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The Gateway of India is an arch-monument completed in 1924 on the waterfront of Mumbai (Bombay), India. It was erected to commemorate the landing of George V for his coronation as the Emperor of India in December 1911 at Strand Road near Wellington Fountain. He was the first British monarch to visit India.
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) is a state funded college located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Founded in 1887 and formerly known as the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute , it adopted its present name on 26 January 1997. [ 1 ]
In 2002, Prof. Kavi Arya initiated the distance education program at IIT Bombay, with a primary focus on teaching Embedded Systems.However, the necessary tools and robots for practical learning were often financially out of reach for remote students.
The Distance Education Bureau (DEB) is a bureau of the UGC based in New Delhi, India, in charge of regulating distance education in India. [1] It was established in 2012, replacing the DEAC , an organisation that was responsible for open learning and distance education since 1985.
Mumbai Port (MbPT) lies midway on the western shore of Mumbai Harbour The port was the pre-eminent commercial port of India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is known as the gateway to India , and has been a primary factor in the emergence of Mumbai as the commercial capital of India.
Wittet had already worked on the design of the General Post Office and in 1911 would design one of Mumbai's most famous landmarks, the Gateway of India. [5] The museum was funded by the Royal Visit (1905) Memorial Funds. Additionally, the Government and the Municipality granted Rs. 300,000 and Rs. 250,000 respectively.
Wittet designed the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai. Wittet designed the Karachi Port Trust Building.. George Wittet was born in Blair Atholl, Scotland in 1878.He studied architecture with a Mr. Heiton of Perth, Scotland, and worked in Edinburgh and York before moving to India.
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20]