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Message from the Principal 4 Introduction Vision and Mission 5 Values 6 Organisational Structure 7 College Development Committee Members 9 Governing Body Members 10 Quality Assurance Quality initiatives by IQAC 11 Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) 12 Strategic Plan 2015-2020 15 Deployment Document for 2018-19 32 Compliance report for the academic year 32 2018-19 (Odd Semester) with respect to Strategic Plan 2015-2020 38 Compliance report for the academic year 2018-19 (Even Semester) with respect to Strategic Plan 2015-2020 Academics Programs Offered 44 Status of Admissions for Academic Year 45 2018-19 FE Orientation Program 47 Academic Initiatives 50 Result Analysis and Toppers 51 May 2018 51 December 2018 60 VIT Annual Report 2018-19 1 May 2019 71 Faculty List of Faculty 80 Staffing Pattern 88 Faculty currently pursuing Higher Studies 89 Research Publications by Faculty 91 Odd Semester 91 Even Semester 99 Report on Preview & Academic Preview July 2018 111 Review Process Academic Review November 2018 114 Academic Preview Jan 2019 118 Academic Review May 2019 122 Guest Lectures Odd Semester 126 Even Semester 128 Industrial Visits IVs by various Departments 131 Student Activities Student Council 133 List of Heads & Secretaries 133 Co-curricular Activities 134 Extra Curricular Activities 162 Verve’19 168 Eminent Speaker’s Talk Talk by Dr. Anil Kakodkar 192 Placements Engineering and MMS 193 Internships Engineering and MMS 239 Tie-Ups 272 RACEM 2019 273 Tantravihaar’19 276 Events & Activities Degree Distribution Ceremony 304 Graduation Day 2018-19 307 VIT Annual Report 2018-19 2 IGNITE 314 Marathi & Hindi Bhasha Din 314 TEDxVIT 314 Alila 318 Committee Activities Odd Semester 319 Even Semester 340 Activities for Social Cause NSS 2018-19 activities 358 Notable Achievements 414 VIT Annual Report 2018-19 3 Message from the Principal “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” ~ Confucius The efforts of the Academic Year 2018-19 have yielded great results as VIT continues to climb rungs of success. This year a number of prestigious events and seminars were organized on our campus. Visits by the Local Inquiry Committees have also been satisfactorily carried out. Induction programs were organized for First Year and Second Year students during the months of August and September to acclimatize newly admitted students to the VIT educational experience. We bid farewell to our graduating students on Convocation Day (Degree Distribution Ceremony) for the 2018 batch and Graduation Day for 2019 batch. The annual festival Verve’19 proved to be a wonderful platform for students to hone their extra-curricular talents, organizing, event management and teamwork abilities. The need for our students to be able to not only match up but also stand out amongst the multitude of engineers who graduate every year was reiterated on many occasions by guest lectures by industry personnel and educational visits. Key inputs have been obtained and many valuable connections have been established in both academic and industry circles. Considering the increased competition in the job market, the technical abilities of our students were scaled up by these sessions. The Institute has also greatly streamlined its human resources processes so as to increase efficiency of all our staff members and focus on greater development and growth for our students. While the Institute has always placed a great deal of importance upon the holistic development of students, this year, we stressed upon improving our internal academic processes also. The institute is exploring a number of avenues for digitally enabled learning through generation of e-content. We are confident that our endeavours through the last few years and the initiatives to come will take our Institute to staggering new heights. The idea that we strive to achieve ‘student delight’ in place of ‘student satisfaction’ in itself speaks volumes of our intention to wish the best for our students. Dr. S. A. Patekar VIT Annual Report 2018-19 4 Introduction Under the dynamic leadership of Shri Chandrashekar Deshpande, VIT was established in 1999 for imparting well co-ordinated, multi-disciplinary, quality technical education. Today, it aims in raising Technocrats and Managers of high academic standards and good character to serve mankind. Now, in its 18th year, VIT has continued its growth in various aspects, which include: infrastructural expansion and functioning, faculty qualifications, students’ holistic development, placements, institute – industry interactions, internships, industrial visits and talks by eminent personalities, to name a few. Vision To be a globally recognized