AKSHAYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Located in Tumkur is foundedby Akshaya Education Trust with Dr. Shivakumar KS as the Chairman of the Institute who is renowned paediatrician known for his simplicity,vision and entrepreneurship. ever since the inception of Akshaya Institute of Technology in the year 2009  with the blessing of Dr. Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamiji of Siddaganga Mutt, the College has gained great momentum to establish itself as one of the reputed institutions in the country . Tumkur is being considered for smart city development program and has a huge industrial township and food park which is generating great job  opportunities in multifaceted area.

The Institute offers under graduate and post graduate courses in four thrust area of Engineering: Mechanical, Civil.Computer Science, Electronics and Communication ,Artificial Intellegence and Data Science and Agriculture Engineering .Placement and training department of the institute organizes various training programmes right from the first semester to final semester on spoken and written englishin addition to various skills development programmes required to make the students employable and acceptable by the corporate world. Excellence in teaching learning activity of the institute has resullted in high pass percentage with excellent scoring by the students in the university examinations.Consistent and quality placement training has resulted in good number of campus placement of the students in reputed companies. Some of the students aspire for higher studies and obtain seats in western universities with scholarships,The alumini of the institute have spread across the globe and some of them have occupied top positions in the multinational companies. Annual alumini meet is organized on May 1st of every year.