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School of Social Sciences and Languages

The School of Social Sciences and Languages (SSL) was founded in 2020, having previously operated as the Division of Social Sciences and Languages since VIT Chennai’s inception in 2010. Aligned with its vision and mission, the School is dedicated to delivering high-quality education and advanced research, aiming to make a global impact.

Vision Statement of the School of Social Sciences and Languages

To be a centre of academic excellence by fostering holistic growth and development in students

Mission Statement of the School of Social Sciences and Languages

To mould students from different cross-sections of society by enhancing professional competence, self – confidence and a positive attitude that would help in the economic development of the nation.
To impart linguistic skills through innovative teaching–learning processes.
To inspire and empower students from diverse backgrounds to become innovative leaders and entrepreneurs who will contribute to the betterment of society with ethical and social responsibility.

The School is structured into three key divisions: the Division of English, the Division of Foreign Languages, and the Division of Social Sciences. Our accomplished faculty members specialize in diverse fields, including English, Economics, French, German, Japanese, Political Science, Psychology, Spanish, Sociology, and Social Work. The School offers two programmes B.Sc (Hons) in Economics and M.Sc (Integrated) in Psychology. The SSL also offers a wide range of university core and elective courses to students across various programs at the Institute, including B.Tech., M.Tech., MCA, MBA, M.Sc., B.A., LL.B (Hons), BBA, LL.B (Hons), and B.Sc.

English

The English wing at VIT Chennai consists of 51 faculty members with a majority holding doctorates from institutes of repute. We as a team are committed to equipping our students, research scholars, staff and faculty members with the essential language, communication and soft skills, giving them a cutting edge and an added advantage over their peers and competitors. We work to be the wind beneath their wings that helps them soar above the rest in all walks of life.

Courses Offered: A variety of English courses are being offered for one, two or three semesters to all students registered under the various programmes in the Institute. The students have two or four hours of contact classes including Theory and/or Practical and/or Project components. An entry level proficiency test, called English Proficiency Test (EPT), is given to all the students and based on its results students are streamed into various batches and allotted to take appropriate course(s). The courses currently offered are:

Sl. No	Course Code	Course Title
1	BENG101L	Technical English Communication
2	BENG101P	Technical English Communication Lab
3	BENG102P	Technical Report Writing
4	TLAW182L	English for Lawyers
5	ENG5004	English for Researchers
6	PENG504N	English For Researchers
7	STC025	Literary Theory, Linguistics and Language Teaching
8	ENG1901	Technical English – I
9	PRMC001L	Research And Publication Ethics
10	ENG2000	Foundation English – II

Foreign Languages

The Foreign Languages wing at VIT Chennai consists of 5 faculty members offering foreign language courses to give the learners an edge over the other engineering graduates in this era of globalization and knowledge transfer. The Division offers French, German, Spanish and Japanese courses. The motive of teaching foreign languages is to sensitize the learners to the basics of the target language along with its culture. The foreign language courses offered are:

1	BESP101L	Spanish I
2	TESP101L	Spanish I
3	BGER101L	German 1
4	TGER101L	German 1
5	GER1001	Grundstufe Deutsch
6	BJAP101L	Japanese
7	TFRE101L	FRENCH I
8	BFRE101L	FRENCH
9	UFRE101L	FRENCH
10	UFRE102L	FRENCH

Social Sciences

The Social Sciences wing at VIT Chennai comprises 21 faculty members, the majority of whom hold doctorates from esteemed institutions. Recognizing that engineering students must complement their technical expertise with an understanding of the society they inhabit, the division is dedicated to fostering awareness of social structures, culture, media, ethics, values, power, politics, finance, governance, and the complexities of national and international affairs. Students are encouraged to recognize psychological, social, economic, political, and ethical challenges they may encounter and are guided in exploring effective strategies to navigate them. The division offers a basket of university elective courses to all the students, and they are:

