Vishwakarma Institute of Technology - [VIT]

About College

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Pune, was established in the year 1983, financed and run by the Bansilal Ramanath Aggarwal Charitable Trust, Pune. It is a highly commendable private institute, occupies a place of pride amongst the premier technical institutes of the western region of India.

• The Institute is one of the leading autonomous Institute affiliated to the University of Pune.
• According to Indian mythology, 'Vishwakarma' was a divine architect-engineer. It is believed that He fashioned this world with his rare engineering skill.
• The Institute campus boasts of lush green lawns with a feel of ancient Gurukuls far from the madding crowd. It has got 17.625 acres of land, out of which 7 acres are utilized for academic building area and available built-up area for the entire institution is 29,039 sq. mts.
• The Institute is running 9 undergraduate, 8 post-graduate & 6 Ph.D. Program.
• The Institute worked as a “Centre for admission to direct the second year after Diploma” for 10 years on behalf of the Directorate of Technical Education, Mumbai.
• The Institution has got selected under the world bank project TEQIP Phase- I i.e. Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme by the Ministry of HRD, New Delhi.
• The Institution awarded ISO 9001-2008 certified by BSI, India.
• The Institute has been granted autonomous status since the academic year 2008-09.
• The Institute was accredited ('A' Grade) by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), AICTE, New Delhi from July 2013 for the next five years.

Collaboration (Industrial/Institutional):

• Consultancy agreement signed with Computational Research Laboratory Ltd. (Sept 2007)
• Confidential Disclosure Agreement signed withEmersonDesignEngineeringCenterfor cooling fan design (Sept 2007)
• MOU signed with Mahindra Engineering Design and Development Co. Ltd. (Dec 2007)
• Confidential Disclosure Agreement signed with Nirmal Mulay of Nostrum Pharmaceutical Inc. USA (Jan 2008)
• MOU with FEV India Pvt. Ltd., Pune (June 2009)

Conferences and Workshops:

• Heat transfer workshop for two weeks on 29^th November to 10^th December 2011
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Workshop for two weeks held on 18^th to 19^th Feb 2012
• Introduction to Research methodologies two weeks workshop held from 25^th June to 4^th July 2012
• International Ergonomics Conference (HWWE) held on 22^nd-24^th Dec 2008 at VIT, Pune
• Analog Electronics Conference held on 4^th-14^th June 2013 conducted by IIT Kharagpur in VIT

Facilities:

Internet lab:  Internet facility is available for students and staff members both in the campus with Wi-Fi facility. 

Auditorium: Institute has a fully furnished AC auditorium with a seating capacity of 700. Events like Student meetings, seminar workshops, staff meetings, international conferences are regularly held in this auditorium.

Library: The Institute has a Central Library which consisted of a Reference Section, a Reading hall, a Journal Section, and a Stack room. The library has a unique collection of Encyclopedia, Textbooks, Journals, Handbooks, Video Cassettes, CD ‘S, B.I.Standards, Video courses, etc.

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