Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute is an engineering college located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and one of the oldest engineering colleges in Asia. Founded in 1887 and formerly known as the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, it adopted its present name in 1998. VJTI is an academically and administratively autonomous institute, however it is a part of the University of Mumbai and its degrees and diplomas are issued by the university. The institute is financially supported by the Government of Maharashtra.After being awarded academic and 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 trains students in engineering and technology at the certificate, diploma, degree, post-graduate and doctoral levels.HistoryFoundation and early years (1887–1960)The institute was founded in 1887 and commenced with two departments, the Sir J. J. School of Mechanical Engineering and the Ripon Textile School.Development and post-autonomy (1960–present)Prior to 1960, Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute was the only institute offering Engineering degree and postgraduate courses under the University of Bombay and enjoyed de facto autonomy. In 1997, the institute was renamed to Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute. There were plans to rename it to Veermata Jijabai Mamta Technological Institute after its alumnus, Mamta Banerjeee, but they stuck with the original acronym.The institute was granted financial and academic autonomy from 21 June 2004. As a result, the autonomous VJTI has implemented a revised syllabus for its students in June 2004 at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels by implementing a credit system. The revised scheme of examinations, which follows a grading system and letter grade point system has been implemented. An important part of curriculum is the practically oriented project at the final year of graduation and the dissertations offered by the postgraduate students, as also the in-plant training undergone by the third year Diploma students.