Channabasaveshwara Institute of Technology
Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi & Approved by AICTE, New Delhi · NAAC Accredited & ISO 9001:2015 Certified · NH 206 (B.H. Road), Gubbi, Tumakuru
KNEW-2026
In association with ISTE-Karnataka Section & IEI-Tumakuru — engineering's biggest weekend at CIT.
Celebrating 25 years of partnering in academic excellence
Organising departments
Jointly Hosted by CIVIL & AI & DS
National symposium jointly hosted by the Department of Civil Engineering & Department of AI & DS, in association with all engineering departments.
Civil Engineering
Leading smart infrastructure, sustainable design, and structural innovation across KNEW-2026 arenas.
Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
Pioneering intelligent computing, predictive analytics, and interdisciplinary AI engineering across the symposium.
Jointly Associated Departments
Computer Science & Engineering
CSE
Information Science & Engineering
ISE
Electronics & Communication
ECE
Electrical & Electronics
EEE
Mechanical Engineering
ME
Competitions
Events & competitions
Eight arenas spanning hardware, software, design, and innovation.
Technical Paper Presentation
Present your research to an expert panel across three cross-disciplinary streams.
Hobby Project
Showcase your passion builds — prototype-stage or finished, any discipline counts.
Technical Poster Presentation
Interdisciplinary innovation distilled into a compelling visual research poster.
CADD Modelling
Precision design challenge — engineer and render complex models under time pressure.
Robotics
Autonomous and manual arena — design, build, and deploy robots that conquer our course.
On-Spot Programming
Algorithmic battle — live problem sets, timed rounds, winner-takes-all leaderboard.
Circuit Debugging
Hardware troubleshooting under pressure — identify faults, restore circuits, beat the clock.
Concrete Vision AI
Advanced smart infrastructure challenge — AI-driven structural analysis and smart city modeling.
Buildathon 2.0
A separate, self-contained build challenge running alongside KNEW-2026 — bring an idea and a team, and ship a working prototype against the clock. Open to all departments, judged on its own track with its own registration.
Separate from the main KNEW-2026 registration above.
Details and timing to be announced
Institutional leadership
Chief patrons
Distinguished leadership driving academic excellence at CIT Group of Institutions.
Sri G.S. Basavaraju
Chairman, CIT Group of Institutions
Former Member of Parliament, Tumakuru Lokasabha Constituency. Champion of technical education in Karnataka.
Sri G.B. Jyothi Ganesh
Secretary, CIT Group of Institutions
MLA, Tumakuru Urban. Driving institutional growth and community-oriented academic initiatives.
Dr. Suresh D.S.
Director & Principal, CIT Group of Institutions
Chairman, ISTE Karnataka Section. Visionary academic leader championing innovation and national-level technical education reform.
Dr. Shantala C.P.
Vice Principal & Director CADC, CIT, Gubbi
Leading applied design and computing education. Director of the Computer Aided Design Centre, CIT Gubbi.