VIT Chennai has 100+ faculty members. The VIT Chennai faculty members have great experience and most of them have done PhD from top colleges. Candidates can check the details of some of the faculty members of VIT Chennai:

  • Professor L. John Kennedy, Division of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT Chennai: He is among the top 2% of Scientists in the world, in the field of “Materials” in a report by Stanford University, USA led by Dr. John P. A. Ioannidis and team, as published in PLOS.
  • Dr. M M Balamurali, Division of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT Chennai:  He has published a review article in Chemical Society reviews. He has the highest impact factor of 54.56.
  • Professor Mini Ghosh from the Division of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University Chennai: Research on COVID-19 project was led by her, and ERB, Science, and Engineering Research Board has approved funding for the study of mathematical & simulation aspects of COVID-19 on the topic “Mathematical Modelling of Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 and its Control”.
     

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Q:   How many faculty members does VIT Chennai have?
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VIT Chennai has 100+ faculty members. With great experience, most of faculty members have done PhD from top colleges. Candidates can check the details of some of the faculty members of VIT Chennai:

  • Professor L. John Kennedy, Division of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT Chennai: He is among the top 2% of Scientists in the world, in the field of “Materials” in a report by Stanford University, USA led by Dr. John P. A. Ioannidis and team, as published in PLOS.
  • Dr. M Balamurali, Division of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT Chennai:  He has published a review article in Chemical Society reviews. He has the highest impact factor of 54.56.
  • Professor Mini Ghosh from the Division of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University Chennai: Research on COVID-19 project was led by her, and ERB, Science, and Engineering Research Board has approved funding for the study of mathematical & simulation aspects of COVID-19 on the topic “Mathematical Modelling of Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 and its Control”.
     
Q:   How is the faculty members at Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai?
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The faculty members in VIT Chennai are all doctorates and Ph.D. holders. Each department in engineering contains a dean, a hod and other staff members which is again classified into professors, associate professors and assistant professors followed by the research scholars. Electronics department alone boasts for its enormous number of 100+ faculty members only in VIT Chennai. Each and every teacher here, are highly qualified and they cater to meet the needs of every student from his/her base. There are teachers coming from various parts of the country as well as the globe. Regular industrial visits are taken by the faculty members to ensure practical exposure to the students are attained based on the course that they handle. VIT has a major advantage over other institutions, since it carries this system called "Fully flexible credit system" (FFCS) where students are allowed to pick the teacher of their choice for any subject based on his/her academic performance and attendance in the previous semester. For example there is a subject called "Control Systems". Students will be offered 8-10 teacher for the same course and students can select their teachers based on the availability of the slots. Overall the faculty members hail from various prestigious institutions like Nanyang Technological University, Stanford, MIT and other IITs and NITs.
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Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai Campus offers MBA programme which is popular among students in Management field. The course is available in multiple specialisations. The course admissions are held on the basis of entrance tests which are prescribed. Interested students can appear for entranc

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Computer Science engineering (CSE) is considered as the most sought - after branch considered to Electronicals and computer engineering (ECM) and then Electronics and communication engineering (ECE).

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Mohammed Hareef

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With a VITEEE rank of 36,000, getting a seat in the Computer Science (CS) course at VIT Chennai is possible, but it might be in the lower categories. The fee structure varies depending on the category you are assigned based on your rank. Generally, Category 1 has the lowest fees, and fees increase w

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Ashok Das

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Answered 2 months ago

With rank 17,845 in VITEEE, you have got an awesome chance of getting the CSE branch at VIT Chennai.

Many college students with comparable ranks were given CSE there.

So, sure — you can assume admission, however the charges can be slightly higher in those categories.

 

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Ajay Sharma

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With a VIT rank above 1 Lacs and having gotten into VIT Andhra Pradesh in phase 5, it's unlikely to get into VIT Chennai. Generally, ranks above 1 Lacs are not considered for the main campuses (Vellore and Chennai) but are eligible for the VIT-AP and VIT-Bhopal campuses. 

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