Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute

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Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) (established 1887) is one of India's premier engineering and technical institutes, located in Mumbai, India and attracts top talent. Until 26th January 1997 it was known as the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute.

VJTI, is a part of the University of Mumbai and its degrees are issued by the University, but the institution is no longer under the administrative purview of the university, since being granted autonomy in July, 2004.

National Ranking

VJTI was ranked 7th best in the country , among private engineering colleges, in a Mint C-Fore Survey in 2008.

VJTI was ranked 8th best in the country , among private engineering colleges, in an Outlook magazine survey in 2007.

VJTI was ranked 9th best in the country , among all engineering colleges, in an India Today survey in 1999.

History

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute [V.J.T.I.], a premiere Institute of Maharashtra, was established by Dinshaw Manockjee Petit Trust in 1887 and was then named as Victoria Jubilee Technological Institute. In 1913, the Institute was declared as Central Technological Institute of the State. Since 1923 the Institute is located in the present premises at Matunga, Mumbai. The Institute is affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The Institute started with the Licentiate Diploma in Textile Technology and under the guidance of various visionaries, over a period of 120 years it has developed to the current status which houses about 3500 students in the campus pursuing their B.Tech., M.Tech., Ph.D. degrees and different diplomas and Post graduate Diplomas. It was awarded the autonomous status in June 2004.

After being awarded autonomous status,VJTI now has a board of governors comprising of following people:

VJTI Board Of Governors

Nusli Wadia. (Chairman). Chairman, Bombay Dyeing Ltd.
Anil Kakodkar. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India
Ashok R. Joshi. Director, Indian Institute of Cost & Management Studies & Research
A. P. Kudchadkar. Director, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Ashok Misra. Director, Indian Institute of Technology
Jamshedji Irani. Director, Tata Sons Ltd.
Dinshaw Petit. Nominee of The Framji Dinshaw, N. M. Petit Memorial Fund
Joyce Shankaran. Principal Secretary, Higher and Technical Education, Govt. of Maharashtra
N. B. Pasalkar. Director of Technical Education, Govt. of Maharashtra
Renuka Ramnath. CEO/MD ICICI Venture Funds Management
Anand Mahindra. Vice-Chairman & MD, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Ranjit Pandit. Managing Director, McKinsey & Co.

Departments

Civil and Environmental Engineering
Computer Technology (offers courses in Computer Engineering and Information Technology)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Humanities and Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Production Engineering
Structural Engineering
Technical and Applied Chemistry
Textile Manufacturing
Master of Computer Applications

The Institute has seven engineering departments; Civil & Environmental Engineering, Computer Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Textile Manufactures, Production Engineering and Structural Engineering. It also has three supporting departments; Mathematics, Technical & Applied Chemistry, Physics and Humanities & Management. All the departments are equipped with modern laboratories. These facilities are made available to the students and also to the industry for testing. Curricula of all the under graduate and post graduate degree programs are regularly updated to include current trends and industry needs. Many experts from industry and other academic institutes deliver seminars on special topics and latest developments for the VJTI students and faculty.

Mechanical Engineering Department

The Mechanical Engineering department and workshops are housed in the extensions outflanking the main institute on the north and was established in 1946. The department has facilities in Metallurgy, Dynamics, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, Automobile, Heat Engines, Robotics and Automation, CAD/CAM/CAE, Mechanical Measurement s and Fluid Mechanics and Workshops in Machine, Smithy, Carpentry, Filing and Welding. All laboratories have testing facilities. The department also provides certification for several activities on behalf of the government.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department

The Electrical Engineering department is situated in the south wing and an extension building is constructed in the rear and was established in 1947. The Siemens High Voltage laboratory is accommodated in a special block in the south wing. The electrical workshop is housed in the extension building. The department has 14 laboratories with ultra modern equipments such as Digital Signal Processing, Microprocessor, Communications, Bio-medical, Electrical Motors and Drives and Instrumentation. These laboratories have testing facilities such as high voltage testing of induction motors, transformers, insulation resistance of compounds, impulse testing up to 500KV and power frequency testing as per I.S. norms.

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is situated in the extension of the main building on the first floor. The department has facilities in Environmental Engineering, Air-Pollution and Noise Pollution, Bio-assay, Transportation and Highway Engineering, Land Survey, Geology and Plumbing. All the laboratories are equipped with modern equipment and testing facilities. The department has started a post-graduate course in Construction Management in addition to the postgraduate course.

