Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (SPIT), officially Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, is an autonomous un-aided Engineering Institute affiliated to University of Mumbai. The college was established in 1995 as an extension of its sister institute, the Sardar Patel College of Engineering, before becoming an independent unaided institute in 2005. S.P.I.T is one of the premier technical institutions of Maharashtra, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in engineering and computer applications. Dr. Bhalchandra Chaudhari is the current principal of the institution.
Location
The institute is located on 47 acres of green campus at Munshi Nagar, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's Campus, Andheri (West), Mumbai. The campus also houses three prominent Bhavan’s Institutions, namely Sardar Patel College of Engineering, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, a management institute, and Bhavan’s College
History
In 1957, the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan conceived the idea of establishing an engineering college in Mumbai. The Engineering Personnel Committee of the Planning Commission had made certain recommendations for the establishment of new engineering colleges and polytechnics, to increase the technical manpower in the country. The proposal of the Bhavan to start an engineering college was favorably received by both the Central and State Governments.
On 19 August 1962, Sardar Patel College of Engineering was inaugurated by first and then Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Kulpati Dr. K.M. Munshi, the founder of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan trust. In 1995 Self Financed Engineering Course was added to it and it has been conducting Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology Courses from 1995-1996. The University of Mumbai desired that these self-financed courses be separated and housed in a separate building and developed as a separate self-financed entity. Thus Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Unaided Wing from the year 2005-2006 is established in its new building under the name and style of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel Institute of Technology. The institute has a strong alumni base of 4000+ members. The institute celebrated 20 years of its contribution in the year 2015.
In 2017, it was conferred with Autonomous status by Mumbai University and thus became the youngest institute affiliated to Mumbai University to achieve this.
Admission
Admission to the Btech courses is via the state-level entrance examination, MHCET. A quota of seats is also reserved for All-India candidates through JEE-Mains. The institute is known for being highly selective and has among the highest cut-offs of state colleges.
M.C.A. admissions are based on the scores in the MCA-CET.
Admissions for postgraduate engineering courses are through GATE or sponsorship.
Departments
The institute offers four courses for Bachelors in technology, namely : Computer Engineering Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science) Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
The postgraduate courses offered include :
Masters in Technology: Mtech in Computer Science and Engineering Mtech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
Masters of Computer Applications(MCA)
Rankings
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 167 among engineering colleges in 2022.
Student bodies
The Students' Council is the primary student representative body. The general secretary and the cultural secretary are mainly responsible for the smooth conduct of these activities. They work under the guidance of the Vice President (who is a professor). The sports secretaries of the council also organize various sports events during the academic year.
Each stream has its own student body -
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ACE Committee (MCA) Computer Society Of India (CSI) Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) Forum for Aspiring Computer Engineers (FACE) Electronics Students Association(ESA) Information Technology Students Association (ITSA) Forum for Electronics and Telecommunication Students (FETS)
The technical committees of CSI, ITSA and the Coding Club organize coding events and promote hackathons and coding culture. Annually, the institute hosts the SPIT Hackathon.
This college has a social club: Rotaract Club of Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (RC-SPIT) affiliated to Rotary Club of Bombay Juhu and Rotary International.