Visvesvaraya Technological University, VIAT, Muddenahalli

Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology, known as VIAT, is a research institute being constructed near Bangalore, Karnataka, under Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU). VTU is a collegiate public state university headquartered at Belagavi, Karnataka, established by the Government of Karnataka on 1 April 1998 under the Visvesvaraya Technological University Act, 1994. The university is named after Sir M. Visvesvaraya, an Indian civil engineer, statesman, and the 19th Diwan of Mysore. VTU's main administrative center, called 'Jnana Sangama,' is located in Belagavi, and the university also maintains regional centres in Bangalore, Kalaburagi, and Mysore. VIAT is described as one of the university's facilities being developed to expand research capacity. VTU offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including B.E., B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA, MCA, and PhD degrees, and has around 2,305 departments recognized as research centres across its affiliated institutions in Karnataka. The university is governed by an Executive Council and Academic Senate, with Sri Thawar Chand Gehlot serving as Chancellor and Dr. S. Vidyashankar as Vice-Chancellor.