R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE)

Overview

R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE) established in 1963 is one of the earliest self-financing engineering colleges in the country. The institution is run by Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust (RSST) a not for profit trust. The trust runs over 25 institutions and RVCE is the flagship institute under the trust. RVCE is today recognized as one of India's leading technical institution. Established in 1963 with three engineering branches namely Civil, Mechanical and Electrical, today RVCE offers 12 Under Graduate Engineering programmes, 16 Master Degree programmes and Doctoral Studies.Located 13 km from the heart of Bangalore City – the Silicon Valley of India, on Mysore Road.Sprawling campus spread over an area of 16.85 acres(16.43 guntas) set in sylvan surroundings.Provides an ideal ambience to stimulate the teaching-learning process, helping in bringing out skilled and disciplined Engineers. Rated one amongst the top ten self-financing Engineering Institutions in the country. Current annual student intake for Undergraduate Programmes & Post Graduate Programmes in Engineering is in excess of 1200. Highly qualified and dedicated faculty. Utilizes its expertise in various disciplines to conduct Research and Development for Industry and Defense establishments in the country. The Rashtreeya sikshana samithi Trust (RSST) a charitable trust was founded by Sri. M.C. Shivananda Sarma, in the year 1940, when education was a privilege in the pre-independent India. The mission of the founder was to ‘Impart Quality Education to all strata of the society’. RSST manages several educational institutions from Kindergarten to Professional colleges in Bengaluru. Sri Meda Kasturi Ranga Setty, a business man & philanthropist joined hands together to pull this movement forward. Today six decades later, RSST through the RV (Rashtreeya Vidyalaya) institutions, are in the forefront among providers of quality education in the state of Karnataka. Keeping in step with its mission “Excellence in Education with Societal Commitment”, its concerns have always been to provide opportunities, especially to challenged, disabled, and economically weak. RV as a brand is well respected for its clean and efficient management. This Charitable institution has more than 350 member trustees, who every three years elect a 28 members board to oversee the activities of the trust and various institutions. The trust has an executive committee consisting of President , two vice-presidents, Honorary treasurer, Honorary secretary and joint secretary who look after the day to day affairs of the trust and its affiliated institutions. Each board member is associated with one of the 23 institutions that the trust runs. To encompass every strata of education…. From kinder Garten to postgraduation… From Humanities to sciences, Engineering & Technology to advanced speciality fields… Teachers training, education Technology and Health care Molding the future of students in its fold, through setting uncompromising standards. To provide educational ambience and state of the art infrastructure Provide learning opportunity to students of all strata of society including handicapped and make them good human beings