Ramaiah Institute of Technology (RIT), formerly known as M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT), is an autonomous private engineering college located in Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. Established in 1962, the college is affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University headquartered at Belgaum, Karnataka, India.[1] Since August 2007, RIT has been academically autonomous for both undergraduate and postgraduate programs.[2] While VTU still awards the degrees, the college h