APSIT: An institute that grooms industry - ready futuristic technocrats

Article published in Times of India

Dated: 18/07/2022

AP Shah Institute of Technology, Thane offers engineering degree courses in Civil, Mechanical, Computer Engineering and Information Technology. These courses are accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Accreditation is a conformation and assurance to students and parents regarding quality of teaching learning practices followed in an Engineering Institute. Institute’s commitment to deliver latest in pedagogics is recognised by accreditation from STEM USA. Recently, the institute has also added courses in Computer Science & Engineering with specialization in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and Data Science.

In an endeavour to improve academics APSIT has deployed ‘Moodle’ a Learning Management System (LMS) to provide various learning benefits like availability course material developed by faculty, recording of lectures, online submission of assignments, discussion forum & online quizzes.  Student expand their horizon of knowledge through institute’s academic initiatives like eBooks, NPTEL courses, Spoken Tutorial designed by IITs and foreign language courses.

Student pursue their passion for innovation through active participation in clubs like Modified Auto Club, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Humanoid, DeVOps. Professional bodies like IEEE, CSI, ISHRE, IGBC give students an opportunity to know latest technological trends in the domain and interact with best brains the field.

Project Based Learning (PBL) is a unique experiential learning scheme wherein students are trained in upcoming technologies during the academic breaks. They are given an opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge gathered while working on industry relevant project assigned to them. The course delivery and the project progress monitoring are ensured through industry experts.

APSIT has numerous industrial collaborations to undergo training in world leading technologies through Bentley Academic Alliance, Cisco Networking Academy, Red Hat Academy, AWS Academy, Palo Alto Cybersecurity Academy, Oracle Academy, Juniper Cloud and Automation Academy, Blue Prism Academy and many more.  

APSIT has rare hardware facilities like Nvidia DGX station for AI & Data Science research, iOS environment for cross platform application development, E Yantra Robotics Systems, Texas Instruments USA low power signal multi processors for Industry 4.0.

Students also get hands on experience on the industry recommended software like Autodesk, Ansys, Creo, Dassult 3D Experience, Solidworks, Kubernetes, Open MPI, Flutter, Jenkins, OpenStack, Tensorflow, Flask, Django.

APSIT trains students for aptitude tests which are essentially a screening test to shortlist candidates during recruitment process. These tests address the areas of logical reasoning, critical thinking, problem solving skills.  Students’ performance is monitored through online portal designed for aptitude practice tests.

Efforts taken in this direction in past years has resulted in improved pay package offers and a greater number of recruiters visiting campus. Companies are also choosing the institute as a venue for their state level and national level campus drives that demands robust infrastructure for bulk recruitments.

Companies like Airbus India, Goldman Sachs, StreamSets, TCS, Wipro, Amazon, Infosys, Capgemini, IBM, Virtusa, EY India, Cognizant, Hexaware have offered job placements to students with highest pay package reaching 25 lac per annum.

In addition to expertise in the domain of their specialization in the field of engineering, faculties of the institute are also trained in the trending technologies and have obtained globally recognised certifications like Autodesk Certified Professional AutoCAD /Inventor/ Revit, PTC Creo, Solidworks, Six sigma Black Belt, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Red Hat Certified System Administrator, AWS solution Architect, Cisco Certified DevNet Associate. During the pandemic many faculties have bagged ‘Google Educator’ certification that enabled them to deliver courses on line seamlessly to students who were at home.

Research and innovations are established practices amongst faculties and students. Number of research publications in the conferences and reputed journals have gained momentum.

Mental wellbeing is ensured through ‘Antarang’ events and sports facilities underline the need of physical fitness. Music room having multiple instruments provide a relaxation from the hectic academic schedule.

All value addition courses and facilities are free for students that ensures 360-degree development of young engineers ready to become techno-leaders of tomorrow.