Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College

V. R. Siddhartha Engineering College

Type	Autonomous
Established	1977
Principal	A V Ratna Prasad
Academic staff	250+
Administrative staff	200+
Students	4475
Undergraduates	4080
Location	6km from Vijayawada on NH-9, Kanuru, AP, India
Campus	Suburban
Nickname	VRSEC
Affiliations	Autonomous college under jurisdiction of JNTUK
Website	vrsiddhartha.ac.in

Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College or VRSEC was the first private institution to offer undergraduate education in engineering in Andhra Pradesh, India. The college was approved to be an autonomous institution by Acharya Nagarjuna University in the year 2006.^[1]

Background

Named after the industrialist and former Indian Civil Service officer Velagapudi Ramakrishna, the College was founded in 1977. Dr. A.V Ratna Prasad is the Principal of the VRSEC.

Location

The institution is located on 40 acres (160,000 m²) of land in Kanuru on the outskirts of Vijayawada city at a distance of about 6 km from the city centre, on the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam Highway (NH 9).

Campus

The College has about 4000 students, more than 250 faculty and around 200 technical and supporting staff. Extracurricular opportunities include NCC, NSS, Students Chapters of IEEE, social clubs and sports & games.

Achievements

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• Rs 2.67 Crores of research grant from National funding agencies in last four years.
• Award of TIFAC-CORE in Telematics by DST in 2009.
• 85 research publications in refereed journals and 104 in conferences in last 3 years.
• IRG of about Rs 5.0 Crores from consultancy in last 4 years.
• 61 of faculty members are pursuing PhD using in house resources.
• 6 of faculty with R & D expertise acquired in the college have become prominent entrepreneurs in the country examples being (MIC Electronics Ltd., Efftronics (P) Ltd., etc. ).
• 4th Rank as a Technology Hub at National level awarded by "Electronics for You" Magazine in 2010.

Departments

Engineering

• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Information Technology
• Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Block Entrance

Science & humanities departments

• Chemistry Department
• English Department
• Mathematics Department
• Physics Department

Professional departments

• Computer Applications
• Business Management
• Corporate Interface / T&P Cell
• Library Science Department
• Physical Education

TEQIP

Presently the institute is undergoing an accelerated growth phase through the World Bank funded Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP).

TIFAC-Core

Research in Telematics, INDIA

TIFAC-CORE in Telematics is a collaborative effort of TIFAC (representing government), VR Siddhartha Engineering College and Industries in the domain of Telematics. The centre was launched on 1 February 2009.

External links

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• Official website of VRSEC

References