K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering

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The K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering, abbreviated as KJSCE, was established in 1983 at Somaiya Vidyavihar. It has the departments of Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering.

KJSCE was the engineering college in Maharashtra to get accreditation by the National Board of Accreditation (New Delhi) in 1997.

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K.J Somaiya College of Engineering can claim to be one of the premier engineering institutes of Mumbai with the largest intake of students. It is also ranked in the top 10 of undergraduate engineering colleges of Mumbai. There are nearly 700 students which are accepted each year in its spralling campus also one of the largest one in North Mumbai. The institute takes pride in offering some very talented graduates from its varied engineering disciplines every year. Some of the class top ranking students rank as the best in university as well as in the industry where they are recruited. The institute has won numerous awards for its contribution in the academic field from the university of Mumbai as well as other bodies. The instituion has representations from national and international educational associations like IEEE, IETE, CSI for its departments.

[edit] Campus

K.J Somaiya College of Engineering is located at Vidyavihar - a term meaning place of knowledge. It is one the largest educational campuses of Mumbai. The Vidyavihar station on the central railway line of Mumbai was also instantiated by one of its founders, for the benefits of the thousands of students pursuing varying programs in the campus. Besides housing the Engineering College Vidyavihar campus enjoys the distinction of housing a Science and Arts College, a Secondary School, a Management Institute [1], a Polytechnic Institute and a Commerce College. It thus represents to have a profile of all educational fields.Besides the campus at Vidyavihar Somaiya also has its Medical College -Hospital and another Institute of Information Technology at Sion in Mumbai.

[edit] Symphony

Symphony, the inter-collegiate cultural festival of KJSCE, has created its name and popularity among Engineering and Management institutes under Mumbai University for the last decade. Every year about 75 institutes and 5000 students participate in the programme. The main aim is to promote, encourage and exhibit the talents of the students on a common platform and create interest in the classical, vocal and instrumental music.

[edit] Kshitij

Kshitij is annual magazine of K J Somaiya College of Engineering. This magazine is an attempt to provide the students a platform to reveal their ideas and hidden talents.

The choice of articles from student's consideration range from a very scholarly exploration of ideas in order to whet student's intellectual curiosity , to a few techniques for aiding personality development and general issues.

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