About Somaiya Vidyavihar

Padmabhushan Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya founded Somaiya Vidyavihar an education trust in 1959, to provide quality holistic education. It was founded on the belief that, education is an important pillar of nation building with the power to change lives, and that it is the duty of the privileged to help provide it to whoever aspires to be educated.

Somaiya Vidyavihar encompasses 34 institutions, with more than 39,000 students and 1,500 faculty. Its educational institutes are spread across two main campuses - a 50 acre complex in Vidyavihar and a 28 acre complex in Sion both located in the heart of Mumbai besides a number of smaller campuses across rural Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat. Currently we offer Degree, Diploma & Certificate courses at Undergraduate, Post Graduate and Doctoral levels. Somaiya Vidyavihar also runs a few autonomous Post-Graduate Courses, Vocational Training Courses and High Schools.

Somaiya Vidyavihar fosters an ecosystem that excels in education, research and service, a place where knowledge is preserved, disseminated and new knowledge is created. It is known as much for its Science, Technology, Medicine, Engineering, Management, Social Sciences and Commerce programs, as for its programs for academic studies in various Faiths and Cultures of India.

Shri. K.J. Somaiya guided Somaiya Vidyavihar until 1999, his son Dr. S.K. Somaiya was at the helm of affairs till 2010. Today Shri. Samir Somaiya, a Cornel University and Harvard Business School alumnus is the President.

Our motto ज्ञानादेव तु कैवल्यम् | Knowledge alone liberates remains the bedrock, as we strive to expand and continuously innovate our education.