Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering
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| Established | 1963 |
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| Type | VTU, affiliated with AICTE |
| Staff | approx 300 |
| Undergraduates | approx 3500 |
| Location | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Campus | Urban, 56 acres, 13 km from the heart of the Bangalore city on the busy Mysore Road. |
| Website | rvce.ac.in |
Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) is one of the oldest engineering colleges in India. Established in 1963, RVCE is a leading private engineering college located in Bangalore, India.
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The college is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt. of Karnataka and is affiliated to Visweswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum. The departments are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi. The campus is located at the outskirts of the city and spans an area of about 56 acres.
[edit] Stature
RVCE leads the list in IT related education as per the ranking by The Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) set up by the Government of Karnataka. It was also ranked 6th among private engineering schools an 39th overall in India by Outlook magazine in July 2006.
[edit] Student life
The college also hosts a large number of department fests to improve student interaction .The institution has successfully imposed a "ban" on the ragging or hazing of freshmen students by the seniors. The college does not allow the formation of student unions. The college has both on campus hostelites and day scholars who commute to the college by bus.
[edit] Undergraduate departments
- Computer Science And Engineering
- Electronics And Communication
- Telecommunication Engineering
- Electrical And Electronics Engineering
- Instrumentation Technology
- Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial Engineering And Management
- Information Science And Engineering
- Bio-technology
- Civil Engineering
- School Of Architecture
- Information science and Engineering
[edit] Postgraduate departments
[edit] RV School of Architecture
The Department of Architecture is now an autonomous body with freedom in setting course work standards. The school hosts talks and seminars by a number of leading and innovative architects and designers from across the world.
[edit] Hostels
- Cauvery
- Cauvery Annexe
- Chamundi
- Diamond Jubilee Block
- Sir M.V. Block
[edit] Hobby Clubs
RVCE encourages special interest groups and hobby clubs. Some of the active clubs are:
- RV Quizcorp is the Quiz club of RVCE. It is also the largest college level quiz club in India (soon to have its own entry in Limca book of records). It conducts India's largest college quiz fest "Under the Peepal Tree" each year.
- The Rotaract Club of RVCE actively involves itself in socially relevant causes. Affiliated with Rotary International District 3190, the club had carved a niche for itself in the area of blood donation. The Blood Donation Camp in 2006 witnessed a collection of 818 units of blood. The club members also involve themselves in National pulse polio drives, tree plantation drives and eye check-up camps.
- Vritanth is the IT Association of RVCE, which was founded in September 1998 with the objective of providing a forum for students interested in IT.
- Elektron is the Electrical & Electronics Club of RVCE.
- TeleTronic Club is the Telecommunication Club of RVCE. It publishes the newsletter 'Sanchar'
- The Circle for Acting in RV - CARV is for the theater fanatics.
- The Debating society of RV - DEBSOC is one of the foremost debating societies in Asia. Its members have represented India at the Asian debating championship held at Kuala Lumpur. At the event they won the "best new team" award. In 2006 they were All Asians Grand finalists, this is the best performance by an indian team in the history of Indian debating.
- Raag - The Youth Club of RVCE.
[edit] Trivia
- The R V Education Trust is the richest private education trust in India.
- RVCE has a museum on campus - "Kriya Kalpa", a technological museum devoted to the Indian contribution to the engineering sciences.
- The college has had very good cricket, badminton and chess teams. Students have regularly won laurels at university level competitions. Padma Shree Mr.Anil Kumble, Arjun awardee Mr. Chetan Baboor and sports journalist Siddhartha Vaidyanathan are alumni of RVCE.
- SKIP - Centre for Social Service and Skill Promotion has been working since 5 years to help rural community and school dropouts
[edit] Famous Alumni
- Anil Kumble - Cricketer
- Chetan Baboor - Table Tennis Player
- Vijayalakshmi Bidiri - IAS topper
- Nikhil Joshi - Carnatic Musician , Guitar
- Siddhartha Vaidyanathan - Sports Columnist
- Avinash Mudaliar - Renowned Quizmaster
