Administrative Offices

  • Academics
  • Admissions
  • International Relations
  • Students Welfare Office
  • Counselling Division
  • Human Resource Office
  • Office of Corporate Communications & Media Relations
  • Centre for Technical Support (CTS)
  • Finance Office
  • Purchase Office
  • Internal Quality Assurance Cell(IQAC) Office
  • Additional Registrar Office
  • Estates Office

Academics

The Academics Office takes care of the academics and curriculum aspects of the college. They are in charge of setting the curriculum for the various programs. This includes doing research on the latest syllabi followed in top global universities and adapting the curriculum for VIT. Moreover, they also handle the question paper setting for all the internal examinations conducted in the college.

Contact

Second Floor – Administrative Block,
VIT, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600127.

Academics

The Admissions Office is in charge of handling all aspects regarding admissions to the various Undergraduate, Postgraduate and research scholar programmes. This includes preparation of the question paper for the VITEEE and VITMEE entrance exams. They also manage the paper correction, counselling and handle the formalities of the selected students.

Contact

Third Floor – Administrative Block,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

International Relations

The International Relations office is responsible for handling all the international tie-ups and MoUs with colleges worldwide. They also engage in helping students of our college get internships and foreign admissions after their studies here. The IR office also takes care of the students who come to our university from other countries by co-ordinating with all departments and making sure they have a very pleasant experience in our university.

Contact

Second Floor – Admin Block,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

Students Welfare

The Students Welfare looks after the various issues regarding permissions and supports the various events of clubs and chapters. The SW office also works closely with the Students Council body of the college and addresses the various concerns of students if any come up.

Contact

Third Floor annexure – Academic block I,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

Counselling Division

VIT has its own counselling division consisting of well trained counsellors who help the students with their emotional difficulties. They are always available on call and in their cabins, in various sectors of the university, during working hours to address any student’s need and to help solve their problems.

Contact

First Floor – Academic Block I,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

Human Resources

The Human Resources Team partners with members of the university’s community to foster a work environment that attracts and inspires excellence in people. We provide quality HR services to attract, develop, motivate, engage and retain a diverse workforce within a supportive work environment. We do this with an emphasis on customer service based on constant consultation and communication.

Contact

Second Floor – Administrative Block,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

Office of Corporate Communications & Media Relations

The Office of Corporate Communications & Media Relations is in charge of advertising about the university and the various events that take place inside its campus. They are responsible for the proper documentation of events and publicizing them through the media. They also handle the organization of all the college festivals and actively work towards making them successes.

Contact

Second Floor – Administrative Block,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

Centre for Technical Support (CTS)

Centre for Technical Support (CTS) maintains the policies governing the use of VIT computing and IT communication resources. The IT Policy applies to the resources administered by the administrative departments such as Library, Computer Laboratories, Offices of the Institution, Hostels and Guest houses wherever the network facility was provided by the Institution.

Further, all the faculty, students, staff, departments, authorized visitors/visiting faculty and others who may be granted permission to use the IT Infrastructure, and must comply with the guidelines. Certain violations of IT policy laid down by VIT by any institution member may even result in disciplinary action against the offender by the institution authorities.

The acceptable use policies are applicable to Employees, Students, and Vendors & Visitors. CTS has framed various policy like Procurement, Installation, of Hardware, Network and software. E-mail account has been facilitated to Employee and students under E-mail Use policy which is reviewed and maintained whenever the modification happens. Website Hosting and Database Usage policy has its method and hierarchy which is followed systematically.

IT Infrastructure

IT infrastructure has been widely spread across connecting 24 buildings with very high-speed robust network backbone. Our Computer network is built on CISCO switching platform with backbone running on 10Gig at present. 12000+ IP enabled devices are connected to this fast network. Understanding the demands of faculty and students to use digital media for their research, teaching & learning process, 15Gbps of internet bandwidth is made available through three major Internet service providers.

Over 2275 WIFI access points are positioned across the campus to facilitate internet access to our students, faculty and guests while they are in the campus. Seamless internet access given to students through Hotspots and well planned WIFI network at Hostel rooms. Number of students : Number of Computers available to students for academic purpose Chennai Campus data centre spread over 200 sq.ft., with hosting enterprise applications, the e-learning portals, lab application, websites and a host of other services, 48KVA Modular UPS and 100KVA Modular UPS with batteries, Fire Alarm Systems, Biometric Access Control Systems and CCTV. Our campus IT facility secured by implementing the best of the security solution from FortiGate, K7 Endpoint Security and Cisco Amp for server platforms which includes Next Generation firewall, Application firewall, Email Security, Advance Malware Protection, Endpoint Threat Protection, OpenDNS etc.

