Complex sentence: In the past decade, the college has established itself among the premier engineering colleges in the state and was ranked 8th among the engineering colleges in Karnataka by BITES, an autonomous organization under the Government of Karnataka.
Split into simpler sentences: In the past decade, the college has established itself among the premier engineering colleges in the state. It has been ranked 8th among the engineering colleges in Karnataka by BITES, an autonomous organization under the Government of Karnataka.