RV Polytechnic College

R.V. Polytechnic College, Bengaluru, operates under the Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust (RSST) — the educational trust that also manages R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE, est. 1963), R.V. College of Architecture, R.V. Institute of Management, and RV University. RSST was founded in 1940 and is one of Bangalore's oldest and most respected educational trusts. R.V. Polytechnic College provides the diploma-level technical education pathway within the RSST institutional family, located in Bangalore. Affiliated to DTE Karnataka and approved by AICTE New Delhi.

R.V. Polytechnic College offers three-year Diploma programmes in core engineering disciplines following the Karnataka Board of Technical Examinations (KBTE) curriculum, including Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Computer Science and Engineering. As an RSST-aided institution, fees are subsidised. Admission is through DTE Karnataka centralised counselling. Lateral entry into BE programmes at RVCE or other VTU-affiliated colleges is available through DCET for diploma graduates.

RVCE is one of Karnataka's highest-ranked private engineering colleges — consistently in NIRF top 50 for Engineering, NAAC A++ accredited — and sharing an institutional family with RVCE gives R.V. Polytechnic students access to the RVCE campus ecosystem, alumni network, and brand reputation for their own academic and placement pathway. For students from south Bangalore's Jayanagar, Basavanagudi, Kanakapura Road, and BTM Layout who want to start with an affordable diploma before pursuing engineering degree education, R.V. Polytechnic College within the RSST network provides a recognised, well-resourced starting point in one of Bangalore's most established educational groups.