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VisvesvarayaNationalInstituteofTechnology
Nagpur(VNIT),alsoreferredtoasNITNagpur,
formerlyRegionalCollegeofEngineering,Nagpurand
VisvesvarayaRegionalCollegeofEngineering
(VRCE),isanengineeringinstituteinNagpur,
Maharashtra,incentralIndia.Theinstitutehasbeen
rankedamongthebestfifteenengineeringcollegesin
India.TheinstitutewasestablishedinJune1960and
laternamedinhonorofengineer,plannerandstatesman,
SirMokshagundamVisvesvaraya.Itisoneofthe
NationalInstitutesofTechnologyandin2007was
conferredthestatusofInstituteofNationalImportance.

Contents
1History
2Campus
3Administration
4Academics
4.1Admissions

VisvesvarayaNationalInstituteof
Technology

Motto


YogahKarmasuKaushalam

Mottoin
English

Excellenceinactionisyoga.

Established

1960

Type

Public

Chairman

Dr.S.K.Joshi

Director

Dr.NarendraS.Chaudhari

Academicstaff 218[1]

5Studentlife

Undergraduates 2,500[1]

6Hallsofresidence

Postgraduates

600

7Alumni

Location

Nagpur,MaharashtraVidarbha,
India

Campus

Urban
215acres(87ha)[2]

Website

vnit.ac.in(http://www.vnit.ac.in)

7.1Notablealumni
7.1.1ResearchersandAcademics
7.1.2PublicandDefenceServices
7.1.3BusinessandCorporate
7.1.4Entrepreneur
7.1.5ArtsandDesign
8References

History
ThecollegewasestablishedastheRegionalCollegeofEngineering,Nagpurin1960,underaneducational
programoftheGovernmentofIndia.TheStateCollegeofEngineering,establishedin1956inthesame
city,wasthenmergedwiththeinstitute.
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ThefirstacademicsessionatVRCEstartedinJune1960,withclassestemporarilybeingheldatthe
GovernmentPolytechnic,Nagpur.Subsequently,theMaharashtraGovernmentgranted200acres(81ha)to
thecollegeforbuildingitscampus.
In1962,theBoardofGovernorsofthecollegeresolvedtonamethecollegeafterSirVisvesvaraya.
In2002,theinstitutewasmadeaNationalInstituteofTechnologyundertheNITActandrenamedas
VNIT.In2007itwasconferredthestatusofInstituteofNationalImportance.VNITfacultyandstaff
mentorthenewlyestablishedNationalInstituteofTechnologyMizoramduringtheacademicyear2010
2011.

Campus
TheinstituteislocatedinthewesternpartofthecitynearAmbazariLake,about8kilometres(5.0mi)from
NagpurRailwayStationand8kilometres(5.0mi)fromNagpurAirport.Therearethreemainentrancesto
the220acres(89ha)campus,namelytheMainGateonSouthAmbazariRoad,theBajajNagarGateand
theYashwantNagarGate.
Moststudentsliveonthecampus,whichhasover12men'shostelsand2women'shostels.[3]Oncampus
housingforfacultyisalsoavailableasanoption.Thecampusisfullynetworkedusingfiberopticcables.
Thecampushealthcarecentercaterstoprimaryandurgentcarerequirementsofstudentsandstaff.[4]The
campushasfacilitiesforauditoriums,acomputercenter,sportingfacilities,aStateBankofIndiabranch,a
CanaraBankbranch,cafes,coffeeshops,acooperativestoreandapostoffice.
ThecampushasondisplayMikoyanMiG27agroundattackaircraftdecommissionedfromIndianAir
Force.
Chandramaisanoncampusallnightcanteen,opensince1978.Inaddition,TheIndiaCoffeeHousealso
operatesadaycanteeninsidethecampus.
Thecollegecampushasbeendeclaredasagreenzone,whichincludesabanonsmokingandtheusageof
poweredvehicles.

