PES University, EC Campus

People's Education Society University, Electronic City Campus (PESU EC) (formerly PES Institute of Technology - Bangalore South Campus (PESIT South Campus) and PES School of Engineering (PESSE)) is a private university under PES University, Bangalore located on Hosur Road, near Electronic City, Bangalore, India.[2] PESU EC Campus was established in 2005 as PES School of Engineering (PESSE) and was affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi and accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education. The college was included under PES University (established by Karnataka Act 16 of 2013 and PES University Act 2012) in 2018.

People's Education Society University, Electronic City Campus
Former names
PES School of Engineering
PES Institute of Technology - Bangalore South Campus
TypePrivate
EstablishedNovember 2005[1]
DirectorDr. J. Surya Prasad
CEOProf. Jawahar Doreswamy
Location
Bangalore
,
Karnataka
,
India

12°51′42.23″N 77°39′52.27″E
CampusUrban
Colors    Blue and Red
MascotThe Mastodon
Websitepesitsouth.pes.edu

History

PES University, Electronic City Campus is managed by the People's Education Society (PES), which was founded in 1972, in a rented gymnasium in Bangalore, with around 40 students. PES currently manages over 45 educational programs in Karnataka and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh focused on four main educational areas: Engineering, Medicine, Management and Life Sciences.[3] The college (formerly known as PESIT South Campus and earlier as PES School of Engineering (PESSE)) is the most recent addition to the PES family of educational institutions and received AICTE approval in 2005 and was affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University. In August 2018, PESIT South Campus was included as a constituent college of PES University and was renamed as PES University, Electronic City Campus.

Campus

PES University, Electronic City Campus is located on the Hosur Road and is about a kilometer from Electronic City. Located in the Bangalore, Karnataka, India, PESU EC is the first academic campus on the IT Corridor of Bangalore City located around information technology companies such as Wipro, Infosys, HCL, TCS, Hewlett-Packard, etc. The Campus is located adjacent to the NICE Ring Road exit and is located around 8 kilometers from the Silk Board Junction.

It houses a cricket ground and a football ground near the entrance of the campus. There are two basketball courts, a tennis court and two badminton courts on campus. There are four blocks of which the main block houses the departments of Computer Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering, MCA and MBA. The Mechanical Engineering block is located as a separate building directly behind the main block. The building currently housing the Azim Premji University is located adjacent to the main building and directly overlooks the boys' hostel building.

The construction of a Medical College within the premise, is underway with a 200 bed hospital. It is set to open in 2021.[4]

Academic profile

Admission criteria

PES University, Electronic City Campus admits students to courses on basis of their merit in the Karnataka CET (only for undergraduate courses), JEE Mains or through the PESSAT (People's Education Society Scholastic Aptitude Test), the all-India online entrance exam for admission to PES University. Students are also admitted through a management quota, which may not place any merit requirements. There is a lateral entry scheme in place, by which students holding diploma degrees can enter directly to the second year of study in engineering. Students, upon graduating, receive a Bachelor of Technology degree.


Undergraduate programs

PES University, Electronic City Campus offers full-time, four-year undergraduate (Bachelor of Technology) programs in the following disciplines:

The college also offers Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce programs. [5]

Graduate programs

PES university, Electronic City Campus offers postgraduate programs in the following disciplines[6]

Research Center departments

[7] The following Research Center Departments of the college are recognised by Visvesvaraya Technological University:

Events

The following events are conducted by PES University ECC annually:

  • Maaya (College Fest) - the flagship fest of PES which takes place in October[8]
  • inGenius - 24 hour intercollegiate coding hackathon[9]
  • TEDxPESUECC (formerly TEDxPESITBSC)[10]
  • Esperenza (MCA Fest)
  • Kludge - 24 hour electronic hardware design challenge[11]
  • IEEE Event - KALPANA

Clubs

TECHWARTS

Established in 2018, TECHWARTS is an consortium of 4 clubs/forums.[12]

  • Predict This! - A club for machine learning enthusiasts.
  • onCreate() - A club for Android Application Development.
  • We_the_programmers - A competitive coding club.
  • PIXEL - AR/VR and Game development club.

The Pixelloid Club

The photography club of PESU-ECC is responsible for handling the professional photography for all campus events. Over the years, Pixelloid has covered events such as Maaya, Activity Day and TEDx-PESUECC amongst many others.

TEAM ENIGMA

SAE INDIA Club for design and fabrication of vehicles for participating in SAE BAJA and FORMULA SAE competitions.

Team Avions

Avions, the Aero Design Club at PESIT-BSC design, fabricate, and test micro unmanned aerial vehicles. Team Avions officially represents PESU-ECC at various national and international aero design events.

They participated for the first time in SAE Aerodesign East 2013 (Micro Class) held at Fortworth, Texas and was placed 14th overall.[13] More recently, Team Avions has been placed second overall SAE Aero Design West 2014 (Micro class).[14]

They participate in SAEISS Aero Design Challenge that takes place in Chennai every year, and have placed 1st overall in 2017[15] and 4th in 2018.

References
  1. "About us". PESIT South Campus, Bangalore. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011.
  2. "PES institutions post 1000 plus placements". The Hindu. 5 February 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  3. "PESIT students outshine in Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Quiz". Thisweekbangalore. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  4. https://www.deccanherald.com/city/bengaluru-infrastructure/pes-varsity-convocation-on-friday-757942.html
  5. https://pes.edu/programs/
  6. https://pes.edu/programs/
  7. "Research Departments" (PDF). VTU, Belgaum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2013.
  8. https://maaya2019.com/
  9. http://www.ingeniushack.com/
  10. https://tedxpesuecc.com/
  11. https://www.thekludge.org/about
  12. https://techwarts.github.io/
  13. "2013 Micro Class Results - East - SAE Aero Design Series".
  14. "SAE Aero Design 2014 Overall Results" (PDF).
  15. "SAEISSAero Design 2017 Overall Results" (PDF).
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