About Siddaganga Institute of Technology in Bh Road, Tumkur

Siddaganga Institute of Technology is a technological institute in Tumakuru, Karnataka, India. It is run by the Sri Siddaganga Educational Society. The institute was established in 1963 starting with three Courses leading to Bachelor of Engineering in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and now offers undergraduate degree courses in 12 disciplines. In addition it also runs post-graduates programmes in 14 disciplines, including MBA and MCA Courses. It has nearly 5000 students pursuing the above courses with a faculty strength of about 310. It became an autonomous institution under Visveswaraiah Technological University in 2007-08 with the last VTU batch graduating in 2010.HistoryBeginningsThe Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, is one among the 130+ educational institutions run by the Sri Siddaganga Educational Society. It was established in 1963 starting with three courses leading to Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical,civil and Electrical Engineering.Over the yearsThe Institute is one of the 14 Engineering Colleges under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) a World Bank Project, administered by the Government of Karnataka in the state and is granted Academic Autonomy from the Year 2007-08. From the academic year 2007-08 the 1st Semester is run under the autonomous status. Its undergraduate courses are Accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), an Autonomous body of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.