Administration
Asaninstitutewithuniversitystatus,VNIToperateswithcompleteautonomyinfinancial,academicand
administrativematters.Theinstitute'sBoardofGovernorsmanagestheinstitute.Theboardhas
representativesfromtheGovernmentofIndia,GovernmentofMaharashtra,AllIndiaCouncilforTechnical
Education,UniversityGrantsCommission,theinstitute'sfacultyandillustriousIndianscientistsor
technologists.
TheStudentCouncil,composedofselectedstudentrepresentatives,playsanactiveroleinvariousstudent
affairssuchasAcademics,Training&Placement,TechnicalAffairs,SportsandCulturalActivities.

Academics
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Theinstitutehasvariousacademicdepartments,withover30specializedlaboratoriesandresearch
centers.[2]
ComputerAidedDesign/ComputerAidedManufacturing(CAD/CAM)
AppliedChemistry(http://chm.vnit.ac.in)
AppliedMathematics(http://mth.vnit.ac.in)
AppliedMechanics
AppliedPhysics
AppliedStatistics
AppliedandEnvironmentalMicrobiology
ArchitectureandPlanning(http://arch.vnit.ac.in)
Biomehatronics
BiomedicalEngineering
ChemicalEngineering(http://chemical.vnit.ac.in)
CivilEngineering(http://civ.vnit.ac.in)
ComputerScienceandEngineering(http://cse.vnit.ac.in)
ComputationalPhysics
ElectricalandElectronicsEngineering(http://eee.vnit.ac.in)
ElectronicsandCommunicationEngineering(http://ece.vnit.ac.in)
GeoscienceandTechnology
GeobiologyandAstrobiology
HumanitiesandSocialSciences(http://hum.vnit.ac.in)
HydrologicEngineering
IndustrialandManufacturingEngineering
MechanicalEngineering(http://mec.vnit.ac.in)
MetallurgicalandMaterialsEngineering(http://mme.vnit.ac.in)
MiningEngineering(http://mng.vnit.ac.in)
NeuralEngineering
NuclearScienceandEngineering
PolymerScienceandTechnology
TextileEngineering
UrbanDesign&Planning
UndergraduateprogramsareofferedinArchitectureandthe8Engineeringdisciplines.TheEngineering
programsareusuallyof4yearduration,whileArchitecturehasa5yearprogram.VNITacceptsan
incomingfreshmanclasssizeofupto798students.[5]

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Graduateandresearchprograms,leadingtoMaster'sandPh.D.degrees,areofferedbytheArchitectureand
alltheEngineeringdepartments.Arangeofspecialfieldsofstudyareavailableingraduateandresearch
programsineachdiscipline.TheinstituteisverysoongoingtoofferAeronauticalEngineeringandupto
350studentsareadmittedtotheMaster'sprogrameachyear.[6][7]
Theinstituteusesrelativegradingona10pointscale.

Admissions
AdmissionstotheundergraduatecourseisthroughtheJEEMains[5]
80%ofstudentstothepostgraduateprogramsareadmittedbasedonperformanceintheGraduateAptitude
TestinEngineering.ThesestudentsreceivestipendsandtuitionassistancefromtheinstituteandtheIndian
Government.Another20%ofstudentsareadmittedbasedonindustryorotherresearchorganization
sponsorship,withfulltuitiontypicallypaidbythesponsoringinstitution.[6]

