Vidyalankar Institute of Technology explained

Motto:Provoked by Intellect, Propelled by values
Vidyalankar Institute of Technology
Established:1999
Principal:Dr. Sunil Patekar
Accreditation:NAAC Grade:A+[1]
Director:Milind Tadvalkar[2]
Undergrad:Intake 660 per year
Postgrad:Intake 144 per year[3] [4]
Free Label:Acronym
Free:VIT
Coor:19.0216°N 72.8708°W
Mascot:Bull
Campus:Urban, Spread over 11acres in Central Mumbai

Vidyalankar Institute of Technology (VIT) is an Autonomous Engineering and Management college approved by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra State and affiliated to the University of Mumbai[5] It was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council in 2019.

Vidyalankar Institute of Technology was started in the year 1999 after having secured permission from the AICTE and University of Mumbai.[6]

Vidyalankar Institute of Technology secured a grade rating of "A" from Mumbai University in 2005.[7]

History

Established in the year 1999, Vidyalankar Institute of Technology is an autonomous (from A.Y. 2022-23 for period of 10 years) engineering degree and management college.

VIT is managed by Vidyalankar Dnayapeeth Trust.

VIT provides multidisciplinary technical education.

It is approved by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Maharashtra state and affiliated to the University of Mumbai.

VIT received an ‘A’ grade certificate from the Maharashtra State Government in 2005.

Three of its undergraduate programmers are accredited by National Board of Accreditation for the period of three years with effect from 01 July 2016, and are permanently affiliated to the University of Mumbai, since 2017.

It is the recipient of Distinguished College Award at TechNet India 2017 (annual academic conference and awards to academia, jointly organized by CSI, Mumbai Chapter in association with Spoken Tutorial- FOSSEE at IIT Bombay).

The institute is also accredited by Tata Consultancy Services.

VIT is also an Academia Partner with L&T Infotech for its ‘Brand Ambassador Programmer’ and has MOU's with leading organizations.

The Institute has been accredited with a CGPA of 3.41 at A+ grade by National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) valid for a period of 5 years from 04 March 2019.

Programs offered

VIT currently offers Undergraduate and Post graduate programs in engineering and management. Following are the details of the programs as of 2023.

Undergraduate programs

Following are the branches in which Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree of University of Mumbai is offered at VIT:[5]

Accreditation: All undergraduate courses (Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering and Bio-Medical Engineering are accredited by National Board of Accreditation.

Accreditation: Accredited A+ by NAAC in First Cycle with score of 3.41

Graduate programs

The college offers a graduate 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 a master's program in computer engineering, where the degree is conferred by the University of Mumbai.[8]

Doctoral programs

The college offers a doctoral program in computer engineering. The degree is conferred by the University of Mumbai.

Campus

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 campus comprises 3 buildings, 2 gardens, a football field, a Multipurpose court where volleyball, basketball, throwball, handball is played and also a cricket pitch. A canteen and a café 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 (only for faculties).

Library

The library provides a wide-ranging collection of books which include university prescribed textbooks 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.

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 3,796,274 full text documents.[9]

Laboratories

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.[10]

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.[11]

Hostel

The Vidyalankar Gurkula, a hostel for boys and girls at Nerul, has been run by the Vidyalankar Dnayapeeth Trust since June 1996. A total of 131 students (both boys and girls) resides here.[12] 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.

Achievements and awards

Student life

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 organized in the summer semester while smaller events are conducted throughout the year by the student organizations.

Student chapters

Vidyalankar Institute of Technology's Computer Society of India (CSI-VIT) Student Chapter was conferred with the prestigious "Best Accredited Student Branch" Award for 2015-16 at the CSI Annual Convention 2016.[19] The Institute's CSI Chapter won the "Best Accredited Student Branch" Award for 2013-14, in the past.[20]

Student cells

Student organizations

Annual festivals

V-Express

V-Express is the official annual magazine published by the college. The issue usually comes out in the month of April. The magazine is created by the Student Council of VIT while the editing staff consists of the Literary Council team.

