The B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology in Hubli was founded in 1947. It started as a Polytechnic in Gadag but was moved to Hubli in 1948 and simultaneously upgraded to an Engineering College. At first it only offered a civil engineering programme but as of Jan 2006, it offers 11 undergraduate and 6 postgraduate programs besides M.Sc.(Eng.) and Ph.D. programs.
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| Motto | Creating Value Leveraging Knowledge |
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| Type | Education and Research Institution Government Aided |
| Established | 1947 |
| Principal | Dr Ashok S. Shettar |
Academic staff | 204 |
| Undergraduates | 2600 |
| Postgraduates | 120 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban area 56 acres (0.227 km²) |
| Nickname | BVBians |
| Website | http//www.bvb.edu |
It is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, the University to which all Engineering colleges in Karnataka are affiliated.
Educational Programs
Undergraduate Programs
- Mechanical Engineering (1960)
- Electronics & Communication Engineering (1979)
- Electrical & Electronics Engineering (1959)
- Computer Science & Engineering (1985)
- Civil Engineering (1947)
- Automobile Engineering (1986)
- Industrial & Production Engineering (1983)
- Information Science & Engineering (1999)
- Biotechnology (2002)
- Instrumentation Technology (1986)
- Architecture (1983)
Postgraduate Programs (M.Tech.)
- Computer Science (2004)
- Digital Electronics (1995)
- Energy Systems Engineering (1993)
- Production Management (1989)
- Structural Engineering (1988)
Postgraduate Program (M.C.A.)
- Master of Computer Application (1999)
Distinguished Alumni
- Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation
- Pradep Vajram, Founder, Spike Technologies (acquired by Qualcom in 2004)
- Umesh Vaidyamath, CEO, INSZoom
- M.K. Rajamane, Founder, Rajamane Telectric, Bangalore
- Ajit Prabhu, CEO, QuEST
- Nozer Singpurwalla, Institute Director, Insitute of Reliability and Risk Analysis, George Washington University
- Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, Professor & Deputy Director, IIT, Guwahati
- Vivek Kulkarni, Chairman & CEO, B2K Corp. and Former Secretary for IT & BT, Govt. of Karnataka