National level IT & Life Science Exhibition at AIMIT on Sep 15, 16

September 14, 2011

Mangalore, September 14: The MCA, Master of Science (software Technology), M.Sc.(Bioinformatics) and PGDCA students of AIMIT, St. Aloysius college (Autonomous) will be jointly organising a national level Inter-collegiate IT and Life Sciences Exhibition, INFOVISION-2001 on September 15 and 16, according to a press release issued here.

The programme is part of the activity of the Computer Society of India (CSI) Chapter of AIMIT

Students from all over, under-graduate and post-graduate, will be participating in the exhibition and displaying their innovative models to the public. During the event the spot light will be on the entire student community hailing from various colleges in India with a view to encourage innovative models.

The models will be displayed under the following categories: IT Models and Life Science Models. The aim of the event is to get young minds from all over to participate in a competition of showcasing their ideas through models. In the IT segment, students will be exhibiting their software and hardware models. Students can showcase applications developed for various devices with live demos. In the Life Sciences segment, students will exhibit software related to life sciences with either working, non-working models or charts.

The theme for Infovision this year is INFINITY, Ideas Unlimited. The purpose of choosing this theme is to break the barriers of ones imagination to lead you to better oneself and the world we live in.

The Exhibition is open between 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. to all College and School students to come and see the models.

Prof. Santhosh Rebello (Dean, IT & Bioinformatics dept) and the Faculty Coordinators Mr.S.Ruban and Mrs.Deborah Vijay along with students are organising this mega event, stated the release.

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Mangaluru’s KPT becomes India’s first autonomous govt polytechnic

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January 23,2026

Mangaluru: The Karnataka Government Polytechnic (KPT), Mangaluru, has achieved autonomous status from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), becoming the first government polytechnic in the country to receive such recognition in its 78-year history. The status was granted by AICTE, New Delhi, and subsequently approved by the Karnataka Board of Technical Education in October last year.

Officials said the autonomy was conferred a few months ago. Until recently, AICTE extended autonomous status only to engineering colleges, excluding diploma institutions. However, with a renewed national focus on skill development, several government polytechnics across India have now been granted autonomy.

KPT, the second-largest polytechnic in Karnataka, was established in 1946 with four branches and has since expanded to offer eight diploma programmes, including computer science and polymer technology. The institution is spread across a 19-acre campus.

Ravindra M Keni, the first dean of the institution, told The Times of India that AICTE had proposed autonomous status for polytechnic institutions that are over 25 years old. “Many colleges applied. In the first round, 100 institutions were shortlisted, which was further narrowed down to 15 in the second round. We have already completed one semester after becoming an autonomous institution,” he said. He added that nearly 500 students are admitted annually across eight three-year diploma courses.

Explaining the factors that helped KPT secure autonomy, Keni said the institution has consistently recorded 100 per cent admissions and placements for its graduates. He also noted its strong performance in sports, with the college emerging champions for 12 consecutive years, along with active student participation in NCC and NSS activities.

Autonomous status allows KPT to design industry-oriented curricula, conduct examinations, prepare question papers, and manage academic documentation independently. The institution can also directly collaborate with industries and receive priority funding from AICTE or the Ministry of Education. While academic autonomy has been granted, financial control will continue to rest with the state government.

“There will be separate committees for examinations, question paper setting, boards of studies, and boards of examiners. The institution will now have the freedom to conduct admissions without government notifications and issue its own marks cards,” Keni said, adding that new academic initiatives would be planned after a year of functioning under the autonomous framework.

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