Sardar Patel Institute of Technology

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (SPIT)
Established 1995(SPIT)
Type Unaided
Principal Dr. Prachi Gharpure
Academic staff
 60
Students 1352
Undergraduates 1080
Postgraduates 252
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Location Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Campus Urban - 47 acres
Acronym SPIT
Affiliations Mumbai University, National Board of Accreditation , AICTE
Website Sardar Patel Institute Of Technology

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (SPIT) is an engineering college in India. It is located in Andheri, a suburb of Mumbai. It is affiliated to Mumbai University and offers graduate (Bachelor), post-graduate (Master) and doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Engineering. The Institute is reputed for excellent training in programs in engineering and technology at the certificate, degree, post-graduate and doctoral levels, as well as numerous well-regarded research works.

Location

The institute is located in 47 acres of green campus at Munshi Nagar, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's Campus, Andheri (West), Mumbai. It is surrounded by skyscrapers, housing head offices of international firms. The campus also houses three Bhavan’s Institutions of great repute namely Bhavan’s College (the arts, commerce and science college), Sardar Patel College of Engineering – Government aided Engineering college, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, a management institute.

History

In 1957, the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan conceived the idea of establishing an engineering college in Mumbai. The Engineering Personnel Committee of the Planning Commission had made certain recommendations for the establishment of new engineering colleges and polytechnics, in order to increase the technical manpower in the country. The proposal of the Bhavan to start an engineering college was favorably received by both the Central and State Governments.

It was on the 19th August 1962 that there was a huge gathering at the Bhavan’s Campus in Andheri. There was a mood of joy and festivity as thousands of students, parents and distinguished men and women from all walks of life came to take part in and witness an important and memorable function i.e. the inauguration of Sardar Patel College of Engineering by first and then Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Kulpati Dr. K.M. Munshi, the founder of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan trust. In 1995 Self Financed Engineering Course were added to it and it has been conducting Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology Courses from 1995-1996. These courses have earned a great reputation in the field of engineering education, as well as industry. The University of Mumbai desired that these self-financed courses be separated and housed in a separate building and developed as a separate self-financed entity. Thus Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Unaided Wing from year 2005-2006 is established in its new building under the name and style of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel Institute of Technology and is affiliated to Mumbai University.

National Board of Accreditation and Washington Accord has given provisional accreditation to all its U.G courses viz. B.E. Computer, B.E. I.T, B.E. Electronics, B.E. Electronics and Telecommunication.

Vision

To build a renowned institution which will produce skilled graduate engineers with goodwill for humanity

Sardar Patel Institute Building (SPIT)

SPIT Building
Sardar Patel Institute of Technology

Courses

The college offers full-time courses in Electronics And Telecommunication, Electronics, Computers, IT.

Graduate Courses

Postgraduate Courses

Research / PhD

Faculty

SPIT has best teaching staff having experience in both academic as well as industry. Most of the faculties at the institute have more than 15 years of experience. 11 faculty members are Ph.Ds and other 17 are pursuing Ph.Ds. .

Placements and Internships

SPIT attract a good quality recruiters ranging from Fortune 500 to startups and from bank to core technical. The highest package offered is 13 l.p.a by Morgan Stanley(location Mumbai) for the batch 2013-2014. The average package is around 6 l.p.a for the batch 2013-14.

Companies which recruited from SPIT are:- Accenture, Bank of America, Barclays, BlueStar, BNP Paribas, Cisco, Citius Tech, Cognizant, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, Godrej, IBM, Indus Valley Partners, JP Morgan, Kotak Mahindra, KPMG, MAQ, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Morgan Stanley, Mu Sigma, Nomura, NVidia, Quinstreet, Reliance, SAP Labs, Seclore, ThoughtWorks and many more.

Companies which offered internships are:- Barclays, Blubares Foundation, Indus Valley Partners, Infosys, Last-Bench Applied Education Pvt. Ltd, Microsoft.

Sponsored Projects

Industries and government organizations are consistently offering projects to students and faculty members. Few of the projects are -

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Student Bodies

The Students' Council is the primary student representative body. The general secretary and the cultural secretary are mainly responsible for the smooth conduct of these activities. They work under the guidance of the Vice President (who is a professor). The sports secretaries of the council also organize various sports events during the academic year.

Each stream has its own student body -

The college also supports entrepreneurship and has an Entrepreneurship-Cell(E-CELL) affiliated to National Entrepreneurship Network(NEN)

College Magazine

SPIT has its own annual college magazine named 'SPark' - What Ignites SP. It includes reports on the activities that have taken place in SPIT throughout the year, as well as articles and photographs.

A newsmagazine named COMMUNICATION TIMES, started in 2007, is also run by the IETE committee. It includes global business & technology articles, compiled & edited by a student-run team.

College Festivals

SPIT hosts SPACE jointly with SPCE , which takes place in February every year. Its a 3 day fest and students all over the city come to enjoy this festival.

For more details, visit http://www.spacethefest.org

Facilities and Infrastructure

Scholarship / Freeship

Most of the students avail the facility of freeship or scholarship provided by various organisations such as :-

All this are subject to proper documents and term and conditions applicable in that year.

MoUs and Tie ups

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology started CRINE with the mission of driving innovation through learning from neurons. The objective of this center is to promote research in neuromorphic engineering, to promote collaboration between colleges and disciplines and to enhance industry institute interaction. The institute has also signed MOU with Eduvance and the center is supported by Cypress Semiconductors University Alliance Program. First time faculty and students from different departments of VJTI (Matunga), SPIT (Andheri) and Fr.CRCE (Bandra) started working together in multidisciplinary area.

  • 1. Cooperation for Dissemination of Knowledge
  • 2. Joint Research Projects
  • 3. Exchange of Faculty
  • 4. Knowledge Sharing
  • 5. Utilization of Academic Infrastructure

Awards/Honors received by faculty and institute

  • Principal Dr. Prachi Gharpure, has been nominated by University of Mumbai as Local Secretary for Information and Communication Science including computer science, for the 102nd session of the Indian National Science Congress to be held in Mumbai from 3–7 January 2015. It is a prestigious academic national level event inaugurated by the Prime minister and attended by the President of India every year. Mumbai University is hosting this event after 53 years
  • Dr. Surendra Singh Rathod, Professor and Head of Electronics Engineering Department at Sardar Patel Institute of Technology was honoured with India International Friendship Society’s most coveted institutional and globally reputed “SHIKSHARATTANPURASKAR” along with “Certificate of Excellence” for his service s and achievements in the field of engineering education at a glittering function. The award was presented by Dr.G.V.G.Krishnamurthy, former Chief Election Commissioner, Govt. of India on 29thMay 2012 at India International Center, New Delhi.

Notable Alumni

  • Saurabh Netravalkar, Indian cricketer
  • Hardik Dave, Co-founder of Documendz
  • Sagar Tamboli, Co-founder of Documendz
  • Aaswad Satpute, Computer Scientist and Mathematician

Companies founded by alumni

Products and apps

Dozens of products and apps are developed every year at the institute to solve the problem of tomorrow. The list includes only sustaining and successful products and apps -

External links

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