Network Security Devices

Description Model / Brand Quantity / Units
FortiGate 2600F Firewall (Academics & Hostels) Fortinet 2
Advanced Malware Protection CISCO AMP 1
Antivirus K7 Endpoint Security 1

Network Switches

Description Model / Brand Quantity / Units
Network Core Switches CISCO 6
Server Farm Switches CISCO 2
Distribution Switches CISCO & Allied Telesis 8
Network Switches (Access Layer) Cisco, Allied Telesis, Extreme, Aruba & HP 493

Wireless

Description Quantity
Wi-Fi Access Points (APs) 2,275
Wi-Fi Controllers (WLCs) 3

Surveillance

Equipment Description Make / Brand Quantity
Surveillance Cameras (Model: 2546) Hikvision 2,546
Network Video Recorders (NVR) Hikvision 61

Face Recognition & Turnstile

Description Model / Brand Nos
Face Recognition Terminal eSSL TRS-601 75
Tripod Turnstile eSSL ET-1000 49
Swing Barrier eSSL 3
Flap Barrier Sivananda 6

Servers & Storage Devices (Physical Servers)

Make / Brand Model / Description Quantity
Dell PowerEdge R420, R520, R815, R750xs, R660, R760, R730, R750, NX430
Precision 3660, 7820, 7960, 5810
26
HP ProDesk 400, 202, 280, Z2 (Gen 2/3/9) 13
IBM System X 3630 M4 / Flex Chassis 8721 3
Lenovo ThinkCentre neo5, 3156, WS-P3605 5
Super Micro Deep Learning Server: 48 Cores CPU, NVIDIA H100 160GB GPU, 1TB RAM, 2TB SSD / 42TB HDD 1
ANT Server MS-7A93 Server: Intel Core i9-9820X, 10 Cores, 64GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti 11GB, 4TB HDD 1
AUK-Computing 1U Dual Server (ML): 2x Intel Xeon Silver 4310 (12 cores), 128GB RAM, 2.5TB HDD 1
AUK-Computing 2U Dual Server (ML): 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6330 (28 cores), 256GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 48GB, 960GB SSD / 2.5TB HDD 2
IBM Storage 5010 FLASH SYSTEM – 115 TB 1
Total Units 53

Virtualization

Brand Model / Description No. of Servers CPU Cores Total RAM
DELL PowerEdge R760 vSAN Ready Node
(Hyperconverged Storage Architecture)
4 256 4 TB
DELL PowerEdge R760
(High-Performance Compute)
6 416 1 TB
DELL PowerEdge R660
(High-Density Virtualization)
3 202 0.5 TB
Total Physical Resources 13 874 5.5 TB

Storage Devices

Brand Model Series Size
QNAP NAS TS-x31K (Home/Small Office Series) 12 TB
QNAP NAS TS-664 (High-Performance 6-Bay) 54.5 TB
QNAP NAS TS-464 (High-Performance 4-Bay) 9.52 TB
Total Network Storage 76.02 TB

Streaming Devices

Brand Device No's
Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro
(4-Channel HDMI Live Stream Switcher)
03

Contact

106, First Floor – Academic Block 1,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

Finance Office

The finance office is located in the Administrative Building of our University. The name being self- explanatory, it deals with all the academic and other miscellaneous payments that are to be made by students such as course registrations, various hostel related payments like mess , rooms etc or registration for co-curricular activities such as sports , gym etc. During the open hours (Mon-Sat 9-5PM) , a student is free to go and enquire about any issue related to payments made or to be made in the future.

Contact

101, Third Floor – Administrative Block,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

Purchase Office

The Purchase Office is located in the Administrative Building. It deals with all the purchases that need to be done on behalf of the University on various occasions. Whether it is high profile events, University Fests or Clubs and Chapters, the purchase office helps in providing everything to ensure the events are a success.

Contact

Third Floor – Administrative block, VIT,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

IQAC

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell  is responsible for gathering, consolidating and documenting various information and data pertaining to the day-to- day activities of the institution. It ensures proper documentation and collection of all necessary data at the right time and is the information hub of the Institution.

Contact

Deputy Director, RAAC R.No.503, Academic Block 1,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

Additional Registrar Office

Contact

Administrative Block, First Floor,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.

