Dean RDC is responsible for improving research and innovation ecosystem at VJTI including PhD programs (policies, admissions, progress evaluation, final viva-voce), Industry relations and signing/facilitating MoUs, Sponsored Research Projects, Consultancy and Testing etc. Dr. Faruk Kazi, Professor of Electrical Engineering, is the current incumbent.
Ongoing Projects
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Completed Projects
| Industry/ University/ Institute | Date of Signing | Purpose of MoU |
| Centre for Environment Education Ahmedabad | 02-Jan-20 | Curriculum Development and Event organization |
| Silicon Power Corporation (USA) and Ruttonsha International Rectifiers Ltd. (India) | 24-Sep-19 | Coopration in the field of Power electronics |
| École Nationale Supérieure Mines-Télécom Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), France | 10-Jun-19 | To promote educational, academic exchange and research in the area of cyber-physical systems |
| NVIDIA | 24-May-19 | HPC and Support for entrepreneurship in AI |
| Claroty Ltd, New York, USA | 17-May-19 | Research collaboration in cyber security of critical infrastructure |
| SWANSEA UNIVERSITY (United Kingdom) | 03-May-19 | To promote academic collaboration, collaborative research |
| CISCO | 08-Apr-19 | Research in Cyber security |
| IIT Jammu | 05-Mar-19 | Collaborative Research and student exchange |
| Dr BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, LONERE | 24-Oct-18 | FACULTY DEVEOPLEMENT, COLLABERATIVE RESEARCH, ACDEMIC NETWORKING |
| Siemens | 18-Jun-18 | Facility Upgradation and training at VJTI premises |
| TATA Consultancy Services LTD. | 18-Jun-18 | Engage in cooperation in field of common interest. Exchange of scholars, researchers and students for research through inbound and outbound sabbaticals |
| Schindler India Pvt Ltd | 20-Jan-17 | Internship, Placement, Expert lecture, Projects |
| Government College of Engineering, Karad | 02-Jan-17 | Guidance on outcome based education, NBA, NAAC, Faculty development programme, research guidance, Lab sharing |
| BVB’s Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Andheri Mumbai | 02-Jan-17 | Guidance on outcome based education, NBA, NAAC, Faculty development programme, research guidance, Lab sharing |
| Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, Navi Mumbai | 02-Jan-17 | Guidance on outcome based education, NBA, NAAC, Faculty development programme, research guidance, Lab sharing |
| HSBC | 23-Nov-16 | Internship, Placement, Expert lecture, Projects |
| L&T Infotech | 18-Nov-16 | Upgrading and supporting the existing lab to “Internet of Things (IOT) Lab” |
| ABB Global Industries & Services private Limited | 26-Sep-16 | R&D in research area which are mutual interest to ABB GISPL and VJTI. Providing funding to Ph.D scholars/ M.Tech students indentified for the research in respective areas. |
| Ernst and young LLP | 19-Sep-16 | Providing access to labs and tools. Joint research and development for research activities and publication of the work. Joint solution development and industrial research. |
| ICAR-CIRCOT, MUMBAI, LAFARGEINDIA LTD.MUMBAI | 02-May-16 | Experimental research for PG Programmes |
| NAVDEEP CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | 25-Apr-16 | Industry Institute Interaction , Internships, Expert talks etc. |
| Emerson Process Management | 20-Apr-16 | Establish state of art research facility lab known as “Emerson-Centre for Advance Studies (E-CAS)”. Joint solutions development and industrial research. |
| STRUCT BOMBAY CONSULTANTS | 31-Mar-16 | Industry Institute Interaction , Internships, Expert talks etc. |
| Emerson | 20-Jan-16 | Students Internhsip |
| Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai | 08-Oct-15 | M..Tech. Projects. , Expert lectures for course ‘Pressure Vessel Design’ |
| C-DAC | 08-Oct-15 | Joint research in Cyber Physical Systems |
| Centre for Technology, Alternatives For Rural Areas (CTARA), IIT, Bombay | 25-Aug-15 | UG/PG Students Projects related to Rural areas |
| Customized Energy Solutions | 12-Aug-15 | Support for Infrastucture Development |
| Schindler India | 05-Jul-15 | Collabrative research |
| Stelmec | 24-Jun-15 | Research Collabration |
