Question 1

Who founded VIT and who leads it today?

Accepted Answer

VIT was founded in 1984 by Dr. G. Viswanathan, who remains its Founder and Chancellor. The university is also led by Vice-Presidents Dr. Sankar Viswanathan, Dr. Sekar Viswanathan and Dr. G.V. Selvam, Vice-Chancellor Dr. V. S. Kanchana Bhaaskaran, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr. Partha Sharathi Mallick.

Question 2

Is VIT Vellore a government or private institute?

Accepted Answer

VIT Vellore is a private, self-financing Deemed-to-be-University. It was founded in 1984 as Vellore Engineering College and granted Deemed University status by the Government of India in 2001.

Question 3

What entrance exam is required for B.Tech at VIT Vellore?

Accepted Answer

VITEEE (VIT Engineering Entrance Examination) - VIT's own entrance test. JEE Main/Advanced scores are not used for admission; VITEEE is common across VIT's four Indian campuses (Vellore, Chennai, AP, Bhopal).

Question 4

What is VIT Vellore's NIRF ranking?

Accepted Answer

In NIRF 2025, VIT Vellore was ranked 14th in the University category, 14th in Research Institutions, 16th in Engineering, and 21st Overall, per VIT's own ranking page. These ranks vary from year to year.

Question 5

What are the core technical departments?

Accepted Answer

BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration), Ph.D. / Direct Ph.D. (Internal Full-Time, and Industry/Deep-Tech tracks), Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) - multiple specialisations

Scholarship Name	Eligibility Criteria	Award Amount
STARS (Support the Advancement of Rural Students)	Rural student toppers, per official/third-party-aggregated description.	Free education, food and accommodation; a linked third-party source (a VIT sister-school leadership page) cites 1,014 beneficiaries to date - not independently confirmed against an official VIT-Vellore-specific figure in this session.
GVSD Programme (local-district scholarship)	Candidates who completed Higher Secondary Education in the Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur or Tiruvannamalai districts, applicable to several non-engineering UG programmes (BBA, B.Com., BCA, B.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Multimedia & Animation, B.Sc. Visual Communication, per the official UG Fee Structure page).	INR 10,000 scholarship (terms and conditions apply, per the official fee-structure page).
UHET (Universal Higher Education Trust)	Underprivileged students in higher education, per official/third-party-aggregated description.	Financial support scheme; a linked third-party source cites support for 9,878 students to date - not independently confirmed against an official VIT-Vellore-specific figure in this session.
GVSDP (GV School Development Programme) - VITEEE rank-based tuition waiver	Top VITEEE rank holders (aggregator reporting cites the top 500 ranks as the eligibility band, with the very top ranks - e.g. top 10 - eligible for a 100% tuition fee waiver); awarded for the first year and continued in subsequent years subject to VIT's academic-performance conditions.	Tuition fee waiver on a sliding scale by rank band, up to 100% for the very top rankers - per third-party aggregation of the official scholarship rules; confirm the exact current-year rank bands and waiver percentages on vit.ac.in/scholarship.
Government / National Scholarships	As per Government of India / respective state scholarship eligibility norms (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/minority/disability, etc.).	Per the applicable scheme; VIT links out to the National Scholarship Portal and the Vidya Lakshmi education-loan/scholarship portal from its own Scholarship page.

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