Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

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

VIT Pune

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.

Courses

Undergraduate

All Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) courses are for a duration of four years. The following courses are offered:

• Computer Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Electronics Engineering
• Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Information Technology
• Instrumentation Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Production Engineering

The following are the supporting departments for the above courses. These departments do not offer full-fledged courses of their own.

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Sciences
• Workshop

Graduate

The following are the postgraduate programs:

• Masters in Computer Applications (M.C.A.)
• Masters of Technology (M.Tech.)
  • Mechanical (Heat Power)
  • Mechanical (Design)
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Instrumentation & Control (Process Instrumentation)

Doctoral

A doctors degree is awarded in the following fields:

• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

The college has a Department of Self Development (DoSD) that handles campus placements.

Campus

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 for students and a mess. It is located about 1.5 km from the academic area.

Associations and tie-ups

• Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand. AIT and VIT offer specialized postgraduate courses.

• Student Exchange Program with Groupe des Ecoles des Mines (GEM), France.

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.

• Student Exchange Program with colleges in Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa (OMG).

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.

Campus events

The college organises state, national, and international conferences and events.

Notable events include the following.

• Melange

This annual event is a mixture of cultural, technical and sporting competitions, where students from colleges across India come to participate.

• Vishwakarandak

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.

Sister institutes

BRACT has started and runs the following institutes.

• Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology (VIIT)
• Vishwakarma Institute of Management (VIM)
• Vishwakarma Creative-i College (VCiC)

Placements

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. 4 lakh, with a highest salary of Rs. 28 lakh.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Official website