Channabasaveshwara Institute Of Technology (CIT) runs under the auspices of Sri Channabasaveshwara Swamy

Rural Education Society.The Society was established in the year 2000 under the chairmanship of Sri G.S. Basavaraj, the Former Member of  Parliament from Tumkur, with  a vision to create Centre of Excellence in education and other related fieids.

Channabasaveshwara Institute of Technology was established in the year 2001 with the objective of providing

quality technical education. The institute is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University,Belgaum, approved by All India Council for  Technical Education(AICTE),New Delhi and Recognized by Goverment of Karnataka.The Institute is ISO 9001:2015 certified & NAAC acceredited.