Somaiya Vidyavihar
Somaiya Vidyavihar is an educational campus located in the Vidyavihar suburb of Mumbai.
History
Somaiya Vidyavihar was established by the philanthropist Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya in 1959.
Campus
The Somaiya Vidyavihar campus comprises 34 individual institutes dedicated in the arts, sciences, management, humanities, philosophies and social sciences as important areas of scholarship, and is spread across a 60-acre (240,000 m2) complex in Vidyavihar, in north central area of Mumbai and a 90-acre (360,000 m2) complex in Sion in the heart of Mumbai. It has over 35000 students and 1400 teaching staff. The majority of its colleges are affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The college runs a few autonomous post-graduate, vocational training courses and high schools within the campus as well as in rural India.
Somaiya Vidyavihar was founded by Padmabhushan Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya in 1959. It was later led by his son Shantilal Karamshi Somaiya.
Somaiya Vidyavihar was earlier presided over by Justice P. N. Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India.[1] Samir Somaiya, a Cornell University and Harvard alumnus, is the current President.
Courses offered
Degree
- B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science)
- B.Sc. (Computer Science)
- B.Sc. (Information Technology)
- B.Com. (Bachelor of Commerce)
- B.Com (Banking and Insurance)
- B.Com (Accounting and Finance)
- B.A. (Bachelor of Arts)
- B. M. S. (Bachelor of Management Studies)
- B. M. M. (Bachelor of Mass Media)
- B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering)
- B.TECH. (Bachelor of Technology)
- B.F.M.(Bachelor of Financial Market)
Post Graduate Degree
- M.Sc.(Biotechnology)
- M. E. (Master of Engineering)
- M.Sc. (Master of Science)
- M.Sc. (Computer Science)
- M.Sc. (Information Technology)
- M.Com. (Master of Commerce)
- M.Tech.
- M.A. (Master of Arts)
- M.M.S. (MBA Equivalent)
- MCA. (Master of computer application)
- PGDM (MBA Equivalent)
- Ph. D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
Diploma Courses
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering(Full and Part Time)
- Industrial Electronics(Full and Part Time)
- Mechanical Engineering(Full and Part Time)
- Computer Engineering (full and part time)
- Electrical and Electronic(Full part time)
Other Courses
- Junior College (XI, XII with Arts, Science & Commerce)
- Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma Courses
- Foreign Language Courses
- Courses in Yoga, Buddhism, Jainism
- Courses of YCMOU School of Technology
- IGNOU Centre
- Challenger TAFE's Courses in Information Technology
- Bachelor in Education (B. Ed.)
- Diploma in Education (D. Ed.)
- Post Graduate Diploma course in Journalism
- Course in Prakrit Language
- Post Graduate Diploma in Remote sensing technology and Geographical Information System
Campus Newsletter
VOICES: Your Word, Our Paper is Somaiya Vidyavihar's Campus Weekly newsletter which is released every Monday. It began in December 2003 and has completed four years of publishing and continues to publish the latest news about the campus, opinions on happenings in the city/state/country, courses introduced by different institutes of Somaiya Vidyavihar, etc.Its advisors are Mr.Samir Somaiya and Dr.Meenakshi Rajan.The paper will soon publish its 100th issue.
See also
References
External links
- Somaiya Vidhyavihar (Official Website)
- K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering (Official Website)