Explore A Career In Engineering At Vnit Nagpur

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In India, a plethora of premier engineering colleges are available. Nagpur, one of the fastest growing metropolises in Maharashtra is an ideal destination for engineering student. Being a well-known city for flourishing IT sector in Maharashtra makes it a preferred location for engineering education. Nagpur is a key education center in the central India. The city is home to a plethora of engineering colleges like Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Priyadarshini College of Engineering, JD College of Engineering, and Vidarbha Institute of Technology, among others.

Introduction to VNIT

VNIT Nagpur is one of the premier engineering colleges in Nagpur. Ranked among the top thirty engineering institutes in India, VSIT Nagpur was set up in 1960 with a goal to offer quality education in engineering.

Formerly known as Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, the institute was renamed as VNIT after being declared ...
... a National Institute of Technology under the NIT Act in 2007. At present, it is one of the 20 NITs in India. The institute offers an entire range of facilities including Boys/Girls hostels, guest house, faculty housing, gymnasium, sports, community shops, clubs, library, recreation facilities and transport facilities.

Courses Offered

VSIT offers a wide range of B.Tech and M.Tech. courses under different departments. These courses are career oriented, which include:
• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Mathematics
• Applied Chemistry
• Applied Mechanics
• Architecture & Planning
• Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
• Applied Physics

The institute offers undergraduate, post graduate, distance learning and doctoral programs in technology. All these courses are completed on semester basis, where B Tech course is a 4 year program that includes 8 semesters. Performance evaluation of the students is done on the basis of grades.

Distance Education Program by VNIT

Apart from conducting regular courses, the institute also offers distance learning program to ensure maximum participation of students in engineering courses. The Centre for Distance Engineering Education (C-DEEP) set up by VNIT under IIT Bombay aims at imparting lucrative engineering courses to non-IITians. The advantage of joining the distance education program by VNIT is that it offers all the courses taught at IIT Bombay. These courses are mainly taught by the experienced faculty of IIT through online mode of education. Another benefit is that it allows the participating students to interact with faculty members.

The institute marks excellence not only in terms of education but also extra-curricular activities. Aarohi, the cultural festival organized by VNIT every year ensures active participation of students for their overall personality development. With all the fun and quality education, the college is not behind in offering excellent job placement to students. Reputed multinational companies like Microsoft, Patni, TCS, Morgan Staley, Accenture and Deloitte offer lucrative job opportunities making it a complete win-win situation for students.

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Swati Srivastava writes for Shiksha.com, India’s top ranking education portal. The website is dedicated to cater to all the needs of education seeker and give information about admission procedure, eligibility criteria, fee structure, college ranking, etc. Log on to Shiksha.com to get information about Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur (VNIT), Biotechnology Colleges and many more.