History
Karnataka Regional Engineering College began on 6 August 1960, through the efforts of U. Srinivas Mallya and V. S. Kudva. The foundation stone was laid on August 6, 1960. KREC began with three under-graduate courses in engineering: Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil, with affiliation to the University of Mysore. 1965 saw the beginning of undergraduate courses in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering.
In 1966, the college started its post-graduate courses with a course in Marine Structures and Industrial Structures, followed by post-graduate courses in Industrial Electronics (1969), Heat Power (1971), Hydraulics and Water Resources (1971), Chemical Plant Design Engineering (1971) and Process Metallurgy (1972). More under-graduate engineering courses were added later: Electronics and Communication Engineering (1971), Mining Engineering (1984), Computer Engineering (1986) and Information Technology (2000). NITK celebrated its 50th Institute Foundation day on August 6, 2009. The year long Golden Jubilee year celebrations were inaugurated on August 10, 2009.
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