Vishwakarma Institute of Technology


Vishwakarma Institute of Technology is an autonomous engineering college located in Upper Indira Nagar, Bibwewadi, Pune, Maharashtra, India. The institute was established in 1983 and it is affiliated to the Savitribai Phule Pune University.
The college is largely supported by the Bansilal Ramanath Agarwal Charitable Trust. VIT was the first private college in Maharashtra to attain academic autonomy in the academic year 2008-2009. The college is the only college in Pune to provide Honors and Minors courses in addition to normal undergraduate courses.

Campus

The college has approximately 2,900 students, 225 faculty members, 67 laboratories, one central library, and 150 administrative and supportive staff.
The campus is spread over an area of and consists of four major buildings, a cafeteria, a coffee store, a fruit juice stand, a breakfast center, NPB, and a fully air-conditioned auditorium with ceiling fans.
The students' hostel is off-campus. It is state-of-the-art and is equipped with a dining facility. It is located about 3.5 km from the main campus.

Campus events

The college organizes state, national, and international conferences and events.
Notable events include the following:
The annual event is a mixture of cultural, technical, and sporting competitions where students from diverse colleges across India come to participate.
The annual event is the flagship cultural event on the campus. The participants are restricted to students of VIT and the competitions are held between the departments. The college publishes its own newsletter called Wink.
The Entrepreneurship Development Centre has a vision of producing successful entrepreneurs imbibed with leadership qualities using innovative and ethical business practices to make a global impact. It was founded in September 2013 and has been successful in organizing various sessions involving eminent personalities.

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked it 165 among engineering colleges in 2020.