Student Support

5.1.1: Percentage of students benefited by scholarships and freeships provided by the institution, government and non-government bodies, industries, individuals, philanthropists during the last five years

5.1.2 Capacity building and skills enhancement initiatives taken by the institution include the following.

1. Soft skills
2. Language and communication skills
3. Life skills (Yoga, physical fitness, health and hygiene)
4. ICT/computing skills

5.1.3: Average percentage of students benefitted by guidance for competitive examinations and career counselling offered by the Institution during the last five years

5.1.4: The Institution has a transparent mechanism for timely redressal of student grievances including sexual harassment and ragging cases

1. Implementation of guidelines of statutory/regulatory bodies
2. Organisation wide awareness and undertakings on policies with zero tolerance.
3. Mechanisms for submission of online/offline students’ grievances.
4. Timely redressal of the grievances through appropriate committees

Student Progression

5.2.1: Percentage of placement of outgoing students and students progressing to higher education during the last five years

5.2.2: Average percentage of students qualifying in state/national/ international level examinations during the last five years (eg: JAM/ NET/SLET/GATE/ GMAT/CAT/GRE/ TOEFL/ Civil Services/State government examinations, etc.)

Student Participation and Activities

5.3.1 Number of awards/medals for outstanding performance in sports/cultural activities at University/state/national / international level (award for a team event should be counted as one) during the last five years.

5.3.2 Average number of sports and cultural programs in which students of the Institution participated during last five years (organised by the institution/other institutions)

Alumni Engagement

5.4.1: There is a registered Alumni Association that contributes significantly to the development of the institution through financial and/or other support services.

Response

The alumni association of VSIT provides a forum for all ex- VSITians to reconnect, interact and support the institute and existing students with a vision of nurturing young minds scientifically and technically.

Alumni Association

Alumni Association has a team comprising elected officers or appointed board members. This team is responsible for overseeing the association's activities, making decisions, and setting goals and priorities.

Alumni Database and Outreach:

Alma Shine is the portal designed to keep track of all alumni professional details. It contains a yearbook and an alumni directory. This directory contains the program/course of the Alumni, and the name of the company or higher educational institute they have joined. The total no. of registered and active alumni is approximately 6000. Important information related to events, achievements, and opportunities is informed to our alumni on a regular basis.

Contribution from Alumni

1. Networking Opportunities: Alumni associations often organize events and gatherings that facilitate networking among graduates, creating a strong professional and social network that can be beneficial for job opportunities and business connections.
2. Curriculum Enrichment: Alumni helps in enriching the curriculum by extending their domain knowledge to our students in terms of seminars, workshop, or training programs. Approximately 7 to 8 alumni are invited every year to offer various courses.
3. Distinguished speakers: VSIT feels proud to invite their alumni as distinguished speakers for the Annual degree distribution.
4. Mentorship and career support: We also invite our alumni to guide our students for various projects as well as professional and personal mentoring. help the placement cell by providing internship opportunities for the students. They work like a close motivator for our students.

Alumni Meet

The Alumni meet in VSIT is V-Meet which is conducted every year where the alumni meet and share their valuable experience and give current insights into the industry that helps to bridge the gap between academia and industry. The renowned alumni are awarded as Star Alumni based on their achieved exceptional success and recognition in their respective fields.

Our alma mater and its achievements reflect positively on our college’s reputation.