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Which Are the Top 10 Engineering Colleges in Bangalore for a B.Tech in CS?

Introduction

Bangalore, often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India, is home to some of the country's most prestigious engineering colleges. For students aspiring to pursue a B.Tech in Computer Science (CS), the city offers a plethora of options. Here’s a detailed look at the top 10 engineering colleges in Bangalore for a B.Tech in CS.

1. Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Overview: Established in 1909, IISc is one of India’s premier institutes for advanced scientific and technological research.

Key Features:

World-class faculty and research facilities

Strong emphasis on research and innovation

Extensive industry collaborationshttps://internshipgate.com

2. RV College of Engineering (RVCE)

Overview: Founded in 1963, RVCE is known for its quality education and excellent infrastructure.

Key Features:

Robust placement records

State-of-the-art labs and research centers

Active industry-institute interaction

3. BMS College of Engineering (BMSCE)

Overview: Established in 1946, BMSCE is one of the oldest engineering colleges in Bangalore.

Key Features:

Diverse student body and faculty

Strong alumni network

Emphasis on practical learning and internships

4. PES University (PESU)

Overview: PES University, founded in 1972, is renowned for its academic excellence and innovative teaching methods.

Key Features:

Modern campus with advanced facilities

Focus on holistic education

High placement rates

5. International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B)

Overview: Established in 1999, IIIT-B focuses on research and education in the field of Information Technology.

Key Features:

Specialized programs in IT and CS

Collaborative research projects

Strong industry ties

6. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT)

Overview: Founded in 1962, MSRIT is known for its academic rigor and comprehensive curriculum.

Key Features:

Excellent faculty with industry experience

Well-equipped labs and research facilities

Active placement cell

7. RNS Institute of Technology (RNSIT)

Overview: Established in 2001, RNSIT is a relatively newer institute that has quickly gained a reputation for quality education.

Key Features:

Modern infrastructure

Focus on research and development

Good placement support

8. Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT)

Overview: Founded in 1979, BIT offers a conducive environment for learning and research.

Key Features:

Experienced faculty

Strong emphasis on practical training

Active placement and career guidance

9. Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering (DSCE)

Overview: Established in 1979, DSCE is known for its comprehensive engineering programs and research initiatives.

Key Features:

Well-structured curriculum

Diverse extracurricular activities

Strong placement support

10. New Horizon College of Engineering (NHCE)

Overview: Founded in 2001, NHCE is known for its student-centric approach and modern teaching methodologies.

Key Features:

Focus on innovation and entrepreneurship

Extensive industry tie-ups

Good placement records

Conclusion

Choosing the right college is crucial for a successful career in Computer Science. The top 10 engineering colleges in Bangalore listed above offer excellent academic programs, state-of-the-art facilities, and robust placement support, making them ideal choices for aspiring B.Tech CS students.

FAQs

1. What is the admission process for these engineering colleges in Bangalore? Most colleges accept scores from national or state-level entrance exams like JEE Main, COMEDK, or Karnataka CET. Some institutes also conduct their own entrance exams.

2. Are there scholarship opportunities available in these colleges? Yes, many of these colleges offer scholarships based on academic performance, entrance exam scores, and financial need.

3. How is the placement scenario for B.Tech CS graduates from these colleges? The placement scenario is generally very positive, with many top tech companies recruiting graduates. Placement rates and average salary packages vary by college.

4. Do these colleges offer internships as part of the curriculum? Yes, most of these colleges have strong industry connections and offer internship opportunities as part of their curriculum to enhance practical learning.

5. What are the campus facilities like in these colleges? These colleges boast modern campuses with facilities such as well-equipped labs, libraries, sports complexes, and hostels to provide a holistic learning environment.https://internshipgate.com

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Hello. I am M.A. I would love to get a reading 😊 I saw you accept 18+ questions. I was born in 1999 🫶 My question is: what turns my future husband on/his turn-ons? Thank you, hope this is okay. I wish you a blessed day and weekend 🐼🏛️📸

Hello M.A. 🐼 and sure! I wish you the same! 💞

Let's see your future husband's turn-ons: High Priestess Rv, The Fool, 6 of Swords Rv [light seer's deck]

