| Vidyalankar Institute of Technology | |
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| Motto | Provoked by Intellect, Propelled by values |
| Established | 1999 |
| Type | Engineering and Technology Institution |
| Academic affiliation | University of Mumbai and AICTE |
| Principal | Seema Shah[1] |
| Director | Milind Tadvalkar |
| Undergraduates | Intake 420 per year[2] |
| Postgraduates | Intake 78 per year[3][4] |
| Location | Wadala, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Campus | Urban, Spread over 11 acres (45,000 m2) in Central Mumbai |
| Acronym | VIT |
| Mascot | Bull |
| Website | http://vit.edu.in/ |
Vidyalankar Institute of Technology (VIT) is an engineering degree college approved by the All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) and affiliated to University of Mumbai, India.[2]
Vidyalankar Institute of Technology was started in the year 1999 after having secured permission from the AICTE and University of Mumbai.It has slowly gained popularity and today attracts top talent.[5] It caters to students who have passed the Maharashtra State Board's HSC and CET examinations and desire to take up engineering as their profession.It secured an A grade rating from the Mumbai University in 2005.[6]
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VIT is different from other institutes in Mumbai in the sense that it was established by an organization that was already well known in the field of education viz. Vidyalankar Dyanapeeth Trust. The trust was founded by Prof. C.S. Deshpande. He started coaching students in 1960, in a single classroom in Dadar. Vidyalankar classes shifted to their present location in 'Pearl Center', Dadar in 1974.[7] After 39 years of coaching students, the trust decided to expand by establishing the Vidyalankar Institute of technology. The institute had humble beginnings in Pearl Center, the very same building where Vidyalankar Classes is situated; and moved to the current campus in 2001.[8]
Currently, the Institute offeres both graduate and postgraduate programs. Following are the details of the programs as of 2009. The college has gone through various phases of expansions over the last few years, and further expansions are also expected.
Following are the branches in which Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree of University of Mumbai is offered at VIT:[2]
The college offers a postgraduate course in MMS (Master of Management Studies), where the degree is conferred by the University of Mumbai. Admission is based on Maharashtra CET (Common Entrance Test) score.[3] The college also offers an Masters program in computer engineering, where the degree is conferred by the University of Mumbai.[9]
The campus is located in Wadala (East), a central suburb of Mumbai, and stretches over 11 acres (45,000 m2 or 480,000 sq ft) of land. It is close to some residential complexes like Dosti Acres and Lloyd's Estate.
The Institute of Technology shares the campus with Vidyalankar Polytechnic and Vidyalankar School of Information Technology. The campus comprises 3 buildings, 2 gardens, a football field, a volleyball ground and also a cricket pitch. A canteen and a cafe both offer a wide range of food and beverages. Also, separate parking lots are available for students and faculty members, for both 2-wheelers and 4-wheelers. A new building called the X-Block is also under construction, which has already been featured in an international architecture e-magazine.[10]
The library provides a wide ranging collection of books which include university prescribed text books and reference material. The library also subscribes to all major international journals and magazines. Some major non-technical magazines are also subscribed to. The library also has a reading hall which is open 6 days a week and on Sundays when exams are approaching.
| Number of books | Number of titles | Number of journals Subscribed to |
Number of Non-Academic books |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,521 | 3,369 | 52 | 1,452 |
| Statistics true as of June 2006.[11] | |||
Apart from books, the college also provides students with the facility of using the IEEE/IET electronic library (IEL); an online database, which holds more than 2,000,000 full text documents.[12]
One of the institute faculty members, Prof. Jayen Modi, Lecturer in the Electronics Engineering Department has developed several slides of subjects in the electronics engineering discipline. (Subjects covered include Electronics Circuits and Design I&II and Analaog Integrated Circuits). These slides are designed in such a way that these can be used for last minute revision. They contain detailed circuit diagrams, mathematical equations & animations that illustrate the behaviour of various electronics devices and phenomena. This e-learning material, once fully developed, is planned to be made available online for the benefit of the students in other colleges as well.
An entire floor of the main building is reserved for laboratories. They include labs maintained by the 5 departments as well as other core departments such as Applied Sciences and Mechanics departments.[13]
In addition to 12 computer laboratories, the Institute has set up a state of the art 'Central Computing Centre'. An area of 300 sq m is dedicated for the Computer Centre. Apart from IBM compatible P4 desktops, the centre has Apple Mac desktops and Sun Blade Workstations. All these computers are networked and backed up with various legal operating systems & application software along with printing & scanning devices.[14]
The Vidyalankar Gurkul, a hostel for boys and girls at Nerul, has been run by the Vidyalankar Dyanapeeth Trust since June 1996. A total of 131 students (both boys and girls) reside here.[15] A few of the students are from the western suburbs of Mumbai, while others come from different states of India. The hostel is located near Nerul railway station, in Sector 17.
Amongst other facilities, the hostel also provides computers with internet facilities, a library consisting of academic and general books, and also carrom and chess boards for recreation.
The college has student chapters of various international organizations. It has also set up various development and interaction cells to help students to decide on the path they want to take in the future. The college's annual festivals organised in the Summer semester while smaller events are conducted throughout the year by the student organizations.
Expressions is the annual magazine published by the college. The issue comes out usually in the month of April. The editing staff consists of students from all branches and includes freshers as well.
Friday Paath-shala is a platform created for students to indulge in their non academic passions & pursuits. This ranges from dance workshops to screening thought provoking movies and debates to musical jams where students bring their favourite musical instruments. The allotted time is every Friday between 4.30 pm to 6.30pm and the venue is the amphitheatre.
Vidyalankar Group of Educational Institute’s ‘Friday Paathshala’ earned recognition nationally by bagging a silver in the ‘college contact programme of the year’ category at the 1st WOW Event and Experiential Awards.[24][25]
‘Friday Paathshala’ is a non-academic interaction for engineering students in Vidyalankar Institute of Technology. Every Friday is turned into an exciting and fun-filled evening for students in the form of workshops, movie-screenings, sports, dance and jam-sessions. ‘Friday Paathshala’ reaches out to more than 2000 students in 6 months and 24 sessions every academic year.
‘Friday Paathshala’ from being a single college activity has now extended out to all engineering colleges in Mumbai and have involved them in an annual S6 cricket tournament (6 a side, 6 over each). The S6 cricket carnival is now 2 editions old and is becoming a landmark sports event in the annual sports calendar of engineering colleges.
This is a list of companies that VIT students have been in, as of 2007.[20] Infosys has selected Vidyalankar as a partner for its Campus-Connect Program, wherein they train Pre-final year Vidyalankar students to make them industry ready.
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The Vidyalankar campus is situated in Wadala (E) in Central Mumbai, 1 kilometer away from Wadala Road Station. It is located on Vidyalankar College Marg next to residential complexes, Dosti Acres and Lloyd's Estate. The campus is also bordered by the Antophill Warehouse company.
The campus will soon be even more accessible to students from South Mumbai once MMRDA completes the first stage of the Mumbai Monorail project in early 2007, as it has a station in Wadala.[29]