Gogte Institute of Technology

Gogte Institute of Technology (GIT; Kannada: ಗೋಗಟೆ ಇನ್ಸ್ಟಿಟ್ಯೂಟ್ ಆಫ್ ಟೆಕ್ನಾಲಜಿ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ Hindi: गोगटे प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान बेलगाम) is an Indian autonomous engineering college in Belgaum, Karnataka, which is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University. The institution offers various undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in engineering and technology along with doctoral studies.

Gogte Institute of Technoloy
MottoWhere Thoughts Meet Reality
TypePublic
Established1979
Academic affiliation
Visvesvaraya Technological University
PrincipalJ.K. Kittur
Administrative staff
300+
Undergraduates2,800
Postgraduates240
Location
Belgaum
,
Karnataka
,
India

Campus28 acres (110,000 m2)
Websitewww.git.edu

History

The college was founded in 1979 to meet the growing demand for technically-trained workers. It received the Excellent Technical Education Institute in Karnataka award at the August 9, 2014 National Karnataka Education Summit and Awards at Visvesvaraya Technological University in Bangalore.[1]

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the platinum jubilee of Belgaum-based Karnataka Law Society and Raja Lakhmagouda Law College on September 15, 2018, and addressed a gathering at the institute. Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala, Chief Justice Dipak Mishra, Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy, Supreme Court Judges Abdul Nazeer, Vineet Saran and Mohan Shantan Goudar, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, MP Suresh Angadi, Karnataka Law Society president Anant Mandagi, and Chairman M. R. Kulkarni were also present.[2][3][4][5][6]

Alumni
  • Atul Chitnis, German born Indian consulting technologist and organizer of FOSS.in

References
  1. "Excellence award for GIT". The Hindu. Karnataka, India. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. "President asks law colleges to embrace innovation". The Hindu. BELAGAVI, Karnataka, India. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. "President coming to Belagavi on Sept. 15". The Hindu. Karnataka, India. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. Express News Service. "Will President Kovind's possible helicopter ride stop road works at Belgavi?". New Indian Express. Karnataka, India. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  5. Express News Service. "'President should travel by road when in Belagavi'". The Hindu. Karnataka, India. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. "Belagavi gearing up to receive President". The Hindu. BELAGAVI, Karnataka, India. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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