Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, Vasad
more commonly referred to as SVIT, is a private technical institute located in the bank of Mahi River
, Gujarat, India
. It offers undergraduate and graduate-level technical education. It is one of the best engineering college in Gujarat. SVIT held many annual events like Prakarsh (National Technical Festival), Annual Day, Sports Week, Welcome and Farewell Party. Recently SVIT started M.E
courses in mechanical and civil engineering.
, the iron man of India. The New English School Trust (NEST), Vasad constituted the Board of Management of SVIT under the chairmanship of an able and experienced educationist and administrator of Gujarat, Prof. Shantibhai M Amin. This Board was established in 1997 as a national-level institute in the fields of Engineering and Technology as per the guidelines of AICTE at Vasad.
(Government of Gujarat) and affiliated to Gujarat University
, GTU
.
Though SVIT is approved by the AICTE, the website of AICTE mentions only three of its courses as approved by it, namely Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering. From 2004 to 2005 all courses Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering,Civil Engineering,Computer Engineering,Information Technology, Electronics & Comm Engineering, Instrumentation & Control Engg, Aeronautical Engineering, and Mca were approved by AICTE.
and Sardar Patel University
.
Amin is an educationalist and he was principal of Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya
for 13 years. He’s an eminent civil engineer and was involved in the construction of the township of Vallabh Vidhyanagar
. The college was built with Gandhian philosophy.
The main role was played by Chandubhai Patel. He played a big part in bringing the people together who could make this institution possible. He has put in more effort in making this happen for the future of this town. Ramanbhai Patel (Raman kaka) contributed Rs. 1.5 crore — the biggest donation the institution has received. He has always been a generous donor when it comes to welfare of the town.
Initially the college land was waste land purchased by the government. It was a ruinous area then it was processed and prepared for the construction of the building. SVIT was initially started with Civil, Mechanical and Electrical branch with the intake of 40 students.
SVIT houses an Aeronautical Engineering division as well, the only one in the State of Gujarat, with an intake of 60 students.
SVIT, Vasad is on the banks of the Mahi River
at Vasad
, in a pollution free environment 20 km from Vadodara, 18 km from Vallabh Vidhyanagar
and 90 km from Ahmedabad
. The climate is mostly dry and temperature is mostly between 30˚ to 40˚ in summer and 10˚ to 25˚ in winter. It is around 50 km from the Gulf of Cambay and Arabian Sea
. It is surrounded by the fertile Charotar region.
SVIT comprises 26 acres (105,218.4 m²) of land on which the institute buildings are constructed with the plinth area of 232608 (Carpet area 193840) sq ft. Sufficient land is available for further development. Playgrounds for outdoor and indoor games facilities have been developed. Land for 25 feet (7.6 m)-wide approach road, joining the national highway to the institute, has been purchased and developed by the management. The area covered by buildings is given in the following table. Scale in sq m.
SVIT has many other facilities like Administration (G.F-ADM & Drawing Hall, F.F-Library, S.F-Ament. & Drawing Hall), Cafeteria, Remote Sensing (Civil Dept.), Power Sub Station, Stationery Shop, Transport Cell, Pump Room, Coffee Shop.
A diverse and well-qualified faculty drawn academic institutions and industrial houses of high repute, many of the teaching staff are Ph.D and post graduates from reputed institutions including the IITs.
It has the engineering branches. It also has Architecture as a branch, which is being run with the name of College of Architecture.
A CNC lathe machine and EDM are present in the workshop. Software like Pro/E & ANSYS are used in aiding students of the Mechanical Engineering department. FFT Analyser is in Aeronautical Engineering Department. Software like MATLAB, TINAPRO, Embedded System, Mobile Communication and Energy Audit instruments are in the E&C Department. PSCAD and ETAP software and a full fledged high voltage laboratory in the Electrical Engineering department. STADD-PRO software, Image processing Software and Photogrammetric Instrument (PG-3) are available for analyzing aerial photographs in the Civil Engineering Department. Consultancy services and auditing in Environmental engineering. The following table shows branch-wise intake in SVIT in alphabetical order, along with AICTE approval status as per July 2008 release.
SVIT follows rules of Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (Technical) for admission procedures. Students, who have cleared 10+2 (Science) or diploma can apply to SVIT. Students should apply to Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (Technical).
