Army Institute of Technology is an engineering college located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to the Savitribai Phule Pune University. Only wards of army personnel are admitted in this institute. AIT is operated by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES) [1] and has the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (COAS), as the president of its board of governors.
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Motto | Onward To Glory |
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Type | Graduate |
Established | 1994 |
Principal | B. P. Patil [2] |
Director | Abhay A. Bhat [3] |
Students | 1,288 [4] |
Undergraduates | 1,274 [4] |
Postgraduates | 14 [4] |
Location | , India 18°37′5.76″N73°52′36.34″E / 18.6182667°N 73.8767611°E |
Campus | Suburban |
Colors | Maroon and yellow |
Affiliations | University of Pune; NBA; NAAC |
Website | www |
AIT has a one-tier governance structure. At the highest level is the Board of Governors with the COAS as president, and the VCOAS and all Army Commanders (except the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Command) as Vice Presidents. The managing director of AWES is designated as the Member Secretary, with the following officers being Members: DCOAS (IS & T), DCOAS (P & S), Adjutant General (AG), Quartermaster General (QMG), Master General Ordnance (MGO), Military secretary (MS), Engineer-in-Chief, three Heads of Arms/Services in rotation, Director General (Discipline, Ceremonials & Welfare) and the Judge Advocate General (JAG). This is followed by a twelve-member Governing Body, which includes nominees from AICTE, the University of Pune and the Government of Maharashtra, and a ten-member Local Managing Committee, which includes representatives from each of the teaching faculties. [5]
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Over the past eight years, Army Institute of Technology’s ranking has dropped significantly, from 77th in 2017 to the 201-300 bracket in 2024 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). [6]
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