University B.D.T College of Engineering

University B.D.T. College of Engineering
Type Government
Established 1951
Principal Dr. Shivaprasad B. Dandagi
Location Davangere, Karnataka, India
14°27′6″N 75°55′3″E / 14.45167°N 75.91750°E / 14.45167; 75.91750Coordinates: 14°27′6″N 75°55′3″E / 14.45167°N 75.91750°E / 14.45167; 75.91750
Campus Urban, approx 44 acres, Davangere city center, Behind District Stadium.
Website http://www.ubdtce.org

The University B.D.T. College of Engineering (UBDTCE) is an Engineering college located in Davangere, India. UBDTCE is an one of the oldest engineering colleges in Karnataka.

Overview

University B.D.T College of Engineering (UBDTCE), Davangere is located in the central Part of Karanataka. Started in the year 1951,the college was named after Brahmappa Devendrappa Tanvanappanavar (BDT),after B.T.CHANDRANNA donated, in rupees, 1.5 lakhs for the construction of the building in memory of his uncle (BRAHMAPPA TAVANAPPANAVAR) and father(DEVENDRAPPA TAVANAPPANAVAR) The then Maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadur laid the foundation stone for the building on 7 August 1951 and inaugurated the building on 24 September 1956.

Started as the only government engineering college in the year 1951 it had only one branch in Civil Engineering. Subsequently, other branches of engineering were incorporated such as Mechanical and Electrical & Electronics (in 1957), Electronics & Communication (in 1972), Computer Science and Instrumentation Technology (in 1984) and Industrial & Production (in 1996). The present intake of the college from all these branches is 390 at the under graduate(U.G) level. A Post Graduate Course in Production Engineering Systems Technology was started in the year 1987.

Later on, the college was transferred to KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY, as a constituent engineering college on 01-06-1992 and hence it became University B.D.T.College of Engineering. In the year 2003, seven additional Post Graduate Courses were introduced in different disciplines. Currently the total intake at Post Graduate level is 175. The college has produced about 40 Ph.Ds and many research scholars are pursuing their doctoral degree in various frontiers of Engineering and Technology. At present about 2000 students are studying in this college. As a consequence of the formation of Davangere, the University U.B.D.T. College of Engineering became a constituent college of Davangere University (D.U) on 18-08-2009. Recently, with an intention of the overall development of the college, the government of Karnataka transferred the college to the VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSJTY(VTU), Belgaum on 24-02-2011 as a constituent engineering college. The VTU intends to start MBA and MCA courses for this academic year in this college.

The college undertakes consultancy works in Civil, Electrical & Electronics, and other fields of Engineering.

The college was one among the fourteen institutions in the state of Karnataka to get the World Bank Aided TEQIP Project Phase-I and utilized a grant of rupees from Nine Crores for improving its infrastructural facilities and enhancing the quality of its academic standards. The institution is also expecting World Bank Aided TEQIP Project Phase-IT to further improve its Research & Development activities and infrastructure.

The college is approved by AICTE and undergraduate courses were accredited by NBA in the year 2001 for Five years. Further, the faculty of Computer Science and Engineering,Electronics and Communication Engineering were all accredited by the NBA in the year 2009 for a period of three years. For the other departments, the NBA accreditation process is still in progress.

The college library is equipped with fair number of rare collections of old books and was further enriched with the latest volumes during TEQIP phase-I.

The students are actively involved in co-curricular and extracurricular activities. The annual cultural festival "CHAITRA" takes place every year, which creates a platform for exhibiting the hidden talents of students.

The institution is a member of the Red Cross Society, "Thern". Other facilities available are: Science and Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park (STEP), Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC), ISTE Staff and Students Chapters, Co-operative Society etc. Further, the institution has both a boy's and girl's hostel to accommodate students from outside.

The Placement & Training Center is actively involved in placing the students in reputed organizations. Various companies like TCS, Mindtree, Infosys, HCL, SLK Software, SIEMENS, Nokia, Zindal etc., visit the college regularly. The college is completing 60 years of fruitful existence in 2011 and is planning to celebrate Diamond Jubilee soon.

Admission

Admission to this college is made completely through Common Entrance Test(CET) & PGCET conducted by Government of Karnataka Examination Authority(KEA). Selection is based on Merit and Reservation in accordance with the policies of the Government of Karnataka. CET will be generally conducted during the month of April/May of every year and PGCET during the month July/Aug.

Programmes offered

Graduate courses in Engineering
Post graduate courses in Engineering
Post graduate courses

Activities

The institute organizes extra-curricular activities. All the departments have separate forums such as the Mechanical Engineers Forum, the Forum of Computer Science & Engineering etc.

An NSS unit exists in the college with a nominated NSS officer. It regularly organizes activities in and outside the college relevant to social-awareness programmes.

The students and staff of the college are the members of the above organizations. Seminars, workshops and other research activities are conducted by them.

STEP-UBDTCE, was established by the department of industry and commerce, Government of Karnataka, at UBDT College of Engineering. STEP-UBDTCE organizes workshops, seminars on entrepreneurships, personality development programs, IT related courses to develop IT skills, etc.

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