Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology (AVIT) was established in the year 1998 as an affiliated institution under the University of Madras. Later it was affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. In 2004, the institution was brought under the ambit of Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (VMRF) – Deemed to be University, Salem under sec.3 of UGC act 1956. AVIT is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt of India. AVIT is placed in the Band Excellent Category in the ARIIA Ranking. The institution is located on Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) in a sprawling 24.11-acre land with a built-up area of 5.65 Lakhs Sq.ft. The institution is committed to impart quality education to the students from different socio-economic backgrounds. The institution offers under-graduate and postgraduate programmes in Engineering and Technology in different disciplines in Full-time and Part-Time mode including Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme.

AVIT follows Choice based Credit System (CBCS) for all the programmes and adopted Outcome based Education (OBE). Every department has identified a set of emerging areas, providing training, enhancing the skill set of young budding engineers to make them futuristic ready. The Institution has introduced Skill based learning, Experiential Learning and Research based learning. Industry Offered courses, Value added courses and Add-on courses are some of the best practices followed to make our students Industry ready. The institution has tie-ups with leading industries/organizations to offer industry specified courses viz Industry designed courses and Industry offered courses. Few to mention are INTEL, Infosys, National Instruments, ARM University, Atheena Pandian Pvt. Ltd, Kriatec, Knovonat etc.