SDM Utsav Souvenir - SDMCET

SDMCET – A Saga of Achievements
Prof. B. S. Sree Shailan, Dean (AP) & Dr. A. V. Shivapur, Dean (IPD), I /c Principal
Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Engineering and
Technology (SDMCET), Dharwad, began functioning in 1979 with 3
undergraduate engineering programs (Civil, Mechanical and Electrical
streams with an intake of only 90 students) in the premises of KHK
Polytechnic, Vidyagiri, Dharwad. SDMCET has good and dedicated faculty
members right from the beginning which yielded SDM – a brand name to
the college in the entire country in eighties and nineties itself. Today, the
college is one of the acclaimed premier engineering institutions of the
country with 7 Under-Graduate and 5 Post-Graduate programs with total student strength of nearly 3000.
Research pursuits are also a feature of this institute with both sponsored research activities and external
registrants for Ph. D program. The college is actively engaged in purposeful interaction with industries and other
institutions of higher learning. The college shares happily that many of its alumni are holding key positions in
various academic, industrial and corporate sectors both in India and abroad. Various departments of the college
are constantly engaged in addressing research projects in thrust areas like water, energy, environment, resource
management etc. Efforts in consultancy, testing services and sponsored research projects generate additional
revenue to the college. A team of dedicated, competent, committed faculty and an effective education
management system has created excellent ambience for learning. The focus of the college is always student
centric and the endeavor shall be to ensure that students get the best of what is required to create humane but
technically competent engineers.
The group of magnificent buildings in a hilly terrain and very imaginatively laid out with beautiful landscape
displays a perfect blend of architectural and functional values creating conducive ambience to achieve very high
academic and professional standards. Above all, Dharwad, a historically acclaimed education center with three
Universities and home town for many internationally known personalities like Dr. D. R. Bendre, Dr. Bhimasen Joshi,
Dr. Mallikarjun Mansur, Dr. Gangubai Hangal, Dr. Girish Karnad and many others with a salubrious climate is the
ideal place to pursue higher education.
The guiding spirit and driving force for all the progress and achievement of the college is our Founder President
Padmabhushana Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, a man beyond any definition. He is the religious head
(Dharmadhikari) of Srikshetra Dharmasthala.
Vidyadana being one of the philosophies of Srikshetra, he has established more than 30 premier educational
institutions under the flagship of ”SDM Educational Society (R)”. From the Gurukula to the Medical College, he has
created a wide spectrum of institutions consisting of business schools, Ayurveda College, Naturopathy College
and a host of others.
Dr. Heggade’s experiments in the field of social services have received wide acclaim. RUDSET Institutions spread
all over the country are among many such endeavors in this direction. His vision of an education model seamlessly
integrates and blends the best of our tradition and the global modernity and is the most appropriate one for our
culture and times. Assuming the mantle of leadership at a tender age of 20, he has given a new sense of direction
to the education system inducing a refreshing and throbbing vitality that has seen the colleges bloom into
nationally and globally acclaimed institutions of excellence.
Achievements by SDMCET in chronological order are summarized as follows:
1979: Birth of SDMCET with 3 engineering programs (Civil, Electrical & Mechanical).
1980: Start of 4th undergraduate program in Electronics & Communication Engineering.