| Ms/. Emerson Climate Technologies (India) Private Ltd. , Pune | 21-Jun-15 | Collaboration in the domain of Refrigeration & Air Conditioning. |
| University of Mauritius | 20-Apr-15 | Joint research |
| Tech Mahindra Ltd, Mumbai | 01-Feb-15 | Joint project and supprt to research scholars |
| Tech Mahindra | 29-Jan-15 | Internship, Placement, Expert lecture, Projects |
| Geometric Ltd | 10-Oct-14 | Internship, Placement, Expert lecture, Projects |
| Faculty Interaction,Research Projects,Student exchange | 09-Aug-14 | Joint research projects/consultancy Credit transfer Support for COE establishment |
| BLUE STAR | 29-Jul-14 | Mtech project |
| M/s. Star Coolers & Condensers Ltd. | 29-Jul-14 | Internship, Placement, Expert lecture, Projects |
| VNIT Nagpur | 01-Jul-14 | Academic collabration and R&D |
| European Embedded Control Institute (EECI) | 19-May-14 | To develop academic exchange and cooperation in teaching and research in the field of control of dynamical systems |
| IIT Madras | 16-May-14 | Academic collabration and R&D |
| HYCON2, Highly-complex and networked control systems, CNRS, France | 12-May-14 | Research Collaboration in the field of complex & nonlinear dynamical systems |
| VJTI-PORTESCAPE INDIA Pvt. Ltd | 27-Mar-14 | Joint Research Investigations, Internships and Summer Projects to P.G. students in the area of Mutual Interest, Joint Training Programs and Mutual Visits |
| Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) | 27-Mar-14 | Enhance Industry interaction activity Organize joint CEP/Conferences |
| Central Institute for research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Mumbai | 02-Mar-14 | Joint research Technology support Joint Training/consultancy |
| Cummins India | 09-Jan-14 | Joint guidance to M.Tech Projects Student Internship Curriculum development |
| India smart grid Forum | 13-Sep-13 | Development of research facilities |
| GRAMIN VIKAS VIGYAN SAMITI, JODHPUR | 01-Sep-13 | Collaborative research Projects (DST) |
| L&T Heavy Engineering, Mumbai | 31-Aug-13 | P.G. project work |
| SGGS Nanded | 10-Aug-13 | Joint research projects Credit transfer Faculty up gradation Support for COE establishment |
| Star coolers & condensers Pvt. ltd. | 29-Jul-13 | P.G. project work |
| Gill Instruments | 20-Jun-13 | Research and development |
| M/s. Cummins India Ltd. Pune | 20-Jun-13 | Internship, Placement, Expert lecture, Projects |
| University of Arizona | 07-May-13 | Joint research |
| Dep. of Civil Engineering Mechanics College of Engineering The University of Arizona | 07-May-13 | expected collaborative research activities and areas |
| National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) | 12-Apr-13 | Faculty up gradation Joint organization of CEP/FDP/Conference Joint Guidance |
| IIT Bombay | 27-Nov-12 | Faculty up gradation Use of Library Collaborative research DEP & E-learning |
| Dr. Fixit institute | 15-Oct-12 | Research on Protection and Rehabilitation (DFI-ADL) in the area of repair of concrete structures |
| ECO NEEDS, Shrilanka | 18-Jun-12 | Eco NEEDS Foundation, Ministry of Energy and Power Shrilanka |
| S A Pharma Pvt Ltd, Mumbai | 06-Apr-12 | Industry Driven Research Project |
| L&T Ltd. Mumbai | 03-Jan-12 | ELECTIVE SUBJECT |
| KVIC, Govt. of India | 03-Jan-12 | Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Government of India |
| IBM | 01-Jan-12 | TOP Performing Colleges of TGMC’12 |
| ICT, Mumbai | 25-Nov-11 | Academic and Research interactions |
| L&T Ltd. Mumbai | 23-May-11 | Collabrative research and Elective subject development |
| Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) | 06-May-11 | Felloships to PG Environmental Engg.for Reserach works |
| MHADA, Mumbai | 11-Jan-11 | To provide Services for the stupendous project “Enabling E-MHADA” |
| BLUE STAR | 06-Jan-11 | Reasearch and development |
| BARC, Mumbai | 03-Nov-10 | Academic and Research interactions, Collaboration in the filed of Thermal Engineering |
| ESMECH | 07-Aug-10 | M.Tech Projects |
| ITAMMAF | 07-May-10 | Collabrative research |
| BTRA, MoT, GoI | 06-Feb-10 | Collaborative Project |
| Institute of Carpet Tech, UP | 01-Dec-09 | Elective Subjects |
| National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ministry of Textile, GoI | 08-Jul-08 | Textile research collabration |
| FICCI, India | 08-Apr-08 | Knowledge Partner |