VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private deemed university with its main campus in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, and an additional campus in Chennai. It was founded in 1984 by G. Viswanathan as a self-financing institution called Vellore Engineering College, later established under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, and granted deemed university status in 2001. It was renamed VIT University in September 2006. The institution offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and has sister universities as distinct state private universities in Amaravati, Bhopal, and Bengaluru, along with an international campus in Mauritius. VIT has received rankings including 691 in the QS World University Rankings 2026, 150 in Asia in 2025, and 19th overall in India by NIRF in 2024. The Chennai campus hosts Vibrance, an annual cultural and sports festival typically held in late February or early March, featuring music, dance, arts, and sports events. Notable alumni associated with VIT include Soumith Chintala, Papias Malimba Musafiri, Bindu Madhavi, Anand Prakash, Dhyan Sreenivasan, and Shubhangi Swaroop.