| VIT, Pune. | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1983 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | Bansilal Ramnath Agrawal Charitable Trust (BRACT) |
| Chairman | Shri. Rajkumar Bansilal Agarwal |
| Director | Prof. Dr. R. M. Jalnekar |
| Academic staff | 225 |
| Students | 2800 |
| Location | 666 Upper Indiranagar, Bibwewadi, Pune-411037, Maharashtra, India |
| Campus | Academic area: 7 acres(0.028 km2 and hostel and ground: 10 acre(0.0404 km2) |
| Affiliations | Pune University |
| Website | www.vit.edu |
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT) is an autonomous engineering college in Pune, India. Established in 1983, it is affiliated to the University of Pune. The school is academically and financially autonomous and is run by the Bansilal Ramanath Agrawal Charitable Trust. The director is Prof. Dr. R. N. Jalnekar.
The college has attained academic autonomy from the academic year 2008-09. It is the first private college in Maharashtra to do so. Academic autonomy has helped the college to introduce cross-departmental and industry oriented subjects in the curriculum.
The college is situated in the Bibwewadi area of Pune.
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All Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) courses are for a duration of four years. The following courses are offered:
The following are the supporting departments for the above courses. These departments do not offer full-fledged courses of their own.
The following are the postgraduate programs:
A doctors degree is awarded in the following fields:
The college has a Department of Self Development (DoSD) that handles campus placements.
The college has about 2800 students, 225 faculty members, 67 laboratories, and 150 administrative and supportive staff.
Spread over an area of 7 acres (28,000 m2), the academic area consists of four major buildings. The campus has a canteen that remains open during the college hours, and an auditorium.
The students hostel and the sports ground are off-campus, on an area of 10 acres (40,000 m2). The hostel is equipped with Wi-Fi (which never works) for students and a mess. It is located about 1.5 km from the academic area.
GEM and VIT have a Memorandum of Understanding allowing a Student Exchange Program, where students studying in seven GEM affiliated schools in France, send their students to VIT and students in the third year (T.E.) of their Bachelor's degree at VIT, go to France for one semester. The first batch completed its studies abroad in Jan-May 2009. This association also encourages higher learning (postgraduate) in GEM schools across France.
Under this program, students at VIT are sent to various partner colleges in the state of Ontario, Canada, while Canadian students come to participating colleges in Maharashtra and Goa. Students in the third year (T.E.) of their Bachelor's degree at VIT, are sent to Canada for one semester. The first batch completed its studies abroad in Aug-Dec 2009.
The college organises state, national, and international conferences and events.
Notable events include the following.
This annual event is a mixture of cultural, technical and sporting competitions, where students from colleges across India come to participate.
This annual event is the flagship cultural event on the campus, culminating with the college gathering. The participants are restricted to students of VIT and the competitions are held between the departments.
The college publishes its own newsletter by the name of Wink.
BRACT has started and runs the following institutes.
Companies such as Avaya, Amdocs, IBM,Starent Networks, VMware, Accenture, CGI Group Inc., Sasken, Persistent Systems, Symantec, TCS, and Cognizant, are a few of the companies that recruit undergraduates from VIT. As of 2008-09, the average salary of a placed undergraduate was Rs. 3.5 lakh, with a maximum salary of Rs. 28 lakh.