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are maintained. During the last one year, the proctors can view the
academic progress of their students in the academic portal that is
accessible through internet.
The Programme Manager and the Faculty advisor play a key role in
providing any academic related mentoring to the students. They help the
students to plan their courses and to provide inputs for their higher
education and employment opportunities.
5.1.3
Does the university have any personal enhancement and
development schemes such as career counselling, soft skill
development, career-path-identification, and orientation to well-being
for its students? Give details of such schemes.
The students are encouraged to participate in the co-curricular and extra-
curricular activities. In order to facilitate this, there are about
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clubs in different disciplines. Each of these are
coordinated by a student under the supervision of a faculty member, who
inturn will report to the Director (Students Welfare). Several workshops,
seminars and competitions are conducted by these clubs so as to enhance
the technical knowledge of the student. These activities also improve the
confidence level of the students. The following are the student chapters:
SAE-Society of Automotive Engineers
SEDS-VIT Amateur Astronomy Club
International Society of Automation (ISA)
ISOI Students' Chapter (The Instrument Society of India)
ISTE Students' Chapter (Indian Society for Technical Education)
IETE Students' Chapter (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineers)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
CSI (Computer Society of India)
Toastmasters International Chapter
IEEE Students' Chapter (Institution Electrical & Electronics Engineering)
IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)
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ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
CBDG-I ( CompBio Discussion Group-India)
VITMA (Materials Advantage)
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
AIESEC
IEEE-EMBS(Engineering in Medicine & biology Society
IEEE Professional Communication Society
IET(The Institution of Engineering and Technology)
IEEE Computer Society
IE(I) Students' Chapter (Institution of Engineers India)
IEEE EDS
IEEE Power and Energy Society (IEEE PES)
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers