About Hirasugar Institute of Technology Nidasoshi
Hirasugar Institute of Technology (HIT) is a private engineering college located in Nidasoshi, Hukkeri taluk, Belagavi district, Karnataka. Approved by AICTE and affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), HIT is associated with the Hira Group of Companies — the industrial conglomerate founded by the Mulla family that operates Hirasugar (Nidasoshi Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane), one of Karnataka's significant cooperative sugar mills. With an intake of 300 students, HIT serves students from Nidasoshi, Hukkeri, Raibag, Chikodi and surrounding southern Belagavi taluks.
KCET and COMEDK UGET are the primary admission routes.
Courses Offered at HIT Nidasoshi
| Programme | Duration | Intake | Admission |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTech — Computer Science and Engineering | 4 years | 60 | KCET / COMEDK |
| BTech — Electronics and Communication Engineering | 4 years | 60 | KCET / COMEDK |
| BTech — Mechanical Engineering | 4 years | 60 | KCET / COMEDK |
| BTech — Civil Engineering | 4 years | 60 | KCET / COMEDK |
| BTech — Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 4 years | 60 | KCET / COMEDK |
Admission Process
KCET: Qualify KCET and choose HIT through KEA's Option Entry under Belagavi district. For students from Nidasoshi, Hukkeri, Raibag and Chikodi taluks of southern Belagavi, HIT is the nearest engineering college option before commuting to Belagavi city.
COMEDK: COMEDK qualifiers apply through COMEDK's centralised process for Karnataka private engineering colleges.
Hira Group — Industrial Backing in Sugar Country
The Hira Group runs Hirasugar cooperative sugar mill and associated agro-industrial operations in Nidasoshi. Southern Belagavi district is part of Karnataka's significant sugar belt, with multiple sugar cooperative mills in Hukkeri, Raibag, Chikodi and Athani taluks. Mechanical Engineering students at HIT have direct industry context from the sugar mill operations in their immediate vicinity — centrifuge maintenance, boiler operations, cane processing machinery and electrical systems of industrial-scale agro-processing plants. This is one of the most practically relevant engineering industry exposures available to students studying locally in Karnataka's sugar belt.
Southern Belagavi — Karnataka-Maharashtra Sugar Belt
Nidasoshi is located close to the Maharashtra border in southern Belagavi. The area straddles Karnataka's and Maharashtra's sugar cooperative belts, with Kolhapur and Sangli districts across the border also hosting significant sugar industries. HIT Mechanical and Electrical Engineering graduates can access sugar industry employment across both Karnataka and Maharashtra through the trans-border industrial networks that this region's cooperative agri-industrial economy has built over decades.
Infrastructure
- Computing labs for CSE and ECE
- Electronics and communication lab
- Mechanical workshop with sugar industry machinery context
- Civil engineering structural and materials lab
- Electrical machines lab with agro-industrial power focus
- Central library with VTU references
- Hostel for outstation students
- Sports and outdoor facilities
Career Scope
HIT Nidasoshi Mechanical and EEE graduates access sugar mill engineering roles locally and across the Karnataka-Maharashtra border sugar belt. CSE and ISE graduates access Belagavi IT Park (45 km) and Hubli-Dharwad IT sector through VTU placement drives. Civil graduates find government sector employment in PWD and irrigation projects in Belagavi district's Malaprabha and Krishna basin command area. The Hira Group's industrial connections provide direct pathway for Mechanical and Electrical engineering graduates into sugar mill and agro-processing plant roles that many graduates from other Karnataka regions cannot easily access.