Studentlife
VNIToffersstudentsopportunitiestopursuearangeofinterests.TheNationalCadetCorpsandNational
ServiceSchemearenationalorganizationswithactivestudentparticipation.
VNIThostsanactivechapterofSPICMACAY,whichpromotesclassicalIndianmusic,danceandculture.
HamsdhwaniisastudentHindustaniclassicalmusicgroup.Anumberofsemiprofessionalrockbandsand
musicgroupsareformedatVNITandperformatlocalevents.PastpopularbandshaveincludedDrakshya,
Glasnost,Morphine,Rust,SaintsofMetalandVighn.
Otherpopularstudentclubsinclude:
IEEEStudents'Chapterholdsworkshops,guestlecturesandseminarsyearround
ACMStudentChapter
Octaves,theMusicClubforallbuddingmusicians
QuizProCo.,aquizenthusiastsclub
ThalassemiaAwarenessSociety
HallaBol,TheVNITDramaSociety
ClubCapture,aphotographyclub
SAEIndiaStudentChapter
RoboBank,aroboticsclubthatprovidesfinancing,technicalsupportandcomponentinventoryfor
buildingrobots
Prayaas,asocialwelfareclub
AstronomyClub
Iridescence,anartclub
Aawaz,adebateclub
Lynx,aclubforadventureenthusiasts
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EyesOnly,abisemesternewsletterteam
Vlive(http://live.vnit.ac.in),astudentsocialnetworkingportal
Ecell(http://ecell.vnit.ac.in),anentrepreneurshipclub
Mag.com,anannualstudentmagazineteam
Thestudentclubshostanumberofannualfestsorevents,invitingparticipantsfromsimilarclubsacrossthe
regionorthenation,including:
Axis,ascienceandtechnologyfest
Aarohi,amusicandculturalfestival
Consortium,anentrepreneurshipandbusinessmanagementevent
Agymnasiumandvarioussportsfacilitiesareavailableonthecampus.Collegeteamsalsoparticipatein
regionalchampionshipsinanumberofsports.

Hallsofresidence
Theinstitutehas10hallsofresidenceandoneforpostgraduates.Staffresidencesforteachingaswellas
nonteachingstaffmembersisalsoavailable.

Alumni
VNIThasastrongalumninetwork.Overtheyears,alumniofVNIThavetakenupstrategicpositionsin
organisationsaroundtheworld.VNITalumniincludeprominentacademicsandbusinessexecutives.VNIT
hasanactivealumninetwork,withchaptersacrossIndia,intheUnitedStatesandinEurope.[8]
TheAlumniCellatVNITmanagesinteractionswiththeAlumninetworkandkeepstheminvolvedin
importanteventsintheinstitute.

