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Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore was established in 1984 as Vellore Engineering College, with 180 students and 3 programs. Today it has evolved in to a deemed to be University with over 40,000 students offering 42 Undergraduate and 48 Postgraduate programs and having 17 schools in two campuses. VIT is focussed on providing quality education and is engaged in transformative research. It offers bachelors, masters and doctoral level programs in diverse areas including Science, Engineering, Humanities, Life Sciences, Agriculture, Law, Fashion, Architecture, Hospitality, Design and Management. VIT has established 19 research centres, 11 in Vellore and 8 in Chennai, in almost all frontier areas including Biotechnology, Nano technology, Climate change and Data Science. VIT has grown as a leading Educational Institution in India. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited VIT Vellore with CGPA of 3.66 on four-point scale at A++ grade. VIT Vellore has been ranked among the Top 20 Universities in the country consecutively since 2016 by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Government of India. In NIRF 2023 VIT is ranked at 8 under University category, at 11 under Research, 11 under Engineering and at 17 in the Overall category. VIT is also ranked high globally. The engineering programs of the Institute are ranked at 240 globally by QS subject ranking 2023. In QS World University Rankings 2024 the University is Ranked within 851-900. In Shanghai Ranking of World Universities 2023 of VIT Vellore is within 701-800. 58 Professors of VIT are among the Top 2% Scientists in the world according to the study conducted by the Stanford University, USA in 2023. VIT is strongly committed to the development of the community and society at large and these initiatives are taken up through the Centre for Sustainable Rural Development & Research Studies. VIT is one among the 20 institutions of India, Identified by Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India as ¡°Institution of Eminence¡± and accordingly a letter of Intent was issued by the MoE.