Edge 'U Cater is a group of students working to boost knowledge, public speaking and personality development. They meet weekly and arrange events like Extempore, Group Discussion, Professional lectures and many more.
Every year SVIT in association with ISTE organize PRAKARSH - A national level technical symposium. Participants from colleges in India come and take part in technical and non-technical events. In 2011 more than 5000 participants took part in more than 45 events.
SVIT Alumni Association is a group of students, who are passed out from SVIT. This association is very vital to bring alumni together. Gaurang Shukla is the former secretary of Alumni Association.
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Vasad
Vasad is a small town in the state of Gujarat in western India. Its located on the banks of the river Mahisagar-History:The ancient city of "VASUDHANAGARI", now known as VASAD, situated on the banks of holy river mahisagar, is the gateway to Charotar. Due to favourable conditions, Vasad always...
more commonly referred to as SVIT, is a private technical institute located in the bank of Mahi River
Mahi River
The Mahi is a river in western India. It rises in Madhya Pradesh and, after flowing through the Vagad region of Rajasthan, enters Gujarat and falls into the sea by a wide estuary near Khambhat. Its total length is 500 km. and its estimated drainage area 40,000 km2...
, Gujarat, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It offers undergraduate and graduate-level technical education. It is one of the best engineering college in Gujarat. SVIT held many annual events like Prakarsh (National Technical Festival), Annual Day, Sports Week, Welcome and Farewell Party. Recently SVIT started M.E
courses in mechanical and civil engineering.
History
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology was established in 1997 with the ideals of Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of India...
, the iron man of India. The New English School Trust (NEST), Vasad constituted the Board of Management of SVIT under the chairmanship of an able and experienced educationist and administrator of Gujarat, Prof. Shantibhai M Amin. This Board was established in 1997 as a national-level institute in the fields of Engineering and Technology as per the guidelines of AICTE at Vasad.
Accreditation
It is approved by AICTE, DTEDTE
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(Government of Gujarat) and affiliated to Gujarat University
Gujarat University
The Gujarat University is the statewide institution affiliating many reputed colleges across the state of Gujarat, India. It has been given a B++ ranking by National Assessment and Accreditation Council .-History:...
, GTU
Gujarat Technological University
The Gujarat Technological University, more commonly referred to as GTU, is a statewide institution affiliating many esteemed engineering, pharmacy, and management colleges and varsities across the western Indian state of Gujarat...
.
Though SVIT is approved by the AICTE, the website of AICTE mentions only three of its courses as approved by it, namely Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering. From 2004 to 2005 all courses Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering,Civil Engineering,Computer Engineering,Information Technology, Electronics & Comm Engineering, Instrumentation & Control Engg, Aeronautical Engineering, and Mca were approved by AICTE.
Foundation
Professor Shantibhai Amin and Shiva Kaka, classmates at the College of Engineering, Pune along with Chandubhai Patel, a leading businessman in town decided to establish SVIT with the help of local people. The main objective behind this was to fill the gap between the institutes situated in Baroda and Anand, i.e., Maharaja Sayajirao University of BarodaMaharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, commonly referred as M. S. University , is a university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India...
and Sardar Patel University
Sardar Patel University
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.
Amin is an educationalist and he was principal of Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya
Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya
Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya also known as BVM is an autonomous engineering institution located in Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India. It is affiliated to Sardar Patel University...
for 13 years. He’s an eminent civil engineer and was involved in the construction of the township of Vallabh Vidhyanagar
Vallabh Vidhyanagar
Vallabh Vidhyanagar is a town and a municipality in Anand district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located between Ahmedabad and Vadodara, 6 km from the town of Anand.-History:...
. The college was built with Gandhian philosophy.
The main role was played by Chandubhai Patel. He played a big part in bringing the people together who could make this institution possible. He has put in more effort in making this happen for the future of this town. Ramanbhai Patel (Raman kaka) contributed Rs. 1.5 crore — the biggest donation the institution has received. He has always been a generous donor when it comes to welfare of the town.
Initially the college land was waste land purchased by the government. It was a ruinous area then it was processed and prepared for the construction of the building. SVIT was initially started with Civil, Mechanical and Electrical branch with the intake of 40 students.
SVIT houses an Aeronautical Engineering division as well, the only one in the State of Gujarat, with an intake of 60 students.
