Jñānam Anantam — knowledge is infinite
We train the people who invent the technology.
The Sahyadri Institute of Advanced Computing is a research-led technology institute on a 52-acre campus in Electronics City, Bengaluru. 2,800 students from 41 countries study here, from their first year of engineering to their doctorate.
Founded to train inventors, not only coders
In 2004, satellite-software engineer Dr. Meera Raghunathan and cryptography researcher Prof. Arjun Deshpande opened a 12-classroom building on the edge of Electronics City with 60 students and nine faculty members.
Their argument was simple: India's IT boom was producing excellent programmers, but too few people who create new technology. With a grant from the Karnataka Knowledge Mission and a gift from the Venkatesh Family Trust, they built a school where every student does research, spends time in industry and studies abroad before graduating.
Within a decade, SIAC alumni had founded three unicorn companies, led a national cybersecurity task force and published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers. Today SIAC ranks among Asia's ten best young technology institutes in the Asia TechEd Index 2026.
SIAC opens in Electronics City with 60 students and 9 faculty.
A decade on: 3 unicorn founders and over 400 published papers.
The 52-acre, solar-powered, zero-waste Kaveri Campus opens with the Aryabhata-X supercomputer.
2,800 students from 41 countries; top ten in the Asia TechEd Index.
SIAC in figures
Outcomes our graduates and faculty have built up since the institute opened.
Programmes
Most students join straight after Class 12 for the five-year integrated degree. Graduates can also join our two flagship master's programmes or the doctoral school.
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Integrated B.Tech + M.Tech / M.Sc.
Foundations, core engineering, a specialisation in one of six tracks, a semester abroad and a master's thesis with a six-month internship. Dual degree with a partner university.
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M.Tech in Frontier AI Systems
Foundation models, agentic AI, safety and alignment, multimodal and edge AI. The capstone is trained on the 4,096-GPU Aryabhata-X cluster.
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M.Sc. in AI & Business Transformation
AI strategy, data-driven finance, product management and venture creation, with a 12-week consulting practicum and a dual M.Sc. from a European business school.
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Doctoral School
PhDs in Computer Science, AI, Electronics and Digital Business across 14 research centres, with a ₹85,000 monthly stipend and a research budget.
Doctoral study
Applying to SIAC, in seven steps
One online application covers every programme. The full process, with eligibility, documents, fees and scholarships, is on the admissions page.
- 1Check eligibilityChoose your pathway
- 2Create an accountOn the admissions portal
- 3ApplyForm, documents and fee
- 4Take the testSIAT, GATE or equivalent
- 5Selection DayInterview and studio exercise
- 6Receive your offerAccept by 15 May
- 7EnrolGenesis Week in August
Life on the Kaveri Campus
Eleven residence halls, a makerspace that never closes and a supercomputing centre, all on a solar-powered, zero-waste site. More about research and campus life
Partners
Every student completes an industry immersion in year 2 and a semester abroad in year 3 through these partners. Master's graduates receive a dual degree.
Industry
- Nimbus Cloud Systems
- Helix Semiconductor
- Quantara AI Labs
- Orbisoft
- Veridian Data
- Tessellate Robotics
Universities
- Nordhavn Institute of TechnologyDenmark
- École Polytechnique de ValmontFrance
- Pacific Rim University of TechnologySingapore
- Ashford-Lyle UniversityUnited Kingdom
- Tokai-Minami InstituteJapan
Applications for August 2027 open on 1 October
Apply in the early round by 15 December 2026 for an earlier decision.