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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY


               1.1 INTRODUCTION

               Vellore  Institute  of  Technology  was  founded  in  1984  as  Vellore  Engineering  College  by

               Dr. G. Viswanathan, a   former Parliamentarian and Minister in the Tamil Nadu government. The

               Deemed  to  be  University  status  was  conferred on 19th June, 2001 by MHRD Govt. of India
               (No.F.9-2/99-U3.  dt.19.6.2001).  Currently,  VIT  has  eco- friendly  campuses  in  Vellore  and

               Chennai spread across 563.65 acres. From its humble beginning of 180 students, the institution
               has grown exponentially to that of having 33,322 students and 1,744 faculty members in 2018-

               2019.  VIT  attracts  students  from  all the  states  and  union  territories  of  India  and  60  different
               countries owing to its academic excellence.



               Soon after becoming the Deemed to  be University the institution had gone for the first cycle of
               NAAC  accreditation  in  2003  and  second  cycle  in  2009.  VIT  underwent  the  third  cycle  of

               accreditation in 2015 and was rated as A grade with CGPA of 3.42.

               Some of the significant achievements of the institution in the last five years are:

                  •  Received letter of intent for Institution of Eminence (IoE) status under private institution

                      category from MHRD.

                  •  Ranked No.1 in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA-2019)
                      among the private institutions.

                  •  Consistently  ranked  in  Top  20  in  NIRF  ranking  under  University  and  Engineering
                      categories since the                  inception of NIRF.

                  •  Ranked by Times Higher Education World University Ranking, in the 801-1000 for the

                      last four years.
                  •  Ranked by QS World University Ranking, 801-1000 for the years 2019 & 2020.

                  •  In the Top 550 of the QS World University Ranking by Subject in 3 subjects: CS&IS,
                      EEE and Chemistry in the year 2019.

                  •  ABET(USA) accreditation for 14 B.Tech Programs in Vellore and Chennai campuses
                  •  MBA and BBA programs accredited by ACBSP (USA) and ACCA(UK).

                  •  Web of Science (WoS) awarded the Research Excellence–Citation Award 2019 under the

                      Private University category, based on the number of most cited papers published during
                      the period 2012-2018.




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