VIT University

Structure & Academic Innovations

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Prof. S. NarayananPro-Vice Chancellor

VIT UniversityVellore, Tamil Nadu

Agenda• Brief History• Academic Innovations

– FFCS

• Unique Academic Features• Focus on Research• Industry Collaborations• International Relations• Academic Staff College• University Social Responsibility• Staff Welfare• Awards

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VIT – A brief history

1984 – Vellore Engineering College with 3 Undergraduate programmes with 180 students and 15 faculty

members

1995 – Blossomed into Postgraduate institution

2001 – Conferred Deemed University Status – renamed as Vellore Institute of Technology

2006 – Renamed as VIT University (u/s 3 of UGC Act)

2013 - 22000+ Students

1200+ Faculty

18 UG/ 32 PG/ MS/ Ph.D

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Administrative Structure

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Chancellor

Vice - Chancellor

Pro -Vice Chancellor

Deans Directors

Division Chairs

Faculty

Faculty

Staff

Staff

Schools• School of Bio Sciences and Technology (SBST)• School of Computer Science & Engineering (SCSE)• School of Information Technology & Engineering

(SITE)• School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT)• School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE)• School of Mechanical & Building Sciences (SMBS)• School of Social Sciences & Languages (SSL)• School of Advanced Sciences (SAS)• VIT Business School (VITBS)

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Accreditations

ISO Certification

NBA Accreditated

NAAC – Reaccreditated with A

ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and

Technology)

- B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering (EAC)*

- B.Tech. Civil Engineering (EAC)*

- B.Tech. Electronics and Communication

Engineering

(EAC)*

- B.Tech. –Comp.Science (EAC* and CAC**)

* EAC – Engineering Accreditation Commission

** CAC – Computing Accreditation Commission

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Academic InnovationsAcademic Innovations

Fully Flexible Credit System (FFCS) – from 2008 - 09

Students can choose• Number of credits• Instructor• Time table• Courses• Which semester the course can be studied

It allows slow and advanced learners to choose courses according to their abilities

Optional Summer Semester

B.Tech. curriculum focuses on the following disciplines:

Basic Sciences, Humanities, Management and Professional Engineering

Institution provides core and elective options both at University and School level enabling interdisciplinary mobility

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Other features of FFCSOther features of FFCS

Registration – Web based

Add or drop of registered courses to balance workload

Course withdrawal to maximize grades

Course Auditing to gain additional knowledge

Registering M.Tech. level courses for in-depth experience

Course Substitution option

Grade Improvement

Credit Transfer for course migration

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One foreign language course is compulsory for all B.Tech.

students

2 credit course – Co and Extra curricular

Bridge courses are offered as per requirement

Internship/Industrial training is compulsory for all B.Tech. students

Bright UG students are permitted to undergo to select PG courses

as their electives

Slot based time tabling helps a student to make his/her own time

table to balance optimum curricular and co-curricular activities

Student feedback is obtained using OMR forms or online

Smart classrooms available

Student Assisted Learning

Unique Academic Features Unique Academic Features

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Major / Minor / Dual Major

Faculty Empowerment

Project Based Learning

Research Based Learning

Innovation Lab – MIT – USA

Revision & Curriculum – Industry needs

Grading

Hybrid

Relative

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Unique Academic Features (Contd.) Unique Academic Features (Contd.)

Focus on Research

Scopus indexed publications Research Based Learning Patents Research Centres Research Projects URDC / SRDC / Code of Academic & Research Ethics

help in streamlining the research activities

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Industry Collaborations

ARAI, Pune

Microsoft

CISCO

IBM

Schneider

Accenture

Cummins

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International Relations

MoUs signed with over 100 universities around the world

Presently, around 1100 international students representing 45 countries are undergoing various courses on campus

More than 100 foreign students have undergone internships

More than 500 eminent scholars from abroad have visited and offered credit courses

VIT students are encouraged to carry out Masters, Doctoral as well as their final semester project work outside the country (SAP)

Students and faculty are supported financially to participate at international academic and technical meets

Established Bio-separation Centre supported by DST and University of Compiegne, France

Introduced a Bachelors’ programme in Mechanical and Energy Engineering designed in consultation with UAS Aachen, TU, Eindhoven

and IIT Madras under Asia- Link programme and EU

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Academic Staff College

Established in 2003

Headed by a full-time Director with a faculty strength of 6

Types of programmes– Induction Programmes – Subject Updating Programmes– English Proficiency Programmes – Soft Skills Programmes– Technology Enabled Learning Programmes

Serves primarily internal faculty members

Periodically organizes for external participants also

University Social Responsibility

STARS

CSRD

Higher Education for all

Y-Spark Skill Development

GV School Development

Health Camps and Awareness Camps

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Staff Welfare

Performance Incentive (PI) scheme: 100 points = one month salary

Implemented VI pay commission recommendations from January

2009

LIC pension plan

Mediclaim Medical Insurance and free Health Centre service

Employee provident fund and Gratuity

Staff quarters

Establishing VIT Nagar – plot for VIT faculty and staff

Admission and fee concession to faculty / staff children at VIT

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Awards

Record Placement – Limca Book of Records

Assocham AwardAssocham Award

VIT Technology Business Incubator (TBI) adjudged the best TBI

for the year 2008 by DST

TVN-KIDAO-NIQR Award by the National Institute of Quality and

Reliability [NIQR] of CII for maintaining exceptional quality

EXNORA Green Campus Award by EXNORA International for

maintaining the campus clean and green

The Entrepreneur Award by ICICI Venture, CII Connect 2006 –

creating suitable infrastructure and facilities for imparting IT

education in the country

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Thank you

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