Dr.GV founded the Vellore Engineering College in 1984 at Vellore. He also envisaged that this institution would provide world-class education to students who would in turn create an indelible impact on the society. The engineering college that on the go with an intake of 180 students in 1984 has evolved as a university with two campuses.
The aim of CSRD & RS is to get better the quality of the life of the rural folks by meeting their basic needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations through participative development and implementation.
VIT campus is broaden across a vast area of 250 acres. A striking feature of VIT is the well- planned and all-inclusive infrastructure provided for both students and faculty.
List of schools
School of Advance Science (SAS)
School of Architecture(B.Arch)
School of Bio Science & Technology (SBST)
School of Computer Engineering (SCOPE)
School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT)
School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE)
School of Information Technology & Engineering (SITE)
School of Mechanical & Building Sciences (SMBS)
School of Social Science & Languages (SSL)
VIT Business School (VIT BS)
Placement Records:
VIT University has been time after time been setting records and breaking them over the past several years. The latest was with close to 8000 job offers made to the students by Accenture, Wipro, TCS and Infosys.
Here’s a quick look of the top IT recruiters over the years
2012-13
-Accenture(1492), Cognizant(803) and Wipro(1308)
2013-14
-Accenture(1688), Cognizant(1084) and Wipro(1162)
2014-15
-Accenture(1324), Cognizant(1911), Infosys(1452) & Wipro(1141)
VIT has entered into the Limca Book of Records thrice for the highest number of campus placements done from a single education institution by a single company:
2009 (TCS-1075)
2011 (Cognizant-1643)
2012 (Cognizant-1820)
Academic Blocks:
Main Building
Silver Jublee Tower
Technology Tower
Sir M Vishveshvaraiya Building
CBMR
G.D. Naidu Block
CDMM Building
A.L. Mudailar Block
Auditoriums & Conference Facilities:
Anna Auditorium (Seating capacity – 1400)
Dr. M. Channa Reddy Auditorium (Seating capacity – 469)
Dr. Ammbedkar Auditorium (Seating capacity – 198)
Kamaraj Auditorium (Seating capacity – 128)
Conference Facilities
Sports Facilities:
VIT has a numeral of centres for physical education and sports activities that help the students maintain fitness and develop a competitive spirit. Its abundant outdoor playgrounds and indoor courts are spread over a 20-acre area.
Canteen:
VIT has been abundantly blessed with three fully equipped multi cuisine canteens present at three strategic locations in college. Two at the distant ends of college, one each in G D Naidu Block and the Silver Jubilee Tower and one additional at the centre of the college near the Technology Tower.
Smart Classrooms
The classrooms are well planned rooms that incorporate everything needed for a pleasant learning atmosphere. The wide roomy classrooms contain a white board and also a projector that is used for teaching so a professor can switch to different modes of teaching as and when required.
Contact Details:
Vellore Institute of Technology,
Near Katpadi Rd Vellore,
Vellore,
Tamil Nadu - 632014
Ph: +91 416 2243091/93
Email:
info@vit.ac.in 
