MIT World Peace University


MIT World Peace University is a state private university located in Kothrud, Pune, India. It is a part of the MIT Group of Institutions.
It is officially named as Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University. It was established under Government of Maharashtra Act No. XXXV 2017 and recognized by the University Grants Commission.

History

Evolution as university

MIT World Peace University was formerly known as the group of institutions. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, established in 1983, was the first college of the MAEER's group of institutions and one of the first private engineering college in Maharashtra. MAEER's was affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, which on 03 May 2017, turned into a private university, the MIT World Peace University under the guidance of Dr. Vishwanath Karad.

Raj Kapoor Family Memorial at Rajbaugh

and his parents' Samadhi is at their family farm "Rajbaugh", which means the "king of gardens". Located inside the MIT World Peace University, Rajbaugh lies on the banks of Mula-Mutha River in Loni Kalbhor village 30 km east of Pune in Maharshtra. Kapoor family sold part of 125 acres Rajbaugh to MIT WPU which built a memorial for the Kapoor family on its campus. Memorial was unveiled in 2014 in the presence of Lata Mangeshkar and Kapoor clan. Kapoor family memorial has 7 pagodas showing elements of Raj Kapoor's movies, a museum or viewing gallery which shows family photographs and moments from his movie making from 1945 to 1990. Raj Kapoor shot many of his films at this farm, including Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Mera Naam Joker, Bobby, Prem Rog and more. Kapoor's family banglow inside the farm has been preserved, the popular song "Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mei Band Ho" was shot inside this banglow.

Departments

Maharashtra Institute of Technology - World Peace University's Departments include:
The Faculty of Engineering consists of two colleges Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune & MIT College of Engineering, Pune. The MIT campus also houses World Peace Centre, The UNESCO chair for Human Rights, Democracy, Peace and Tolerance.
Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune was established in 1983 and MIT College of Engineering was established in 2001. In 2017, MIT Group of Institutes was awarded university status and both the colleges were merged to form MIT-WPU Faculty of Engineering. MIT College of Engineering, Pune was the first educational institute to set up the CollabCAD Training & Support Centre in the State of Maharashtra.
Academic departments include the Centre for Management Studies & Research
Teachers and faculties are involved in various R&D activities like writing research proposals for submission to UOP, DST, AICTE, IBM, DBT, UGC etc., as well as publishing and presenting research papers in National and International Conferences. There are research collaborations and lectures conducted in MITCOE for the benefit of MITCOE-ts' in association with different organizations like MIR Labs,IEEE, and UOP..
Cultural activities like Dramatics, Literary Arts and Music as well as Sports and other activities are very important in every MITCOE-t's life.MITCOE-t's also have been participating in Firodiya Karandak an inter-collegiate competition where students showcase their talents through plays. MITCOE-ts' regularly participate in linguistic and Marathi play competitions like Purshottam Karandtak. MITCOE remained in the top three ranks of Purshottam karandtak and was the winner of its 2011 edition.
Student Clubs include:
MITCIE regularly takes part in an international robotics event called ROBOCON hosted by MIT in association with Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union. The event gets televised on Doordarshan and colleges from 16 different nations send robotics teams to take part in this competition. In 2010 a special dedicated lab for Robocon have been added to the MITCOE. In 2012 MIT college of engineering Robocon team was ranked 6th & in 2013, 14th among 80 engineering colleges including IIT's and NIT's nationwide.
The technical event of MITCOE is called TESLA, which includes competitions, workshops and seminars. It was formerly known as Pinnacle and is scheduled in September each year. Participants from many colleges of India come to take part in this technical event.

Placements

Till date around 500 MNCs have participated in our campus recruitment process. Some of our prominent recruiters are:
Adani Wilmar Ltd
Amazon
Amdocs
Asian Paints
ATC Tires Pvt. Ltd.
Avaya India Pvt Ltd.
Axis Bank Ltd.
Barclyas
Bentley Systems India
BYJU’s
Cairn India
Capgemini
Ceat Ltd.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Credit Suisse
Deloitte Consulting
Eaton Technologies
EQ Technologic India Pvt Ltd
Fiserv India Pvt Ltd
HCL Technologies Ltd
HDFC Bank Ltd
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Hindustan Unilever Ltd
Hitachi Consulting
IBM Global Services
Infosys Ltd
ITC Ltd
Jade Global Software Pvt Ltd
John Deere Ltd.
JSW Steel Ltd
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd
Life Pharmacy Dubai
Michelin India Pvt. Ltd.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd
Philips Innovation Campus
Rakuten Mobile Network
Schlumberger Ltd
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
Thermax Ltd
Wipro Ltd
WorleyParsons India Pvt Ltdh

School of Management(UG)

At the World Peace University, the courses offered are BBA, BBA-IB, and BBA-CA.

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked it 138 among engineering colleges in 2020.

Notable Alumni

, Indian Actor
Sumedh Mudgalkar, Indian Actor
Girish Wagh, Indian Engineer
Yogesh M. Joshi, Indian Chemical Engineer