B.M.S. College of Engineering

BMS College of Engineering
Established 1946
Type Autonomous
Principal Dr. Mallikharjuna Babu K
Administrative staff
 ~300
Undergraduates ~4000
Location Bangalore, Karnataka, India
12°56′31.7″N 77°33′57″E / 12.942139°N 77.56583°ECoordinates: 12°56′31.7″N 77°33′57″E / 12.942139°N 77.56583°E
Campus 15 acres (61,000 m2)
Website www.bmsce.in

BMS College of Engineering is an autonomous engineering college in Basavangudi, Bangalore, India. The engineering college, started in 1946 by BM Sreenivasiah, was one of the first private sector initiatives in technical education in India and is run by the BMS Educational Trust today. It is located on the Basavangudi Area Bull Temple Road, opposite to the famous Bull Temple. Though a private engineering college, it is partially funded by the Government of Karnataka.[1]

BMSCE has the largest student population among the engineering colleges in Karnataka, drawing students from other states of India and abroad. One of the oldest engineering colleges in Karnataka, it celebrated its "Diamond Jubilee" in 2006. It is also known for the annual inter-collegiate Techno-Cultural festival UTSAV, one of the prominent student-managed festivals in the country.BMSCE has also been the university champions under VTU for the most number of times by any college under the University . It is among the top 10 engineering colleges in Karnataka. In 2011 in university examination it topped with 32 Ranks [2]

The Famous Bull temple In front of BMS College of Engineering

History

BMS College of Engineering (BMSCE) was Founded in the year 1946 by Sri. B. M. Sreenivasaiah a great visionary and philanthropist and nurtured by his illustrious son Sri. B. S. Narayan. BMSCE is the first private sector initiative in engineering education in India. BMSCE has completed 69 years of dedicated service in the field of Engineering Education. Started with only 03 undergraduate courses, BMSCE today offers 13 Undergraduate & 16 Postgraduate courses both in conventional and emerging areas. 15 of its Departments are recognized as Research Centers offering PhD/M.Sc (Engineering by Research) degrees in Science, Engineering, Architecture and Management. The Institution is accredited to AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum, Karnataka, approved by Council of Architecture (COA), New Delhi, BMSCE is an AICTE recognized QIP Centre in Engineering & Technology, BMSCE is the only institution from India adopted by the Melton Foundation, USA. BMSCE IS TEQIP Phase I and Phase II Institute (a world bank project).The College has been effectively practicing outcome based education. The College has one of the largest student populations amongst engineering colleges in Karnataka. Currently about 5000 students are pursuing their higher education at BMSCE. The academic performance of the students have been exceptional. The Institution has an excellent Placement and Recruitment Cell. More than 100 reputed Core/IT/MNC companies visit the campus every year for recruiting students from various branches. The undergraduate Programmes of the College have been awarded the Autonomous Status by the Government/University from the academic year 2008-09 onwards. It is positive reflection on the academic excellence nurtured by the college. The Institution has well-Qualified, Experienced & Dedicated faculty and staff members. BMSCE has the most advanced laboratories for practical training, state of the art computing facilities, spacious classrooms with good furniture and A/V aids, Wi-Fi campus and 24x7 internet facilities in the departments and hostels. The Institution has Collaborative & Extension Activities by way of MOUs with various Governmental and Non-Governmental organizations for fostering Academic/ Research/ Innovation. A strong alumni base of over 35,000 most of them occupying coveted positions in various Educational, Industrial and Research organizations. The college is being ranked consistently among the top engineering colleges in the country by surveys conducted by various media sources. The College has been the most preferred destination not only for students of the state but also from various parts of the Country. Accreditations: BMSCE is accredited with A Grade by NAAC (2013-2018). The Engineering Programmes of BMS College of Engineering (BMSCE) Bangalore has got accredited from National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in Tier I Format, recognized by Washington Accord during October 2014. The Accreditation is manifestation that the Institution is recognized for promoting high quality engineering education and continuously meeting the established quality standards. The Washington Accord is an elite international agreement on engineering studies and mobility of engineers. The Accord signed in 1989 as an international agreement among bodies responsible for accrediting engineering degree programmes. Besides the UK and USA, some 17 countries, such as Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Turkey as its signatories. After 7 years of continuous efforts, India became the permanent member of the Washington Accord during June 2014.

BMSCE had the proud privilege of being shortlisted by NBA in the very first phase of accreditation process under Tier-I Format. The College had the unique distinction of representing the Country’s private educational institutions. A three-member international team from International Engineering Alliance [IEA] accompanied the peer team as observers during first site visit by the evaluation team during December 2013.

The accreditation has enabled global recognition and greater flexibility to degrees and increases the mobility of BMSCE graduates in the signatory countries for higher study and jobs. The undergraduate degrees of BMSCE are now acceptable in the nations that have signed Washington accord. Transfer credits on mutual consent basis with Tier I accredited Colleges, increase in global opportunities, not needing to face any entrance examination to take admission in Universities of these countries are some of the benefits realized through the accreditation.

Research

BMS R&D Center involves developing projects in different areas to get external funds as well as to publish the results in National and International Journals of repute with a view to get the attention of national and international academic, research and other concerned organizations for mutually beneficial future collaborations. Dr. Martin Jebraj is the head of BMS R&D center.

The Vision of the R&D Center will be “To promote and nurture excellence in Science and Services to the customers enabling BMSCE to emerge as the first choice of the users of its R&D outputs”.

Departments and programmes

These departments offer four year undergraduate courses in engineering. All of the undergraduate courses have been conferred autonomous status by the Visvesvaraya Technological University.

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Student activities

Students of the college has involved in many activities apart of studies in every part of life. There are different student bodies established by the college and departments to nurture their extra curricular activities.

Distinguished alumni

For more information check out Official[3] BMSCE Alumclub

Ranking

List Rank
Best engineering colleges in India – 2010 25[4]
India Today Best Engineering colleges in India −2009 24[5]
Data Quest Top Engineering Colleges 2010 18[6]
Outlook top 50 private colleges in India 4[5]
Livemint top 30 private colleges in India 16[7]
Outlook top 75 colleges in India 54[8]

References

  1. ↑ CET – Manual Book 58–63
  2. ↑ BMSCE, Bangalore: Who We Are?
  3. ↑ http://www.bmsce.in/
  4. ↑ Best Engineering Colleges in India, 2010 – India: India Today – Photo
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 www.outlookindia.com |
  6. ↑ []
  7. ↑ "LIVEMINT" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  8. ↑ www.outlookindia.com | Top 75: Engineering Colleges

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