With the High Priestess Rv, they see s3x as a fun thing rather than a tantric experience (I feel like they're more grounded than you), so they want to be fully present in the moment. This card in reverse, also hints at animalistic primitive instincts, so my dear they like it rough 👀. Sexual tension will be also present, they may eat you with their eyes before going into action ohoh. I see foreplay. They may be dominant/possessive but not in a toxic way I'm hearing. The Fool tells me they like adventures and something a bit risky, maybe trying new positions or introduce particular toys in your s3x life, also outdoor s3x may be present or doing it in the weirdest places/surfaces like a washing machine lmao. Very open to try new spicy things with you in bed. I'm just casually hearing "roleplay" so yes they wanna experimentttt, bby. The 6 of Swords Rv basically clarifies your fs unwilling to plan things beforehand. The unpredictable is another turn on for him. One day he may wake up and tell you "let's go there!" or "let's try this". Definitely a fun and unpredictable lover in bed that keeps you guessing like "what that lil sh*t will want to do today" lol

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World’s Top Five Mightiest Icebreaker Fleets

In December 2023, the United States unilaterally announced a claim to a huge chunk of seabed well outside its internationally-recognized boundaries off the northern coast of Alaska. Does the US have the resources to enforce its claim? And how do its capabilities stack up against those of other major maritime powers? Sputnik explores.

The State Department has a problem. Firstly, to legally protect its encroachment on the piece of seabed in the Arctic which it claims as part of its continental shelf, Washington would have to pay lip service to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which outlines the rules for states claiming continental shelves beyond the internationally recognized 200 nautical mile limit. The first rule? Signing and ratifying the treaty, and only ten years after that submitting claims.

Secondly, if it proceeds with its continental shelf claims without UN approval, the US would have to be able to protect its claims by the tangible threat of force, including by using ships and aircraft capable of patrolling the area. The US claim announced in December is not expected to create any disputes with Russia, but will overlap with Canada over a piece of the floor of the Beaufort Sea off the Northwest Territories.

Unfortunately for Washington, its geopolitical appetites don’t appear to match its capabilities. Not only is its icebreaker fleet surprisingly tiny, but, according to recent reports, its engineers have apparently forgotten how to reliably produce the thick, hardened steel needed to reinforce Arctic-going ships’ hulls.

For these and other reasons, including decades of neglect of its existing icebreaker potential, the United States just barely scrapes into the list of top five countries by icebreaker capability.

#5: United States 🇺🇸

America’s national icebreaker fleet consists of the US Coast Guard’s Polar Star, a Lockheed Shipbuilding-built icebreaker commissioned in 1976, placed in reserve in 2006, and recommissioned in 2012. The 13,500-ton Polar-class vessel is the only heavy icebreaker in the US fleet capable of sustained, independent operations in the thick ice-covered waters of the Arctic Ocean, able to crack through ice an impressive 6.4 meters thick. The USCGC Healy is the other icebreaker operated by the Coast Guard, displacing 16,257 tons full load, plowing through ice up to 3 meters thick in ramming mode, and hailed as America’s most technologically advanced icebreaker. The ship was commissioned in 1999.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) sits approximately 100 miles north of Barrow, Alaska, in order to conduct scientific ice research. © Wikipedia/U.S. Coast Guard/DoD

Besides that are three smaller icebreakers used by the National Science Foundation, an independence federal agency engaged in research into all non-medical fields of science. Its ships, built in the 1990s and mid-2010s, include the Nathaniel B Palmer, the RV Laurence M. Gould and the RV Sikuliaq. These vessels operate comfortably in between 0.3 (the Gould) and 0.75 meters (the Sikuliaq) of ice. The Gould and the Palmer are typically stationed in Antarctic waters, while the Sikuliaq, an indigenous word meaning ‘young sea ice’, operates off Alaska.

The Coast Guard has ambitious plans for expansion, expecting to get three new heavy icebreakers, and three medium ones, in the coming years and decades. Delivery of the first ship of the new fleet has been delayed from 2024 until at least 2027, with the service requesting $125 million for the purchase and modification of a commercially available polar icebreaker built in the USA to bridge the gap as the flagship Polar Star rapidly approaches the 50-years-old mark.

Icebreaking research vessel Sikuliaq in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. © Photo: James Buchanan

#4: Sweden 🇸🇪

Sweden, which does not have direct access to the Arctic from its coast, or any maritime territory above the Arctic Circle, nonetheless maintains an impressive fleet of icebreakers, mostly for patrolling the northernmost waters of the Gulf of Bothnia and in at least one case, a large inland lake. Sweden operates up to seven icebreakers, five of them – the Ale, the Atle, the Frej, the Oden and the Ymer, run by the Swedish Maritime Administration. The Ale is a 1,540 ton escort icebreaker, purpose built in the 1970s to sail in Lake Vanern, situated in southern Sweden about 150 km southeast of the border with Norway.

