Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

This university consists of the constituent and affiliated colleges. The main officers and councils of the university are chancellor, vice-chancellor (VC), rector, executive council and academic senate. The Governor of Telangana is the chancellor of the university. The first vice-chancellor of the university was D. N. Reddy. As of July 2019, the VC in-charge is Jayesh Ranjan[1] and the rector is A. Govardhan.[2]

An institution with academic and research-oriented courses, the B.Tech programs (undergraduate programs) number about 25. Major branches among them are Aeronautical Engineering, Automobile, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation and Control, Metallurgy, Mechanical, Bio-medical, Chemical and Civil. A few courses are offered through the correspondence-cum-contact mode.

The postgraduate programs number 77, namely M.Tech, MSIT, MBA, MCA and MSc. The major branches are Bio-Technology, Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Remote-Sensing and GIS, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Water Resources, Mechanical Engineering, Nano-Technology, Energy Systems, Environmental Studies, Microbiology, Food Technology, Management, Computer Applications, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Environmental Geomatics and Environmental Management

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University was established on 2 October 1972, by an act of State Legislature. On its formation, the Government Engineering Colleges at Anantapur, Kakinada and Hyderabad, along with the Government College of Fine Arts and Architecture at Hyderabad, became its Constituent Colleges. Subsequently, JNTU act 1972 was amended by JNTU (Amendment) Ordinance, 1992 1 to affiliate any other college or Institution notified by the A.P. State Government. Hence, JNT University is a Multi – Campus University with Headquarters at Hyderabad.

As per the Act No. 30 and Act No. 31 of 2008 dated 24 September 2008, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological was divided into four universities, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA) and Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Hyderabad.

The university includes the following constituent colleges:[3]

• JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad
• JNTUH College of Engineering, Jagtial
• JNTUH College of Engineering, Manthani
• JNTUH College of Engineering, Sulthanpur
• JNTUH School of Information Technology
• JNTUH Institute of Science and Technology
• JNTUH School of Management Studies
• UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (UGC-HRDC)

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad 45 in the engineering ranking in 2019 with a score of 47.13.[4]

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