VIGNAN'S INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Dr

HARI GOVINDA RAO

Dean

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

9550782979

08912755333

VIGNAN'S INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

JNTUK UNIVERSITY

VISAKHAPATNAM

www.vignaniit.edu.in

Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology (VIIT) was established in the year 2002 in the City of Destiny, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is promoted by Visionary Dr. Lavu Rathaiah, Chairman of Lavu Educational Society, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. VIIT is affiliated to the JNT University, Kakinada. Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology(A) is Re-Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade CGPA 3.41/4.00 and also accredited by NBA for FIVE UG programs such as Computer Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology and Electrical and Electronics Engineering branches. Institute is also conferred with Autonomous Status by UGC in the year 2017 and University Grants Commission, New Delhi has granted recognition under section 2(f), & 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956 in the year 2014.
VIIT is now offering Eight UG Programs (Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering ,Information Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and Data Science) and 10 PG Programs including 8 M. Tech Programs ( MD, P&ID, ECE, DECS, AI&ML, CSE, IT, TE), MBA, MCA with the Annual intake of 1557. The institute is being recognized by JNTUK, Kakinada as Research Centre for Advance Research activity and also recognised by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh with 'A' Grade in terms of Key performance Indicators in Engineering Education. The institute consistently achieving more than 85% placements every year with the highest annual package of Rs. 36 Lakhs per annum from companies like, AMAZON, Microsoft CISCO etc. VIIT is one of the best consortium leader recognized by IUCEE in AP and Telangana. It is also collaborated with the premier technical institutions like, IIT Mumbai, IIT Khargpur to exchange of video lectures through Ekalavya remote centre and for the activities of Robotics and Entrepreneurship development. The Institution conforms to quality standards such as ISO 9001:2017, ISO 14001:2018 and OHSAS 18001:2017. The short term and long term goals are well defined and implemented to envisage the institution’s Vision and Mission.
The institute is specially undertaking Research & Development in thrust areas of Technology and Societal related issues. Researchers of VIIT has completed more than 3 crore worth of research projects funded by various Govt. funding agencies such as , DST, DST-SERB, UGC and AICTE. In the year of 2020-21, the institution has received IDEA lab worth of Rs. 50 Lakhs from the AICTE. The Institute introduced Innovative practices in Teaching Learning & Evaluation to meet the quality standards in Higher education, few of the practices are Semester long Internship, Integration of Theory with Laboratories. The institute has collaboration with more than 100 Industry like, RINL, Infosys, Ramco, Reliance Jio, BSNL, VCTPL, WDM, Indian Navy, TCS, and GIT Solutions which offer internships. The Institute is committed to its core values and expects all stakeholders to embrace them. It has zero tolerance towards any deliberate violation of the core values.