Messages From CMRU Vice Chancellor on Covid-19 - CMRU

Dear Students, Parents and Faculty members,

We hope you are staying safe and healthy. The Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has globally affected everyone's life.In view of the government directives suggesting a complete lockdown including closing of educational institutions as a preventive measure to stop the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus, it is the need of the hour that we all as individuals and collectively as a Nation should support the government in this war with the virus to quickly come out victorious.

It’s crucial during this time of uncertainty with the virus spreading menacingly,we are faced with the vital task of protecting our students and employees. In times of significant disruption, our key goal is to help students get the support they need to meet the most essential course objectives. “No teaching on campus”challenge for the faculty in times of disruption may involve thinking creatively about how to build up students' knowledge and skills in different formats to satisfactorily complete the course work and assessment.

Some of the Covid-19 initiative taken by the University are:

1)  On Government directions, the on-campus classes were suspended, and the faculty were permitted to work from home. The University circulated an advisory, covering modalities for “no teaching on campus”, including, suggestions to use Google tools/ online Apps to cover the remaining theory courses syllabus and completing the internal assessments and also Studios, project training, and Internship etc.

2)  Right from the first day of closing down classes, the CMR University has proactively planned and organized itself to reach out to students through helpline@cmru.edu.in and subsequently through online classrooms for teaching and internal assessments. Online teaching- learning entails the faculty and the students interact synchronously. The faculty and the students are logged on to a virtual room where one can see and hear each other. It is a classroom in a virtual environment, for which we are receiving excellent feedback from the students and the parents. To take care of the students located at disadvantaged places, where bandwidth is not stable as expected, the faculty alternately use flipped learning environment. Here the faculty and the students interact asynchronously. The faculty upload the course content for the students to view/ read, ask questions, which can be answered by the faculty. Giving assignments, their submission and evaluation, student seminars etc. are also done in this mode. A judicious use of the combination of online and flipped tools provide a rich teaching learning experience, so also reaching out to all of our students.

3)  Course Planning is carried out from the University until the May end, expecting the worst case under the current context and hope to complete the academic requirements on time to the best satisfaction of all the stakeholders.

4)  Teaching from home clearly requires a different approach to blackboard teaching at classroom. All the faculty has been reoriented to use Zoom and Google Classroom tools for teaching and evaluating the students.

5)  To boost the morale of the students at this time of crisis,  the faculty are informing them about arrangements made for completing the syllabus/ internal assessments and promptly responding to the phone calls/ messages/ email from the students and parents. I personally advise the students to remain calm during this period of crisis and take care of the self and the family, not worrying about the Semester End Examinations. The SEE will be held only after the normalcy returns, providing them sufficient time to settle down and ensuring that the students are imparted sufficient training to face the examinations.

6)  As the country is also going through an economic trough, the University faculty have joined hands with the University Management to contribute a days’ salary to the Karnataka Government Chief Ministers’ relief fund to strengthen its hands to fight the Covid-19 virus.

7) Spending quality time at home is also a blessing in disguise for the students, faculty and researchers to positively engage in exploring additional avenues of knowledgeand benefit academically. There are several ICT initiatives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), University Grants Commission (UGC) and its Inter University Centers (IUCs) – Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) and Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), in the form of digital platforms which can be accessed by teachers, students and researchers for broadening their horizon of learning. SWAYAM online courses, UG/PG MOOCS, e-PG Pathshala, SWAYAMPRABHA DTH channels, CEC-UGC YouTube channels, National Digital Library, Shodhganga, e-shodh sindhu, and Vidwan etc. are a few platforms which are freely accessible.

8)  As and when the Government notifies the lockdown withdrawal plan, the University will inform the students about the reopening date, standard operating procedure (SOP) for in the initial days, plan for tutoring to complete the syllabus, examination schedule and also help them to settle safely and comfortably.

We shall firmly resolve jointly to combat this pandemic by sternly following the directives from the Government, advisories from experts, taking all possible preventive and precautionary measures to overcome this tough time and emerge victorious very soon.

Wish you all the best.

(Prof. M. S. Shivakumar,

Vice Chancellor)

Finding Right University in Bangalore for placements

Students from all parts of India and abroad prefer Bangalore for its range of national & international level education. Karnataka is considered as the peaceful, progressive ad prosperous from social, economic, cultural perspective. The city of Bangalore has an advantage of rich heritage, cosmopolitan culture, and salubrious climate and is considered as multi-linguistic place.
Bangalore is the home for more than 125 R&D centres in the core of engineering, information technology, basic and applied sciences, aerospace etc. Furthermore majority of the Indian & Foreign IT and manufacturing companies have their R&D centres in Bangalore.
Bangalore is known for its creation of intellectual manpower with its range of educational institutes that consists of one central university, 24 public universities, and 12 deemed universities, 6 private universities, 207 engineering colleges, 61 medical colleges, 48 dental colleges, 280 management institutions and 60+ international schools. Finding the right university in Bangalore for placements is a herculean task and choosing the best is the challenge for the students.
CMR University is one of the top private universities in Bangalore offering various programmes in the field of architecture, engineering, commerce, management, law, media studies, humanities, psychology and allied sectors of higher and professional education.
At CMR University we believe in key competence that is required to excel in this competitive world where the need for independent thinkers, product leaders, artists, designers, and innovators will succeed in comparison to other profiles.
CMR University is the new age university, that offers various programmes across different streams with industry-centric curriculum and skill oriented topics. The industry ready curriculum at CMR University is designed with careful consultation of the industry gurus and academic experts, which mainly focuses on enhancing employability among the students.
The placement department at CMR University has tied up with multiple key recruiters and has placed more than 1,000 students across India and abroad. Some of the key recruiters are: IBM, Dell EMC, Accenture, VMWare, TCS, Wipro, Cognizant, Capgemini, SATTVA LABS, AXA Business, Collebra, Edel Weiss, Indigene and many more.
The placement department at CMR University conducts workshops to train the students and tries to inculcate the industry ready skills to make them employable. The department also conducts frequent mock interview sessions to train the students on interview ready skills and ensure 100% placement for the students is achieved.

