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VIT is ranked 150^th in Asia in the QS World University Ranking 2025

Nov 6, 2024:  VIT has been ranked 150th in QS World University Rankings in Asia category. VIT moved 13 places up since last year. The rankings are based on academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, citations per paper, international research network, proportion of international students, proportion of International faculty, faculty with PhD, inbound and outbound students etc

VIT Vellore Conducts Successful Placements Drive

July 4, 2024: VIT Vellore has a strong placement record and provides excellent support to students, helping them secure their dream jobs. Despite the recession and a tech downturn, VIT boasted an outstanding placement record in 2023–24 that included high packages, marquee offers, and a large number of regular offers.

Two students bagged the highest package of INR 88 LPA (from Motorq), while 17 others secured INR 50+ LPA packages. 963 students were hired in the placement drive by TCS, and 103 of them received premier offers (INR 9 LPA). There were also foreign placements in Japan and the Gulf countries, with over 30 engineering students receiving offers from Japanese companies.

Some of the top recruiters were Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, Dell, Motorq, Wipro, Qualcomm, Deloitte, Silicon Labs, Bank of America, Ford, Indian Oil and more. According to the Career Development Centre, “VIT is a place that gives opportunities to various companies to come and recruit our students. Despite the recession, over 50+ companies came to our campus to give placements and CTCs above INR 20 lakhs.” The below-mentioned table can be referred to get an overview of the placement drive of VIT Vellore:

CDC STAT as of 14-06-2024 (overall)	2023-2024
No. of Companies	802
No. of Super Dream Companies	345
Marquee offers*	557
No. of Super Dream Offers	3069
No. of Regular Offers	1569
Over All Offers	7951
Total Students Placed	6996
Highest Package	INR 88,00,000 (Motorq)
Average CTC	9,92,164

VIT Chancellor Receives Honorary Doctorate

May 15, 2024: VIT Chancellor G Viswanathan recently earned the "honorary doctor of law degree" from the State University of New York at a convocation ceremony in the United States.Harvey Stenger, president of Binghamton University, presented him with the award in recognition of his contributions to international higher education."Viswanathan has been a pioneer in expanding access to higher education in India and collaborating with institutions around the world," Stenger said as he presented the doctorate.

Binghamton University provost Donald Hall, dean Srihari Krishnaswamy, the member of assembly Donna A Luppardo, the member of senate Leaa Webb, VIT vice-presidents Sankar Viswanathan, Sekar Viswanathan, G V Selvam, assistant vice-president Kadhambari S Viswanathan and R Seenivasan, director, International Relations, VIT were also present during the convocation. A felicitation function for Viswanathan was organised in Washington DC, USA, in which dignitaries including Kannan Srinivasan, senator, member, Virginia House of Delegates, P Karunakaran, head, education wing, Embassy of India, Washington DC, attended, among others. Viswanathan had earlier been conferred a honorary doctorate by West Virginia University, also in the US, in 2009.

VIT Vellore Celebrates Assistant Vice President, VIT Group of Institutions, Kadhambari S. Viswanathan's Birthday

March 9, 2023: The Vellore Institute of Technology had a birthday ceremony today, March 6, 2022, to commemorate the birth of its Associate Vice President, Kadhambari S. Viswanathan. Professors and staff from VIT Bhopal participated in the ceremony virtually and also attended the Bhopal Campus celebration. Respected VIT Bhopal Assistant Vice President Kadhambari S. Viswanathan addressed the group and thanked everyone for the birthday greetings. She praised the contributions made by all parties involved in creating an institution and praised the steps being taken at the VIT Bhopal Campus to train the next generation through Future Ready Programs to help bring about Industry 4.0. She complimented the students from VIT Bhopal for accepting Super Dream (> 10 LPA) and Dream (> 5 LPA) Offers from prestigious international organisations like Microsoft, Amazon, JP Morgan Chase and Co., etc. with the highest package of 59 LPA. In reference to the first batch of STARS Program students' accomplishments, she stated that out of 32 students, 27 students—representing 21 different Madhya Pradesh districts—had been offered 10 Super Dreams (> 10 LPA) and 7 Dream (> 5 LPA) positions by various companies. district toppers from the MP Govt. under the STARS (Support the Advancement of Rural Students) Scheme (one boy and one female).

Schools are getting free education and free boarding facilities. She has offered a donation of 5 lakh rupees to the Universal Higher Education Trust (UHET); a nonprofit organization established in 2012 with the motive of providing support to underprivileged students who complete 10+2 and wish to pursue higher education, on her birthday. On her birthday food was distributed to construction workers in VIT Bhopal, Students of Kasturba Gandhi Girls School, Kothri and Senior Saskiya Girls Hostel, Gawakheda.