P.E.S. Institute of Technology

This article is about the institution in Hosakerehalli, Bangalore. For the institution in Electronic city, Bangalore, see P.E.S. School of Engineering. For the institution in Shimoga, Karnataka, see P.E.S. Institute of Technology and Management. For the institute in Mandya, Karnataka, see P.E.S. College of Engineering.

People's Education Society Institute of Technology
Established	1988[1]
Type	Autonomous
Principal	Dr. K N Balasubramanya Murthy[2]
Location	Bangalore, Karnataka, India 12°56′1.75″N 77°32′4.12″E / 12.9338194°N 77.5344778°E / 12.9338194; 77.5344778
Campus	Urban, on the 100 Feet Ring Road, Hosakerehalli, Bangalore[3]
Affiliations	VTU
Website	pesit.pes.edu

People's Education Society Institute of Technology (also known as PESIT or P.E.S. Institute of Technology, Kannada: ಪಿ.ಈ.ಎಸ್. ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ) is a private co-educational engineering college located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It was established in 1988 and is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. It was granted academic autonomy in August 2007.^[4]

History

PESIT is managed by the People's Education Society (PES), which was founded in 1972, in a rented gymnasium in Bangalore, with around 40 students. The PES currently manages over 45 educational programs in Karnataka and neighboring Andhra Pradesh, with a total of over 15000 students.^[5] PESIT was founded in 1988, as the first engineering college under the PES.^[6]

Campus

Prof M.R.D Silver Jubilee Complex

PESIT is located on the 100 Feet Ring Road in the Hosakerehalli locality of Bangalore. The college has six major blocks:

A - Block

The A - Block is the administrative building, called the Prof M.R.D Silver Jubilee Complex, named after the Chairman of the PES group Prof. M.R. Doreswamy. The building has the central library, the offices of the Director, Chairman, Principal and Registrar. It also has the Department of Science and Humanities which handles the first year students for BE courses. It houses the college canteen,central library and a Campus Mart where the students can buy stationary items and books.

B - Block

B - Block houses the machine shop, fluid mechanics lab, I.C. Engines Lab, materials testing lab, heat transfer lab and a subsonic wind tunnel.

C - Block

C - Block houses the Department of Mechanical Engineering. It also has the offices of the cultural department, Team Haya which is the PES Formula Team. It also houses the GM PACE center and the chemistry laboratory.

D - Block

D - Block is for the Electrical & Electronics Engineering department. The block features AC Machines Lab, DC Machines Lab, Analog Electronics Lab. Power Electronics Lab and Computer Lab.

E - Block

E - Block houses the offices of the Dean of Academics and Evaluation and other UG and PG departments like Biotechnology Engineering, Bachelor of Hotel Management, Bachelor of Business Management and Master of Business Administration

F - Block (Pāṇini Block)

F-Block

F - Block is the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS). It has the Department of Information Science and Engineering, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, and the Department of Telecommunications Engineering. It has the CORI lab along with some research setups like FreeScale Semiconductor VLSI Lab and Centre for Intelligent Systems. The block was recently named as the 'Panini' block, after the Sanskrit grammarian Pāṇini.^{[citation needed]}

The college has an auditorium in the A Block with 800+ seating capacity. The college has indoor facilities for basketball, badminton, table tennis. A cricket ground is situated next to the Tech Park. Other facilities include a volleyball court and a basket ball court. The college has a gym which offers its services to the students of PES institutions at concessional rates.^{[citation needed]}

Academic profile

Admission criteria

PESIT admits students to undergraduate courses based on their Karnataka CET or their COMED-K UGET test ranks. PESIT also admits students under Management quota,which does not place any merit requirements.There is a lateral entry scheme in place, by which students holding diploma degrees can directly enter the second year of study in engineering. On graduating students receive a Bachelor of Engineering degree.

