PES University
| PESIT logo | |
| Established | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Prof. M. R. Doreswamy |
| Principal | Dr. K N B Murthy |
| Undergraduates | 4500 |
| Postgraduates | 200 |
| Location | Bangalore , Karnataka , India 12°56′1.75″N 77°32′4.12″E / 12.9338194°N 77.5344778°E |
| Campus | Urban, approx 10 acres (40,000 m2), 10 km from Bangalore city center, on the 100 feet Ring Road in Hosakerehalli. |
| Affiliations | VTU |
| Website | pes.edu |
People's Education Society Institute of Technology (PESIT or P.E.S Institute of Technology, Template:Lang-kn) 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[1].
Academic profile
Admission criteria
PESIT admits students on basis of their Karnataka Common Entrance Test or their COMED-K UGET test ranks. PESIT also admits students under Management quota, which does not place any merit requirements.
Undergraduate Departments
- Electronics And Communication Engineering
- Computer Science And Engineering
- Information Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical And Electronics Engineering
- Telecommunication Engineering
- Bio-Technology
- Bachelors of Business Management
- Bachelors of Computer Application
- Civil Engineering
Postgraduate departments
- Department of MBA
- M.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering)
- M.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
- M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)
Faculty and research
PESIT has over 35 doctorates on-campus, in specializations in the engineering departments. Research fields include Image Processing, Fuzzy Logic, Unstructured Data Management Sensor Networks, and Nanotechnology.
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. Students have limited access to these facilities.
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.
Grading system
PESIT follows the system of relative grading.
Campus
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 Electronics, Electrical and Telecommunication departments. The block features Sensors Networks Research Lab, started as a joint venture between PESIT and Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
- 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 Bachelor of Business Application.
- 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.
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.
Cultural Activities
Festivals
Celesta is the college cultural day, and Aatmatrisha is the annual techno-cultural festival of the college.
Aatmatrisha '09 was a three day fest, with events spanning categories like technnology, literature, fine arts, gaming, trivia, culture, etc. Folk artists and rock bands performed live. Vistas is the national-level management fest. Éclat is the annual college magazine by the students.
College clubs
- PES.NET - DotNet Student User Group of PES group of institutions.
- Pulse - Western dance troupe
- Ninaada - cultural forum
- Quiz Club - official quizzing club of PES institutions. It has hosted the Quiz Marathon (set of 9 quizzes).
- Sanskrithi - contemporary/semi-classical dance troupe.
- Team Haya - Formula racing team.
- Team Aeolus - Aero-design team.
- Intranet wiki website where notes, teacher profiles, photo galleries and video tutorials are uploaded.
See Also
References
- ^ www.hosmacfoundation.org/pesit/Brochure.pdf
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