Named after the pioneer of Space Science and Technology in India, this Institute was set up to fulfill a dream of the great visionary, Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai to mould high quality experts in frontier engineering disciplines. The high- tech engineering college named ‘Sarabhai Institute of Science and Technology’ (SIST) is a self-financing institution established in 2004 by Space Engineers’ Welfare Society (SEWELS).

To promote advanced learning in different disciplines of science, engineering and technology by running the institution at affordable cost and to make this Institution a center of excellence in imparting state of the art technical education.