Educating students from all over India, including those from the local and rural areas, and from other countries, so they become enlightened individuals, improving the living standards of their families, industry and society. Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) campus is spread across a vast area of over 250 acres providing excellent infrastructure and ambience. The learners at VIT can find that the institute houses 14 schools which offers a variety of courses such as B.Tech., M.Tech.,M.Sc., and Ph.D., programmes in various disciplines of science, technology, engineering and humanities.

1. Vellore Institute of Technology: Setting Global
Benchmarks with a Holistic Approach
Educating students from all over India, including those from the local and rural areas, and from
other countries, so they become enlightened individuals, improving the living standards of their
families, industry and society.
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) campus is spread across a vast area of
over 250 acres providing excellent infrastructure and ambience. The learners at
VIT can find that the institute houses 14 schools which offers a variety of
courses such as B.Tech., M.Tech.,M.Sc., and Ph.D., programmes in various
disciplines of science, technology, engineering and humanities.
The School of Bio Sciences and Technology (SBST) is equipped with high-end
instruments including Scanning electron microscope, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra,
Transmission electron microscope, High performance liquid chromatography, Gas
chromatography, Nano and Micron Particle sizer, Flow cytometry and many more. Also, the

2. research centres are exclusively dedicated to advanced research in
Biosciences, where students from around the globe come to seek knowledge.
VIT was the first educational institution in India to receive international
accreditation for its programmes and the ‘A’ Grade accreditation obtained from
NAAC. It is a thriving, multi-cultural institution with students from all over India
and from 50 countries. For faculty, the academic agreements with 160
universities worldwide have helped VIT in becoming a truly international
institution. It is an umbrella organization of over 500 private institutions.
A Persistent Leader
A diligent personality, Dr. Govindasamy Viswanathan is
the Founder and Chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT). He has a
rich experience of three long decades in the field of Educational Administration.
Since the beginning, he was instrumental in academics, allowing him to
achieve a master’s degree in Economics followed by law. Further, he went
ahead to complete the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business
School in 2003.
His principled work, ethical approach, and determined-self have gained him
much recognition in offering world class education. He was conferred honorary
doctorate by the West Virginia University, USA (2009), for his exemplary
contributions to the fields of politics, education, and societal development. He has been the
recipient of various national and international awards.
He established Vellore Engineering College in 1984, which was the first
engineering college in the district of Vellore. Owing to its excellence in
education, this engineering college emerged as a University in 2001. It’s

3. meticulous offering and utmost expertise has helped it to evolve as one of the
finest institutions catering to the needs of about 39,000 students in the four
campuses of Vellore, Chennai, Bhopal (MP), and Amaravati (AP).
The Universal Higher Education Trust established by Dr. Viswanathan has
helped the underprivileged students of Vellore District to pursue their studies in
the desired higher education institutions. He is the President of Education
Promotion Society for India that aims to support aspirants of education in almost
every field.
Active Participation in Biology Research
VIT follows fully flexible credit system for students encouraging them to choose
subjects as per their choice and interest. The students are encouraged and
given opportunities to publish their scientific findings in journals of international
repute. The “J component” which forms an important part of all the
undergraduate and post-graduate programmes would afford additional impetus
for the students to pursue research and publish. Besides these, the School of
Biosciences and Technology has a Students’Association of Bio-Engineering, Science and
Technologywing for students, which organises events such as debates, quizzes,
group discussions, invited talks, and competitive events. It offers added
exposure to students to the latest happenings in the field of
biosciences. Significantly, Bio-summit is such an event hosted by the SBST to
bridge the gap between academia and industry.
Uplifting with Technology
Technology serves as the nodal point for information and assistance to all the
students in VIT. Incorporation of smart boards with complete digital features is

4. one of the most advanced technologies one will find in all classrooms. The
attendance of students, examinations procedures, and assignments are all
digitalized. The provision for video-conferencing offers an impeccable facility
for the students to listen to the scientists of eminence both from within India
and abroad. An added permanent facility for students includes recording the
lectures of the faculty members. The university’s library offers access to most
of the journals from various publishers and e-journals via online system.
Exciting Career Opportunities and Exposures
VIT offers on campus placement for undergraduate and post-graduate
students. The placement and training centre (PAT) plays an integral role in
creating an illustrious placement record for the institute. Allowing smooth
functioning of the placement activities in the campus, the centre, further
facilitates training activities of the students with the best of both national and
international companies. They also promote career counselling by organizing
guidance lectures by top echelon corporate personnel and most importantly, by
the immediately placed senior students. The placements offered to the
students are from leading and reputed companies and assures that each
student has more than one placement.
Remarkable Alumnae
VIT offers great openings to entrepreneurs to establish new ideas for the
welfare of the society. The institute’s several alumni have become successful
entrepreneurs and are flourishing in their respective domain. Several
Biotechnology graduates have joined multinational companies around the
globe and many continue to pursue higher education in leading national and

5. international institutes. The Ph.D., scholars from SBST are doing post-doctoral
in leading universities.