Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya

Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya also known as BVM is an engineering college located in Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India. Founded in 1948, it is one of India's oldest engineering colleges and the first engineering college in Gujarat state. The college rose to prominence under the stewardship of Profs Junarkar and KM Dholakia. It is one of the few colleges in India that provides education using the credit system.

BVM is a grant aided engineering college managed by Charutar Vidya Mandal [http://www.ecvm.net/] . Being a grant aided engineering college, a part of college expenditure is borne by Gujarat state and related agencies or ministries and the remaining by Charutar Vidya mandal. It is affiliated to Sardar Patel University.

The college offers a good variety of study options to undergraduate students. These offerings are

* Civil Engineering 120
* Mechanical Engineering 120
* Computer Engineering 60
* Electronics Engineering 75
* Electrical Engineering 60
* Production Engineering 60
* Information Technology 60
* Electronics and Telecommunication 60

Out of all above, IT and ET are self-financed courses at BVM, which costs nearly the same as the cost of a degree at any other self financed engineering college of the state.

Regarding placements, the college has a record 84% in academic year ending in 2007. Th

In addition to providing admissions to high school graduates from Gujarat the schools offers admissions to students out of state via a competitive entrance test.
Current Principal of BVM Engineering College is Dr. F.S.Umarigar.