Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College
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Type | Autonomous |
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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 24.05 acres (97,300 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.
Departments
Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Information Technology
- Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
Faculty
Dr.M.Suneetha (Head), DR.G.Ramakoteswara Rao, Dr.T.Anuradha, Ph.D, Professor
Dr.P.Vidya Sagar, Dr.K.Sitha Kumari, Dr.S.Suhasini, Dr.Y.Sangeetha
Dr.A.Srisaila, S.Harsha, G.Jaya Lakshmi, S.Suneetha, G.Geetha, P.Madhavi Latha, M.Ashok Kumar, V.Radheshyam, K.Pranathi, S.Kranthi, P.Ramadevi, B.L.N.Phani Kumar, T.Lakshmi Surekha, Y.Sandeep, K.Madhavi, N.Praveena, M.Ramesh, N.Neelima, CH.Nandha Krishna, K.Durga Charan, V.Sindhura, P.Ramya, V.Sasidhar, Y.Kalyan,
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
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.
Prominent Alumni
- Mr.Ram Gopal Varma(B.Tech 1978-1983) a well-known Indian Filmmaker
- Mr.Lagadapati Rajagopal(B.Tech Mechanical 1978-1983) Industrialist and politician
- Mr Mohan Nannapaneni,(B.Tech Civil - 1984-1988) Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sigma Systems Inc. Director, TANA - Telugu Association of North America
- Mr Apparao Venkata Varre(B.Tech Civil - 1977 – 1982), Executive Vice President, Global Delivery Head, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance HCL Technologies.
- Mr K Veera Raghava Rao(B.Tech – CSE 2001-2005), IAS- District Collector, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
- Prof. Ranganadha Vemuri(B.Tech ECE 1978-1982)Professor & Head VLSI, University of Cincinnati, USA.
- Mr Kaiser Adeni(B.Tech. ECE 1978-1982), Senior Technical Advisor, NASA Management Office, USA.
- Mr.N.Bala Subramanyam(B.Tech. EEE 1984-1988) IPS.AP Transport Commissioner.
- S.B.Sanjay kumar(B.Tech. EEE 1988-1993),CEO & MD, Elior Companies India, IRMA, Bangalore Karnataka, India.
- Mr Lagadapati Madhusudhan (B.Tech Mechanical 1982-86), Chairman, LANCO Group-India.
- Mr Sajja Kishore Babu(B.Tech Mechanical 1981-1985), Chairman & Managing Director, Power Mech projects limited, Madhapur, Hyderabad.
- Mr Rajendra Velagapudi(B.Tech Mechanical 1995-1999), Sr. Vice President, Global Delivery, Head-Aerospace, Infotech Enterprises Limited, Madhapur, Hyderabad.
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External links
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References
- ↑ "About VRSEC". www.vrsiddhartha.ac.in. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ http://www.vrsiddhartha.ac.in/images/Prominent_%20Alumni.pdf