Notablealumni
AlumnioccupyanumberofseniorexecutivepositionsinIndiaandabroad.Somenotablealumniofthe
instituteinclude:
ResearchersandAcademics
Dr.VijayP.Bhatkar[1](http://www.vijaybhatkar.org/index.php),Scientist,FoundingDirectorCentre
forDevelopmentofAdvancedComputing
SamirBarua,Director,IndianInstituteofManagement,Ahmedabad
Dr.PrakashDevidasPorey,Director,SardarVallabhbhaiNationalInstituteofTechnology,Surat
Dr.N.V.Deshpande,Director,NationalInstituteofTechnology,Silchar
Dr.H.T.Thorat,Director,NationalInstituteofTechnologyUttarakhand
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Dr.MohanKhedkar,ViceChancellor,SantGadgeBabaAmravatiUniversity
Dr.VijayM.Pandharipande,ViceChancellor,Dr.BabasahebAmbedkarMarathwadaUniversity
Dr.O.G.Kakde,Director,VeermataJijabaiTechnologicalInstitute
RameshJain[2](http://ngs.ics.uci.edu/about.php),BrenProfessorofInformation&Computer
Sciences,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine
Dr.K.BhanuSankaraRao(http://www.uohyd.ac.in/index.php/academics/201110271838
04/schoolofsocialsciences/156academics/schoolsofstudy/schoolofengineeringsciencesand
technology/522kbsrao),Professor&Dean,SchoolofEngineeringSciences&Technology,
UniversityofHyderabad
Dr.VibhutiNarainMisra(http://www.igcar.ernet.in/transiim/iimprofvibhuti.htm),FormerDirector,
InstituteofMineralsandMaterialsTechnology
ShankarGanesan(http://business.nd.edu/faculty_directory/ShankarGanesan/),JohnCardinalO'Hara,
C.S.C.ProfessorofBusiness,DepartmentofMarketing,MendozaCollegeofBusiness,Universityof
NotreDame
Dr.B.S.Murty(http://mme.iitm.ac.in/murty/?q=about_me),Professor,IndianInstituteofTechnology
Madras(RecipientofShantiSwarupBhatnagarPrize)
Dr.ManoThubrikar[3](http://tavi.us/inventor/),DistinguishedProfessor&Inventor,Thubrikar
AorticValve,Inc.
Prof.SMDeshpande[4](http://www.jncasr.ac.in/emu/smd/),DistinguishedProfessor,Jawaharlal
NehruCentreforAdvancedScientificResearch.
Dr.NemkumarBanthia(http://www.civil.ubc.ca/people/faculty/banthia/homepage/index.html),
CanadaResearchChairtheUniversityofBritishColumbia
IndraniMedhi(http://research.microsoft.com/enus/people/indranim),ResearcherintheTechnology
forEmergingMarketsGroup,MicrosoftResearch
PublicandDefenceServices
AirMarshalJayantSatchidanandApte(PVSM)(AVSM),AirOfficerCommandinginChief,
MaintenanceCommand,IndianAirForce
AirViceMarshalPPKhandekar,FirstCommandantandDirector,MilitaryInstituteofTraining
(EstablishmentunderDRDO)
AirViceMarshalDattatrayKeshaoPande(AVSM),AssistantChiefofAirStaff(Maintenance
Plans),IndianAirForce
HemantKarkare,LatechiefofMumbaiAntiTerroristSquad
NitishKumar,DeputyInspectorGeneral,NationalInvestigationAgency
PravinKumarMehta,ProjectDirector(GroundSystems&IAProgram),DRDO
JeetendraSingh(http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/history/index.php?about=pradvbody.htm),
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Director(Infrastructure),PlanningCommission(India)
BusinessandCorporate
Dr.DineshKeskar,President,BoeingIndia
JayaramaChalasani(http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?
personId=8976964&ticker=36011856&previousCapId=9673133&previousTitle=NTPC%20Ltd.),
MDandGroupCEO,PunjLloyd
PrakashMTelang(http://www.forbes.com/profile/prakashtelang/),Director,TataAdvanced
SystemsLimited
ChandanRoy(http://www.jindalpower.com/aboutus/bod.aspx),FormerDirector,NTPC
Limited,NuclearPowerCorporationofIndiaLimited.IndependentDirector,AlstomT&DIndia
Limited,JindalPowerLimited
AnupK.Mehra(http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?
personId=24175405&ticker=23465324),Director,MOILLimited
M.SUnnikrishnan(http://www.thermaxindia.com/AboutUs/ManagementCouncil.aspx),MD&
CEO,ThermaxIndiaPrivateLimited
VidyutArte(http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?
personId=8664392&privcapId=249999&previousCapId=249999&previousTitle=BEAM%20INC),
MD,BeamSuntoryIndia
RajuShukla(http://www.risk.net/asiarisk/feature/1508978/indiapersonalitiespassagesindia),MD,
BarclaysCapital
RajeshKalra(http://www.atkinsglobal.com/investorrelations/companyinformation/leadership),MD,
WSAtkins
SujitJain
(http://www.bosch.us/en/us/our_company_1/bosch_board_of_management_1/bosch_executives_nort
h_america.html),RegionalPresident,RobertBoschLLC,NorthAmerica