Additional Registrar Office

The Estates Office manages all the issues concerning the property of the institution. Right from maintaining the lush green gardens to caring for the concrete wonders, the office manages the arrangement, preparation and allocation of venues for various events. The estates team maintains large campus and constantly works on preserving and embellishing the premises.

Contact

Assistant Director, Estates Site Office,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.
Academics

Academics

The Academics Office takes care of the academics and curriculum aspects of the college. They are in charge of setting the curriculum for the various programs. This includes doing research on the latest syllabi followed in top global universities and adapting the curriculum for VIT. Moreover, they also handle the question paper setting for all the internal examinations conducted in the college.

Contact

Second Floor – Administrative Block,
VIT, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600127.
Admissions

Objectives

To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution. To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.

International Relations

International Relations

The International Relations office is responsible for handling all the international tie-ups and MoUs with colleges worldwide. They also engage in helping students of our college get internships and foreign admissions after their studies here. The IR office also takes care of the students who come to our university from other countries by co-ordinating with all departments and making sure they have a very pleasant experience in our university.

Contact

Second Floor – Admin Block,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.
Students Welfare Office

Students Welfare

The Students Welfare looks after the various issues regarding permissions and supports the various events of clubs and chapters. The SW office also works closely with the Students Council body of the college and addresses the various concerns of students if any come up.

Contact

Third Floor annexure – Academic block I,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.
Counselling Division

Counselling Division

VIT has its own counselling division consisting of well trained counsellors who help the students with their emotional difficulties. They are always available on call and in their cabins, in various sectors of the university, during working hours to address any student’s need and to help solve their problems.

Contact

First Floor – Academic Block I,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.
Human Resource Office

Human Resources

The Human Resources Team partners with members of the university’s community to foster a work environment that attracts and inspires excellence in people. We provide quality HR services to attract, develop, motivate, engage and retain a diverse workforce within a supportive work environment. We do this with an emphasis on customer service based on constant consultation and communication.

Contact

Second Floor – Administrative Block,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.
Office of Corporate Communications & Media Relations

Internal Quality Assurance Cell

The Office of Corporate Communications & Media Relations is in charge of advertising about the university and the various events that take place inside its campus. They are responsible for the proper documentation of events and publicizing them through the media. They also handle the organization of all the college festivals and actively work towards making them successes.

Contact

Centre for Technical Support (CTS)

Centre for Technical Support (CTS)

Centre for Technical Support (CTS) maintains the policies governing the use of VIT computing and IT communication resources. The IT Policy applies to the resources administered by the administrative departments such as Library, Computer Laboratories, Offices of the Institution, Hostels and Guest houses wherever the network facility was provided by the Institution.

Further, all the faculty, students, staff, departments, authorized visitors/visiting faculty and others who may be granted permission to use the IT Infrastructure, and must comply with the guidelines. Certain violations of IT policy laid down by VIT by any institution member may even result in disciplinary action against the offender by the institution authorities.

The acceptable use policies are applicable to Employees, Students, and Vendors & Visitors. CTS has framed various policy like Procurement, Installation, of Hardware, Network and software. E-mail account has been facilitated to Employee and students under E-mail Use policy which is reviewed and maintained whenever the modification happens. Website Hosting and Database Usage policy has its method and hierarchy which is followed systematically.

IT Infrastructure

IT infrastructure has been widely spread across connecting 24 buildings with very high-speed robust network backbone. Our Computer network is built on CISCO switching platform with backbone running on 10Gig at present. 12000+ IP enabled devices are connected to this fast network. Understanding the demands of faculty and students to use digital media for their research, teaching & learning process, 15Gbps of internet bandwidth is made available through three major Internet service providers.

Over 2275 WIFI access points are positioned across the campus to facilitate internet access to our students, faculty and guests while they are in the campus. Seamless internet access given to students through Hotspots and well planned WIFI network at Hostel rooms. Number of students : Number of Computers available to students for academic purpose Chennai Campus data centre spread over 200 sq.ft., with hosting enterprise applications, the e-learning portals, lab application, websites and a host of other services, 48KVA Modular UPS and 100KVA Modular UPS with batteries, Fire Alarm Systems, Biometric Access Control Systems and CCTV. Our campus IT facility secured by implementing the best of the security solution from FortiGate, K7 Endpoint Security and Cisco Amp for server platforms which includes Next Generation firewall, Application firewall, Email Security, Advance Malware Protection, Endpoint Threat Protection, OpenDNS etc.

