The interiors wear a run-down look, with broken roofs and rusty windows and frames. The furnishing in the labs looks old. According to the HoD, there are five hostels in all, with one more being constructed for postgraduate students
The state-funded Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI, formerly the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute), founded in 1887 and among Asia’s oldest engineering colleges, is currently struggling to cope with inadequate infrastructure and poor governance. The premier institute, which is often called upon to audit structures across the city, is itself in a state of disrepair, according to a letter sent recently by the Maharashtra Union of Secular Teachers (MUST) to Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil.
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-premier-engineering-institute-vjti-facing-infra-governance-woes
Source: The Free Press Journal