institute where learners are nurtured in a scholarly environment to evolve into competent professionals and researchers to benefit society. Mission Evolve a curriculum which emphasizes on strong fundamentals with the flexibility to choose advanced courses of interest and gain exposure to tools and techniques in contemporary subjects. Encourage a teaching-learning process in which highly competent faculty share a symbiotic association with institutes of repute. Facilitate creation and dissemination of knowledge through a digitally-enabled learning environment. Develop academic and infrastructural facilities with modern equipment and other learning resources and encourage reciprocal sharing with other institutes through networking. Establish a Center of Excellence to enhance academia-industry partnership and work on collaborative projects. VIT Annual Report 2018-19 5 Values “Work is Worship” is a guiding principle for all at Vidyalankar. Vidyalankar believes that character- building is an important step towards nation-building. Nurturing young minds is a vital responsibility. Vidyalankar Values are the set of ideals which guide the attitudes and behaviour of the members of the Vidyalankar family. It is said that there are no short-cuts on the road to success. Educating students to differentiate between right and wrong and motivating them to choose the right path is imperative. The following values are interspersed in all aspects of the teaching-learning process: Honesty Integrity Excellence Salubrious Responsibility Commitment Attitude VIT Annual Report 2018-19 6 Organisational Structure: Organogram: Level 1: Strategy and Resource Planning VIT Annual Report 2018-19 7 Organogram: Level 2: Administrative Deployment and Execution Organogram: Level 2: Academic Deployment and Execution VIT Annual Report 2018-19 8 College Development Committee Members Sr. No. Name Constitution 1. Ms. Rashmi Deshpande Chairperson, VDT 2. Shri. Milind Tadvalkar Management Nominee 3. Dr. Anjali Deshpande Member Prof. Varsha Bhosale 4. Prof. Trupti Naik Member Dr.Saurabh Mehta 5. Mr. Mukund Deshmukh Member 6. Prof. Ashish Ukidve Member 7. Shri. Ninad Dani Member 8. Dr. Anant Jhaveri Member 9. Ms.Aditi Subedar Member 10. Dr. Sangeeta Joshi Member 11. Dr. Arun Chavan Member 12. Dr. S. A. Patekar Member 13. Shri.Vishwas Deshpande Invitee VIT Annual Report 2018-19 9 Governing Body Members Sr. Name Governing Body Constitution No. 1. Smt. Rashmi Deshpande Chairperson, VDT 2. Shri. A.R.Chatorikar Nominee, VDT 3. Shri. Milind Tadvalkar Nominee, VDT 4. Dr. V. N. Gupchup Nominee, VDT 5. Nominee, VDT Nominee, VDT 6. Dr.Amit Dutta Nominee, AICTE-Regional Officer(Ex-Officio) 7. Nominee,AICTE Industrialist / Technologist / Educationist nominated by regional committee as Nominee of Council 8. Nominee of UoM Nominee of UoM Nominee of State Government -Director, DTE(Ex- 9. Dr. Abhay Wagh officio) 10. Nominee, State Government Nominee, State Government 11. Dr. Saurabh Mehta Faculty Nominee,CAO(Ex-Offico) 12. Prof. Varsha Bhosale Faculty Nominee,VP(Ex-Offico) 13. Dr. S. A. Patekar Principal & Member Secretary Dr. Saurabh Mehta took charge as Chief Academic Officer from December 01 2018. As per the constitution he is the faculty nominee( Chief Academic Officer (Ex-Officio)) on the Governing Body of VIT. VIT Annual Report 2018-19 10 Quality Assurance Quality initiative by IQAC NBA reaccreditation and NAAC accreditation NIRF participation Academic Administration Audit(AAA) Planning for EXTC and MMS Ph.D. Centre Launch of Ding Talk App Planning for academic autonomy The institute has got NAAC A+ accreditation from March 2019. Training Program for Faculty members E-Resource Development Lab/Hands-on Learning Outcome Based Policy New Performance Indicators Restructuring Clusters New Policy Changes in R & D, Training, Higher education, etc Webinar Series Structured Committee Activities Institute level –Radio Studio International Conference Year 2020 Biomedical Engineering Department: Training in collaboration with Society for Radiation Research & Tata Memorial hospital on “Radiation Therapy Equipment” Information Technology Department - FDP on “IoT and Machine Learning” and hands-on Workshops on “Recent advancements in Information Technology” Electronics and Telecommunication engineering Department: STTP on “Telecommunication Network”, Workshop on “Office excel for Administrative enrichment” and STTP on “Research Paper writing” Electronics Engineering Department: STTP on “latest technologies in Electronics Engineering” VIT Annual Report 2018-19 11 Electronics Engineering Department - Make-a-thon (Based on e-waste), Beyond Horizons- Inviting eminent personalities to share their life changing experiences Biomedical