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VIT – an Institution of eminence, Govt. of India

The Government of India formed a high level committee to shortlist the institutions, based

on their achievements with respect to the national and international rankings, financial
solvency and overall strength of the institution in question. After a comprehensive selection

process for about an year, the committee shortlisted 10 public and 10 private institutions as
IoE. VIT has been chosen as one of the top 10 private institutions selected for “Institution of

Eminence”(IoE) tag.

VIT has already initiated work plan towards some of those objectives aiming at the top

hundred Institutions of the world. As an IoE, VIT will get the freedom to recruit highly
qualified faculty from across the globe, will get the academic, administrative and financial

autonomy; VIT will be able to choose its path independently to become an institution of

global repute.

VIT follows the multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary approaches in research
and teaching, and has a strategy to recruit foreign students, foreign professors, improve

faculty student ratio, establish world class facilities for frontier research, improve skills

through applied research and innovation, publish in journals of international repute, establish
world class library, and getting accredited by reputed national and international agencies.

VIT is now ready to take up the challenge of reaching among the top five hundred
universities of the world by next ten years as per the target set for Institutions of Eminence.

Strategic Goals

1. Academic ambience
VIT as a centre of higher learning, envisages itself to be a living and learning community

comprised of students, scholars and professionals. Such an ambience should provide all the
“inmates” (especially the students) with holistic and wide-ranging education that

encompasses knowledge gained from within and outside the classroom. Such an ambience

should facilitate students’ aspirations for high intellectual and professional achievements,
maintain and uphold high ethical and moral standards. We must help our students develop

lifelong habits for physical, mental and social health, and cultivate their appreciation for arts,
humanities and the environment. This exercise should always be entrained with instilling a

sense of commitment and devotion to serving the society and the humanity at large. Keeping