Type: Private Establishment Year: 2001 Total Students: 30769 Number of Faculty: 2633 Campus: 372 acres   VIT Vellore stands for Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore. It is a private deemed university established in 2001. VIT Vellore was established under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956. It is one of the