BENGALURU: To plan the conversion of seven government engineering colleges into Karnataka Institutes of Technology (KITs), a committee led by former International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore director Prof. S. Sadagopan has proposed unifying the seven institutions under a single brand with options for faculty and students to transfer between campuses.
The government is eager to improve seven of its 13 engineering institutions, therefore it organised a committee with Prof. Sadagopan as chairman after proposing a bill to construct University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering on the model of IIT.
Leading colleges throughout the world operate as several campuses, like Tokyo University in Japan. The primary campus will be rather compact. There are 45 campuses of Pennsylvania State University. One of the main problems in the higher education system in India is a shortage of professors. They achieve critical mass in one field if they operate as a single institution. We have previously tested technology and the potential for online resource sharing during the epidemic, according to Prof. Sadagopan.
The laws should let staff and students to travel across universities. “We need to pool resources and use the many places to their fullest extent,” he stated.
Moreover, centralised admission to these institutions is proposed. A single governing body will oversee the colleges, although each local committee will have its own governance structure. The single-brand strategy will aid in ranking as well.
Government SKSJTI Bangalore and Government Engineering Colleges in Ramanagara, Hassan, Haveri, KR Pet, Karwar, and Talkal are among the chosen institutions. Computer science, electronics, and communication disciplines will initially be established at each of these institutions. Computer science and textile technology will be developed at the Bengaluru institution. Moreover, a centre of excellence in one particular branch will be constructed on each of these sites.
According to the proposal, Talkal will have an Internet of Things (IoT) centre of excellence, Karwar will have a centre for acoustic wireless sensor networks and cloud computing, Haveri will have a centre for wireless sensor networks and advanced communication, and Hassan will have a centre for cyber security with a data centre. The college in Bengaluru will include an IoT, AI, and ML centre of excellence. The Ramanagara College will also feature a robotics and automation centre.
The committee suggested an initial infrastructure overhaul of around Rs 80 crore and brought the principals of the seven institutions to IIT-Madras to enable them grasp the subtleties of IITs. This covers the cost of developing infrastructure, laboratories, technology, and upkeep.
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