S.No.	Course Code	Course Title
1	BHUM203L	Introduction to Psychology
2	BHUM204L	Industrial Psychology
3	TAPS103L	Cognitive Psychology
4	TAPS103P	Cognitive Psychology Practicum
5	BSSC101N	Essence of Traditional Knowledge
6	TAPS104L	Biological Psychology
7	TAPS104P	Biological Psychology Practicum
8	TAPS106L	Work Place Psychology
9	TAPS108E	Emotional Intelligence
10	BHUM107L	SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY
11	BHUM106L	Principles of Sociology
12	BHUM107L	Sustainability and Society
13	BHUM108L	Urban Community Development
14	BHUM109L	Social Work and Sustainability
15	BHUM216L	Indian Culture and Heritage
16	LAW1210	Essentials of Sociology
17	LAW1216	Social Process and Social Change
18	BHUM105L	PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
19	BSSC101N	Essence of Traditional Knowledge
20	TLAW162L	Principles of Modern Government
21	TLAW264L	Public Administration
22	TLAW163L	Micro Economics
23	TLAW166L	Macro Economics
24	UCCA151L	Principles of Economics
25	CFOC386M	Microeconomics : Theory & Applications
26	CFOC495M	Foundation Course in Managerial Economics
27	CFOC587M	Economics of Banking and Finance Markets
28	CLE1008	Economics
29	HUM102	Economics for Engineers
30	HUM103	Business Economics
31	HUM1035	Introductory Econometrics
32	HUM1036	Engineering Economics and Decision Analysis
33	HUM1038	International Economics
34	HUM105	Indian Economy
35	HUM106	Corporate Economics
36	HUM107	Production Economics
37	HUM108	Wealth Management
38	HUM109	International Business
39	HUM110	Foreign Exchange Management
40	HUM111	Indian Political Economy
41	HUM123	Engineering Economics
42	HUM130	Econometrics
43	HUM131	Mathematical Economics
44	IHUM205L	Development Economics
45	IHUM206L	International Economics
46	IHUM207L	Engineering Economics
47	IHUM208L	Economics of Strategy
48	IHUM211L	Behavioral Economics
49	IHUM212L	Mathematics for Economic Analysis
50	IMGT402P	Econometrics Lab
51	LAW102	Managerial Economics
52	MBA511	Economic Analysis for Managers
53	MBA622	Macro Economic Analysis for Management
54	MEE2034	Industrial Economics
55	MEE427	Policy, Planning and Economics
56	MGT1038	Financial Econometrics
57	MGT1048	Political Economy of Globalization
58	MGT403	Econometrics for Business Analytics
59	OLMDS605	Econometric Analysis
60	PMBA510L	Macro Economics and Business Environment
61	PMBA616L	Financial Econometrics
62	UECH101L	Microeconomics I
63	UECH102L	Macroeconomics I
64	UECH103L	Mathematics for Economics
65	UECH104L	Statistics for Economics
66	UECH105L	Financial Management and Accounting
67	UECH106L	Microeconomics II
68	UECH107L	Macroeconomics II
69	UECH108L	Mathematics for Economics II
70	UECH109L	Research Methodology
71	UECH201L	History of Economic Thought
72	UECH202L	Money and Banking
73	UECH204L	Indian Economy
74	UECH205L	Operational Research
75	UECH206E	Applied Economic Research
76	UECH207L	Public Economics
77	UECH208L	Behavioural Economics
78	UECH209L	Geoeconomics
79	UECH210L	Rural Economics and Development
80	UECH301L	Labour Economics
81	UECH302L	Economic Analysis of Climate Change and Environment
82	UECH303L	Urban Planning and Economic Development
83	UECH304L	Agricultural Economics
84	UECH305L	Industrial Economics
85	UECH401L	Advanced Research Methods Economics
86	UECH402L	Economics of Entrepreneurship
87	UECH403L	Economics of Sustainability
88	UECH404E	Primary Data Analyses for Economics
89	UECH405E	Secondary Data Analyses for Economics
90	UECH406L	Development Economics
91	UECH407L	Energy Economics
92	UECH408L	Comparative Economic Systems
93	UECH207L	Public Economics
94	UECH210L	Rural Economics and Development
95	UECH301L	Labour Economics
96	UECH302L	Economic Analysis of Climate Change and Environment
97	UECH303L	Urban Planning and Economic Development
98	UECH406L	Development Economics
99	UECH409L	Economics of Regulation
100	UECH410L	International Economics
101	UECH411L	Health Economics
102	UECH211L	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
103	UECH212E	Financial Modeling
104	UECH213L	Derivatives and Risk Management
105	UECH308E	Actuarial Science
106	UECH309L	Corporate Finance
107	UECH413L	Mergers & Acquisitions
108	UECH414L	Financial Engineering
109	UECH415L	Financial Market and Institutions
110	UECH416L	Financial Technology
111	UECH417L	International Banking & Accounting
112	UECH418L	Merchant Banking & Financial Services
113	UECH419L	Business Valuation
114	UCSC227E	Python Programming
115	UCSC228E	R Programming
116	UCSC229E	Structured Query Language (SQL)
117	UCSC230E	Machine Learning
118	UCSC327E	Data Visualization
119	UCSC328E	Predictive Modelling & Analysis
120	UCSC329E	Big Data Analytics
121	UCSC413E	Time Series Analyses
122	UCSC414L	Artificial Intelligence
123	UCSC415E	Reinforcement Learning
124	UCSC416L	Optimization Techniques
125	UCSC417L	Stochastic Models
126	UCSC418L	Blockchain Technology
127	UCSC419L	Cloud Computing

