Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya
| Motto | Work is Worship |
|---|---|
| Type | Autonomous institution |
| Established | 1948 |
| Chairman | Dr. C.L. Patel (swami) |
| Principal | Dr. I.N Patel |
| Location | Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat |
| Campus | Suburban 151 acres (0.61 km2) |
| Affiliations | Gujarat Technological University |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 22°33′8″N 72°55′25″E / 22.55222°N 72.92361°E
Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Engineering College (BVM) is a grant-aided engineering institution located in the educational town of Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India. It was previously affiliated to Gujarat Technological University but became an autonomous institution in August 2015. Founded in 1948, it is one of the oldest engineering colleges in India and the first degree engineering college in the state of Gujarat. Managed by Charutar Vidya Mandal, BVM offers graduate, postgraduate and Doctoral programmes in engineering. It is consistently ranked as one of the leading engineering colleges in Gujarat state. It has been ranked in the band of 150-200 by the NIRF ranking of engineering institutes making it 6th in the state. Also ranked the third govt aided college after IIT and NIT.
Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Engineering College was established in 1948 from donations made by the Birla Education Trust on the behest of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of independent India. The college was inaugurated by Lord Mountbatten, the Governor General of India on 14 June 1948, and rose to prominence under the stewardship of Prof. Junarkar and Prof. K.M. Dholakia. It was one of the first few colleges in India that adopted the progressive credit system of relative grading in India. The college has awarded degrees to over 17,000 graduates.
The starting days The infrastructure of the college was generously designed for three year degree programme with an intake of 150 students every year. The main building (now known as A Block) had class rooms and laboratories. Workshops and heat engine laboratory, drawing hall, hydraulics laboratory and boiler house were separately constructed. Shri Gordhanbhai I Patel of M/s Gordhandas Desai & Co was authorized to proceed to Europe and UK to purchase equipment for workshops, laboratories and surveying. The college thus started with the best of the equipments.
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