Archive · 8 Oct 2026
VJTI Gets Hostel Approval, Staff Recruitment Nod Expected Within Week
VJTI is a college in Mumbai that teaches engineering and technology.
The state has approved plans for new hostels for boys and girls.
This should give students more hostel space.
The state is also expected to approve hiring for empty teaching and administrative jobs within a week.
Minister Chandrakant Patil announced these steps at a meeting.
He also asked VJTI to prepare a proposal to become an autonomous university.
VJTI was established in 1887 and has nearly 5,000 students.
The state says improving the institute’s campus is a priority.
Maharashtra’s Higher and Technical Education Department approved new boys’ and girls’ hostels for VJTI.
Formal approval for recruitment to vacant academic and administrative posts is expected within a week.
Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil announced the decisions at a review meeting at Mantralaya.
Patil asked VJTI management to submit a detailed proposal seeking autonomous university status.
Established in 1887, VJTI serves nearly 5,000 students across diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs.
- Who
- Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), the Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Department, and Minister Chandrakant Patil.
- What
- Approval was given for new boys’ and girls’ hostels; formal approval for hiring into vacant academic and administrative posts is expected within a week.
- When
- The decisions were announced at a review meeting; recruitment approval is expected within a week.
- Where
- VJTI in Mumbai; the review meeting was held at Mantralaya.
- Why
- To address long-pending proposals and improve campus infrastructure for the institute’s student population.
- Institute
- Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)
- Location
- Mumbai
- Hostel decision
- Construction of new boys’ and girls’ hostels was approved.
- Recruitment
- Formal approval to recruit for vacant academic and administrative posts is expected within a week.
- Meeting
- A high-level review meeting at Mantralaya
- Autonomous status
- VJTI management was directed to submit a detailed proposal to the state government.
- Established
- 1887
- Student population
- Nearly 5,000 students