Geography
Mahi River
The Mahi is a river in western India. It rises in Madhya Pradesh and, after flowing through the Vagad region of Rajasthan, enters Gujarat and falls into the sea by a wide estuary near Khambhat. Its total length is 500 km. and its estimated drainage area 40,000 km2...
at Vasad
Vasad
Vasad is a small town in the state of Gujarat in western India. Its located on the banks of the river Mahisagar-History:The ancient city of "VASUDHANAGARI", now known as VASAD, situated on the banks of holy river mahisagar, is the gateway to Charotar. Due to favourable conditions, Vasad always...
, in a pollution free environment 20 km from Vadodara, 18 km from Vallabh Vidhyanagar
Vallabh Vidhyanagar
Vallabh Vidhyanagar is a town and a municipality in Anand district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located between Ahmedabad and Vadodara, 6 km from the town of Anand.-History:...
and 90 km from Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
. The climate is mostly dry and temperature is mostly between 30˚ to 40˚ in summer and 10˚ to 25˚ in winter. It is around 50 km from the Gulf of Cambay and Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
. It is surrounded by the fertile Charotar region.
Infrastructure
| Description | Total ADM. Carpet Area | Total AME. Carpet Area | Total Recreation Area | Total Instr. Carpet Area | Total Circulation, Stair, Toilet, Wall Area | Total Built up Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing no.1 (E&C) | 202.00 | 0.00 | 351.00 | 1816.00 | 554.00 | 2923.00 |
| Wing no.2 (IT) | 202.00 | 0.00 | 351.00 | 1816.00 | 554.00 | 2923.00 |
| Wing no.3 (CE & Computer Center) | 202.00 | 0.00 | 351.00 | 1816.00 | 554.00 | 2923.00 |
| Wing no.4 (Civil) | 202.00 | 0.00 | 351.00 | 1816.00 | 554.00 | 2923.00 |
| Wing no.5 (Electrical) | 202.00 | 0.00 | 269.00 | 1264.00 | 443.00 | 2178.00 |
| Wing no.6 (Mechanical) | 188.00 | 0.00 | 324.00 | 1251.00 | 468.00 | 2231.00 |
| Wing no.7 (Aeronautical) | 392.00 | 220.00 | 308.00 | 1044.00 | 458.00 | 2422.00 |
| Wing no.9 (MCA & IC) | 202.00 | 0.00 | 351.00 | 1646.00 | 554.00 | 2753.00 |
SVIT has many other facilities like Administration (G.F-ADM & Drawing Hall, F.F-Library, S.F-Ament. & Drawing Hall), Cafeteria, Remote Sensing (Civil Dept.), Power Sub Station, Stationery Shop, Transport Cell, Pump Room, Coffee Shop.
Faculty achievement
Assistant professor N.G Chitaliya present a paper on "An Efficient Method for Face Feature Extraction and Recognition Cased on Contourlet Transform and Principal Component Analysis using Neural Network" published in International Journal of Computer Applications in September 2010.Education environment
It has the engineering branches. It also has Architecture as a branch, which is being run with the name of College of Architecture.
A CNC lathe machine and EDM are present in the workshop. Software like Pro/E & ANSYS are used in aiding students of the Mechanical Engineering department. FFT Analyser is in Aeronautical Engineering Department. Software like MATLAB, TINAPRO, Embedded System, Mobile Communication and Energy Audit instruments are in the E&C Department. PSCAD and ETAP software and a full fledged high voltage laboratory in the Electrical Engineering department. STADD-PRO software, Image processing Software and Photogrammetric Instrument (PG-3) are available for analyzing aerial photographs in the Civil Engineering Department. Consultancy services and auditing in Environmental engineering. The following table shows branch-wise intake in SVIT in alphabetical order, along with AICTE approval status as per July 2008 release.
| Discipline | Intake | Duration | AICTE Approved Yes / No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeronautical Engineering | 60 | 4 years | Yes |
| Architecture | 40 | 5 years | No |
| Civil Engineering | 60 | 4 years | Yes |
| Computer Engineering | 90 | 4 years | Yes |
| Electrical Engineering | 60 | 4 years | Yes |
| Electronics & Communication Engineering | 90 | 4 years | Yes |
| Information Technology Engineering | 90 | 4 years | Yes |
| Instrumentation & Control Engineering | 60 | 4 years | Yes |
| Master of Computer Applications | 60 | 3 years | No |
| Mechanical Engineering | 60 | 4 years | Yes |
People
SVIT has 2,480 undergraduate students, 180 graduate students, almost 150 full-time faculty, and 10 part-time faculty. The male-to-female student ratio is close to 2:1. Fees use to change yearly by order of State Fee Committee, which is likely to be revised from the current academic year 2007–2008.SVIT follows rules of Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (Technical) for admission procedures. Students, who have cleared 10+2 (Science) or diploma can apply to SVIT. Students should apply to Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (Technical).
