Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust

During the 1960s, Dr. M. Mohan Babu inherited a passion for learning from his father, Narayana Swamy Naidu, who was a teacher and headmaster in the Chittoor districtof Andhra Pradesh. He established SVET as a center for knowledge and academic excellence for people of all nationalities, origin, religious beliefs and social background. From a student strength of 216 it has grown to become an institution with nearly 10,000,[3] students, five colleges and two international schools and one pre-school. The trust's institutions have a cumulative full-time faculty of over 350, starting off with 10. SVET is the largest private institution in the Rayalaseema region and operates in collaboration with the Governments of India and Andhra Pradesh.

Institutions under Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust: The SVET caters to various disciplines of education, with the following being the colleges and schools under its fold.

The logo of Sree Vidyanikethan[7] Educational Trust is referred to as The Tree of Enlightenment and is a personification of this very essence. It's the caring and experienced hands of a teacher that nurture innocence into enlightenment. The gentle hand is symbolic of the hand of a teacher, the guru, who nurtures the seed of innocence, which is the child. The Bodhi tree is what that seed grows up to into, to gift the world with the fruits of enlightenment and the shade of wisdom. The eye in the tree depicts how this tree shall keep a watch on the world. This unit is balanced and firmly rooted in the rounded-cornered typeface of Sree Vidyanikethan. In its entirety, this completes the identity of a large institution emerging into The Tree of Enlightenment.

SVET offers dining, environmental services, housing, mail, scholarships, student employment, a resource centre, television, transportation, work-study information and copying facilities. Sports at the school include cricket, volleyball, football, basketball and tennis. A technical, management and cultural festival, Mohana Mantra, was held from 22–24 February 2013.[8] Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust has world-class facilities, top-notch infrastructure,[9] sprawling campuses with the following features:

• Sprawling lush-green campuses
• State-of-the-art computing infrastructure and facilities
• Modern library, with access to digital content of professional societies
• Complete automation of operations by ERP
• Excellent student support systems
• 24X7 CCTVs, security and other measures
• RFID cards to students
• Research in Engineering
• Live projects for Civil / Mechanical Engineering

Sree Vidyanikethan has a placement[10][11] cell that connects the individual to the industry and service organizations to update prospective employers of the talent available and secure commitments for placements. Sree Vidyanikethan conducts training programs regularly for its students to make them industry-ready and geared for entry to mid-level roles in an organization. Our training is aimed at preparing students to move ahead in their career. Sree Vidyaniketan is proud of the fact that it has created employment opportunities for close to 8000 students, directly or indirectly. We are further on our way to grooming thousands of more such individuals.

Dream Offer[12] is where students are given two additional placement opportunities – truly making dreams come true. Top companies like WIPRO, ADP, Infosys and Microsoft have recruited engineering students with packages over Rs. 6 lakh per annum. All core companies are given the ‘Dream Offer’ status, regardless of the CTC offer, which enables students to pursue the career in their own domain.

Mohana Mantra[13] is the annual National Level Techno-Cultural fest hosted by Vidyanikethan. It includes contests and competitions, presentations, workshops, tech and non-tech quizzes, Sahiti Mantra, guest lectures, robotics, sport events, dance, singing, drama, painting and lot more. It has students from Sree Vidyanikethan and other institutions as well, who come together to showcase their talent, giving a glimpse into their future. It started in 2013 as an inter-college fest and has grown into a stage where pride is contested for, by about 50,000 students from across southern states, for 3 rewarding and fun-filled days. Website URL of the fest: http://www.mohanamantra.com/

The Dr.M. Mohan Babu Startup Fund was set up in 2016 with a reward base of Rs.1 crore. Dr. Mohan Babu has taken his commitment further by increasing the funding amount progressively for deserving ideas; to Rs.2 crore in 2017, Rs.3 crore in 2018, Rs.4 crore in 2019 and Rs.5 crore in 2020. Sree Vidyanikethan is the first education institute to come up with such an initiative.

Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust has a web portal for alumni,[14] where they can donate towards education of the less privileged. It provides free education to 25% of its deserving students and invites the less-privileged to apply for financial support and almost 13,500 students have benefited from this initiative.

SVET has a bibliography that comprises close to 69,000 titles, encompassing a range of periodicals like newspapers, magazines, fiction, literature, science and many more books of interest. The library[15] is also complemented by computers with Internet access[16] which students are free to use for any kind of research.

Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust supports students who show a passion for studying but cannot afford. The Trust supports meritorious students, those working hard and displaying talent with knowledge, by way of scholarships.[17][18] These are majorly from the OBC, SC and ST communities. This comes from the Trust's belief that education is the right of everyone.

There is an alumni[19] association of those who have passed out from any of the Trust's institutions, The SVET Office of Development and Alumni Relations. In the past 25 years, SVET has grown into an alma mater for over 25,000 students from various streams. The members are like a network that supports each other with information on opportunities. In fact, it has connected close to 10,000 former students.

The Dining[20] Hall in the campus of Vidyanikethan is the meeting point for close to 700 students at one point in time. They are like the hub of exchange and a place to socialize. The kitchen serves diverse cuisine catering to the palate of different regions. Food is cooked in hygienic conditions by well-trained chefs under the supervision of Nutritionists and Dieticians, using modern kitchen equipment. That apart, the campus has its own mineral water plant to generate and supply 24-hr bacteria-free drinking water to hostel, cafeteria and classrooms.

Students of Vidyanikethan are part of rich Extracurricular activities[21][22] that are designed to keep their mind, body and spirit in balance. The school has regular sessions in yoga and meditation. That aside, there are moonlight dinners, field trips and backpacking trips. For those interested in sports, there are activities intra-school competitions in Cricket, Tennis, Chess, Badminton, Rugby and several other activities.

For the entertainment of resident-students, there are a good number of entertainment[23] options to keep them engaged and breaking monotony. Each dormitory has television, music system and several indoor games. A good mix of classic and latest releases are screened every Saturday, of course, except during exams. Sunday is a holiday and students are at liberty to watch television or engage themselves in activities mentioned in their schedule.

The birthday of the founder of the trust Dr. M. Mohan Babu is celebrated as Annual Day[24][25] on the 19th of March every year. A pompous celebration is hosted to which with parents and celebrities are invited amidst events organized by students, teachers and members of the staff. It's a gala event that one remembers for long.[26][27] [28]

• Official Website
• "Sree Vidyhanikethan International School". Retrieved 12 November 2013.