Acharya Institute of Technology (AIT) is one of the constituent institutions of Acharya Institutes founded in the year 2000. NBA accredited, it offers a wide range of BE programmes, M.Tech Programmes and PG Programmes in Computer Application and Business Management and also offers a Doctoral Study Programme in Mathematics, leading to Ph.D.

Eminent Faculty

The Institute has teaching faculty who are well qualified and experienced from reputed institutes and industry experience. Many of them have done eminent research and publication work in their domain of specialisation.

Research Emphasis

Four of its departments Mechanical, Biotechnology, Electronics & Communication and Mathematics are already recognised by VTU as Research Centres. MODROBS grant from AICTE for research and upgraded lab facilities have been received by the Institute.

Robust Industry Interface

AIT's forte is in its extensive Industry partnerships that help its students leap-forward in enhancing their skillsets. IBM, Novell, Infosys, SAP Labs, Wipro, Microsoft, SUN Microsystems, Keane, VAES, CSI, VMWare, United Technologies are some corporates with whom AIT students constantly interact on various platforms that help them enhance their technical and managerial knowledge.

Active Learning

AIT has played host to a number of University Level Seminars and Workshops of which some, like the very recent ISTE 10th Annual Convention and Annual CSI Convention have been National Level in participation. The students of AIT have taken part in a number of technical competitions and have won laurels for their innovations and presentations.

No wonder, the AIT students are among the most preferred when it comes to campus recruitments by industry. Every year sees over 100 companies visiting the campus that results in excellently rewarding careers for its students.

Being part of a large composite educational conglomerate, the students of AIT also get the rare opportunity of inter-disciplinary exposure and the advantages of IACE a 'finishing school' to ready themselves for the corporate career challenges.

Dr. H.D. Maheshappa
Principal,
Acharya Institute of Technology

Contact: principalait@acharya.ac.in

• Ph.D from IISc, Bangalore (2001) Electronic Tests & Measurements
• M.Tech from University of Mysore (1987) Industrial Electronics
• BE in Electronics & Communication from University of Mysore (1983)
• Teaching experience of nearly three decades in various Engineering Colleges
• Member and distinguished positions in many eminent professional and academic bodies that include VTU, Conventry University (UK), University of Calicut, IEEE, ISTE, ISOI and CSI
• Published papers in 12 International Journals and 3 National Journals
• Presented Research papers in 12 International and 23 National Conferences

Infosys Campus Connect -
A partnership to increase competitiveness, enhance the pool of high-end talent. 440 Students privileged to be trained so far.

SAP - Labs for conducting training on SAP products. SAP Certification Courses will be conducted in campus for nearly 120 students

Wipro Mission 10X - Three-Stage Faculty Empowerment Certification Programme on innovative pedagogical approach. 55 Faculty members Certified. A lecturer from Dept. of Mechatronics was awarded the 'Innovative Practitioner Award' during January, 2011

Microsoft IT Academy - Program Member that gives to students online access to all Microsoft technology products and specialized training.

IBM Software Centre of Excellence - training in rising technologies

IBM Incubation Centre - 2 successful Student Start-ups. Awarded Global Entrepreneurship Award for student-developed ‘INFOBOTIQUE’ - Health Disaster Management System in the Asia Pacific Companies Competition

Novell Centre of Excellence - training in emerging technologies such Suse Linux for students of Acharya. 80 Students will be trained and certified every year
 

SUN Microsystems - Ongoing National Workshops in specific technologies. Sun University Day conducted at the Acharya Campus

KEANE Platinum Partnership - Trains students in managed services, consulting, program and project management.

VAES - Established the ‘Industrial Automation Learning Centre’ to train students on PLC hardware configuration & Programming, human-machine interface, etc.

Computer Society of India - Knowledge Partnerships. Jointly organised the 23rd CSI-Karnataka Student Convention that saw nearly 50 paper presentations

VMWare - Knowledge enhancement partnership. Conducted a Multi-Centre Inter-Collegiate Competition on ‘Ethical Hacking’ under the Dept of IT & BT, GoK.

UTL Technologies - Exposure to Cutting edge technologies such as wireless communication, network management, embedded system design and process control