Central Committee
Central Committee is led by General Secretory of SVIT. Central Committee is a body of elected students. It is responsible from many major events like annual day, sports week, welcome and farewell party, and many more.Edge 'U Cater
Computer Society of India, SVIT Chapter
CSI Committee for SVIT Chapter student counselor: Yagnik Rathod, Lecturer, CEInternational Society of Automation, SVIT Chapter
ISA Committee for SVIT ChapterIndian Society for Technical Education, SVIT Chapter
ISTE Chapter is initialed to provide services as below,- Promotes for better career development opportunities and service benefits for teachers.
- Updates and motivates teachers through training and information dissemination.
- Provides training to students to become "Master Students".
- Encourages innovation and excellence in students and teachers through various means including a variety of Awards at State and National level.
- National and State level Annual Conventions, separately for teachers and students.
- Informative bi-monthly Newsletter to all members.
- Publishes comprehensive quarterly Indian Journal of Technical Education.
- Provides financial assistance to Chapters and Sections for selected activities.
- Visiting Professor Scheme for reputed faculty members.
- Free travel facilities to several members of ISTE Chapters to attend ISTE National Annual Conventions.
- Developed over 100 Master Trainers and 500 Trainers in various areas.
- Publishes a comprehensive and uptodate data book (ISTE Handbook) on technical education facilities in India.
- Membership of ISTE enhances the self-confidence and self-esteem of teachers and students
Events
- National Level Event "Prakarsh-2011:The Spectrum of Technology based on theme 'Vibrant Vasad'" arranged by ISTE SVIT Chapter.
- An Intra-College Technical Event "Vision-2010" arranged by ISTE SVIT Chapter.
- National Level Event "Prakarsh-2010 'Lets Re-Wise, Re-Think, Re-Cycle, Re-Create'" arranged by ISTE SVIT Chapter.
- National Level Event "Prakarsh-2009 'Be the change'" arranged by ISTE SVIT Chapter.
- National Level Event "Prakarsh-2008 'Let us Evolve...'" arranged by ISTE SVIT Chapter.
- National Level Event "Prakarsh-2007" arranged by ISTE SVIT Chapter.
- National Level Event "Prakarsh-2006" arranged by ISTE SVIT Chapter.
- Celebration of Productivity Week: Various experts from the related field were invited for delivering the speech.
- Expert lecture was arranged by Brunel University(West London).
- Regular GD & Personality Development Programmes by expert agencies.
- Expert lecture was arranged on "Prospects of Aerospace Engineering".
- "National Water Day Celebration" sponsored by GUJCOST.
- An excellent airshow where aircraft models were flown and acrobatics were performed.
- Archi fest " prrarambh -05"
- Archi fest " zest opus -06"
- Archi fest " zest opus -07"
- Archi fest " zest opus -08"
Every year SVIT in association with ISTE organize PRAKARSH - A national level technical symposium. Participants from colleges in India come and take part in technical and non-technical events. In 2011 more than 5000 participants took part in more than 45 events.
Placement facilities
All the placement facilities are handle by T&P cell of SVIT. Every year numerous company come to SVIT campus for recruitment. All the statistics of campus recruitment can be found on following link: .SVIT Alumni Association
Past chairmen
- Prof. Shantibhai M. Amin (1997–2004)
- Shri. Bhaskarbhai C. Patel
- Shri Vinubhai M. Patel (2006–2007)
- Shri. Bhaskarbhai C. Patel (present)
- shri. Kishorbhai R Patel (Vice Chairman)
External links
- Official website of College of Engineering - SVIT
- Official Website of College of Architecture - SVIT
- Prakarsh - SVIT
- Alumni Login
- Gujarat University Homepage
http://www.gtu.ac.in/