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Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology
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Other names | VESIT |
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| Motto | Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached |
| Type | College |
| Established | 1984 |
| Chairman | Amar Asrani |
| Principal | J. M. Nair |
Academic staff | 180 |
| Undergraduates | 3,600 (approx) |
| Postgraduates | 500 (approx) |
| Affiliations | University of Mumbai |
| Website | ves |
Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology also known as VESIT or V.E.S. Institute of Technology, established in 1984, is an engineering college affiliated with the University of Mumbai.
Campus[edit]
The campus is located in Harshu Advani Memorial Complex, Chembur-east, Mumbai-400074, a northeastern suburb of Mumbai, and stretches over a few acres of land. VESIT moved to the present campus from its old one (also in Chembur) in December 2010.
The engineering college (VESIT) shares its campus with the college of Pharmacy and the college for Management and Research. The campus comprises one C-shaped building for the engineering college and several other buildings for the other colleges, hostels, etc. VESIT has a multi storey building, wherein each floor is allotted to each of the five departments, and the ground floor comprises the administrative office, principal's office, examination department, canteen, etc. VESIT also has a library on the first floor and an open section on the second floor.
Student activities[edit]
VESIT offers various extra-curricular activities. Students of VESIT are given a chance to show their leadership and teamwork skills through a variety of student bodies, both technical and non-technical. These student bodies regularly conduct events, workshops, seminars and different activities to keep students motivated even outside the classrooms. A number of these bodies have student council which manage the working of the association. A new council is selected every year for all these bodies. VESIT has three annual festivals across various domains, Praxis (Technical), Utsav (Cultural) and Sphurti (Sports). VESIT also has student chapters of IEEE, Computer Society of India, ISTE and ISA and the VESIT Entrepreneurship Cell.
Entrepreneurship[edit]
VESIT supports entrepreneurship and students who want to become entrepreneurs. Recently, a new startup has been incubated by VESIT named www.notemybook.in which is run by two second year students.
Sports - Sphurti[edit]
A football ground (which also doubles up as a cricket ground), a basketball court and a volleyball court are situated within the V.E.S. campus area and it is shared by the various schools under V.E.S.. Additional facilities for high jump and long jump are also available. An annual sports competition is held in this college called as 'Sphurti', where all the student divisions compete in various indoor and outdoor games and competitions. Indoor sports events including carrom, chess, table tennis are held in the odd semester. And, outdoor sports events football, basketball, cricket are held in the even semester. VESIT also participates in various inter college sports festivals.
Technical Festival - Praxis[edit]
VESIT annually organises a technical festival called 'Praxis'. Praxis consists of various technically oriented competitions like Robotics, Gamers Arena (LAN Gaming), Dalal Street (Stock Market Simulation), Open Hardware and Open Software competitions and technical paper presentations. It also organizes fun events like the treasure hunt and crystal maze. Praxis-VESIT also publishes a magazine named "Mindspace".
UDAAN[edit]
The Cultural Council of VESIT organizes UDAAN, an event for the newly arrived freshers in the college i.e. the 1st Year Students.
UTSAV[edit]
VESIT organises a cultural festival every year in Spring, called Utsav. All the classes compete against each other in a wide range of literary and cultural activities to gain points. The class having scored the maximum points by the end is declared winner.
ILLUSION[edit]
The biggest cultural festival of VESIT, where students from all the departments unite as a team for various cultural, literary, etc. events.
VDC (VESIT Dance Crew)[edit]
VESIT has a crew of the best dancers of the college,Which every year participates in inter-college dance competitions.
VDC (VESIT Drama Club)[edit]
VESIT also has a club for the students having interests in drama, theatrical activities. It participates in various inter-college drama competitions both in Hindi and Marathi. In the year 2017, VDC won the first place at Manzar, an intercollegiate cultural festival hosted by ICT, Mumbai.
VPC (VESIT PhotoCircle)[edit]
VESIT has a crew of the photographers, with the sole intention of providing the photographers a unique platform to showcase their talents. It was established in January 2015.[1]
Social Responsibility Team (SoRT)[edit]
VESIT has its own team involved in social work which is a part of the students' council of the college. SoRT organizes blood donation camps every semester in the college. There is also SoRT Week in the odd semester of the year where items made by the differently abled are sold. Also books, clothes and stationery collection drives are organized which are later distributed to the needy. There are presentations on social issues. Plethora of other events are organized by SoRT every year. Events like Beach Cleaning Drives, Tree Plantation Drive, visits to old age home, orphanages. SoRT has conducted many activities in a village called Chinchpada in the outskirts of Mumbai.
Technology Day[edit]
Every year, in mid March, a day is deemed to be Technology Day. On this occasion, a technical project exhibition is organised and the best student project is selected and awarded. This day is commemorated in memory of Late Shri Kishin Mansharamani, one of the founding members of V.E.S. Trust.
Magazine[edit]
VESIT publishes annual magazine named "Vishwakarma" which includes articles, poems written by students, academic and co-curricular achievements of the students.
Societies[edit]
VESIT has student chapters of the following societies.
- The VESIT Entrepreneurship Cell (tVEC)
- International Society of Automation (ISA-VESIT)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE-VESIT)
- Computer Society of India (CSI-VESIT)
- Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE-VESIT)
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- ves.ac.in, Official Website