Production Engineering Department

The office, staff-rooms and class-rooms are on the second floor of the Mechanical Engineering block. The laboratories are on the ground and the mezzanine floors. The department (earlier named as Industrial Engineering Department) was set-up in 1959. Four year degree course in Production Engineering was started in 1973. The department has four well-equipped laboratories viz. Process laboratory, Metrology laboratory, Work-study laboratory and Computer laboratory.

Computer Technology Department

The department situated at the Southern wing mainly on the first floor was formed in 1985. The computer center was established in 1976 in collaboration with the National Centre for Software Development and Computing Techniques located in the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. It is housed near the Institute's quadrangle. A course in Computer Applications was started in 1984, Master’s course in 1985 and a Bachelor’s course in 1986. The computer center has a facility with over 150 PCs and workstations for software development in several areas.

Textile Manufactures Department

The Textile Manufactures Department is housed in a large north-light steel trusted roof building. The textile department is one of the two departments started at VJTI when it was first established in 1887. The department is spacious and has modern spinning, weaving and non-woven machinery in its workshops and modern testing equipments in its laboratories. The department has carried out a number of Industrial consultancy projects including geo-textile project for paved and unpaved roads, sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.

Admissions

Currently VJTI admits students for undergraduate programs based on their scores in the common entrance test (CET) conducted by the Government of Maharashtra.
Admissions for postgraduate programs are through GATE or sponsorship.
MCA admissions are based on the scores in the MCA-CET.
Diploma admissions are based on marks obtained in the class 10 examination.

Distinguished Alumni

Corporate Heads:

Renuka Ramnath - Managing Director, ICICI Venture, India
Amit Chandra - Former Managing Director, DSP Merrill Lynch Limited, India
Keval Desai - Director, Product Management, Google Inc., USA
Chari, Ram (Ramabhadran) Srinivas - Program Manager, Marketing Systems, US Postal Service - USPS. Washington, DC., USA
Bhatia, Narendra (Naren) Kumar - (Retd.) Vice President of Engineering & Construction, CMS Energy, Michigan, USA
Salgaonkar Jagdish B - Vice President, CH2M HILL Inc., USA
Avtar Saini - Vice President Asia Operations, Topspin Communications, Inc. Former Director for South Asia, Intel

Government Heads:

Jayant Patil - Minister of Finance, Government of Maharashtra
Dr. Anil Kakodkar - Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, Government of India
Chaggan Bhujbal - Minister of Public Works Department, Government of Maharashtra

Academia:

Gopal H. Gaonkar
Sridharan, R. - Senior Staff, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, USA
Dr. Amit Deokar - Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Dakota State University, Madison, South Dakota, USA
Iyer, Mani (formerly P.S. Mani) - Director, Office of Intellectual Property, Louisiana State University
Dr. Gajanan M. Sabnis - Professor of Civil Eng at Howard University, USA
Dalal, Vikram - Director, Microelectronics Research Centre and Thomas Whitney Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa ,USA
Poras Balsara - Associate Department Chair for Graduate Affairs and Director, Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems, University of Texas, Dallas, USA
Kotak, Dilip - Group Leader, Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council, Canada
Gupchup Vijay - Former Principal & Secretary, VJTI ,Former Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Bombay, Ex Chairman of the Research Council of the Structural Engg. Research Centre in Chennai & EX Chairman of the National Board of Accreditation of the AICTE, New Delhi
V.B.Nikam - Assistant Professor & Head of Department, Department of Information Technology, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University(DBATU),Lonere India

Entrepreneurs:

Gandhi, Kirti A. - Gandhi Engineering, Inc. New York, USA.
Govind RamMurthy - CEO, Microworld Technologies, USA and India
Suhrud Dagli - Co Founder, RiskSpan Inc., USA

Technical Expertise:

Pervez Bharucha, CTO Silicon Interfaces Pvt Ltd,India

Location of the Institute

The Institute is situated well within the heart of the city of Mumbai near the Five Garden area and King’s Circle. On the western line, the institute lies closest to Dadar Station, on the Central Line, to Matunga Station (Central) and on the Harbour Line, both Wadala and Kings Circle Station lie in a radius of 1 km.

VJTI gives company to other academic Institutes in the vicinity namely, Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology, Centre for Industrial Research Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Don Bosco school and Khalsa College.