Name	Akshay Bhanudas Gadekar
Reg No	10BME1011
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Udaipur Division
Current Organization	Government of India
Short note on Achievement	Qualified Civil Service Examination in 2016 and 2020 conducted by UPSC

Name	Palaniappan PL
Reg No	18BME1043
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Full Time MBA
Current Organization	Bharathidhasan Instiute of Management, Tiruchirapalli
Short note on Achievement	Got VIT meritorious award in 2019,2020 & 2021.

Name	Debdutta Chatterjee
Reg No	17BME1006
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	PhD Candidate
Current Organization	Delft University of Technology
Short note on Achievement	Currently contributing as a Doctoral candidate on a highly efficient integrated hydrogen powered, electrical aircraft propulsion concept (HYLENA), in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft.

Name	Aswin Sevugan P
Reg No	17BME1084
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Graduate Student Researcher
Current Organization	Nanofactory, McGill
Short note on Achievement	Completed Master of Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. University 2nd Rank issued by Vellore Institute of Technology · Nov 2021

Name	Aeswin L
Reg No	20BME1026
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Planning Engineer
Current Organization	Larsen & Toubro, Hazira-Surat, Gujarat
Short note on Achievement	Founder & President CAD Club VITCC for 2 years. Published papers and done projects in CFD analysis.

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Name	Amrita Shukla
Reg No	12BME1023
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Product Manager, Bengaluru
Current Organization	Unilever
Short note on Achievement	Completed M.Tech Industrial Management from IIT BHU, Varanasi.

Name	Vishal Teotia
Reg No	19BME1133
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Product Engineer
Current Organization	tanX.fi, Bengaluru
Short note on Achievement	Got Super dream placement in Chennai campus for highest CTC: 59 LPA in 2019-23 batch

Name	Rohit Kr Jha
Reg No	13BME1143
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Scientist
Current Organization	ISRO, Bengaluru
Short note on Achievement	Meritorious Award Issued by VIT University in May 2017 for securing 2nd rank in the batch of B.Tech Mechanical Engineering (2013-2017)

Name	Bharat Sharma
Reg No	18BME1137
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Mechanical Design Engineer
Current Organization	Ford Advanced EV Design and development, Los Angeles, USA
Short note on Achievement	Graduated from UCLA, #1 Public university in the United States with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working as a Mechanical Design Engineer at Ford Advanced EV, a special division of Ford for next- generation of software-defined electric vehicles.

