Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), formerly Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and one of the oldest engineering colleges in Asia. Founded in 1887, it was rechristened to its present name on 26 January 1997.VJTI is an academically and administratively autonomous institute, however it is a part of the University of Mumbai and its degrees & diplomas are issued by the University, and the institute is financially supported by the Government of Maharashtra. After being awarded academic & administrative autonomy in 2004, VJTI became operational under the administration of a Board of Governors. VJTI is also the Central Technical Institute of Maharashtra State. The Institute is reputed for excellent training in programs in engineering and technology at the certificate, diploma, degree, post-graduate and doctoral levels, as well as numerous well-regarded research works.

 

Location:

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, popular as VJTI, is an esteemed autonomous government engineering institute located in central Mumbai. It is just a 5 minute drive or 12-15 minute walk from Dadar (W. Rly & C. Rly.), Matunga (C. Rly.), Wadala (Harbour Rly.) and King’s Circle (Harbour Rly.) stations. Number of BEST buses plying from all parts of Mumbai is also a good option to reach the college.

 

Departments:

• Civil & Environmental Engineering Department

• Structural Engineering Department

• Computer Engineering & Information Technology Department

• Master in Computer Applications (MCA) Department

• Electrical Engineering Department (Also offers programs in Electronics Engineering & Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering)

• Mechanical Engineering Department

• Production Engineering Department

• Textile Manufactures Department

• Technical & Applied Chemistry Department

Three academic departments have supporting roles and conduct foundation courses for various degree & diploma programs, but do not offer any programs of their own. These are:

• Mathematics Department

• Physics Department

• Humanities & Management Department

 

Infrastructure:

The campus of VJTI is huge, one might even get lost initially. Lots of open space, a cricket and a football field, tennis courts and basketball court are available for recreational activities. However the buildings being old, the classrooms and the labs are not places you’ll enjoy being in. “You’ll get baked to death in the heat during the summers”, says a second year Mechanical student. Many instruments in labs are old which often fail to function properly. You can access internet from computer labs whenever you wish. Wi-Fi connectivity has been promised but not been installed yet.

Hostel facilities are available but are pretty old and obsolete. Twin or triple sharing rooms are usually not clean. Washrooms in the hostels as well as college invariably stink. 

 

Fees:

Rs. 54,000/year for General category; much less for reserved categories. 

 

Faculties:

“Faculty of the Civil branch is excellent”, says a final year student. Departments like Information Technology and Mechanical have excellent teachers. There is a lot of room for research work in these departments. Above average teaching in other branches, but you cannot expect more from professors of a government engineering institute. However, the importance of professors is much more here because of its autonomous nature. Many times the questions asked in the final exams are straight from the professors’ notes. Many experienced faculties have retired in the recent past and the new appointees do not match them in knowledge, qualifications or experience. However, they make up for all these with their enthusiasm and friendly nature.

 

Placements:

Placements at VJTI are certainly top notch. The college has consistently maintained the cent percent streak for most of the department. The name of the institute and its legacy are enough to get excellent placements, perhaps the best in Mumbai after IIT-B. Multinational companies like Microsoft (16 lpa), Google (19.95 lpa), Goldman Sachs, Oracle, Morgan Stanely, Yahoo and Deloitte also place a few students sometimes. Amongst mass recruiters Infosys, L&T and Cognizant tops the chart. Average salary is around 3.5 lakhs p.a. Special thing about placements here is that core engineering branches of Civil, Mechanical & Electrical don’t have to compromise by taking up an IT job. They get their branch specific job profiles, which is hardly the case in any Mumbai University colleges.

100% placement records were witnessed for 2009-2013 batch, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute got attention of some top companies like Rakuten, Microsoft, Samsung, Credit Suisse, Cisco, Morgan Stanley followed by many average paying companies.

Among the biggest highlights of 2013 placements were Rakuten, a Japanese firm recruited 1 candidate with an offer of Rs 30 Lakh Per Annum. Microsoft recruited 4-5 students offering a pay package of 16 LPA. Samsung recruited 3 students with a package of 12 LPA, Cisco offered a Package of 8.5 LPA, Credit Suisse offered 10.5 LPA and Morgan Stanley offered a package of around 8 LPA. Barclays was off-campus, but they took a PPT and asked students to apply offered a package of 8.5 LPA, Google and Texas instruments offered a package of 21 LPA and 16 LPA respectively visited the campus and even called the students to Bangalore for final interview but they didn’t select anybody.

The cut-off for most of the companies that recruit on campus is 6.5 (on a scale of 10). "If you are a 6.5+, willing to work hard and keep going till the end, you will definitely get a job", was as said by Dr. Gaonkar, Training and Placement Officer of Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute during an orientation lecture.

