Global Academy of Technology, BANGALORE

Global Academy of Technology (GAT) is an autonomous engineering and management college in Bangalore, Karnataka, established in 2001 and managed by the National Education Foundation (NEF), which was founded in 2000. GAT is led by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President D.K. Shivakumar. The campus, spread over 10 acres in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, houses more than 3,000 students and 300 faculty and staff, along with classrooms, laboratories, seminar halls, an auditorium, a library, and 24x7 Wi-Fi facilities. GAT offers Bachelor of Engineering programs in eight branches, designed in consultation with VTU and IISc faculty, as well as postgraduate programs including M.Tech., M.Sc., and MBA. The MBA program was established in 2004. The institute also has VTU-affiliated research centers and a Research and Consultancy Centre covering areas such as water resources engineering, renewable energy, machine learning, and material science. Student life includes department-based clubs like IT-Virtuoso, Inspire, Hysteresis, and Resonance, along with sports facilities such as cricket, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, and chess.