Network Security Devices

Description Model / Brand Quantity / Units
FortiGate 2600F Firewall (Academics & Hostels) Fortinet 2
Advanced Malware Protection CISCO AMP 1
Antivirus K7 Endpoint Security 1

Network Switches

Description Model / Brand Quantity / Units
Network Core Switches CISCO 6
Server Farm Switches CISCO 2
Distribution Switches CISCO & Allied Telesis 8
Network Switches (Access Layer) Cisco, Allied Telesis, Extreme, Aruba & HP 493

Wireless

Description Quantity
Wi-Fi Access Points (APs) 2,275
Wi-Fi Controllers (WLCs) 3

Surveillance

Equipment Description Make / Brand Quantity
Surveillance Cameras (Model: 2546) Hikvision 2,546
Network Video Recorders (NVR) Hikvision 61

Face Recognition & Turnstile

Description Model / Brand Nos
Face Recognition Terminal eSSL TRS-601 75
Tripod Turnstile eSSL ET-1000 49
Swing Barrier eSSL 3
Flap Barrier Sivananda 6

Servers & Storage Devices (Physical Servers)

Make / Brand Model / Description Quantity
Dell PowerEdge R420, R520, R815, R750xs, R660, R760, R730, R750, NX430
Precision 3660, 7820, 7960, 5810
26
HP ProDesk 400, 202, 280, Z2 (Gen 2/3/9) 13
IBM System X 3630 M4 / Flex Chassis 8721 3
Lenovo ThinkCentre neo5, 3156, WS-P3605 5
Super Micro Deep Learning Server: 48 Cores CPU, NVIDIA H100 160GB GPU, 1TB RAM, 2TB SSD / 42TB HDD 1
ANT Server MS-7A93 Server: Intel Core i9-9820X, 10 Cores, 64GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti 11GB, 4TB HDD 1
AUK-Computing 1U Dual Server (ML): 2x Intel Xeon Silver 4310 (12 cores), 128GB RAM, 2.5TB HDD 1
AUK-Computing 2U Dual Server (ML): 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6330 (28 cores), 256GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 48GB, 960GB SSD / 2.5TB HDD 2
IBM Storage 5010 FLASH SYSTEM – 115 TB 1
Total Units 53

Virtualization

Brand Model / Description No. of Servers CPU Cores Total RAM
DELL PowerEdge R760 vSAN Ready Node
(Hyperconverged Storage Architecture)
4 256 4 TB
DELL PowerEdge R760
(High-Performance Compute)
6 416 1 TB
DELL PowerEdge R660
(High-Density Virtualization)
3 202 0.5 TB
Total Physical Resources 13 874 5.5 TB

Storage Devices

Brand Model Series Size
QNAP NAS TS-x31K (Home/Small Office Series) 12 TB
QNAP NAS TS-664 (High-Performance 6-Bay) 54.5 TB
QNAP NAS TS-464 (High-Performance 4-Bay) 9.52 TB
Total Network Storage 76.02 TB

Streaming Devices

Brand Device No's
Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro
(4-Channel HDMI Live Stream Switcher)
03

Contact

106, First Floor – Academic Block 1,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.
Finance Office

Finance Office

The finance office is located in the Administrative Building of our University. The name being self- explanatory, it deals with all the academic and other miscellaneous payments that are to be made by students such as course registrations, various hostel related payments like mess , rooms etc or registration for co-curricular activities such as sports , gym etc. During the open hours (Mon-Sat 9-5PM) , a student is free to go and enquire about any issue related to payments made or to be made in the future.

Contact

101, Third Floor – Administrative Block,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.
Purchase Office

Purchase Office

The Purchase Office is located in the Administrative Building. It deals with all the purchases that need to be done on behalf of the University on various occasions. Whether it is high profile events, University Fests or Clubs and Chapters, the purchase office helps in providing everything to ensure the events are a success.

Contact

Third Floor – Administrative block, VIT,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.
Internal Quality Assurance Cell(IQAC) Office

IQAC

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell  is responsible for gathering, consolidating and documenting various information and data pertaining to the day-to- day activities of the institution. It ensures proper documentation and collection of all necessary data at the right time and is the information hub of the Institution.

Contact

Deputy Director, RAAC R.No.503, Academic Block 1,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.
Additional Registrar Office

Additional Registrar

Contact

Estates Office

Additional Registrar Office

The Estates Office manages all the issues concerning the property of the institution. Right from maintaining the lush green gardens to caring for the concrete wonders, the office manages the arrangement, preparation and allocation of venues for various events. The estates team maintains large campus and constantly works on preserving and embellishing the premises.

Contact

Assistant Director, Estates Site Office,
Chennai: 600127 Tamil Nadu, India.