PES (People's Education Society) University, Electronic City Campus (PESU EC) is a constituent college of

PES University People's Education Society University, Ring Road Campus (PESU RR), formerly PES Institute of Technology (PESIT), is one of three private universities under the name PES University in Bengaluru, India. Established in 1988, it is focused on five ...

, a

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, located on

Hosur Road Hosur Road is the part of National Highway 48, erstwhile NH44, which connects metropolis Bangalore and industrial City Hosur. It is a four to eight-lane access controlled highway. The road is part of the National Highway network. The Nation ...

, near Electronic City,

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. PESU EC Campus was established in 2005 as PES School of Engineering (PESSE), later called PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore South Campus (PESIT South Campus), and was affiliated to

Visvesvaraya Technological University Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), previously spelled Visveswaraiah Technological University, is a collegiate public state university in Belagavi, Karnataka established by the Government of Karnataka. All colleges in the State of ...

, Belagavi. The college was included as one of the three campuses under

in 2018.

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

, with around 40 students. PES currently manages over 45 educational programs in

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

and neighbouring

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

focused on four main educational areas:

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

Medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includ ...

and Life Sciences. The college (formerly known as PESIT Bangalore South Campus and earlier as PES School of Engineering (PESSE)) was established with AICTE approval in 2005 and was affiliated to

. In August 2018, PESIT South Campus was included as a constituent college of

and was renamed as PES University, Electronic City Campus.

Campus

PES University, Electronic City Campus is located on

and is about a

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from Electronic City and is spread over an area of around 50 acres. PESU EC is the first academic campus on the IT Corridor of

Bangalore City Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most p ...

located around

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companies such as

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, HCL,

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, Hewlett-Packard, etc. The campus is located adjacent to the

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Ring Road exit and is located around 8 kilometers from the Silk Board Junction. It houses a

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ground and a football ground near the entrance of the campus. There are also two

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courts, a

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court and two

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courts on campus. There are four blocks of which the main block houses the departments of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

, Electronics and Communication Engineering, MCA and

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. The

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

block is located as a separate building directly behind the main block. The Pixel Park building, formerly hosted the interim campus of the

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. It is located adjacent to the main building and directly overlooks the boys' hostel building. The construction of a medical college and hospital is currently underway within the campus for the PESU Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. The hospital will have 1,200 beds, including a 300-bed super-speciality wing, and will come up on a 10-acre plot.

Academic profile

Admission criteria

PES University, Electronic City Campus admits students to courses on basis of their merit in the Karnataka CET,

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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: * Computer Science and Engineering * Electronics and Communication Engineering The college also offers

Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...

and

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programs.

Graduate programs

PES university, Electronic City Campus offers postgraduate programs in the following disciplines : *

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

* M. Tech. in Data Science &

Machine Learning Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence. Machine ...

Student life

Events

The following events are conducted by PES University EC campus, annually: * Maaya (College Fest) - the flagship fest of PES which takes place in October * inGenius - 24 hour intercollegiate coding hackathon * TEDxPESUECC (formerly TEDxPESITBSC) * Esperenza (MCA Fest) * Kludge - 24 hour electronic hardware design challenge *

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Event - KALPANA

Clubs

TECHWARTS

Established in 2018, TECHWARTS is an consortium of 4 clubs/forums. * 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. More recently, Team Avions has been placed second overall SAE Aero Design West 2014 (Micro class). They participate in SAEISS Aero Design Challenge that takes place in Chennai every year, and have placed 1st overall in 2017 and 4th in 2018.

References

{{reflist Affiliates of Visvesvaraya Technological University Engineering colleges in Bangalore Technical universities and colleges in India All India Council for Technical Education University and college campuses in India