Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering

Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering
Motto Kannada:ಕಾಯಕವೆ ಕೈಲಾಸ
Motto in English
 Work is worship
Type Government Aided Engineering College
Established 1963
Principal Dr Syed Shakeeb-Ur-Rahman
Academic staff
 215
Undergraduates 2800
Postgraduates 245
Location Mysore, Karnataka,  India
Coordinates: 12°18′47.8″N 76°36′48.7″E / 12.313278°N 76.613528°E / 12.313278; 76.613528
Campus Urban area
120 acres (0.5 km²)
Athletics 10 varsity teams
Colors Blue and gold
Nickname JCites
Website

www.sjcemysore.org

www.sjce.ac.in

Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (often shortened to SJCE) is a private technical co-educational college located in Mysore, Karnataka, India. Established in 1963, SJCE has 12 departments in engineering, a Master of Computer Applications department and Biothechnology department. It is affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. The undergraduate courses are granted academic autonomy by the university. SJCE is accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), all its departments are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). It was founded and is managed by the JSS Mahavidyapeetha.

History

Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering which was the dream child of Dr Sri Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Mahaswamigalavaru the 23rd pontiff of Suttur Matt was officially inaugurated in 1963 by Dr. T. M. A. Pai, who was the then Chairman of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education.[1] Courses in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering branches were started first. The first batch of engineering graduates completed their course in 1968.[2] Electronics and Communication branch of engineering was introduced in 1968 followed by bachelor's degree in Instrumentation in 1978, Computer Science and Engineering during 1982, Polymer Science and Technology in 1992 and Information Science and Engineering in the year 2000.[3]

Campus

The campus is spread over 120 acres (0.49 km2) .It is located adjacent to Manasa Gangothri (the campus of the University of Mysore) and the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing.[2]

Academics

Undergraduate courses (Day College)[4]


Postgraduate M-Tech courses[5]

Other Postgraduate courses[5]

JSS International Institute of Professional Studies

This was established in 1998 with the objective of helping JSS Students who are planning to go abroad for further studies. JSS IIPS is a recognized center of Edexcel, London to offer Edexcel courses in India. JSS IIPS is offering National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) courses of Edexcel. Mahavidyapeetha has entered into an agreement with University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK and University of West Virginia, USA for transfer of students. ND and HND completed students can join UK or USA Universities to pursue their studies further.[6]

Facilities[7]

Library and Information Centre

The centre is equipped with over 70,000 volumes related to science and engineering, encyclopaedias, dictionaries, and over a hundred magazines and journals every month. It has a collection of ISI specifications, Project Reports and Dissertations, Doctoral Thesis and Proceedings of Conferences and Monographs. It provides audio visual facilities, photo copying facilities, and a book bank.[8]

Auditorium

The auditorium Hall, located on one side of the staff room besides the civil engineering department, can accommodate 300 people. Complete with videorama, slide projector, LCD and overhead projector, and sound system, it is used for seminars, meetings, group use of audiovisual material, etc.

Physical education

Football, hockey and cricket ground respectively, basketball, tennis, table tennis and volleyball courts respectively have been maintained by the Department of Physical Education. Outdoor and indoor recreation facility is available both during and after college hours, in its sports complex building. The college's sports council conducts annual sport events. Inter-collegiate and VTU tournaments are organized. The college also started multi-speciality Gym in 2007.[9] Softball is also gaining popularity.

Hostels

The College has separate hostel facilities for about 500 boys and 210 girls. The boys' hostel is located in the college premises, in H Block, L Block, M Block, PG Block and GH Block, all located on the north-end of the campus. The hostel runs a mess. A separate TV room and reading room are provided in the Boys' Hostel. The girls hostel is located on the south-end of the campus.[7]

Health care

A Health Care Unit has been provided on the campus with a qualified physician. The centre works between 10.00 a.m and 2.00 p.m on all working days.[10]

Scholarships and awards

SJCE offers scholarships and awards to students for their future education, and benefits based on their performance. The eligible students can apply for fee concession or scholarship. Endowment scholarships are also available.[11]

