East Point College of Engineering and Technology (EPCET) was established in the year 1999 by M. G. Charitable Trust, Bangalore. The College is located in the eastern part of Bangalore at Bidarahalli, Virgonagar Post, off old Madras Road. It is at a 5 km distance from K R Puram, Bangalore.

The College is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum. All the undergraduate and postgraduate programs offered at EPCET have the approval of AICTE. The College at present offers programs in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil Engineering leading to BE degree of VTU. The college is also offering three M. Tech programs- one each in Electronics and Communication, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil Engineering. At EPCET, more than 2000 students studying various programs, and there are more than 110 faculty members with about 25% of them having Ph.D. Qualification. Faculty members, in addition to teaching and routine administrative work, undertake research. A few faculty members work in collaboration with prestigious national laboratories like LRDE- DRDO and publish their research findings in well-known journals. The programs offered by the college were accredited by NBA during 2008-2011, once again the departments

have applied for accreditation of their programs with the NBA. Various NEWS Papers including Times of India have ranked EPCET very high.

All the students of the final year undergo internships in reputed industries and more than 70% of the students get one or the other job placement on campus in companies like VMware, Cognizant, Infosys, Accenture, IBM, Covance, and so on. The departments offer various competency and skill development courses to prepare the students for the job market in addition to industry integrated learning programs (IILP) with CISCO, AWS, SalesForce, Google Cloud, ARM, UiPath, Microsoft, Texas Instrument. A significant number of Alumni have assumed important positions in industry and government. A few alumni have set up their own start-ups in and around Bangalore and a considerable number have settled down overseas. The students actively participate in the intercollegiate sports activities organized by VTU and also in various intercollegiate cultural activities.

The College with a large number of classrooms, seminar halls, well-equipped laboratories, and a library with more than 50000 books is completely Wi-Fi enabled. In the laboratories, industry-standard software is made available for students to learn and practice and the college has subscribed to a large number of technical journals through a consortium approach.

The college encourages faculty members to attend seminars, conferences organized by other Colleges and industries. Also, faculty have been given the freedom to organize seminars, conferences, and faculty development programs annually. Every year at least 5-6 seminars/conferences/FDP is being conducted. A number of seminar halls are available within the college for organizing seminars and conferences. The College has entered into MoU with a number of industries and foreign Universities.

Since the College is located on a multi-college campus, students have opportunities to interact with students of medical, pharmacy nursing, management, commerce, and Science. Students have transport, hostel and sports facilities. There are more than 15 students’ clubs for students to participate in various activities and experience.

The College has set an ambitious vision and it’s working continuously to adapt newer concepts in teaching, learning, and student assessments to realize its vision through working on its mission. The College aims to increase the students’ satisfaction level with a holistic approach to education.