Despite AICTE nod, no Karnataka college to offer 3-year engineering course for working professionals

Despite the All India Council for Technical Education nod, no government, aided or private affiliated institution in Karnataka has come forward to offer three-year engineering programmes for working professionals. For working professionals Earlier, the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, BMS College of Engineering of Bengaluru, and 10 other engineering Institutions were offering evening engineering colleges for working professionals. However, with the aim of improving the quality of engineering education, the AICTE withdrew the permission for three-year degree programmes offered at evening engineering colleges for working professionals in the 2019-20 academic year. We met the Higher and Technical Education Minister and submitted a proposal to run evening engineering college in Karnataka.” A diploma holder and engineering course aspirant, Nithin, from Hassan district, said, “After the AICTE order, we went to many private engineering colleges and requested them to start three-year engineering programmes for working professionals. We requested the government to start at least five government evening engineering colleges for working professionals in Karnataka.” ‘No decision yet’ Rudra Naik, principal of BMS Evening Engineering College, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru, said, “Our management has closed the evening engineering college from this academic year.