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Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) on Thursday donated ₹1 crore to the Telangana Chief Minister Relief Fund for relief and rehabilitation measures in the rain and flood-hit areas of the State. Registrar of VIT-Andhra Pradesh University C.L.V. Sivakumar handed over the demand draft for ₹1 crore to K.T. Rama Rao, Minister for Municipal Administration and [...]

Shanghai Ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities - ARWU), a very old and reputed agency for ranking of Universities, and also recognized as one of the Ranking agencies by the Govt. of India for Institution of Eminence (IoEs). VIT is one among the Top 9 institutions of the country http://www.shanghairanking.com/

Mr.Sainath Ganesh and Mr. Siddarth S of SCOPE who secured the 2nd place including prize worth Rs. 1.5 Lakhs in the COVID’19 AR Challenge contest conducted by CSIR – CEERI in association with Elixar Systems, Ministry of commerce and trade, Government of India and NVIDIA. Project Name : Symptom Visualizer (AR based COVID symptoms visualization [...]

Title of the Project: Novel air filter to suppress viral load in confined space. Duration of the Project: 1 Year ( 15 July 2020 - 14 July 2021). Amount Sanctioned: £20,000.00 Proposal submitted to the Engineering X Pandemic Preparedness grant scheme, under RAENG, the UK Lead Applicant: Dr.Eldad Avital, Queen Mary University, London, UK. Collaborator [...]

Ten research institutes to model the spread of Covid-19 in India The mathematical models are crucial as they help policymakers to make informed decisions to combat the disease based on the most probable scenarios. As many as ten premier research institutions have been allotted funds to study mathematical modelling for Covid-19 and help provide the [...]

VIT offers her free undergraduate education, others promise aid for books, expenses A cascade of scholarships is coming the way of 17-year-old G. Dhevayani, the student from a nomadic tribe near Madurai, who topped her school in the Class 12 board exams. After Ms. Dhevayani’s achievement was reported in The Hindu, Vellore Institute of Technology [...]

Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing Challenges made it to the Best New Cloud Computing eBooks Click Here to Know More

We are proud to place on record our Hearty Congratulations to our alumnus Mr Sandeep Vempati, (2011-'15 Batch of B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering Graduate from VIT Chennai) for his contribution through his innovative development of protective face mask for use by clinicians and front-line medical staff!

VIT ranks on top among private Indian institutes

Vibrance 2020 - the three-day annual sports and cultural festival of VIT Chennai concluded on Saturday evening. Beginning with a marathon event on Thursday morning for boys and girls, the first day evening show featured a performance by composed Devi Sri Prasad. On the inaugural day, cricketer Piyush Chawla handed over prizes to winners of various sports [...]

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C80473%2Cmars-elous-space-ace-teams-krakow-and-warsaw-take-1st-and-2nd-place-international The Four-day Indian Rover Challenge competition concluded at VIT Chennai on 20th January,2020.16 Teams from all over India and Poland and Bangladesh took part in the four-day event. A special terrain was created at the VIT Chennai campus to test the rovers. It was inaugurated on Friday, January 17 in the presence of Dr. [...]

The 9th World Engineering Education Forum – WEEF 2019 was inaugurated at Chennai on Thursday. This prestigious event is being held in India for the first time and is organised by Vellore Institute of Technology. The largest engineering education gathering in the world, WEEF brings together a large number of stakeholders, including engineering educators, leaders, [...]

CHENNAI, NOVEMBER 20: VIT Chennai on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. The MoU, exchanged by Mr. G.V.Selvam, Vice President, VIT, and Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Mutalib, Vice Chancellor, UTP, would make it possible to organise study visits, training and participation between the two reputed institutions. Further, the MoU [...]

The 34th National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology began at VIT Chennai on Tuesday. The four-day event was inaugurated by Dr. A.K.Bhaduri, Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam. In his address, Dr. Bhaduri appealed to students to consider teaching and research as their career options. India was second only to China in [...]

Uthiram – a Blood Donation Drive organised by Rotaract Club of VIT Chennai was held on Friday. More than 300 units of blood were collected, organised to mark the birthday celebrations of Dr. G.Viswanathan, Founder & Chancellor. The Blood Donation Drive was inaugurated by Dr. Sekar Viswanathan, Vice President, VIT in the presence of Mr. [...]