'R V College of Engineering', 'slug' => 'rv-college-of-engineering', 'type' => 'Aided', 'est' => 1963, 'naac' => 'A++', 'aff' => 'VTU / Autonomous', 'cse_rank' => '~250', 'fee' => '₹38,000/yr', 'seats' => 420], ['name' => 'BMS College of Engineering', 'slug' => 'bms-college-of-engineering', 'type' => 'Aided', 'est' => 1946, 'naac' => 'A+', 'aff' => 'VTU / Autonomous', 'cse_rank' => '~500', 'fee' => '₹42,000/yr', 'seats' => 360], ['name' => 'M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology', 'slug' => 'ms-ramaiah-institute-of-technology', 'type' => 'Private', 'est' => 1962, 'naac' => 'A+', 'aff' => 'VTU', 'cse_rank' => '~1,200', 'fee' => '₹1.1 lakh/yr', 'seats' => 480], ['name' => 'PES University', 'slug' => 'pes-university', 'type' => 'Deemed', 'est' => 1988, 'naac' => 'A+', 'aff' => 'Deemed', 'cse_rank' => '~1,800', 'fee' => '₹2.4 lakh/yr', 'seats' => 540], ['name' => 'Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering', 'slug' => 'dayananda-sagar-college-engineering', 'type' => 'Private', 'est' => 1979, 'naac' => 'A', 'aff' => 'VTU', 'cse_rank' => '~5,000', 'fee' => '₹1.3 lakh/yr', 'seats' => 360], ['name' => 'New Horizon College of Engineering', 'slug' => 'new-horizon-college-of-engineering', 'type' => 'Private', 'est' => 2001, 'naac' => 'A', 'aff' => 'VTU', 'cse_rank' => '~8,000', 'fee' => '₹1.2 lakh/yr', 'seats' => 360], ['name' => 'Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology','slug' => 'sir-m-visvesvaraya-institute-tech', 'type' => 'Private', 'est' => 1986, 'naac' => 'A', 'aff' => 'VTU', 'cse_rank' => '~10,000', 'fee' => '₹1.1 lakh/yr', 'seats' => 300], ['name' => 'Bangalore Institute of Technology', 'slug' => 'bangalore-institute-of-technology', 'type' => 'Aided', 'est' => 1979, 'naac' => 'A', 'aff' => 'VTU', 'cse_rank' => '~12,000', 'fee' => '₹45,000/yr', 'seats' => 300], ['name' => 'Jain University', 'slug' => 'jain-university', 'type' => 'Deemed', 'est' => 1990, 'naac' => 'A', 'aff' => 'Deemed', 'cse_rank' => 'Direct', 'fee' => '₹2.2 lakh/yr', 'seats' => 480], ['name' => 'CMR Institute of Technology', 'slug' => 'cmr-institute-of-technology', 'type' => 'Private', 'est' => 2000, 'naac' => 'A', 'aff' => 'VTU', 'cse_rank' => '~20,000', 'fee' => '₹1.0 lakh/yr', 'seats' => 300], ]; $faqs = [ ['q' => 'What is the best engineering college in Bangalore ' . $current_year . 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