BVV Sangha's Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot

About College:

The Basaveshwar Engineering College (BEC) is an autonomous institute located in the town of Bagalkot, in Karnataka. It is one of the oldest engineering colleges from the state, having been formed back in 1963. It got its autonomous tag in 2007. The BEC is approved by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) and affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University, based in the same state in the city of Belgaum. It has a 91- acre campus just outside the main city. The BEC is run by the Shri Basaveshwar Veerashaiva Vidya Vardhak Sangha which was established in 1906. More than a hundred institutes are run by this society. 

Courses are run here at both the UG as well as the PG levels. B.E. programmes are run for engineering programmes at the UG level in the ten areas of – Civil, Automobile, Computer Science, Information Science, Mechanical, Industrial Production, Instrumentation Technology, Electronics & Communication, Electrical & Electronics and for Bio- Technology. The options available at the PG level are more specialized in nature. M. Tech courses are available in the areas of – Environmental Engineering, Machine Design, Structural Engineering, Geo- Technical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Digital Communications, Production Technology and in Power & Energy Systems. Additionally, MCA and MBA programmes too are on offer. Doctoral programmes may also be undertaken here. Admissions to the UG programmes is via the KCET (Karnataka Common Entrance Test), while it is through GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) at the PG level. Students can also enter to the UG programmes via the JEE Mains route. 

The entire academics here at the BEC is run by a cohort of sixteen departments, each possessing expertise in its own area. The departments are for engineering courses, the fundamental sciences as well as some other programmes here. The engineering departments are for all the ten areas for which a B.E programme is available here. Those for the fundamental sciences are for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The others are each for MBA, MCA and Humanities. Research also plays a very important role in the growth and evolution of the BEC. For this, heads have been identified for each of the departments. The task of the departmental research head is to further the research aims- both applied as well as fundamental- for the domains related to the department. 

The campus has much to offer. There are hostel facilities for both boys and girls. There is a sports field where cricket and football may be played. Facilities are also there for indoor sports. The gymnasium may also be used by all. A large auditorium is there to facilitate major events, at both intra and inter college level. The campus is Wi- Fi enabled. Science laboratories have the latest of equipment. A health centre is also there to cater to medical emergencies. Hygienic food is prepared at the college cafeteria. The college even has its own transport to ferry students to and from the campus. A convenience store is also located within campus. The library here is one of the best stocked within the region. Besides the physical books on display, it also provides digital access to en number of international academic journals for research and academic purposes. This library is aligned to the NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning). 

Another area where the BEC is regarded highly in, is its adherence towards the knowledge economy and the underlying entrepreneurial needs. For this, an MoU has been put in place between the BEC and the KBITS (Karnataka Biotechnology Information Technology Services). The objective of this partnership is to organize seminars and workshops across the state of Karnataka, using the joint expertise of the two bodies. Several programmes are also held on campus to this end. Mentors have also been identified from the BEC for this purpose. Regular hackathons are also organized to identify some of the best computer programmers and coders. 

The BEC in Karnataka is also a key facilitator of a Ministry of HRD initiative, launched a programmed titled TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme). It has also been accredited by the NBA (National Board of Accreditation) and by the NAAC (National Assessments and Accreditation Council) which has placed in on A grade. The Careers 360 magazine too ha rated the BEC at AAAA category among the engineering colleges. To top it all, the NIRF (National Institutional Research Framework) 2018 has also placed the BEC within the 151-200 band among engineering colleges. All this in turn has fuelled excellent placement records here. Students have been placed at companies such as the TCS, Mechatronics and the National Insurance Company.