ARAI and VIT offer a joint M.Tech programme in automotive engineering which is specially designed to meet the needs of modern automotive industry. The first year of study is at VIT, Vellore and the second is at ARAI, Pune.

The Vellore Institute of Technology, a Deemed University and a Center of Excellence for Higher Technical Education in the country located in Vellore in Tamil Nadu ,(hereafter referred to as VIT) conducts various under-graduation and post-graduation programmes in various disciplines. VIT has facilities that are striking in every way. The environment-friendly green campus is a home to a wealth of computing facilities and laboratories and several architecturally striking buildings where every need of student and faculty has been provided for. VIT is the first educational institution in India which has got International accreditation (IEE, UK) for its programmes.

The Automotive Research Association of India, a Registered Society and an Industrial Research Organization formed by the Indian Automotive Industries and The Ministry of Industry, Government of India, located at Pune,(hereafter referred to as ARAI). ARAI is the only establishment of its kind in this part of the world.

VIT has excellent infrastructure like CAD / CAM Centres, Mechatronics, CFD, Fluid Mechanics, Tribology, Machine Dynamics, and Thermal Engineering Laboratories, Central Library and Computing Centres to name a few. The CFD Lab is equipped with advanced computing systems and FLUENT, GAMBITand CFX softwares. In addition state-of-the-art centers for Automotive research and Automotive Electronics have been set up with funding from Government of India. VIT has already MOUs for exchange of faculty and information, in this field with two German universities , University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen and University of Applied Sciences, Dresden and one Canadian University – Concordia University, Montreal, which are all well known for their expertise in the field of Automotive Engineering.

The above programme, which is now giving a yearly output of 50 Post Graduate Engineers, who have attained expertise in this specialised field of automotive technology and they are proving to be an asset to the automotive industry / R&D and testing institutions in the country. 50 students of 1st two batches and 35 of the 3rd batch have already been placed at well known automotive companies like TATA Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Ashok Leyland, Hindustan Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Force Motors, Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd., John Deere, Sonalika Tractors, SANE DEUTZ FAHR, GE Transportation and also at NATRIP & ARAI.

Candidates with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Production Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering or Mechatronics are eligible for the programme.

Admissions strictly on merit basis. Regarding entrance exam, notification will be issued in Feb.2008 and entrance exam will be held  Sometimes in May 2008 at all India level at many centers including Pune.
You may visit www.vit.ac.in for further details.