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VIT University

Structure & Academic Innovations

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Prof. S. NarayananPro-Vice Chancellor

VIT UniversityVellore, Tamil Nadu



Agenda• Brief istory

• Academic Innovations

– !!C"

• Uni#ue Academic !eatures

• !ocus on $esearch• Industry Colla%orations

• International $elations

• Academic "ta& College• University "ocial $es'onsi%ility

• "ta& (elfare

• A)ards *



VIT – A brief history

1984 – Vellore Engineering College with 3 Undergraduate

programmes with 180 students and 15 faculty

memers

1995 – !lossomed into "ostgraduate institution

!!1 – Conferred #eemed Uni$ersity %tatus – renamed as

Vellore &nstitute of 'echnology

!!" – (enamed as V&' Uni$ersity )u*s 3 of U+C ,ct-

!1# . //000 %tudents

1/00 aculty

18 U+* 3/ "+* 2%* "h#

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Administrative "tructure

Chancellor

Vice -Chancellor

Pro -Vice

Chancellor

eans irectors

ivisionChairs

!aculty

!aculty

"ta&

"ta&



Schools• "chool of Bio "ciences and Technology ."B"T/

• "chool of Com'uter "cience 0 ngineering."C"/

• "chool of Information Technology 0ngineering ."IT/

• "chool of lectrical ngineering ."2CT/• "chool of lectronics ngineering ."N"/

• "chool of 3echanical 0 Building "ciences."3B"/

• "chool of "ocial "ciences 0 2anguages .""2/

• "chool of Advanced "ciences ."A"/

• VIT Business "chool .VITB"/

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Accreditations

ISO Certi5cation

NBA AccreditatedNAAC 6 $eaccreditated )ith A

ABET .Accreditation Board for ngineering and

Technology/- B7Tech7 3echanical ngineering .AC/8

- B7Tech7 Civil ngineering .AC/8

- B7Tech7 lectronics and Communicationngineering

.AC/8

- B7Tech7 6Com'7"cience AC8 and CAC88 9



Academic Innovations

$u%%y $%eib%e 'redit System ($$'S) – from /008 . 04

%tudents can choose• umer of credits• &nstructor • 'ime tale• Courses• 6hich semester the course can e studied

&t allows slow and ad$anced learners to choose courses according totheir ailities

7ptional %ummer %emester

*+Tech+ curricu%um focuses on the fo%%o,in- disci.%ines/

!asic %ciences 9umanities 2anagement and "rofessional Engineering

&nstitution pro$ides core and electi$e options oth at Uni$ersity and

%chool le$el enaling interdisciplinary moility

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0ther features of $$'S

(egistration – 6e ased

,dd or drop of registered courses to alance wor:load

Course withdrawal to ma;imi<e grades

Course ,uditing to gain additional :nowledge

(egistering 2'ech le$el courses for in.depth e;perience

Course %ustitution option

+rade &mpro$ement

Credit 'ransfer for course migration

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7ne forei-n %an-ua-e course is compulsory for all !'ech

students

/ credit course – Co and E;tra curricular

*rid-e courses are offered as per re=uirement

Internshi.&ndustrial training is compulsory for all !'ech students

!right U+ students are permitted to undergo to select 23 courses

as their electi$es

S%ot ased time tab%in- helps a student to ma:e his*her own time

tale to alance optimum curricular and co.curricular acti$ities Student feedbac is otained using 72( forms or online

Smart c%assrooms avai%ab%e

Student Assisted earnin-

Uni6ue Academic $eatures

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$ocus on 7esearch

"co'us inde?ed 'u%lications

$esearch Based 2earning

Patents

$esearch Centres $esearch Pro@ects

U$C < "$C < Code of Academic 0

$esearch thics hel' in streamlining theresearch activities

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Industry 'o%%aborations

,(,& "une

2icrosoft

C&%C7

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%chneider

,ccenture

Cummins

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Internationa% 7e%ations

2oUs signed with o$er 100 uni$ersities around the world

"resently around 1100 international students representing A5 countriesare undergoing $arious courses on campus

2ore than 100 foreign students ha$e undergone internships

2ore than 500 eminent scholars from aroad ha$e $isited and offered

credit courses

V&' students are encouraged to carry out 2asters #octoral as well astheir final semester pro>ect wor: outside the country )%,"-

%tudents and faculty are supported financially to participate at

international academic and technical meets

Estalished !io.separation Centre supported y #%' and

Uni$ersity of Compiegne rance

&ntroduced a !achelorsB programme in 2echanical and Energy

Engineering designed in consultation with U,% ,achen 'U Eindho$en1+



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Academic Staff 'o%%e-e

Estalished in /003

9eaded y a full.time #irector with a faculty strength of

'ypes of programmes

– &nduction "rogrammes

– %u>ect Updating "rogrammes

– English "roficiency "rogrammes

– %oft %:ills "rogrammes

– 'echnology Enaled ?earning "rogrammes

%er$es primarily internal faculty memers

"eriodically organi<es for e;ternal participants also



University Socia% 7es.onsibi%ity

%',(%

C%(#

9igher Education for all

D.%par: %:ill #e$elopment

+V %chool #e$elopment

9ealth Camps and ,wareness Camps

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Sta Welfare

"erformance &ncenti$e )"&- scheme 100 points F one month salary

&mplemented V& pay commission recommendations from Ganuary

/004

?&C pension plan

2ediclaim 2edical &nsurance and free 9ealth Centre ser$ice

Employee pro$ident fund and +ratuity

%taff =uarters

Estalishing V&' agar – plot for V&' faculty and staff

,dmission and fee concession to faculty * staff children at V&'

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A,ards

7ecord 2%acement – ?imca !oo: of (ecords

,ssocham ,ward ,ssocham ,ward

VIT Techno%o-y *usiness Incubator )'!&- ad>udged the est '!&

for the year /008 y #%'

TV:I;A0I<7 ,ward y the ational &nstitute of Huality and

(eliaility I&H(J of C&& for maintaining e;ceptional =uality

=>07A +reen Campus ,ward y EK7(, &nternational for

maintaining the campus clean and green

'he =ntre.reneur A,ard y &C&C& Venture C&& Connect /00 –

creating suitale infrastructure and facilities for imparting &'

education in the country

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