Students are admitted to postgraduate courses based on their GATE test scores as well as on their Post Graduate Karnataka CET scores. Upon graduating, they receive a Master of Technology degree.^[7]

Under Graduate Programs

PESIT offers Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) 4 year degree programs in following disciplines:

• Mechanical Engineering (Total number of seats available are 120)
• Electronics and Communication Engineering (Total number of seats available are 120)
• Telecommunication Engineering (Total number of seats available are 120)
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Total number of seats available are 120)
• Information Science and Engineering (Total number of seats available are 120)
• Computer Science and Engineering (Total number of seats available are 120)
• Bio Technology (Total number of seats available are 120)

Postgraduate departments

• Department of MCA
• Department of MBA
• M.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering)
• M.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
• M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)

Faculty and research

Crucible Of Research and Innovation (CORI) is a multi-disciplinary research centre at PESIT. It was inaugurated by Prof. C.N.R Rao former Director, Indian Institute of Science on February 7, 2010. It has research facilities and a set of dedicated research staff who carry out research in their areas of interest.^[8]

Centre for Intelligent Systems (CIS) is a research centre at PESIT, which is researches on topics including Control Systems, Speech, Image and Signal Processing, Robotics, Artificial intelligence, and Low Power VLSI Design.^[9]

Course content and grading

All the courses which have been conferred autonomous status have their departments set their own course content and grading system. The college follows the credit–based system of performance evaluation, with proportional weighting of courses based on their importance. The grading system followed is the relative grading system.^[10]

Student life

Cricket Ground

Festivals

Aatmatrisha : Annual techo-cultural festival with events spanning categories like technnology, literature, fine arts, gaming, trivia, culture, etc.Rock concerts form an essential part of the fest.

Sequitur : Annual science fest organized by the Science and Humanities Department.

Celesta : College cultural day.

Vistas : National-level management fest.

Prakalpa : Exhibition featuring the best projects of each department.

Conquiztador : The Annual High School Quizzing Championship for the Dr. M R Doreswamy Trophy for Quizzing Excellence

College clubs

• PES.NET - DotNet Student User Group of PES group of institutions.
• Pulse - Western dance troupe
• Ninaada - Indian cultural forum
• The Quotient Quiz Club - The official quiz club of PESIT. It is the flag bearer for all quizzing activities on campus. Known for its own quizzing style, the QQC is an active 45 member club with quizzes happening every week, in addition to the ones it conducts as a part of PESIT fests.
• Sanskrithi - Contemporary/semi-classical dance troupe.
• Team Haya - Formula racing team.
• Team Aeolius - Aero-design team.
• Pixels - Photography Club.
• Eclat- Annual magazine by and for the students.

Gallery

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  Students Airspace

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  Parking lot

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  Garden

See also

• List of Indian engineering college rankings

References

1. ^ "About us". PESIT, Bangalore. http://pesit.pes.edu/about-us. Retrieved 29 September 2011. 
2. ^ "Balasubramanya Murthy". PESIT, Bangalore. http://pesit.pes.edu/information-science/faculty/balasubramanya-murthy. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
3. ^ "Contact address". PESIT, Bangalore. http://pesit.pes.edu/contact-address. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
4. ^ "STATUS LIST OF APPROVED 374 AUTONOMOUS COLLEGES UNDER THE UGC SCHEME ON ‘AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE’ AS ON 05.04.2011". University Grants Council, India. http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/374autocolleges_april11.pdf. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
5. ^ "PESIT students outshine in Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Quiz". Thisweekbangalore. 14 September 2011. http://www.thisweekbangalore.com/?p=3863. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
6. ^ "Hosmac Foundation in association with PESIT offers PGDHM". HOSMAC Foundation. http://www.hosmacfoundation.org/pesit/Brochure.pdf. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
7. ^ "M.Tech Computer Science". PESIT, Bangalore. http://pesit.pes.edu/mtech-computer-science. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
8. ^ Gutka, Charmi. "Sparsha Learning Raises Angel Funding From Blume Ventures And Tempus Capital". Dealcurry. http://www.dealcurry.com/20110921-Sparsha-Learning-Raises-Angel-Funding-From-Blume-Ventures-And-Tempus-Capital.htm. Retrieved 28 September 2011. 
9. ^ "PESIT Telecommunications". PES Institute of Technology. http://pesit.pes.edu/telecommunication/overview. Retrieved 28 September 2011. 
10. ^ Balakrishna, Shruti (15 December 2008). "City colleges slowly switching to grading system". Times of India, Bangalore. http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/times-of-india-the/mi_8012/is_20081215/city-colleges-slowly-switching-grading/ai_n39521531/. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 

External links

• PES Institutions
• PESIT Alumni
• PESIT-PACE Center
• Official Aatmatrisha Website
• Official Éclat Website
• Campus