Campus recruitments

SJCE offers placement assistance to its students. Often considered to be a preferred hunting ground for strong talent in the fields of Computer Science and Electronics & Communications,students at this college get placed in strong numbers by MNCs and domestic companies.Multinational companies visited during recent years are Microsoft, Broadcom, Intel, Oracle Corporation, SAP, TEKsystems Cisco Systems, Schneider Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Analog Devices, Delphi, Aricent, National Instruments, OnMobile, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Robert Bosch GmbH, Akamai Technologies, Century Link, Ericsson, LG Corp, Volvo, Cognizant Technology Solutions, IBM, TCS, Akamai, CommVault Systems, NetApp, Avaya, Novell, Dell, Fairchild Semiconductor, Motorola, LinkedIn, Flipkart, Fidelity Investments, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Alcatel-Lucent, Applied Materials, Informatica, Red Hat, Nvidia Corporation, General Motors Company, General Electric, Intuit, VMware, SocGen, SuccessFactors, Honeywell Technology solution lab etc.[12]

Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park

The Product Development Centre' identifies students' projects that are commercially viable and develop them into prototypes and test for reliability. The product is offered to the students, employees or even outsiders for being commercially exploited.[13]

SJCE-STEP - The SJCE Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park was established with the sponsorship of Department of Science and Technology,[13] Government of India, Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka and Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering. Some of the activities of STEP are in the areas of Entrepreneurship Development Programmes, Technology Transfer, Mass Employment Generation through Science and Technology, Information Centre etc. SJCE-STEP is one of the first 3 STEPs and has been accredited as the BEST STEP among the 14 STEPs established across the country. STEP SJCE provides services in the areas of entrepreneurship, skill development, consultancy and continuing education programmes.

Projects such as industrial design of a small Electronic Exchange equipment, cordless microphone, electronic choke for fluorescent lamps have been completed. In collaboration with the Community Polytechnic, STEP is engaged in technology transfer to rural areas. About 350 smokeless chulhas have been installed, besides putting up several biogas plants.

The Information Centre established by STEP offers its membership to industry. Reference volume standards, different types of Hand Books, information on industrial policy, and industrial licensing are available. A computer data bank on expert resources, manufacturers index, supplier index, have been created.

The Information Centre is hooked up to the National Informatics Center Network through a NICNET terminal. The SJCE-STEP is now establishing a Quality Assurance Centre.

Extracurricular activities

The college has a quiz club - The Greycells. The club was started in 1999. The weekly quiz is 'WeKuiz' The SJCE students have twice won (2001 and 2003) the Times of India Ascent Quiz conducted by the Times Group in addition to other intercollegiate quizzes held in and around the city.[14]

CSI-SJCE and IEEE-SJCE[15] chapters conduct weekly events ranging from aptitude and technical tests to workshops. They conduct annual technical fests which are attended by students from around the nation. The CSI conducts its annual technical fest "Technologix" during the even semester. IEEE-SJCE conducts its annual technical fest "Cyberia" in every even semester and open-source fest "Tuxedo" in every odd semester. IEEE-SJCE also conducts various hands on workshop for robotics and electronics enthusiasts and has been recognized for the same in IEEE student activities community. MEA (Mechanical Engineers Association) also actively conducts events and fests. The previous fest named 'MECHmerize-2015' featured many events and competitions of which the Autoexpo had a huge following and fun events like PC gaming, RC car racing, etc. Also the association organises many industrial visits frequently. MCA Association conducts a two-day national level technical fest called as INFOTSAV.

The expertise of the Linux Campus Club - SJCE [16] has a goal of fostering the use of free open source software among the students. Its activities include sessions on tools, packages, programming languages and other technical topics related to FOSS, and talks by members of the open source community.

The college magazine editorial board is JC ED , they release an annual magazine Jayzine. They organize a yearly literary extravaganza called 'Shabd'. The college's annual fest 'Jayciana' is one of the popular student events in the state.[17]

Notable alumni

List of notable alumni who have excelled in Engineering and other fields:

Notable people

Distinguished faculty

References

  1. ↑ "History". Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "SJCE Departments". Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "SJCE over years". Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ "SJCE UG Departments". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "SJCE PG Departments". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "JSS-IIPS". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Facilities". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Library and Information Centre". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "PE". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Health". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Awards and Scholarships". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Campus Recruitments". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  13. 1 2 "STEP- SJCE". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "ExtraCActivities". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "IEEE-SJCE".
  16. ↑ "Linux Campus Club - SJCE".
  17. 1 2 KCU Courtesy : Star Of Mysore. "JAYCIANA cultural show begins at SJCE". Mysuru, India. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
  18. ↑ "Alumini". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  19. ↑ "Alumini2". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  20. ↑ "City girl M.P. Roshini is Miss India Bengaluru Finalist". Star of Mysore (Mysuru, India). Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Nidhi Subbaiah to feature in a college documentary". The Times of India (Karnataka, India). Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  22. ↑ "K. Chidananda Gowda". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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