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Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology (RAIT) is a private engineering

Engineering

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college in Nerul

Nerul

Nerul is an upmarket residential and commercial node of the city of Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra, India and is better known as the queen of Navi Mumbai. It has 50 sectors. It is the biggest and the most populated residential node in the city of Navi Mumbai. Nerul along with Seawoods Darave makes...

, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai is a Planned Satellite City on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was developed in 1972 as a twin city of Mumbai, and is the largest planned city on the planet, with under the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and a total area of . Navi Mumbai...

, India

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. RAIT was established in 1983 and is part of the DY Patil Educational Academy. The college was founded in CBD Belapur

CBD Belapur

CBD Belapur is the third most developed node of Navi Mumbai after Vashi and Nerul. CBD Belapur has a fairly vibrant Central Business District that is moving some of the economy out of congested central Mumbai into the hinterland. Belapur is also one of the largest assembly constituencies from this...

in Navi Mumbai, and later moved to Nerul

Nerul

. RAIT is an unsubsidised, public A-graded college affiliated with the University of Mumbai

University of Mumbai

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. The Institute is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education

All India Council for Technical Education

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(AICTE) (an accredting body of the Government of India) and by the government of Maharashtra.

Campus

RAIT is located in D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, in Nerul, on a large campus. The 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) campus houses several well-known colleges: the Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, the Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, the Colleges of Law, Architecture, Occupational and Physiotherapy, and the Ayurveda

Ayurveda

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College and Hospital.

The college is housed in a spacious building occupying nearly 120000 square feet (11,148.4 m²) area. Most of the canteens and facilities are connected internally and there is considerable interaction among people from different facilities. The campus also houses a 1,000-seat air-conditioned auditorium and an air-conditioned mini-auditorium with a seating capacity

Seating capacity

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of 500. Although the college is located on the Dr. D. Y. Patil Deemed University campus, as mentioned above it is affiliated with the University of Mumbai.

Public transport

The main campus is located in Nerul, along the Sion Panvel Highway. The institute is accessible by local train, State Transport buses, BEST

Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport

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and NMMT. Most students are able to reach the campus within 30 minutes to one hour from any point in Mumbai. The campus has a 200-bed hostel for girls. There are three cafeterias on the campus, run by the institute's catering school.

Engineering

The Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, since its inception in 1983, has been consistently endeavoring to prepare its students to be dynamic leaders and iconoclastic stalwarts, to meet the ever-demanding needs of the industry. The institute offers an undergraduate as well as a post-graduate curriculum which includes a four-year bachelor of engineering in Computer, Electronics, Instrumentation, Information Technology and Electronics and Telecommunication engineering and two-year masters degree in Computer and Electronics Engineering. There is a perfect amalgamation between all the departments, through they function independently. The courses are designed in a dynamic framework, to unleash the analytical skills of the students. They are relentlessly trained to be equipped with an intellectual and analytical bent of mind to meet the challenges of the future.

The department of Computer Engineering offers advanced courses like Digital Signal Processing, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communication. All ten laboratories are adequately equipped and there is a central server room to fulfill the requirement of the undergraduate curriculum. The software, computer graphics, data structure, and image processing labs fulfill the quest for knowledge.

The Electronics Department was also established in 1983 and since then has been offering under- and post-graduate programs of four and two years respectively. The laboratories such as Electronics Devices, Electrical Machines, Microprocessors, Integrated Circuits, Digital and Switching are well equipped with high-tech equipment, aiming to provide practical training.

The Department of IT came into existence in 1999 to keep pace with developments in the IT sector. It offers courses like Image Processing, Computer vision, Artificial Intelligence. Well-equipped laboratories assists the teaching process.

The Department of Electronics and Telecommunication was set up in 2000, with an intake of 60 students. The department houses adequately equipped laboratories such as Electric Devices, Digital Switching, Microwave Engineering, Communication and Advance Communication Engineering and Signal Processing.

The Department Instrumentation Engineering offers courses like Equipment Design, Analog and Digital control System. Laboratories for process Instrumentation, Analytical Instrumentation and Electronics Instrumentation are well designed for providing hands on experience to students.

All the departments can boast of highly qualified faculty equipped with post-graduate and doctorate degree from reputed institutions like IITs and NITs. Members of the faculty are highly committed teachers complimented with excellent teaching skills as well as research expertise.

The departments are also blessed with enthusiastic and brilliant students who have highlighted the institutes reputation by securing top positions in university, GATE, CAT, GMAT, TOEFL, GRE, etc.

All the five departments are in constant activity. Technical events are held under the auspices of technical societies like CSI, IEEE, IETE, and ISA. Students actively participate in technical and creative paper presentations, competitions on coding, quizzes, discussion, and other technical activities.

The departments relentlessly endeavour to upgrade and train its faculty to keep abreast of advances in technology through workshops, seminars and training programs. The Department of Electronics had recently organized a national seminar on DSP, VLSI and embedded system and wireless communication. Consultancy and sponsored projects are undertaken by the departments from MNCs, MIT, DST.

Industry–institute partnership is always encouraged. Testimony to this is constant interaction through regular visit to companies like RCF, Forbes Marshall, Total Honey Well and Fests Control. Final year B.E. projects undertaken by students are carried out in research institutes like BARC and IIT Mumbai.

