International outlook, democratic ideals and the potentialities of Sri. Rajiv Gandhi are the inspiring force behind this Institution. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology was established in the year 2001 by Sir. M. Visvesvaraya Education Trust (R). We hope that this name shall be translated in solid, with our sincere work so as to help the posterity.

Education plays an important role in moulding, shaping and preparing youngsters to face the challenges of the future. Keeping in view the innumerable employment opportunities in the future, this institute churns out efficient engineers in the IT and related field. India is still in the rural background, millions of IT and Electronics Engineers are necessary for the countries development. This Institute aims at the emergence of India with our efficient training programmes and encouragement, every student of this institute will have the capacity to meet the needs of our country and challenges of the world.

All the more, we are aiming to cultivate an International outlook in our students that they can go abroad for service and ultimately help our country with foreign exchange. As Joseph Jonbert, the French moralist said, "He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet".

Dr. P. Sadasivan (Chairman)
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Education Trust

Our mission is to set up the Institution in Technical education for students to build their careers, to make them eminent personalities in the society and to make the Industry doors open to them. RGIT always believes in making a difference in the field of education to take our institute to the peak of success.

The last half of the century has transformed our environment, perhaps radically, and brought more changes in our lives and thinking than in any corresponding period in history. These are the consequences of discoveries of sciences and applications of technology. The concept of absolute knowledge in the sense of storing all knowledge is perhaps no more relevant today. Our efforts for reconciling the traditional concepts and ways with the demands of technological age cannot provide simple solutions for our difficulties and complexities based on such stored knowledge. Frontiers of knowledge are themselves expanding rapidly making in possible to device newer and more efficient methods of solving problems of the society. Education must therefore make efforts for securing knowledge and mastering modern skills and methods than merely storing and distributing the traditional ones.

For this purpose of training of mind and mastering of skills and for harnessing science and technology to profitable and productive processes of economic growth and social well-being, the technological education system has to be continuously reviewed and adopted.

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RGIT) is established by Sir. M. Visvesvaraya Education Trust, Bangalore with an object of promoting research oriented and advanced courses in the field of engineering. It has vast experience in running professional courses in the State of Karnataka. Achieving excellence in education is the main aim of RGIT. It has the academic excellence, good infrastructure and best teaching practice, which has helped RGIT to become one of the leading Institutes of the state.