Sardar Patel Institute of Technology
Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (SPIT) is an autonomous un-aided Research and Engineering Institute affiliated to University of Mumbai.
Former name | Sardar Patel College of Engineering Unaided Wing |
|---|---|
| Type | Unaided |
| Established | 1995 |
| Affiliation | University of Mumbai |
| Principal | Dr. B. N. Chaudhari |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban - 47 acres |
| Website | www.spit.ac.in |
Location
The institute is located in 47 acres of green campus at Munshi Nagar, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's Campus, Andheri (West), Mumbai. The campus also houses three Bhavan’s Institutions of great repute namely Sardar Patel College of Engineering , S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, a management institute and Bhavan’s College
History
In 1957, the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan conceived the idea of establishing an engineering college in Mumbai. The Engineering Personnel Committee of the Planning Commission had made certain recommendations for the establishment of new engineering colleges and polytechnics, in order to increase the technical manpower in the country. The proposal of the Bhavan to start an engineering college was favorably received by both the Central and State Governments.
It was on 19 August 1962 that there was a huge gathering at the Bhavan’s Campus in Andheri. There was a mood of joy and festivity as thousands of students, parents and distinguished men and women from all walks of life came to take part in and witness an important and memorable function i.e. the inauguration of Sardar Patel College of Engineering by first and then Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Kulpati Dr. K.M. Munshi, the founder of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan trust. In 1995 Self Financed Engineering Course were added to it and it has been conducting Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology Courses from 1995-1996. These courses have earned a great reputation in the field of engineering education, as well as industry. The University of Mumbai desired that these self-financed courses be separated and housed in a separate building and developed as a separate self-financed entity. Thus Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Unaided Wing from year 2005-2006 is established in its new building under the name and style of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel Institute of Technology. The institute has a strong alumni base of 4000+ members.[1] The institute celebrated 20 years of its contribution in the year 2015.
In 2017, it was conferred with Autonomous status by Mumbai University and thus became the youngest institute affiliated to Mumbai University to achieve this.[2]
Student Bodies
The Students' Council is the primary student representative body. The general secretary and the cultural secretary are mainly responsible for the smooth conduct of these activities. They work under the guidance of the Vice President (who is a professor). The sports secretaries of the council also organize various sports events during the academic year.
Each stream has its own student body -
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- ACE Committee (MCA)
- Computer Society Of India (CSI)
- Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
- Forum for Aspiring Computer Engineers (FACE)
- Electronics Students Association(ESA)
- Information Technology Students Association (ITSA)
- Forum for Electronics and Telecommunication Students (FETS)
This college has a social club :Rotaract Club of Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (RC-SPIT) affiliated to Rotary Club of Bombay Juhu and Rotary International.
The college supports entrepreneurship and has an Entrepreneurship-Cell(E-CELL) affiliated to National Entrepreneurship Network(NEN).
Informal Clubs & Associations
- SPark
SPark is the official college editorial committee of Sardar Patel Institute of Technology. It carries out the responsibility of covering events happening in and around the college with respect to Photography, Reporting and writing intuitive articles which acts as a platform for students to express their creativity. It annually releases a magazine which has an overview of the co-curricular and extra-college activities, achievements, articles, poems, photographs of the students throughout the academic year.
- Speakers' Club
It helps students improve their communication skills through a range of activities based on public speaking, group discussion, interviews, vocabulary and grammar games.
- Sardar Patel Quiz Club (SPQC)
SPQC organizes quizzes focusing on sharpening thinking abilities of students in humorous and entertaining ways. It is co-chaired by Piyush Pandita and Siddhesh Pai .
- The Debate Society
It has helped the students win national level debates and now stands firmly established as a club to encourage the debating culture.
- The Book Brigade
The Brigade functions as a dynamic library and encourages direct interaction between book-lovers who can get their books directly from contributors.
- Star Gazers' Club
It is a novel initiative aimed at educating its members in Astronomy and has also launched an astronomy magazine called “Anant”.
