AICTE and KSCST are currently under execution.
  
• CAD/CAM & ROBOTICS Lab.
  
• Over 3,000 volumes of Mech. Engg are available in the library.  In addition, 25 periodicals are subscribed to, an inhouse Book-Bank facility enables students to borrow textbooks over a semester.