Somaiya Vidyavihar University

School in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Somaiya Vidyavihar University
Established	1959
Founder	Shri K.J. Somaiya
Chancellor	Samir Somaiya
Vice-Chancellor	V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai
Location	Vidyavihar , Mumbai, Maharashtra , 400077 , India
Campus	60 acres (24 ha)
Website	www.somaiya.edu.in/en/

Somaiya Vidyavihar University is a private university^[1] located in the Vidyavihar suburb of Mumbai. It is the second largest campus in Mumbai, superseded only by the Powai campus of the Indian Institute of Technology. Its campus is approximately 60 acres (24 ha).

The entire campus is owned and operated by the 'Somaiya Trust'. It is also has a sister campus in Sion, another suburb of Mumbai, called Somaiya Ayurvihar.^[2]

Colleges

It hosts a number of reputed educational institutions with country-wide recognition.

Some of the same are:

K.J. Somaiya Polytechnic Institute
K.J. Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce
K.J. Somaiya College of Science & Commerce
S.K. Somaiya College of Arts, Science & Commerce
K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research
K.J. Somaiya Junior College of Arts & Commerce
S.K. Somaiya Vinay Mandir

Apart from the above-mentioned colleges it has 45 different courses it offers to students, it also hosts The Somaiya School, a Central Board of Secondary Education affiliated school operated by the same educational trust. The campus also facilitates hostels for both boys and girls.

Somaiya Vidyavihar University

On 26 August 2019, Somaiya Vidyavihar announced that it would be "the first ever private university in Mumbai". Apart from K.J. Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce, K.J. Somaiya College of Science & Commerce & S.K. Somaiya College of Arts, Science & Commerce, all the others would be included in the newly formed private university while these would retain their current status with the University of Mumbai.^[3]

This means that K.J. Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce will still enjoy the 'autonomous' status which it has been granted earlier. While the other institutes, S.K. Somaiya College of Arts, Science & Commerce and K.J. Somaiya College of Science & Commerce, will remain as University of Mumbai affiliated institutes. These above mentioned chose to remain in the University of Mumbai because of the aid that they receive from it.

References

^ "Somaiya becomes Mumbai's first private university". Times of India. TNN. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Somaiya Ayurvihar Official Website". Somaiya Ayurvihar.
^ "Somaiya Vidyavihar University: Mumbai's 1st Private University".