College Festivals
SPIT hosts its annual techno-cultural fest, Oculus. Oculus is conducted in the month of January on a high-scale level. The festival ties up with several non-profit organizations and NGOs in order to promulgate and contribute towards several charitable causes.
CodeChef
The institute conducts various coding competitions in association with CodeChef. The students are actively involved on CodeChef to solve various coding questions.
Facilities and Infrastructure
- Air-conditioned classrooms equipped with projectors
- Central Library along with Departmental Library
- Indoor and Outdoor sports facility
- Yoga Center
- Institute of Holistic Health Science
- Bank and ATM
- Mess and Cafeteria
MoUs and Tie ups
- IT MNC: The institute is recognized as Center of Excellence (CoE) by the IBM Academic Initiative. The institute has also signed MOU with IBM, Wipro, and has a continuing association with TCS. The institute is also one of the few Nvidia GPU Research Centers in India.
- Electronics and Telecom MNC: The institute has signed an MOU with Texas Instruments for setting up a lab and an MOU with Sony Ericsson for training telecom students
- The institute has signed an MOU with Gadhia Solar Systems for an R&D project on solar energy
- Host lectures by UK universities under the British Council mission 2015
- Center for Research in Neuromorphic Engineering (CRINE)
Sardar Patel Institute of Technology started CRINE with the mission of driving innovation through learning from neurons. The objective of this center is to promote research in neuromorphic engineering, to promote collaboration between colleges and disciplines and to enhance industry institute interaction. The institute has also signed MOU with Eduvance and the center is supported by Cypress Semiconductors University Alliance Program. First time faculty and students from different departments of VJTI (Matunga), SPIT (Andheri) and Fr.CRCE (Bandra) started working together in multidisciplinary area.
- Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur (VNIT) for collaborative efforts on the following:
- 1. Cooperation for Dissemination of Knowledge
- 2. Joint Research Projects
- 3. Exchange of Faculty
- 4. Knowledge Sharing
- 5. Utilization of Academic Infrastructure
Awards/Honors received by faculty and institute
- Dr. Surendra Singh Rathod, Professor and Head of Electronics Engineering Department at Sardar Patel Institute of Technology was honoured with India International Friendship Society’s most coveted institutional and globally reputed "SHIKSHA RATTAN PURASKAR" along with "Certificate of Excellence" for his service s and achievements in the field of engineering education at a glittering function. The award was presented by Dr.G.V.G.Krishnamurthy, former Chief Election Commissioner, Govt. of India on 29 May 2012 at India International Center, New Delhi.
- Dr. Dhananjay Kalbande, awarded Post-Doctorate fellowship by Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Technology Business Incubator
The Technology Business Incubation Centre was established in 2009. It is an initiative to nurture a culture of entrepreneurship in the creative minds of young engineers so that their ideas are implemented into newer products or services that have marketing potential. This centre started and supported by the institute provides all the required infrastructure and support for technology-based entrepreneurship. It helps and motivates young innovators to become successful entrepreneurs.
It is supported by Department of Science and Technology, National Entrepreneurship Network, Institute Alumni, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre and Entrepreneurship Cell. The institute received a grant of Rs 4.17 crore[3] from the Department of Science & Technology (DST) for TBI which would be used to support students from both in-house and other institutes to set up businesses.
Companies Benefitted:-
- Mime360, Acquired by Flipkart
- Pykih
- Nexchanges
- Kias Tech
- Go Hero Go
- Fore Hotels
Rankings
| University and college rankings | |
|---|---|
| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF (2020)[4] | 125 |
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 125 among engineering colleges in 2020.[4]
References
- http://www.spit.ac.in/about/
- http://fileserver.mkcl.org/FE2017/OasisModules_Files/Files/206.pdf?did=1847
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/City-college-gets-Rs4-17cr-grant-to-set-up-tech-biz-incubator-on-campus/articleshow/51230333.cms
- "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.