Sweden's Oden icebreaker pictured breaking up thick ice. © Photo: Swedish Maritime Administration.

The Atle, Frej and Ymer are Atle class icebreakers, built at the legendary Wartsila Helsinki Shipyard in Finland between 1974 and 1977. These ships are 104.5 meters long and displace 9,500 tons, and feature a dual rudder and dual bow propeller system that can crack ice at thicknesses of between 0.75 and 1 meters. The newest ship in Sweden’s icebreaker fleet is the Oden, a research vessel built in 1988 and originally tasked with escorting commercial vessels. The ship displaces up to 13,000 tons, and can power through ice up to 5 meters thick, with enough capacity to spare for operations in Arctic waters, pending supply support from a friend in the region. Sweden plans to built at least three new icebreakers, with the first expected to be delivered in 2027 at the earliest.

Sweden's Ymer icebreaker. © Photo: Marcus Bengtsson

#3: Finland 🇫🇮

Finland’s icebreaker fleet packs a surprisingly strong punch, facilitated by the country’s northern geography, and decades of successful shipbuilding cooperation and sales to its neighbors, Sweden and Russia. The country’s fleet, which includes nine major icebreaking ships, plus one icebreaking-capable special-use ship operated by the Navy, includes the oldest ships in this list: The Voima, commissioned all the way back in 1954, and refit in the late 1970s and again in 2016, is classed as an 1A Super icebreaker, enabling it to break up sea ice up to 1.2 meters thick at speeds of 2 knots.

The Voima icebreaker, one of the oldest known icebreakers in operation. © Photo: Pekka Jarvinen

The Urho and Otso-class (two ships each) displace 9,660 tons and 9,222 tons, respectively, and were built in the 1970s and 1980s to operate in Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland waters, where ice can reach up to 45 cm thick during winter. The Navy-operated ship is called the Louhi, is owned by the Finnish Environmental Institute, and is classified as an oil and chemical spill response vessel. The ship has a 3,450-ton displacement, and can penetrate ice ridges up to an impressive 5 meters thick, while operating at speeds up to 9.5 knots in 1-meter thick ice.

The Louhi, a unique Finnish multipurpose vessel design by ILS Oy Ship Design & Engineering with impressive icebreaking capabilities. © Photo: ILS Oy Ship Design & Engineering

#2: Canada 🍁 🇨🇦

Canada, Russia’s Arctic neighbor to the north, has an Arctic coastline stretching a whopping 162,000 kilometers thanks to 94 major and 36,400+ minor islands covering a territory of some 1.4 million square kilometers. That makes a large and diverse icebreaker fleet essential for assuring the country’s sovereign claims. Canada’s Coast Guard operates at least 15 icebreakers (about half of them capable of operations in the far north), at least three icebreaker/tug/supply vessels purchased from Sweden, and two offshore patrol vessels with icebreaking capabilities operated by the Navy.

The flagship of Canada’s icebreaking fleet is the Louis S. St-Laurent, a massive, 15,324 ton heavy icebreaker commissioned in 1969 and undergoing refits in the late 1980s and 2000, with room for two Bell 429 helicopters onboard and enough space to comfortably supply 46 crew for over 6 months at a time. The ship can break through ice between three and five meters thick, with its ice horn designed to protect the rudder.

Top: Louis S. St-Laurent, the flagship and pride of the Canadian Coast Guard's icebreaker fleet. © Photo: Serg Tremblay Bottom: HMCS Harry DeWolf on patrol in Dutch Harbor, September 2021. © Photo: US Coast Guard

Other prominent vessels in the fleet include four ships of the Pierre Radisson-class of medium icebreakers, which weigh 8,180 tons fully loaded and can plow through ice a meter thick at speeds up to 6 knots, and the Martha L. Black class – featuring six light icebreakers built in the 1980s weighing about 4,740 tons full load, and operating off British Columbia, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia.

The Canadian Navy’s icebreaking-capable warships including the HMCS Harry DeWolf and the HMCS Margaret Brooke, which can slash through first-year sea ice up to 120 centimeters thick.

#1 Russia 🇷🇺

Dwarfing the rest of the countries in this list, with more icebreakers than the rest of the planet put together, is Russia, whose fleet includes about 45 large icebreakers (seven of them nuclear-powered), well over a dozen off-shore icebreaking anchor-handling tug supply vessels, at least seven icebreaking-capable warships, and three research and survey vessels.

