A. P. Shah Institute of Technology is a private engineering college located in Kasarvadavali, in Thane, India. It was established in 2014 and is managed by the Parshvanath Charitable Trust. It is a Jain religious minority College (i.e., 51% of all seats are reserved for students from the Jain religious minority community) and is affiliated to the University of Mumbai (a public university, funded by the state government of Maharashtra). The college is approved by the Indian Government's All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and is recognized by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) of the state Government of Maharashtra. It offers a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Civil engineering, Computer engineering, Computer engineering in data science and AI, Ml respectively, Electronics, and telecommunication engineering, Information Technology, and Mechanical engineering. All of these courses last for 4 years. Campus and location The five-story campus on Ghodbunder Road in Kasarvadavali Naka is owned by the Parshvanath Charitable Trust. Wi-Fi is available on campus and there is wide use of closed-circuit TV cameras for security. In addition to small shops and restaurants in the area, there is the Big Bazar Mall, McDonald's fast-food restaurant, and commercial buildings like that of G-Corp. The Sanjay Gandhi National Park (forest) is a short distance away and can be seen from the main road, as can portions of Vasai Creek. Admissions Admissions to the seats not reserved for the Jain religious minority, for first-year undergraduate engineering programs, are carried out via the Centralized Admissions Process (CAP) of the State Government's Directorate of Technical Education (DTE). Entrance examinations are used: 85% of CAP seats are filled using the Composite Score followed by the Joint Entrance Examination score and HSC score (Maharashtra state students only). The remaining 15% of CAP seats are filled using the Composite Score after the Joint Entrance Examination score and HSC score (students for other Boards of Education). Each engineering branch takes in 60 students. This intake is only for admissions to the first year of the 4-year B.E. degree program but includes direct admissions to the second year for Jain students who have completed 3-year engineering diplomas. As a private college, it also has some "institute-level seats" which are filled on merit basis. Place distribution is shown below: Departments The college has the following academic departments: Mechanical Engineering The department laboratories include the following: CAD (computer-aided design) / CAM (computer-aided manufacturing)