Swami Vivekananda Institute of Science and Technology (SVIST), Kolkata is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology.

The college is a non-profit-making trust has been set up to promote the technological and professional institution of high standards and to encourage research and training activities so that the students, conferred to the degree can not only the professional challenges but also all the challenges life has to offer confidently.

The main of the institute is to harmonize the traditional values of India with the new values brought through the progress of science and technology and bring forth an all round development of the students with focus on innovation and improvement.