KamalKishoreSarda(http://www.seml.co.in/management.php),Chairman&ManagingDirector,
SardaEnergy&MineralsLimited
ManojSaraf(http://www.facorgroup.in/directors.html),ManagingDirector,FerroAlloysCorporation
SuhasBaxi,MD&CEO,DemagCranesIndia
[5](http://in.linkedin.com/pub/kameshgupta/15/170/680)[6]
(http://tata.co.in/article/inside/MvZOUVT3fQQ=/TLYVr3YPkMU=)KameshGupta,COO,Tata
IndustrialServicesLimited
RanjeetKate,DirectorTimesLanguageBusiness,TheTimesGroup
KishoreGajbhiye,PresidentRegulatoryAffairs,LodhaGroup
PiyushChourasia(http://www.icclindia.com/static/about/chourasia.htm),ChiefRiskOfficer&
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Strategy,IndianClearingCorporationLimited(GroupCompanyofBombayStockExchange)
RajendraGanatra(http://www.isarc.in/about.htm#c),MD&CEO,IndiaSMEAssetReconstruction
CompanyLimited
TarangPuranik,ChiefOperatingOfficer,InfosysLodestone
NitinKulkarni(http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?
personId=39262985&ticker=PSYS:IN),ChiefOperatingOfficer&ExecutiveDirector,Persistent
Systems
HarshVardhan(http://www.bain.com/offices/india/en_us/whoweare/leadership/harsh
vardhan.aspx),HeadofFinancialServices,Bain&CompanyIndia
RajdeepEndow(http://www.sapient.com/enus/aboutsapient/leadership/bio/rajdeependow.html),
ManagingDirector,SapientNitroIndia
VasudevanRamaswami(http://www.lthousingfinance.com/aboutus/management.aspx),Chief
Executive,L&THousingFinanceLimited
NitinBawankule,IndustryDirector(EcommerceandOnlineClassifieds),GoogleIndia
AtulBhardwaj,CountryHead,MaxonMotorIndia
SalimHemdani
(http://multiscreen.mixpo.com/videoblog/post/salim_hemdani_joins_mixpo_as_vice_president_of_so
ftware_development),VicePresidentofSoftwareDevelopment,Mixpo
AmitChatterjee,CountryDirector,HPSoftwareDivisionIndia
PankajKulshreshtha,CEO,Scienaptic.FormerSVP,AnalyticsandResearchGenpact
AnupamBatura,SeniorVicePresident,Citigroup
PrasannaS.Ayer,VicePresident,WellsFargo
ArjunCholkar,DirectorEngineering,Yahoo!
UpendraMardikar,DirectorSecurityArchitecture,PayPal
RajendraJadhav,VicePresident,BombardierTransportation
NeerajJaitley,VicePresident,Dell
GautamMalik,VicePresident,XeroxCanada
SharadAggarwal,VicePresident,GodfreyPhillipsIndia
RaviAthalye,Director,BankingandFinancialServices,CGIGroup
NitinMAmbhaikar,VicePresident,RelianceIndustries
ShashiMandapaty,VicePresident,Johnson&Johnson
Entrepreneur
PradeepKar,ChairmanandFounder,Microland
ShashikantChaudhary(http://www.globallogic.com/pressreleases/globallogicappointsshashikant
chaudharyasindiamanagingdirector),MD,GlobalLogicIndia,CEO,PresidentandCofounder,
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LambentTechnologiesPrivateLimited.
PrakashGurbaxani(http://www.qvcrealty.com/aboutus/bordofdirectors.html#ah),FounderandCEO,
QVCRealtyCo.Limited,Micromedia,24/7customer.com.ExCEO,TSIVentures,Minacs
ShyamMenon(http://www.infuseventures.in/#popupDiv12),CoFounderandInvestmentDirector,
InfuseVentures.
AldenDoRosario(http://chitika.com/about),CoFounderandCTO,Chitika.
PankajPoddar,CoFounder,Dwll.in
SreenivasKaranam,Founder&CEO,Cooltok
SridharKrishnan(http://employees.org/~sridhar/),Founder,Encover
AnkurPanchbudhe(http://www.vaultize.com/team.html),CofounderandCTO,Vaultize
ArtsandDesign
SatyendraPakhale,notableIndianIndustrialDesigner
MilindUkey(http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/milind_ukey/),MovieDirector&Writer
AratiKadav,Filmmaker&FounderofTangeloProductionPrivateLimited

References
1. ^ab"AnnualReport,2010"
(http://vnit.ac.in/images/annual_report_english_2010_final.pdf).
VNIT.Retrieved20110810.
2. ^ab"CampusInformation"(http://vnit.ac.in/index.php/about/inst

WikimediaCommonshas
mediarelatedto
VisvesvarayaNational
InstituteofTechnology.

info.html).VNIT.Retrieved20110810.
3. ^"Hostels"(http://vnit.ac.in/index.php/campuslife/hostel.html).VNIT.Retrieved20110811.
4. ^"HealthCentre"(http://vnit.ac.in/index.php/campuslife/healthcentre.html).VNIT.Retrieved20110811.
5. ^ab"UndergraduatePrograms"(http://vnit.ac.in/index.php/academics/undergraduatecourses.html).VNIT.
Retrieved20110811.
6. ^ab"PostgraduatePrograms"(http://vnit.ac.in/index.php/academics/postgraduatecourses.html).VNIT.
Retrieved20110811.
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