Vellore Engineering College founded, later VIT
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G. Viswanathan founded Vellore Engineering College as a self-financing institution; it grew into the Vellore Institute of Technology.
The college was started in 1984 by G. Viswanathan as a self-financing engineering college. It later became a deemed university as the Vellore Institute of Technology. VIT grew into one of the largest private universities in India, with further campuses including one at Chennai. It made Vellore a major education centre alongside the Christian Medical College.
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