The nuclear-powered portion of the fleet includes the Yamal, the 50 Let Pobedy, the Taymyr, the Vaygach, and the brand new Project 22220 series Arktika, Sibir and Ural vessels, which were commissioned in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively (the fourth ship, the Yakutiya is set to join them this year, while the Chukotka, Leningrad and Stalingrad are expected by 2030). These massive, 173.3 meter-long ships have a complement of 75, helideck and hangar, and are propelled by two RITM-200 175 MWt-apiece nuclear reactors and twin turbo generators, allowing them to accelerate to speeds of up to 22 knots through open waters, or 1.5-2 knots in ice 2.8 meters thick (with the ability to operate in ice up to 4 meters thick at slower speeds).

Top: Russia's Arktika-series nuclear-powered icebreaker being pulled along by tugs in a shipyard. © Sputnik/Aleksander Galperin/Go to the mediabank Bottom: Project 21900M diesel-electric icebreaker Novorossiysk in the harbor in Murmansk. © Sputnik/Pavel Lvov

Russia owes its nuclear icebreaking prowess to the Lenin, the world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker, commissioned in 1959 and turned into a museum ship permanently docked in Murmansk in 1989.

An even larger icebreaker, the Project 10510 Rossiya, which is 219 meters long and displaces nearly 70,000 tons, will be able to crack through 4-meter thick ice with ease, and leave a large, 47.7 meter-wide path for any ships it happens to be escorting. The ship’s 127-person crew will be able to operate non-stop for up to 8 months at a time, enough to ensure comfortable year-round for operations through Russia’s Northern Sea Route passage.

Diesel-powered ships in the Russian icebreaking fleet include the Admiral Makarov, a veteran scientific and supply ship commissioned in 1975, seven ships total of the Kapitan Sorokin and Mudyug-class icebreakers built for the USSR by Finland in the 1970s and 1980s, and the new Project 21900 ships, the Moskva and the Sankt-Peterburg, built in 2008 and 2009, respectively. The latter displace 14,300 tons, and crack through ice up to 1.5 meters. A modernized model of the Project 21900, Project 21900M, has been built from 2015 onward, and includes the Vladivostok, Murmansk and Novorossiysk. Two more, the Arkhangelsk and the Vyborg, are on the way and may be delivered as soon as this year.

Top: The new generation diesel-electric icebreaker Ilya Muromets being launched into the water from its drydock. © Sputnik/Igor Russak/Go to the Mediabank

The Russian Navy’s complement of icebreakers includes the Ilya Muromets, a 6,000 ton-displacement vessel commissioned in 2017 featuring a unique contra-rotating propeller design, and the Evpatiy Kolovrat, which displaces 4,080 tons, and is expected to be commissioned by the Pacific Fleet later this year. The ships are expected to facilitate naval operations in ice up to 1.5 meters thick.

Finally yet importantly are Russia’s active icebreaking research ships, the Mikhail Somev, Akademik Fedorov and Akademik Tryoshnikov, built between the mid-1970s and the early 2010s. These vessels are between 133.5 and 141 meters long, displace between 16,200-16,500 tons, and are classed for independent operations through ice between 1.4 and 3.2 meters thick. Scientists the world over owe much of our fundamental knowledge about the most remote regions of the Arctic and Antarctic to Soviet and Russian icebreaking research ship technology, and to the many thousands of researchers and scholars who have worked aboard them over the decades.

— Ilya Tsukanov | Sputnik International | Sunday February 11, 2024

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I'M SO LATE BUT THATS OKAY.

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NEW YEAR'S PROMO!!

hi there. i'm chloë (she/her), i'm a biro-ace hispanic selfshipper who really loves traumatized men, apparently?? theyve fucked me up i guess. so i give them kisses!! i have suggestive humor at times and i do cuss a lot, however i like to think that i'm okay 👍

my main f/os are carlos from re3(remake), pavia from rv:1999, spiderverse's miguel o'hara, charles from rdr2, and lúcio from ovw :]. i am not okay with sharing any of my f/os, it makes me very very uncomfortable, however you can find my f/o list here! and my pinned can be found here :]

and tis the month of january, it is my birth month! i'll be turning 19 on the 13th!

ANYWAYS. HERE'S SOME ART TO SHARE...art credits go to @/cupiidzbow, @/lunaravem, and @/hiskee (also for the one above!!) respectively!!

happy new years!! alright now time to go eat gra

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RiordanVerse Time Period & Alleged Timelessness

Tldr: Rick’s claim that the story is timeless & just takes place ‘somewhere in the 21st century’ is BS & he undermines himself in his own writing.

