Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering

Dwarkadas Jivanlal Sanghvi College of Engineering (D.J. Sanghvi, or DJ, as it is popularly known) is an engineering college in Mumbai. The College has been graded A+ by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE). The College was established by Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal in 1994.

History

D J Sanghvi College of Engineering was established in 1994. It was named after Shri Dwarkadas Jivanlal Sanghvi, an industrialist. Born in Rajula, Gujarat on September 17, 1913, Dwarkadas was an enterprising, hard worker who traveled to Rangoon, Calcutta and eventually settled down in Bombay, where he founded Balkrishna Pens Private Limited and introduced the very famous brand of fountain pens - Wilson Pens. In fact, the Constitution of India was written by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with a Wilson pen.

The College was born out of the efforts of its parent body Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal which, with prior approval from the University of Mumbai, the Government of Maharashtra, the Directorate of Technical Education and the All India Council for Technical Education, decided to establish a engineering college.

Location

The College is located in Vile Parle, a suburb of Mumbai. It is easily accessible from both Vile Parle and Andheri Railway Stations. It can also be reached by BEST Bus No. 229, 224, 707, 33, 38, 222,627, AS-707, 201. Cooper Hospital bus-stop is outside the college. Important landmarks around the College include Cooper Hospital and Bhaidas Hall.

Departments

The College has an intake capacity of 360 students in 7 branches for Bachelor of Engineering degree:-

1. Chemical Engineering - 60 seats
2. Electronics Engineering - 60 seats
3. Production Engineering - 30 seats
4. Biomedical Engineering - 30 seats
5. Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering - 120 seats
6. Information Technology - 60 seats
7. Computer Science - 60 seats

In addition to this, 10-15 diploma students more are admitted every year during the second year of the Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electronics, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering,Computer Science and Information Technology. Around 5 diploma students are added in the remaining branches.

Infrastructure

The Library, named 'Manubhai P. Knowledge Centre', is situated on the first floor of the College building. It occupies more than 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m²). of space. It is facilitated with reprography & also Wi-fi network connection. There are about 14,000 books, 70 - printed journals & magazines (National & International) with 4 online databases. (IEL Online, ASME, ACM, & Springer Link.)

Festivals

The annual cultural festival of the college is known as "Parichay". It is held in February or March every year and is attended by engineering students from colleges all over Mumbai. The college also hosts a technical fest named "Pulse". Various technical festivals are also held in College named "Protocol" by CSI Student Body and "Techtrix" by IEEE Student Body. These festivals include various events like wired, wireless and autonomous robotics, programming contests and quizzes, paper presentations besides workshops and seminars by eminent faculty from across Mumbai.