RVCE Student Aritra Paul is one of the winners of the ITC Classmate Ideas for India Challenge

Aritra Paul, a third year Instrumentation Technology student of our college was one of the winners of the ITC Classmate Ideas for India Challenge. Aritra developed a real time bus tracking system for the BMTC. The competition which had partners like CIIITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, WWF-India, Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Janaagraha, Akshaya Patra Foundation etc. was a platform for young students to come out with ideas that could change the nation.

RVCE gets World Bank funding for research:

As many as 14 engineering colleges in the State have qualified for grants through Phase II of the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), a World Bank-assisted project launched in 2004 by the Union Ministry of Human Resources and Development.

The project will span four years at an estimated budget of Rs. 228 crore. Each of the following colleges would be getting INR 12.5 Cr for research

Name of College	Place
RV College Of Engineering	Bangalore
PES Institute of Technology	Bangalore
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology	Bangalore
BMS College Of Engineering	Bangalore
Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology	Bangalore
University Visvesvaraya College Of Engineering	Bangalore
Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering	Mysore
National Institute of Engineering	Mysore
Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology	Tumkur
Siddaganga Institute Of Technology	Tumkur
HKE’s PDACE	Gulbarga
Malnad College of Engineering	Hassan
Basaveshwara College Of Engineering	Bagalkot
NMAM Institute of Technology	Nitte