Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RGIT) is a private engineering college affiliated to the

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. Founded in 1992, the institute is located in

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(west),

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, India. The college is run by the Manjara Charitable Trust and was accredited by the

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(AICTE). It is recognised by the Directorate of Technical Education in

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and the UGC.

Programs offered

RGIT offers the

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(B.E) undergraduate course, which is its flagship course, in seven disciplines. The following degree programs are offered at RGIT, conferred by the University of Mumbai: * Undergraduate

(B.E.): **

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** Artificial Intelligence & Data Science **

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*Graduate

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(M.E.): **

*Doctoral Ph.D.: **

Extra-curricular activities

College festival

"Zodiac", an inter-collegiate and techno-cultural festival, was started in 2005. Rock concerts, gaming events, the prom night, dance workshops and similar events are held during Zodiac. A technical festival called "Icarus" is generally held in October every year. The department of Mechanical Engineering hosts "Innovision", an annual technical festival held at the national level, where hardware projects are displayed. "Dimension 5" is a festival conducted by the department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering. The Institute also have Social wings and Philanthropic Committees like SOCH RGIT and UBA RGIT for the betterment of welfare.

Clubs and societies

Marathi Bhasha Mandal (Marathi Language Society) was founded for the promotion of

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in the college. RGAA (Rajiv Gandhi Alumni Association) was formed in 2007. MESA (Mechanical Engineering Students' Association) formed in 2002 and has been an active departmental committee throughout the year.

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student branch is a technical society for students of all branches and is one of the most active student bodies of the college. Computer Engineering Student's Society (CESS) is the departmental committee of Computer Branch and it conducts various technical workshops and seminars under itself as well as under

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(ACM) Student's Chapter. Institute Of Electronics And Telecommunication Engineering (

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) Student Forum is the departmental committee for Electronics and Telecommunication Department (EXTC). Various technical and non-technical workshops are conducted under it throughout the year. The student's council is the student body elected by the Principal and Student Conveyors annually to organize the festivals 'Icarus' and 'Zodiac'. ABIT(Association of Budding Technocrats) is the departmental committee of IT branch and it conducts various activities, seminars and workshops. In the year 2024 ABIT hosted "SYNERGY" an inter-collegiate and techno-cultural festival. ISA student body is a department specific technical team for instrumentation students. The college also has drama, fashion and dance clubs. The drama club is also known as 'MUKHAVTE ACJN'. All of these have best working experience and extra co-curriculum .

Co-curricular activities

Memberships of professional societies such as ISA,

, CSI, ABIT, SAE,

and

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are offered to students. MESA (Mechanical Engineering Students Association) was founded in RGIT in 2009.

Notable alumni

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* Anshumaan Pushkar *

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References

External links

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