LIFE AT VIT UNIVERSITY : VELLORE

This is a follow up on my previous post VIT University. As VITEE results were announced it would help a lot of students looking for information on VIT University. General information has been posted in previous post on VIT University CLICK HERE. Ranked 10 th on India today's list of top engineering colleges

In my last my post I was very civil in my description about VIT University, so this time I have decided to describe everything from a different perspective


LIFE AT VIT UNIVERSITY

As far as academics is concerned VIT University is more than respectable. It offers opportunities for you to push those big ideas through but beware of those try to hitch a ride on your shoulders.

As in most colleges the assignments completed as a group task. VIT University follows a semester system, the odd semester feel really long and even semester gets over before you know it.

One thing that one should be careful about is the attendance. They are very strict about it, 75% or else bye bye. There is always a way out of every thing in VIT, the path generally hurts your pocket.

Some good news for freshers is that ragging is an offense which is taken very seriously.

Attractions of Main Campus


The VIT University campus is huge, but thankfully there are shaded walkways to shade you from the ever present blazing Vellore sun. The weather is rarely pleasant.



There are 3 places to eat on Campus. The VIT University food court near Technology Tower, Canteen & Quick bytes. In the VIT food court you get almost all varieties of food, but be warned looks can be deceiving. Canteen is purely vegetarian here I suggest the lunch meal, it is a sumptuous south Indian thali. Quick bytes is the place to go for fast food I suggest the barbeque roll and cakes such as black forest . Note all these palaces get extremely crowded during lunch.

My favorite place on the campus is the main basketball court, right behind the Anna auditorium. It is the number one hang out spot on campus, also one of the most picturesque courts you will ever see. It is the only sport played in the main campus.

Other sports facilities in VIT University include football field, cricket field, Olympic size swimming pool, a large number of badminton courts, floodlit basketball & volleyball courts and floodlit tennis courts.


10 NOT KNOWN FACTS ABOUT VIT UNIVERSITY

1. You can be suspended and fined for being present at the site of ragging or for not doing anything to stop ragging.
2. You can not sit anywhere on campus
3. A boy and girl cannot site together on any of the benches near the basketball court.
4. A large percentage of the people playing basketball on campus do it because it is a shortcut to fame at VIT University
5. There is no such thing as O D in VIT University ( subject to department)
6. There is no internet connection or LAN provided by the college in the hostels (private LAN wires are considered illegal)
7. There is a helipad in the middle of the stadium (concrete)
8. The field used for cricket and football is the same.
9. Concerts in VIT University are held with barriers that separate boys and girls
10. TASMAC is the place most visited by VIT students (go to VIT and find out what I mean)
    

Vellore Institute of Technology a.k.a VIT University

It is that time of year again, when you have entrance exams for engineering colleges left right and center. VITEE is one such exam; it is the entrance exam for VIT University (Vellore). Being a graduate of the 2007 batch in mechanical engineering I would like to share with you my experiences. VIT University is situated in the city of Vellore in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

For all of you who have no clue about where Vellore is, let me put it to you this way it about 4 hrs from Bangalore by train and 2 hrs from Chennai by train. At the outset please be warned that Vellore is no thriving metropolis.

There are only two places of significance in Vellore, one is VIT University and the other is Christian Medical College. Both are at opposite ends of the city. To say That VIT university is a concrete jungle would be an understatement.

The campus can basically be divided into two parts by a railway line.
a) Main campus b) Boys hostel

The main campus has buildings which house all the academic departments. The highlight of the campus side structures are the technology tower and the state of the library building. The technology has possess a large number of state of art smart class rooms and auditoriums.

In the recent Past VIT University has played host to large number of international conferences eg. GCMM, AIMTDR & CARS AND FOF. The library is a four floored fully air conditioned building with a large stock course study content.

The hostels are maintained very well, the choice of rooms range from A/C rooms to four bedded rooms. The mess food is exactly what you would expect from a mess (open for interpretation). One thing the college has in abundance is facilities for sports, it ranges from multiple floodlit basketball courts to Olympic size swimming pools. There are two football fields, one cricket field & an indoor sports complex on its way to completion.

As far education goes I would say it is quite respectable. Placement is never a problem for a student in VIT University. A large number of students also tend pursue higher education abroad.

Ranking of Departments in VIT University in my opinion:
1) Mechanical & Civil
2) Biotechnology
3) EEE
4) CSE & IT

Facts About VIT University

Now I will enlighten you about things which brochures do not tell you. You will be fined by the college for many a reason. Please do not mess with the management. There is still a stigma associated with boys and girls being friends. Girls have an in time of 7 Pm in the evening. Please note knowledge of Tamil is an added advantage.

All in all, mind your business stick to your life and don not get in anyone's way. You can have a good time.

Interesting Facts about Vellore

Vellore has no pleasant weather by any stretch of imagination.It is ALWAYS at a temperature custom-designed to make you feel uncomfortably hot or unpleasantly cold. It is a large-scale model of the new-fangled 'intelligent' facilities that housing developments now offer, with the slight difference that if its sensors detect that you are wearing tiny shorts and headed to brush your teeth, there will be a carefully-timed wind that is programmed to blow its fiercest at your skinny knees and make them clatter together and freeze. At all other times, (especially when walking to a "xerox" shop (at noon, inevitably) to get indispensable copies of some forgotten yet essential study material) it is unbelievably hot. You will NOT get used to it.


There are only about 4-5 places to eat or go to chill as one would say in the town. Please be cautioned there is no night life in Vellore, unless you count the time spent in running from one room to another to hide from your not-so-benevolent warden. There is only one Movie Theater which screens Hindi movies. The name of the best hotel in town is Darling Residency.

Auto guys will fleece you at every given opportunity.Please note from the station to the College main gate it costs anywhere between 25-30 Rs/-, DO NOT PAY MORE.All those people coming from the north please note that a paratha and parotta are two different things.

LIFE AT VIT

Life at VIT university is pretty much the same as elsewhere. One needs a golf cart to get around campus because it is so huge. Students choose to spend their time at various locations in the campus itself as the city of Vellore does not offer much in the way of entertainment for the young.

Several students can be found in the library right from it's opening time at 9 am upto midnight, mostly because of the incredible amount of reference material, but also because (i suspect) of the escape its quiet, air-conditioned, almost palatial interiors provide from the oppressive heat outside.