Friday Paata-Shala

Friday Paata-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 Paata-Shala’ earned recognition nationally by winning a silver in the ‘college contact programme of the year’ category at the 1st WOW Event and Experiential Awards.[24] [25]

‘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.

Location

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 Antop Hill Warehouse company.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Institutes with valid Accreditation . NAAC . National Assessment and Accreditation Council . 6 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Director's Speak . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011060312/http://vit.edu.in/about-vit/administration/directors-speak . 11 October 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Institute information for academic year 2009-2010 Institute Code : MB343 . 2009-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090417015830/http://www.dte.org.in/PG/inst.asp?i=MB343 . 17 April 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Institute information for academic year 2009-2010 Institute Code : ME235 . 2009-06-23 .
  5. Web site: Institute information for academic year 2009-10 . 2009-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090615041439/http://www.dte.org.in/degree/inst.asp?i=EN235 . 15 June 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Go, Excel in Life . 2009-06-01 . 2008-07-05 . Bombay Times . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080910223351/http://www.vit.edu.in/popup_BT.htm . 10 September 2008 .
  7. Web site: VIT grade document . 2009-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090110082650/http://www.vit.edu.in/vit_approval_ratings_grade.html . 10 January 2009 .
  8. Web site: List of PG Institutes for year 2009-10 . 2009-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080630074832/http://www.dte.org.in/pg/statistics/districtinst_wise_intake_pg.asp?inst_type=ME . 30 June 2008 . dead . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: IEEE/IET Electronic Library - Information driving innovation . https://web.archive.org/web/20071011070149/http://ieee.org/portal/innovate/products/research/ieee_iel.html . dead . 11 October 2007 . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) . 2009-06-23 .
  10. Web site: VIT Laboratories . 2009-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090212101810/http://vit.edu.in/vit_library.html . 12 February 2009 .
  11. Web site: VIT Computer Facilities . 2009-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090219210021/http://vit.edu.in/vit_computingfacilities.html . 19 February 2009 .
  12. Web site: VIT Gurukul . 2009-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006200723/http://www.vit.edu.in/vit_prospectivestudents_hostel.html . 6 October 2008 .
  13. Web site: Vidyalankar has won the Honour Award from Designshare . 2 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160616212421/http://www.vit.edu.in/about-us/infrastucture . 16 June 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  14. Web site: Indian Design Comes of Age . 2009-06-01 . 2007-10-07 . Worldarchitecturenews.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090803234808/http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1499 . 3 August 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
  15. Web site: A work in totality . 2009-06-01 . 2007-08-01 . Roof & Facade ASEAN edition . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715091118/http://www.planet3studios.com/inter4.pdf . 15 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  16. Web site: VIT Placement Cell news . 2009-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090310175434/http://www.vit.edu.in/vit_placement.html . 10 March 2009 .
  17. Web site: Building Leaders for the Digital, Global Economy . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090116001703/http://www.international.psu.edu/about_office/PDF/Mosaic/MosaicSpring07.pdf . dead . 2009-01-16 . 2009-06-01 . 2007 . Mosaic Springs 07 . .
  18. Web site: VITians to stop TB . 2009-06-01 . 2009-03-21 . Indian Development Foundation blog .
  19. Web site: CSI-VIT's Award 2015-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170215200251/http://www.csi-vitmumbai.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2015-16-Award.jpg. 15 February 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  20. Web site: CSI-VIT's Award 2013-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20170215210418/http://www.csi-vitmumbai.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2013-14-Award.jpg. 15 February 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  21. Web site: VIT Research and Development Cell . 2009-06-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216142917/http://vit.edu.in/vit_r%26d_cell.html . 16 February 2009 . dmy-all .
  22. Web site: VIT Entrepreneurship Development Cell . 2009-06-01 . dmy-all .
  23. Web site: VIT Industry Institute Interaction Cell . 2009-06-01 . dmy-all .
  24. Web site: VIT's Paathshala program wins award . 2009-06-01 . dmy-all .
  25. Web site: WOW awards winners . 2009-06-01 .

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