Vignan's Foundation for Science,Technology & Research

Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research University (VFSTRU) has completed the second cycle of NAAC with ‘A+’  grade in 2021 with 3.49 CGPA, secured UGC(12B) status, NBA accreditation for five programs, and ISO 9001:2015 certification. VFSTRU has been maintaining NIRF ranking of around 100 in the last five years and is recognized as a Research Centre by DSIR. VFSTRU has 50% of its students hailing from surrounding agricultural region, most of them drawn from socio-economically backward families, for whom the institution is a great boon for quality higher education. VFSTRU has already been addressing one of the primary objectives of NEP-2020, viz., Equity, to provide quality higher education to students of rural and agricultural societies. 

Curriculum is continuously reviewed and revised once in three years in tune with industry requirements.

Teaching-learning process is made effective with an outcome-based approach leading to consistent academic results, with pass percentage of more than 90% and placements in the range of 75-80%

Substantial increase in the number of research publications to the tune of 2700 papers with SCOPUS h-index of 32 and a good number of funded projects.

Committed leadership with a decentralized style of functioning following principles of inclusiveness in a transparent manner.

A fine blend of young and experienced faculty are working with commitment for the growth and development of the institution for the past 10 years. Senior faculty mentor new faculty by sharing their experience, and contribute significantly for the growth of the institute.

Excellent infrastructure of VFSTR provides a supportive and healthy environment, to aid and enable students and faculty in their multifarious academic, research and other activities.

Scholarships are offered to meritorious, and students from weaker sections to the tune of Rs.17 Crores per year.

Strong system of counselling and mentoring to help young students resolve their personal, emotional and psychological issues.

Special program on English is enabling students greatly and paying rich dividends in making students communicative, confident and employable professionals.

Inclusiveness is the part and parcel of the organizational culture practiced scrupulously while framing policies and executing various activities, resulting in optimum contribution from all the stakeholders.

Support faculty with paid leave and financial assistance to undertake industry training in metropolitan cities/ region. Forming research clusters through collaborations with industries/ other premier institutions for pursuing research and consultancy projects.

Securing funding for research projects from various funding agencies (govt. and non-govt.) and exploring opportunities for consultancy by reaching out to industries.

Carry out major curricular revisions to hybridize traditional courses through introduction of inter-disciplinary and computer related courses (like IoT, Machine Learning, AI etc.) for enhancing job opportunities.

Conduct regular idea carnivals and boot camps to generate awareness among budding entrepreneurs along with financial and infrastructure support.

About 98% of students admitted with more than 70% marks in the qualifying exam. 60% of students hail from Agricultural and Economically Backward Community (EBC). Rigorous policy for recruiting quality faculty and institution maintains FSR of 1:14.5, with an average of 577 faculty members /year, of which 48% are Ph.D. holders. Candidates with Ph.D./ PG qualification recruited from premier institutions like IITs and NITs, for faculty positions, maintaining healthy diversity of more than 48% from other states.

The following activities are followed to promote research at VFSTRU: 10% of faculty earmarked for research with minimum teaching load. Fellowship for full-time Ph.D. scholars. Incubation center and E-cell created to enable Startups. Vigorous IPR activities and Research methodology etc. MoUs with 125 industries and institutes for collaborative research and student internships.

IT policy for creating, utilizing, maintaining, and augmenting IT systems for academic and research activities. Annual expenditure of Rs.1Crore on IT infrastructure. Cambridge university accorded recognition to VFSTR as one of its top five English language training and examination centre in South Asia. 

Special coaching given for competitive exams such as Civil Services, GATE, TOEFL etc. Alumni Association Chapters in different cities provide feedback, and distinguished alumni invited for special events and invited talks. Ethics and values cultivated through programs like environmental day, Gandhi Jayanthi etc., and cultural festivals like Christmas, Ramzan, Pongal etc.