Dwarkadas Jivanlal Sanghvi College of Engineering (D.J. Sanghvi, or DJ, as it is popularly known) is an engineering college in Mumbai

Mumbai

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. The College has been graded A+ by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE). The College was established by Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal in 1994.

History

D J Sanghvi College of Engineering was established in 1994. It was named after Shri Dwarkadas Jivanlal Sanghvi, an industrialist. Born in Rajula, Gujarat on September 17, 1913, Dwarkadas was an enterprising, hard worker who traveled to Rangoon, Calcutta and eventually settled down in Bombay, where he founded Balkrishna Pens Private Limited and introduced the very famous brand of fountain pens - Wilson Pens. In fact, the Constitution of India was written by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with a Wilson pen.

The College was born out of the efforts of its parent body Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal which, with prior approval from the University of Mumbai, the Government of Maharashtra, the Directorate of Technical Education and the All India Council for Technical Education, decided to establish a engineering college.

One of the best institutions, in Mumbai and is ranked 45 in The Top Engineering Colleges of India in the year 2010

Location

The College is located in Vile Parle, a suburb of Mumbai. It is easily accessible from both Vile Parle and Andheri Railway Stations. It can also be reached by BEST Bus No. 229, 224, 707, 33, 38, 222,627, AS-707, 201. Cooper Hospital

Cooper Hospital

Cooper Hospital located in the Vile Parle area of Mumbai is a municipality hospital and was named after Dr R. N. Cooper....

 bus-stop is outside the college. Important landmarks around the College include Cooper Hospital and Bhaidas Hall.

Departments

The College has an intake capacity of 360 students in 7 branches for Bachelor of Engineering degree:-

1. Chemical Engineering
   Chemical engineering
   Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
   
    - 60 seats
2. Electronics Engineering - 60 seats
3. Production Engineering
   Production engineering
   Production engineering is a combination of manufacturing technology with management science. A production engineer typically has a wide knowledge of engineering practices and is aware of the management challenges related to production...
   
    - 30 seats
4. Biomedical Engineering
   Biomedical engineering
   Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...
   
    - 30 seats
5. Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering - 120 seats
6. Information Technology
   Information technology
   Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
   
    - 60 seats
7. Computer Science
   Computer science
   Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
   
    - 120 seats
8. Mechanical Engineering
   Mechanical engineering
   Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
   
   - 60 seats

In addition to this, 10-15 diploma students more are admitted every year during the second year of the Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electronics, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering,Computer Science and Information Technology. Around 5 diploma students are added in the remaining branches.

Infrastructure

The Library, named 'Manubhai P. Knowledge Centre', is situated on the first floor of the College building. It occupies more than 60000 sq ft (5,574.2 m²). of space. It is facilitated with reprography & also Wi-fi network connection. There are about 14,000 books, 70 - printed journals & magazines (National & International) with 4 online databases. (IEL Online, ASME, ACM, & Springer Link.)

Festivals

The annual cultural festival of the college is known as "Parichay". It is held in February or March every year and is attended by engineering students from colleges all over Mumbai.
The college also hosts a technical fest named "Pulse".
The festival includes various events like wired, wireless and autonomous robotics, programming contests and quizzes, paper presentations, technical exhibition besides workshops and seminars by eminent faculty from across Mumbai.

External links

• Official site

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