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PES University, EC Campus

College in Bangalore, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ7116995 ↗
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PES (People's Education Society) University, Electronic City Campus (PESU EC) is a constituent college of PES University, a private university, located on Hosur Road, near Electronic City, Bangalore, India. PESU EC Campus was established in 2005 as PES School of Engineering (PESSE), later called PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore South Campus (PESIT South Campus), and was affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi. The college was included as one of the three campuses under PES University in 2018.

History

PES University, Electronic City Campus is managed by the People‘s Education Society (PES), which was founded in 1972, in a rented gymnasium in Bangalore, with around 40 students. PES currently manages over 45 educational programs in Karnataka and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh focused on four main educational areas: Engineering, Medicine, Management and Life Sciences.

The college (formerly known as PESIT Bangalore South Campus and earlier as PES School of Engineering (PESSE)) was established with AICTE approval in 2005 and was affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University.

In August 2018, PESIT South Campus was included as a constituent college of PES University and was renamed as PES University, Electronic City Campus.

Campus

PES University, Electronic City Campus is located on Hosur Road and is about a kilometer from Electronic City and is spread over an area of around 50 acres. PESU EC is the first academic campus on the IT Corridor of Bangalore City located around information technology companies such as Wipro, Infosys, HCL, TCS, Hewlett-Packard, etc. The campus is located adjacent to the NICE Ring Road exit and is located around 8 kilometers from the Silk Board Junction.

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