PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
- A huge 35 Acres Engineering College campus in Velneshwar Tal-Guhagar, Dist –Ratnagiri.
- Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane (VPM) a renowned educational institution in Maharashtra established in 1935, has been imparting quality education to over 15,000 students through its schools and colleges in Thane. Now it intends to spread its educational activities in rural area of Konkan.
- Our vision is to start a world-class engineering college with the state of art facilities.
- VPM's new educational township is proposed at Velneshwar, which is 20 km from Guhagar, 55 km from Chiplun (Mumbai-Goa highway) and nearly 80 km from Ratnagiri through proposed Costal highway.
- The proposed project would be pollution free, which won't disturb the clean and green environment of the Konkan.
- Velneshwar with its picturesque beach has been declared as B class tourist center by Govt. of Maharashtra.
- There are two major electricity-generating projects in the nearby area, one by Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt. Ltd. (previously Enron) and another by Jindal Power Ltd.
- We propose to start with engineering degree courses viz. Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Electronics & Telecommunication, Computer Engineering, Biotechnology and MBA with 60 intake capacity, which will be increased up to 120 intake gradually.
- Entire campus of 37 acres of land will be covered with 6 educational buildings, 60 hostel buildings, 12 teaching and supporting staff quarters, which will accommodate about 3000 students and 500 staff members. It will also have Badminton Court and a Amphitheater of 1000 capacity, Gymnasium, Clubhouse, Guesthouse, Canteen and Medical Centre etc.
- The entire built up construction area will be about 10 lakh sq. ft; costing around Rs.150 crores over a period of 10 years.
- Entire academic campus as well as residential area will be connected through fibreoptic backbone having 24 hours leased line Internet connectivity.
- This project, apart from offering engineering education to students from Maharashtra and rest of India, will help rural development in Konkan through direct and indirect employment, empowering local rural poor by way of better jobs and educational opportunities with financial gains.