Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology

Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology
Motto	Knowledge is Power
Established	1980
Type	Private
Principal	C K Subbaraya
Admin. staff	102
Location	Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India 13°20′28.9″N 75°47′48.4″E
Campus	57 acres (0.2 km2)
Website	aitckm.in

AIT administrative block

About the college

Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology (AIT) is an engineering college located in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India. The was founded in 1980 by the Sri Adichunchanagiri Maha Samsthana Math. The college was initially affiliated during inception to the University of Mysore, in 1991 the college was re-affiliated to Kuvempu University when that University came into existence. It is currently affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University. The current Principal of the college is Dr. C K Subbaraya and is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.

Location

AIT is located in Jyothinagar, an extension of Chikmagalur town and is about 4 kilometers away from the center of town on Kadur Road. Chikmagalur, also known as the Coffee District of India, is a district in Karnataka, 250 kilometers from Bangalore.

College Motto

The motto of the college is 'Prosperity through Technology'.

Courses Offered

Under Graduate Courses:

• 1. Computer Science and Engineering.
• 2. Civil Engineering.
• 3. Electronics and communication Engineering.
• 4. Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
• 5. Environmental science and Engineering.
• 6. Information Science and Engineering.
• 7. Industrial production Engineering.
• 8. Mechanical Engineering.

Post Graduate Courses:

• 1.Civil
• 2.Mechanical
• 3.Electronics and communication
• 4.Computer Science

Management courses

• 1.BBM(Bachelor of Business Management).
• 2.MBA(Master of Business Management).

Adichunchanagiri polytechnic

courses offered

• 1. Computer Science and Engineering.
• 2. civil Engineering
• 3. Electronics and communication Engineering.
• 4. Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
• 5. Mechanical Engineering.

Notable Alumini

• Vivek Varghese Cherian is a known Wikipedian and FOSS Hacktivist, he has also won an inter collegate personality contest held in the college in the year 2000 (Chunchana 2000) and was subsequently bestowed the title of Mr Chunchana 2000 by Dr. C.K Subbaraya (Principal AIT).

External links

• AIT (official web site)
• AIT Alumini Club Website

References

• Article about Vivek Varghese Cherian in the Hindu BusinessLine
• Vivek Varghese Cherian's Wikipedia user page