Usha Mittal Institute of Technology

Infobox University
name = Usha Mittal Institute of Technology (UMIT)


established = 1997
type = Public
city = Mumbai
state = Maharashtra
country = India
motto = Stepping up to the Pinnacle of Success
president = Dr. T. J. Matthew
undergrad = need info
postgrad = need info
faculty = 32
Acronym = UMIT
campus = Metropolitan

website= http://www.umit.ac.in

Usha Mittal Institute of Technology (UMIT) is an engineering college in Mumbai affiliated to SNDT Women's University. It was formerly known as the Institute of Technology for Women (ITW). The institute is directly managed by the SNDT Women's University and is approved by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC).

History

SNDT established the Institute of Technology for Women in 1997. The institute offered a four year Bachelors Degree course in Computer Science and Technology, Electronics and Communications and Information Technology.

After a generous donation from the Lakshmi Niwas Mittal Foundation, the institute was renamed Usha Mittal Institute of Technology.

Institute profile

UMIT has over 800 students and 50 faculty. It is the only all girls Engineering Institute in Mumbai.

UMIT has student chapters of organisations like the IEEE, Computer Society of India (CSI) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). It is well known for its festivals: the annual cultural festival, "Arcane Illusions" and the annual technical festival Rezonance organized by the CSI and IEEE student council.

External links

* [http://www.umit.ac.in/ Official website]