Vidyalankar Institute of Technology is an engineering degree college approved by the All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) and affiliated to University of Mumbai, India. Vidyalankar Institute of Technology was started in the year 1999 after having secured permission from the AICTE and University of Mumbai.It has slowly gained popularity and today attracts top talent. It caters to students who have passed the Maharashtra State Board's HSC and CET examinations and desire to take up engineering as their profession.It secured an A grade rating from the Mumbai University in 2005. VIT is different from other institutes in Mumbai in the sense that it was established by an organization that was already well known in the field of education viz. Vidyalankar Dyanapeeth Trust. The trust was founded by Prof. C.S. Deshpande. He started coaching students in 1960, in a single classroom in Dadar. Vidyalankar classes shifted to their present location in 'Pearl Center', Dadar in 1974. After 39 years of coaching students, the trust decided to expand by establishing the Vidyalankar Institute of technology.