Rereading bits of the Riordanverse & the more I do, the more annoyed I get about Rick’s claim that the story is timeless & just ‘at some point in the 21st century.’

Because if it was, he shouldn’t be mentioning any specific dates.

Nor should he be making references from the 21st century like he is so excessively in HOO & TOA. He actually shouldn’t be referencing anything that gives away period beyond post-1999.

I mean, he mentions so much pop culture from the last decade that it ends up dating the whole series. Things that have come out in the last decade like Hamilton (2015) & gods forbid the last few years like Montero (2021).

Just now in TLT I found, a bit where Grover is saying “about sixty years ago, after World War II…” And you probably guessed it but WW2 ended in 1945 + 60 yrs = 2005 aka the year TLT came out.

And while yes, he says “about sixty years,” which gives him a little wiggle room, it still dates it. Bc now in 2023, WW2 is nearly 80 years past. So that 60 years quote alone, clearly places the series in early part of the 21st century.

And lines like that, which don’t have to mention time yet do — I mean, he could’ve just said “after WW2” ?? — make it seem like such a retcon to claim the series is ‘timeless’.

His insistence that Percy has only aged like 5 years in the last 18, paired with his continual use of new pop culture references is just baffling.

It seems like such an amateur mistake to make. And it’s such an easy fix too! As well as something that could be caught in editing if he was taking time to actually make the RV timeless.

It didn’t bother me as a kid, so I guess it doesn’t really matter. But I think that was especially because I was reading it in time with its publishing with both the TKC & HOO. So those references made sense at the time.

But now revisiting it as an adult in light of the tv show it’s so irritating, especially because it would be such an easy fix.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — All or most of a $267,000 loan obtained by Supreme CourtJustice Clarence Thomas to buy a high-end motorcoach appears to have been forgiven, raising tax and ethics questions, according to a new report by Senate Democrats.Anthony “Tony” Welters, a longtime friend of Thomas who made the loan in 1999, forgave the debt after nine years of what he called interest-only payments, says the report, which was released Wednesday by Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee.The loan's existence was first reported during the summer by the New York Times. Committee Democrats undertook their inquiry following the Times' story.Thomas, 75, has been at the center of a heightened focus on ethics at the Supreme Court over his undisclosed travel and other ties with wealthy conservative supporters. The court, the only part of the federal judiciary with a formal code of conduct, is debating whether to adopt an ethics code and, in recent months, three justices have voiced their support for such a move.Thomas borrowed the money from Welters, a healthcare executive, to buy a 40-foot refitted tour bus in which he tours the country with his wife, Ginni. Thomas has talked about staying in Walmart parking lots and RV parks, which are “what the neighborhoods used to be like.”At the time of the loan, Thomas said in a handwritten note on his Supreme Court letterhead that agreements to pay interest of 7.5% a year and repay the money in five years, the report says. In 2004, the time to repay the loan was extended until 2014.Documents voluntarily provided by Welters to the committee show that he forgave the loan in 2008, the report says. Welters gave the committee a copy of just one payment of $20,042 that Thomas made, in 2000.“Welters forgave the balance of the loan to Thomas in recognition of the payments made by Thomas which Welters characterized as interest only payments that exceeded the amount of the original loan,” the report says. Nine years of interest-only payments would total roughly $180,000, considerably less than the loan amount. Welters did not explain the discrepancy.Forgiven or canceled debt counts as income for tax purposes, the report says. In addition, Thomas has never included forgiven debt in his annual financial disclosures.“Justice Thomas should inform the committee exactly how much debt was forgiven and whether he properly reported the loan forgiveness on his tax returns and paid all taxes owed," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the committee chairman, said in a statement.There was no immediate response from Thomas to a request made through a court spokeswoman.A series of reports from the investigative news site ProPublica revealed that Thomas has for years accepted, but not disclosed, luxury trips and other hospitality from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.Crow also purchased the house in Georgia where Thomas’s mother continues to live and paid for two years of private school tuition for a child raised by the Thomases.Earlier this year, Thomas did report three private trips he took at Crow's expense in 2022, after the federal judiciary changed its guidelines for reporting travel. He did not report travel from earlier years.ProPublica reported that Justice Samuel Alito also failed to disclose a private trip to Alaska he took in 2008 that was paid for by two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court.The Associated Press also reported in July that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, aided by her staff, has advanced sales of her books through college visits over the past decade.

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