University BDT College of Engineering (UBDTCE), Davanagere, is located in the central part of Karanataka (State), India. Started in the year 1951, it was the only Government Engineering College in the state. The College was named after the donors Brahmappa Devendrappa Tavanappanavar (BDT), who donated 1.5 lakh rupees for the construction of buildings.
The Maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Bahadur laid the foundation stone for the College building on August 7, 1951.
Subsequently, the College building was completed and inaugurated on September 24, 1956. The College continued as the only Government Engineering College (GBDTCE) affiliated to University of Mysore, for the entire state of Karnataka until it was transferred to Kuvempu University on June 1, 1992, as a Constituent Engineering College. Later on, with the establishment of Davanagere University, UBDTCE became its Constituent Engineering College on August 18, 2009. Again, the College was transferred to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgavi, on February 24, 2011 as its first Constituent Engineering College.
The College was started with only one branch, Civil Engineering (1951) at Under Graduate (UG) level. Subsequently, the other branches of engineering were started, namely Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical & Electronics Engineering (1957), Electronics & Communication Engineering (1970), Computer Science & Engineering, and Instrumentation Technology (Currently Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering) (1984), and Industrial & Production Engineering (1996), Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (2024). The current intake of the College from all UG Programs is 550.
The Post Graduate (PG) programme in Production Engineering Systems Technology (PEST) was started in the year 1987. In the year 2003, University initiated seven more PG programmes, namely Computer Aided Design of Structures (CADS), Environmental Engineering, Thermal Power Engineering, Machine Design, Digital Communication and Networking, Power Systems Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, were introduced in different disciplines. The MBA and MCA programmes were started in the year 2011. The current intake of the College from all the PG Programs is 479.
The college is affiliated to VTU and is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and Govt. of Karnataka. The Four Under Graduate programs were accredited by NBA in the year 2001 for Five years. Further, Computer Science & Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering were accredited by NBA in the year 2009 for Three years. The NBA accreditation process for all the departments is currently in progress. The college was one among the fourteen institutions in the state of Karnataka to get the World Bank Aided TEQIP Project Phase-I. The College utilized a grant of rupees nine crores in improving its infrastructural facilities and enhanced the quality of academics.
The college has made provision for overall personally development of the students by establishing the NCC & NSS units, Youth Red Cross Wing, ISTE Students Chapter, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Cell, AICTE Activity Point Program, Institute Innovation Council, etc. Skill Development Training Centre provides industry oriented training and skill set in the area of Mechatronics, Robotics, CNC, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Hydraulics and PLC & Industrial Electronics.
The college library is well equipped with good number of rare collection of engineering textbooks and it is further enriched with latest volumes during TEQIP phase-I. The college is a member of VTU E-Consortium, and through its e-resources faculty and students have access to more than 5000 online journals and e-books.
The college has made provision for overall personally development of the students by establishing the NCC & NSS units, Youth Red Cross Wing, ISTE Students Chapter, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Cell, AICTE Activity Point Program, Institute Innovation Council, etc. Skill Development Training Centre provides industry oriented training and skill set in the area of Mechatronics, Robotics, CNC, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Hydraulics and PLC & Industrial Electronics.
Dr. D.P. Nagarajappa
Principal