Can I get a scholarship for studying in CMR University?

Scholarships are intended to reward a student’s academic achievement and educational progression. No matter a student is studying high school or a degree, receiving a scholarship is a huge achievement.
Some students assume that scholarships are primarily designed for students who are in dire need of financial assistance, but this is not true. Actually winning a scholarship will be beneficial to any student for several years following their receipt and reward.
Scholarships provides recognition where a student will be recognised for his/her achievement in the academics. Winning a scholarship will boost the confidence and motivates to pursue their goals.
Receiving a merit based scholarship indicates that the students stood out among the peers as the scholarship provider recognized the quality and talent of the student. Further, scholarships provide financial assistance to the students to pursue their studies.
Scholarships distinguishes the resume of a candidate from thousands of applicants in a job interview. Scholarships makes the resume stands out of the others and being recognized by others for one’s achievements is an added value to the resume and the employer and builds the trust on the capabilities of the candidate.
Each year, the CMR Jnanadhara Trust awards a number of CMR Scholarships to exceptional and highly deserving students from across the CMR University. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit/means/demonstrated leadership or sports abilities.
The CMR Memorial Scholarships are awarded to students with financial need, as determined by the CMR Scholarship Committee. It is a merit cum means scholarship. This financial aid comes from a dedicated scholarship fund of the CMR Jnanadhara Trust.
CMR Merit Scholarships are provide to any undergraduate or postgraduate student with an outstanding academic track record will be considered.
Every year scholarships worth one crore will be provided to all the deserving candidates and tries to boost the confidence among the students and encourage them to learn and develop holistically and help them to achieve their goals and become responsible citizens of the country.

How about Placements in CMR University?

India has the largest youth population in the world which is an opportunity as well as a challenge to look forward. India is slated grow as the world’s youngest nation by 2022 and will be providing a huge pool of talented and employable workforce towards developed India. Many new and innovative initiatives such as Smart Cities, Make in India, Digital India, and Start-up India- all focussing towards contributing and scaling the economy and creating more jobs in India.
According to the recent survey by a top recruiting job portal, the hiring trends across the country has increased considerably and nearly 77% of employers feel that several skill oriented new jobs will be created in next few months.
The reports are clear that the candidates with required skillset are readily absorbed by the industry. But unfortunately the present education scenario is more focused on traditional learning and of no use for students dreaming of bright careers. To address this Issue CMR University has come up with unique learning methodology that prepares the students to get trained on the latest skills that are in demand with its dynamic curriculum that is at par with the industry requirements.
CMR University is the new aged university that offers various programmes across different streams with industry-centric curriculum and skill oriented topics. The industry ready curriculum of CMR University is designed with careful consultation with the industry gurus and academic experts and is mainly focused on enhancing employability among the students. The CMR University in collaboration with different IT Giants has developed curriculum that provides skill oriented training for students with non-technical background and has successfully placed them in numerous MNCs.
CMR University placement department has tied up with various key recruiters and has placed more than 1,000 students across India and abroad. Some of the key recruiters are IBM, Dell EMC, Accenture, and Indigene and many more.
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Why Mechanical Engineering at CMR University?

Mechanical engineering is the most diverse and versatile of all the engineering disciplines. Mechanical engineering finds its application in diverse fields such as aerospace, electrical, civil, chemical, material science and even bio-engineering. Mechanical engineers can easily find themselves placed in numerous fields ranging from civil engineering, bioengineering, aircraft engineering and even in astronomy and space engineering. Further mechanical engineering graduates can also be found in sales related to mechanical products, engineering management, and concrete management.

Mechanical engineering degree offers a wide array of career possibilities such as Mechanical Design Engineer, Noise and Vibration Specialist, Mechanical Stress Engineer and many more. The career path of the mechanical engineering graduate is largely determined by the individual choices and unique advantage in the dynamic world. These mechanical engineers will be trained to work in a wide variety of industry sectors and also will be capable to create new technologies that don’t even exist today. Mechanical engineering graduates are not confined to traditional industries like machines and automobiles but they are largely hired in emerging areas such as nuclear technology, robotics, biomedical technology, energy systems, space research, renewable energy systems and many more.

Mechanical engineering is regarded as the evergreen branches of study in the field of engineering. The mechanical engineering program offered at CMR University links mechanical sciences to manufacturing engineering and maintenance of mechanical systems. At CMR University the B.Tech mechanical engineering program enables students to apply engineering science, experiential learning, project-based learning, and research experiences.


CMR University (CMRU) is a private university in the state of Karnataka, established and governed by the CMR University Act-2013. CMR University aims to promote and undertake the advancement of university education in technical, health, management, life sciences and other allied sectors of higher and professional education and it is considered as one of the best mechanical engineering colleges in Bangalore.