Vidyalankar Institute of Technology
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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
.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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.
is offered at VIT:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
‘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.
has selected Vidyalankar as a partner for its Campus-Connect Program, wherein they train Pre-final year Vidyalankar students to make them industry ready.
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.
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
degree college approved by the All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) and affiliated to University of Mumbai
University of Mumbai
The University of Mumbai , is a state university located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was known as the University of Bombay until 1996 when the city of Bombay was renamed as Mumbai. The affiliated colleges of the university are spread throughout the city of Mumbai and four coastal districts in...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
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. It caters to students who have passed the Maharashtra State Board's HSC
Higher Secondary (School) Certificate
The Higher Secondary Certificate, also known as HSC, is a public examination taken by students in Bangladesh, Pakistan and in the states of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra and Goa in India after successfully completing at least twelve years of schooling, that is two years...
and CET examinations and desire to take up engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
as their profession.It secured an A grade rating from the Mumbai University in 2005.
History
Dadar
Dadar is a place in Mumbai, and is also a railway station on both the Western and Central lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Dadar is situated in the heart of Mumbai, and Dadar station is the only railway station common to both the Central and Western lines...
. Vidyalankar classes shifted to their present location in 'Pearl Center', Dadar in 1974. 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.
Programs offered
Currently, the Institute offeres both graduate and postgraduatePostgraduate education
Postgraduate education involves learning and studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and is normally considered to be part of higher education...
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.
Undergraduate programs
Following are the branches in which Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree of University of MumbaiUniversity of Mumbai
The University of Mumbai , is a state university located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was known as the University of Bombay until 1996 when the city of Bombay was renamed as Mumbai. The affiliated colleges of the university are spread throughout the city of Mumbai and four coastal districts in...
is offered at VIT:
- Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering : 120 Seats
- Electronics Engineering : 60 Seats
- Computer Engineering : 120 Seats
- Information Technology : 60 Seats
- Bio-Medical Engineering : 60 Seats
Post-graduate programs
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. The college also offers an Masters program in computer engineering, where the degree is conferred by the University of Mumbai.- Masters in Management Studies : 60 Seats
- M.E (Computer Engineering) : 18 Seats
- M.E (Information Technology) : 18 Seats
- M.E.(Electronics & Tele-Communication Engineering) : 18 Seats
Campus
Dosti Acres
Dosti Acres is a large residential complex constructed by the Dosti Group of Mumbai, housing more than 1200 families. It is located at New Wadala, Mumbai, which is the name given to that area in Wadala, which is predominantly residential....
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
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
ground and also a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
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.
Library
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. | |||
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.
E-Learning and other online resources
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.Laboratories
Mechanics
Mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the behavior of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effects of the bodies on their environment....
departments.
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.
Hostel
Nerul
Nerul is an upmarket residential and commercial node of the city of Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra, India and is better known as the queen of Navi Mumbai. It has 50 sectors. It is the biggest and the most populated residential node in the city of Navi Mumbai. Nerul along with Seawoods Darave makes...
, has been run by the Vidyalankar Dyanapeeth Trust since June 1996. A total of 131 students (both boys and girls) reside here. 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
Carrom
Carrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
and chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
boards for recreation.
Achievements and awards
- Vidyalankar has won the Honour Award from Designshare, New York, USA for its innovative design. The structure boasts of gateless campus, a man-size chess board, an amphitheatre and a multi purpose zone for students to chill.
- InfosysInfosysInfosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...
has selected Vidyalankar as a partner for its Campus-Connect Program, wherein they train pre-final year Vidyalankar students to make them industry ready. - VIT has also spread its wings by a tie up with Penn State University, USA. In this program, students finish the first the first two years of the B.S. program in VITVITVIT may refer to:* VIT University* VIT, C.A., a computer hardware manufacturer* Venkateshwara Institute of Technology* Victorian Institute of Teaching* Vidyalankar Institute of Technology* Vishnu Institute of Technology...
and upon achieveing the required GPA, finish the later two years of the course at Penn State University. - Recently, VITians joined hands with the Indian Development Foundation (Formerly the Indian Leprosy Foundation) to spread awareness of TuberculosisTuberculosisTuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
to the masses. - Vidyalankar Group of Educational Institutes' 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.
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 organised in the Summer semester while smaller events are conducted throughout the year by the student organizations.Student chapters
- Association for Computing MachineryAssociation for Computing MachineryThe Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
- CSIComputer Society of IndiaThe Computer Society of India is the first and the largest body of computer professionals in India. It was started on 6 March 1965 by a handful of computer professionals and has now grown to be the national body representing computer professionals...
- IEEE
- IETE
Student cells
- Research and Development Cell
- Entrepreneurship Development Cell
- Industry Institute Interaction Cell
Student organisations
- Academic:
- EESA - Electronics Students' Association
- ETSA - Electronics and Telecommunications Students' Association
- ITSA - Information Technology Students' Association
- BMSA - Bio-Medical Students' Association
- CESA - Computer Education Students' Association
- Non-academic:
- REC - Renewable Energy Club (Government Funded)
- Movie Club
- Dance Club
- Music Club
- Hobby Club
Annual festivals
- An inter-collegiate technical festival called FERVOR is held in February/March every year. Registrations for various events open in mid-February. Events include Robotics, Technical Paper Presentations, Debates, Quizzes, Open Software competitions, Stock Market Simulation competitions etc.
- An intra-collegiate cultural festival called VERVE is held in February/March every year. Some events like Dance Competitions, Fashion Show and War of the DJs are held on an inter-collegiate level. It also includes fun events like Antakshri, Ad-Mad show, Press Conference etc.
- Every February, an inter-collegiate sports festival is held in the college campus, including both indoor and outdoor sports. The highlight of the festival is the S6 (Six a side - Six overs) cricket tournament in which more than 15 colleges participate. It also includes intra-collegiate competitions in volleyball, box-cricket, throwball, carrom, chess etc.
Expressions
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
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.
‘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.
Placements
This is a list of companies that VIT students have been in, as of 2007. InfosysInfosys
Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...
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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Location
Dosti Acres
Dosti Acres is a large residential complex constructed by the Dosti Group of Mumbai, housing more than 1200 families. It is located at New Wadala, Mumbai, which is the name given to that area in Wadala, which is predominantly residential....
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
South Mumbai
South Mumbai , sometimes incorrectly referred to by English Media as "SoBo" , the southern-most precinct of the city of Mumbai, India, comprises the city's main business localities and its adjoining areas...
once MMRDA completes the first stage of the Mumbai Monorail
Mumbai Monorail
The Mumbai Monorail is a monorail system currently under construction for the city of Mumbai, India. Once completed it will be world’s second longest Monorail corridor. It is being contracted by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and will be the first monorail in India...
project in early 2007, as it has a station in Wadala.