Name	Sai Santosh Pavan Kumar Machavolu
Reg No	17BME1166
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Senior CFD Engineer
Current Organization	FDS Consult UK, Greater London
Short note on Achievement	Course Director’s Prize for Best Thesis, issued by Cranfield University · Jun 2023. Vice Chancellor’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, issued by Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai · Aug 2021

Name	Sharad Geoffrey Rohan S
Reg No	14BME1092
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Deputy Manager
Current Organization	Hexaware Technologies, Chennai
Short note on Achievement	Performed a key role in the establishment of the new Generative AI Practice at Hexaware, which was recognized as the “Future of Hexaware Initiative Award” during the LIFT 2023 at Hexaware. Certificate of Appreciation for TECHADE Mission in Data Science Practice at Hexaware. Innovation of the Year Award at ELEVATE 24-25 in Data Science Practice at Hexaware.

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Reg No	20BME1068
Programme	B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
Current Designation	Product Analyst
Current Organization	Michelin, Pune
Short note on Achievement	This milestone is a reminder of the incredible journey and the valuable lessons learned along the way. I am committed to continuing the legacy of excellence and making a positive impact.

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Registration Number	15BEE
Programme	B.Tech EEE
Current Designation	PhD Candidate
Current Organization	IISC Bangalore
Short Note on Achievement	M.Tech at NIT Calicut with a GATE score

Name	Dilli Krishna
Registration Number	15BEE1218
Programme	B.Tech EEE
Current Designation	Scientific Officer C
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Short Note on Achievement	For the past 1.5 years, I have been working with Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), and prior to that, I spent 4 years at Reliance Industries. These experiences have provided me with invaluable skills and insights in the field of electrical engineering. Additionally, I am proud to announce that I scored a rank of 429 in the GATE 2023 EE examination and achieved a rank of 99 in the SSC JE 2023 exam.

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Registration Number	15BEE1101
Programme	B.Tech EEE
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Current Organization	Google
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Registration Number	15BEE1125
Programme	B.Tech EEE
Current Designation	Electronics Engineer
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Registration Number	16BEE1171
Programme	B.Tech EEE
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Name	Mrugank Kharate
Registration Number	14BEE1107
Programme	B.Tech EEE
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Current Organization	Electrolux, Pordenone, Italy
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Registration Number	12BEE1046
Programme	B.Tech EEE
Current Designation	Senior Manager (GM)
Current Organization	Flipkart
Short Note on Achievement	Pravar Prakhar is a seasoned supply chain and operations leader with over nine years of experience at Flipkart, Amazon, and Larsen & Toubro. Currently a Senior Manager at Flipkart (General Manager), he drives performance reliability, cost optimization, and loss reduction, significantly improving Fulfillment Center rankings. At Amazon, he played a pivotal role in launching South India’s first Receive Center, led multiple process improvement projects saving INR 50 million, and managed end-to-end supply chain operations. Recognized with prestigious awards like the Dependable Pillar, Above & Beyond, and World Changer, he holds certifications in Lean Six Sigma, Value Methodology, and Enterprise Risk Management. With expertise in operational excellence, strategic planning, and process optimization, Pravar continues to deliver impactful results in the supply chain industry.

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Registration Number	14BEE
Programme	B.Tech EEE
Current Designation	PhD Candidate
Current Organization	Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas
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Registration Number	12BEE1064
Programme	B.Tech EEE
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Current Organization	Philips Healthcare Ultrasound R&D
Short Note on Achievement	Received a scholarship from Center for Automotive Research at Ohio State University from 2017-2018 \| Interned at Tesla, California in summer 2017 \| Held Hardware Development Engineer positions in the automotive and medical industries in Boston MA since June 2018.

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Registration Number	12BEE1061
Programme	B. Tech EEE
Current Designation	Deputy Manager
Current Organization	BMW India Pvt Ltd
Short Note on Achievement	BTech in EEE, CAT 96+ percentile, MBA from IIM. Joined BMW India as part of the GLDP, with special projects at Rolls-Royce, London and BMW AG, Munich. Currently overseeing budget forecasting and variance analysis at BMW India.

Name	Vedant
Registration Number	11BEE
Programme	B. Tech EEE
Current Designation	Co-Founder and CTO
Current Organization	Samara Aerospace, USA
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Registration Number	10BEE
Programme	B. Tech EEE
Current Designation	Product Lead
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