- Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Mumbai
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For other educational institutes of a similar name, see Don Bosco School.
Don Bosco Institute of Technology 
Motto Technology for the Young Established 2001 Type Private Rector Father Mario Vaz SDB Principal Dr. N G Joag Students 1040 Undergraduates 1040 Location Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Campus Urban Affiliations University of Mumbai Website http://www.dbit.in Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT) is a private, un-aided[1] engineering college situated at Kurla (West), Mumbai. It has been granted a "Religious Minority" status (Roman Catholics).[2]
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History
The engineering college was established in 2001 by The Bombay Salesian Society. Initially, engineering degree courses were offered in Information Technology, Computer Engineering and Electronics and Telecommunications. In the year 2006, Mechanical Engineering branch was added. The college is directly affiliated with the University of Mumbai.
In 2005, the college was ranked 84 in the list of Top technical colleges in India in a Dataquest-IDC-NASSCOM Survey.[3]
Location
DBIT is located at Don Bosco, Kurla campus in front of the Kohinoor City which is the office destination of many corporate bigwigs like NSE. The Bandra-Kurla Complex is at 5 minutes drive from the DBIT Campus. The nearest railway station is Vidyavihar.
There is a direct bus service from Santa Cruz to Vidyavihar (433). The nearest bus junction is Kamani, which is networked through the BEST buses to Andheri, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Mulund and other places.
Campus
There is a huge football ground, basketball court and it is concretised. There are provisions for indoor games like carrom and table tennis. The campus has lush greenery throughout the year. Even the insides of the buildings are spruced up by placing potted plants. Recent changes have been to the landscape, by addition of a lawn at the upper echelons which double up as a playground and reception venue.
There is a chapel on the ground floor.
In 2006, the new wing of the engineering department was inaugurated. This new building now seats the EXTC and Mechanical Engineering students. The topmost floor houses the Rev. Fr. Santino Mondini Auditorium, which was inaugurated by Fr. Santino Mondini, 94 on the felicitation ceremony of Rector Major Fr.Pascal Chavez, on his visit to India, on February 8, 2007.
Degree programs
The college offers 4 years full-time degree courses of engineering in the following fields:-
- Information Technology (IT)
- Computer Engineering (CE)
- Electronics and Telecommunications engineering (EXTC)
- Mechanical Engineering
The IT department also contains special courses for students like Java and Oracle which will help them at a later stage.
Festivals
The annual cultural festival of the college is called as "CreXtal" which stands for Creativity EXcellence and Talent. The inter-college technical festival organized by the college is called "Colosseum". However from 2009, "Colosseum" will be an intra-college festival. The college will be divided into 3 different houses where students will compete against each other representing their house. The winning house gets the DBIT Shield.
Placements
- Accenture
- Amdocs
- Capgemini
- GE
- Infosys
- Larsen & Toubro Infotech
- Mahindra British Telecom
- Mastek
- Patni Computer Systems
- Starcomm
- Syntel
- Wipro
References
- ^ "List of Degree Institute's in Maharashtra". http://www.dte.org.in/degree/minority_report.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ^ "Minority Institute". http://www.dte.org.in/degree/minority_report.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ^ Dataquest-IDC-NASSCOM Survey: India's Best T-Schools: The Complete Scorecard. DataQuest magazine. Monday, May 23, 2005. (Available in Google cache).
External links
Categories:- Salesian schools
- Educational institutions established in 2001
- Engineering colleges in Mumbai
- Affiliates of University of Mumbai
- All India Council for Technical Education
- Roman Catholic universities and colleges in India
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