More than 100 companies visit VJTI’s campus every year for recruitment and internships and hire diversified and intellectual employees. Among the eminent recruiters are Microsoft, Google, Goldman Sachs, Oracle, yahoo, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Accenture, TCS, Infosys, Cisco, L&T, Tata Technologies, BPCL, Deloitte, Maxwell, MAQ and lots more.

VJTI, located in Matunga, Mumbai is one of the oldest engineering colleges in India. VJTI is undoubtedly one of the preeminent colleges which attract bright and brainy students.

VJTI is an academically and administratively autonomous institute which is known for its excellent training in courses of engineering and technology at diploma and, degree and post graduate levels for over three thousand students.

The institute offers Bachelor in Engineering degree in about 9 departments which are Textile Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial & Production Engineering, Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering. These are the highest number of programs that a college offers to its students.

Getting into VJTI in itself is a tough job as you really need to have good score plus sharp brain to sustain in VJTI. But once the journey of a student begins in VJTI, it will surely lead to a bright future.

VJIT has well researched Training & Placement office situated in Department of Mechanical Engineering which offers:

• Excellent training in written tests, group discussions and other activities related to training and placement.

• Tie-up with top Manufacturing and Software industries.

• Provides in-plant training and internship programme for Engineering and MCA courses.

• More than a hundred organizations visit the Institute every year for campus interviews and selection

Each student is allowed to be a part of the process till he/she gets placed in one Regular and one Dream company. Companies that offer higher packages are 'Dream Companies'. Once a student gets placed in either company, he/she is out of the placement process for the corresponding category.

Also, the close rapport developed by the institute with various industries has helped the student community in securing gainful employment.

Comparing placements with 2012, most of the students of Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute got an annual package of 5-6 Lakhs per annum. Almost 70 Companies visited the campus for placement. Google and Rakuten offered the highest package 30 LPA, Microsoft placed 5 students with a package of 16 LPA. However, there was a dip of 20 Lakhs in the package for 2012 as compared to 2011 as the highest package offered in 2011 was 52 LPA.

The placement season in VJTI for2013 batch can be summed up as Overall Placements were good at least for the CS/IT sector. Every Student with a good knowledge and 7.5+ ptr was offered a package of 5-6 LPA and same was the case for top grade students in electronics who were good in coding. A Special thing about placements here is that core engineering branches of Civil, Mechanical & Electrical don’t have to compromise by taking up an IT job. They get their branch specific job profiles, which is hardly the case in any Mumbai University colleges.

 

Salaries Offered:

•  Minimum salary package: 3.5 lakh per year

•  Average salary package: 4.5 lakh per year

•  Maximum salary package: 30 lakh per year (Rakuten)

The college has consistently maintained the 100 percent streak for most of the departments. The name of the Institute and its legacy are enough to get excellent placements, perhaps the best in Mumbai after IIT-B. Production and textile are the only two streams where the hiring pace is slow.

Though there is a drop in the highest package offered but at the same time the average salary figures has gone up. But, the figures don’t affect the 100% placements delivered by Jijabai Technological Institute every year.

 

Attendance:

At VJTI, Civil branch is very strict about attendance. For other branches, it is not much of an issue, on a simple condition that you do not spoil your relations with the professors. “Panga mat Lena mere dost” says a final year Computers student. However, there are always exceptions and you have to identify those professors and attend their lectures regularly.

 

Canteen:

VJTI canteen is certainly not bad for a government college. There are cleanliness issues; often it stinks a bit, but overflowing with students most of the times. Though it is quiet spacious, during lunch break, you’ll have to strive hard to find a place. The food is damn cheap and tasty, too. Ragada Samosa (Rs. 20), Fried Rice (Rs. 35) and Samosa Pav (Rs. 10) are the hot favourites. Non-vegetarians also won’t regret.

 

Crowd:

Crowd at VJTI is sad; rather, nerdy would be more appropriate. Students get engrossed when it comes to technical festivals, be it their own college fest or any other, and this happens all round the year. Students from the Reserved Category are seen in healthy numbers (Thanks to the 50% reservation quota) 

 

Hangouts:

Various restaurants in Matunga and among favourites are Mani’s Idli, Sherry’s Rolls and Frankie’s (best and the cheapest), Garnish, Classic, Relax, etc. There’s Only Parathas and Madras Café for those who eat only in 'elite' restaurants. CCD is also close by. 

 

Festivals:

Technovanza is the technical festival of VJTI. Pratibimb is the cultural festival and Enthusia is the sports festival. Many other fests organized by hostel folks are held all-round the year.

 

Famous Alumni:

• Chaggan Bhujbal - Minister of PWD and Former Deputy CM of Maharashtra

• Sekhar Basu - Director, BARC

• Anil Kakodkar - Former Chairman - Atomic Energy Commission of India

• Amit Chandra - MD, Bain Capital India

 

Contact Address:

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)

HR Mahajani Marg,

Matunga, Mumbai-400019

Tel: 022-2419 8101; Fax: 2415 2874

Website: www.vjti.ac.in