Electronics Engineering

The Electronics Engineering Department was begun in 1983. Courses such as Electronic Circuits and Design, Microprocessors, Electronic Instrumentation, Analog Integrated Circuits, Digital Integrated Circuits, Signals and Systems, Wireless Communications, Wave Theory and Propagation, Filter Theory and Data Communication comprise the department's core curriculum. Technical events under the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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aegis are organized through the year. After the Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics Engineering degree course was begun in 1983, the Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication degree course was added to the department in 2002. The intake for Electronics Engineering is 120 students, and for Electronics and Telecommunication 90 students per academic year. The Electronics Engineering degree course is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.

Instrumentation engineering

Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology is one of the few colleges of Mumbai University having this department, which was begun in 1998. The curriculum includes courses such as Process Instrumentation, Process Equipment Design, and Analog and Digital Control Systems. Laboratories such as Process Instrumentation, Analytical Instrumentation and Electronics Instrumentation are being set up in the department, which offers a Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation Engineering degree course with an intake capacity of 60 students per academic year. RAIT is the Western Regional Center for distance-learning programs in Electronics and Control, Software Systems, and Systems and Information of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Birla Institute of Technology and Science

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in Pilani

Pilani

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. Software packages have been developed in-house: computerized admission and merit lists, follow-up operation, enrollment lists, attendance registers, examination results, the processing of final-year projects and library allocations and monitoring.

Sports

The Institute offers many opportunities for students to enjoy their leisure time. Sports and recreational activities are central to student life, and the Institute has facilities for indoor and outdoor sports. At Navi Mumbai, the D. Y. Patil Sports Academy Recreation and Sports Center (managed by the Guild of Students) boasts a multi-sport facility for table tennis, basketball, chess and badminton. The D. Y. Patil Sports Academy (DYPSA) was founded in Navi Mumbai to develop and promote cricket in the city. The Academy has several members who have played for the Ranji Trophy

Ranji Trophy

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. The new, 60,000-seat state-of-the-art DY Patil Stadium

DY Patil Stadium

The Dr. D. Y. Patil Stadium is a cricket stadium at D. Y. Patil Vidyanagar campus, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India. The stadium has all the facilities of an international cricket stadium, and has been designed by Hafeez Contractor, one of India's premier architects...

has been built, which (along with Wankhede Stadium

Wankhede Stadium

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) hosted the Mumbai Indians

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during the 2008 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League

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season.

Culture and Events

Horizon is RAIT's main cultural festival. A three-day event, it has been ranked among the top 10 festivals in India and the best in Navi Mumbai. It generally consists of a fashion show the first night followed by a concert with top Hindi singers, concluding with the Goonj the Hind rock band competition. One of the most important events in the festival is the amateur rock band competition (known as the "Unchained"). There are also many side events in Horizon showcasing student talents, such as literary events and film-making.

The Computer Society of India (CSI-RAIT) is a student organization which organises college's technical evennts. 'Techmate' and 'Techknow' in odd and even semester respectively. In addition to technical events, seminars ,hands-on events, the CSI-RAIT also organises technical-paper prepresentations and games. All these big events are solely managed by students along with the help of professors. CSI-RAIT is the most active organisation of college, popular among all the students. Along with these two mega events CSI-RAIT also features other activities like workshops, industrial visits,pariyojna, etc. CSI-RAIT has its own magazine 'COZINE' ,started in 2009.It has a website , which provides all the information about its events and activities. http://www.csi.rait.ac.in

College's IEEE Student Branch (IEEE-RAIT) organizes the annual technical event, Whizion, during August and September. Events include three levels of robotics competitions, presentations of research papers, hardware/software contests, technical quizzes and other on-the-spot events. IEEE-RAIT also organizes 360 Degrees (in conjunction with five other engineering colleges from Mumbai) in February. It has a website, which provides information about its events and activities. Its extra activities other than Technical events are Seminars by renowned Speakers, Workshops, out of state Industrial Visits and many other. It even has yearly technical news letter called Vision Infinity and Tech Magazine Called Brackets which is distributed all over Maharashtra and some important colleges in India. IEEE-RAIT is one of the most popular technical organization in Mumbai.

The Institute's ISA Students Section (ISA-RAIT) also organizes Niyantran (another technical event) in February. Niyantran includes robotics competitions, paper presentations, hardware contests and technical quizzes. The 2007 ISA-RAIT Niyantran was a great success; it collaborated with other engineering colleges in Navi Mumbai and hosted the event at RAIT. ISA-RAIT also hosts an annual workshop for the Instrumentation Department and a quarterly Industrial Visit [IV] for their department.

Another student organization in RAIT is Kalaraag, dedicated to the performing arts and Marathi

Marathi people

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, English and Hindi theatre. Kalaraag organizes the annual open state-level Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Mahakarandak competition in September and the intercollegiate theatre Sau. Pushpalata D. Patil Aantarmahavidyalayin Karandak competition in January. Besides theater competitions, the group organizes Nrutyavishkar (state-level Indian folk-dancing competitions) in September, along with the Dr. D. Y. Patil Mahakarandak and Geetotsav state-level song-composition competitions. February events include Iconoclast (a national-level short-film competition), Iris (a national-level photography competition), Saptankikancha Bilawal (a Marathi one-act-play festival) and commercial shows by celebrated artists. Kalaraag has organized shows such as Sandeep-Salil's Aayushyavar Bolu Kahi, Ashok Hande's Marathi Baana and such Marathi plays as Dadachi Girlfriend, Sarkha Chhateet Dukhtay and Divsa Tu Ratri Mi. Kalaraag also performs in theaters and participates in outside competitions. In August 2008, the group placed third in the Mumbai University Youth Festival one-act-play competition.

The Student Union Council of the Institute publishes an annual magazine, The Wall.

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