Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

Siddaganga Institute of Technology - SIT Tumkur is amongst 130+ educational institutions run by the Sri Siddaganga Educational Society. It was founded in the year 1963 starting with three Courses leading to Bachelor of Engineering in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Siddaganga Institute of Technology - SIT Tumkur is one of the 14 Engineering Colleges under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-TEQIP a World Bank Project, run by the Government of.....Continuing reading Karnataka in the state and is granted Academic Autonomy from the Year 2007-08.

Siddaganga Institute of Technology - SIT Tumkur is one of the leading technological institutes in the state of Karnataka, situated in the town of Tumkur, Karnataka, India. S.I.T. Group of Hostels runs 5 Boys Hostels 4 within the campus and 1 in town and 3 Girls Hostels also located in the town. Together, the hostels can accommodate 1950 students in a plinth area of 22700 Sq.m. The Institute is spread across 65 Acres of land with greenery all over, and has a sprawling play ground for indoor and outdoor games like, Football, Hockey, Cricket and Basketball. It has 8 Hostels that accommodate nearly 2000 students.

The library of Siddaganga Institute of Technology - SIT Tumkur, is centrally located in the campus and has two independent 3 - storied buildings. The library has a collection of over 70,000 volumes that includes 25,000 volumes under the Book Bank and about 7600 volumes under SC/ST Book Bank. The library also subscribes to almost 200 Technical Periodicals of which about 90 are International. It also has a collection of almost 3000 Back Volumes of Periodicals.

Siddaganga Institute of Technology - SIT Tumkur has 29 computer centre’s that have 1447 Computer Systems situated in different departments which are connected through a campus wide network with Fiber Optic backbone, as well as Wireless Access Network connecting all Hostels. The Institute also houses wing for the Department of Training and Placement for the conduct of Tests, Interviews and Group discussions when the prospective employers visit the Institute to recruit the students.

Siddaganga Institute of Technology - SIT Tumkur has 14 Teaching departments that offer 12 Under-graduate and 6 Post-graduate programmes. The Department of Placement and Training, the Department of Library and the Department of Physical Education and the Group of Hostels, offer various supporting services and facilities to the students and other staff members. Out of the 14 Departments, 12 belong to Engineering Disciplines, One each for Architecture and Management, 3 for Science faculties.....Reading in short