Velegapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College
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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 Nagarjuna University in the year 2006
, the College was founded in 1977 and has a good reputation for engineering education
in Andhra Pradesh
.
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College is a self financing institute established in the year 1977.
The institution is ideally located in a large expanse of 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) of land in Kanuru on the out skirts of Vijayawada city at a distance of about 6 km from the city centre, on the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam Highway (NH 9
). The buildings are located in close proximity to each other with wide open spaces all around. The playing fields and other student and staff amenities are within easy walking distance of the faculty blocks.
The main objective of the Academy is to provide education at all levels in the fields of general, technical and professional education. The establishment of the Academy followed by the establishment of other educational institutions in the last 28 years have transformed Vijayawada into a major educational centre. As India's second largest railway junction and as one of the biggest agricultural commodity trading centres and the commercial hub of the Krishna region, Vijayawada has become the third most important place in the state after Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam
.
Today the Siddhartha Academy runs fourteen educational institutions, three colleges offering intermediate(+2) and degree (undergraduate) courses for men and women along with a post graduate centre (graduate programmes), two schools one of which is fully residential, two engineering colleges, a medical college, a college of law, a college of education (B.Ed), a college of pharmaceutical sciences and a college of hotel management and catering technology. All Siddhartha institutions are duly approved by the respective Central and State Governments and other concerned bodies.
Mr.K.Mohana Rao, an eminent professor from IIT Kharagpur, is the Principal of the VRSEC.
In the academic year 2004-2005, the Department of Information Technology was established as a separate entity. The syllabus of the course has been changed by the Board of Studies of Nagarjuna University from time to time for the benefit of students to include the latest developments in the IT field.
The IT Department excelled under the guidance of Head of Department Dr.Tripuraneni Lakshmi garu. During her tenure between 2005-2008 she made a great effort to help the students excel in their careers. She organised various hardware and software workshops like JIP (Jawahar Interns Program) of IEG and kept the students up to date with the latest software developments.
Mr. Vijayamaruti Babu holds the chair in the Training and Placement Cell and his considerable efforts have helped the college to succeed in the professional placements arena.
Major recruiters are TCS
, Infosys
, Wipro
, Satyam, CommVault Systems, iGATE
, Broadrige, Virtusa
, CSC
, Essar, Cognizant, L&T Info
, Sandvik
, Keane
, Syntel
, BSCPL, BEL
, Maytas
, Efftronics, Honeywell
, LML
, Accenture
, Infotech, Sonata
, Polaris
, HCL
, Thermal Systems, IVRCL, Juno Online Services
, Zeta, Moldtek, Life BP
, SPACE
, L&T
, SOMA
, Accenture
, Nagarjuna Construction Company, SEW
, Astra Microwave, Sutherland, Kenexa, Gayatri
, Aliens, Navayuga, ICOMM, Amerigo
, Assurgent, Cordys
and PTII.
B.Tech. (Information Technology)
B.Tech. (Civil Engineering)
B.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering)
B.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
B.Tech. (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
B.Tech. (Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering)
B.Tech.(Mechanical Engineering)
Post Graduate
M.Tech (Communication & Signal Processing)
M.Tech(Power Systems Engineering)
M.Tech(Structural Engineering)
M.Tech (CAD/CAM)
M.Tech (Computer Science and Engg)
M.Tech (Thermal Engineering)
MCA (Full Time)
M.B.A (Full Time)
Velagapudi Ramakrishna
Velagapudi Ramakrishna was an Indian Civil Service officer, industrialist, and philanthropist. He started the KCP group of companies in 1941 with a co-operative sugar factory in Andhra Pradesh...
Siddhartha Engineering College or VRSEC was the first private institution to offer undergraduate education
Undergraduate education
Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree . Hence, in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is...
in engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
The college was approved to be an autonomous institution by Nagarjuna University in the year 2006
Introduction
Named after the eminent industrialist and former Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer, Velagapudi RamakrishnaVelagapudi Ramakrishna
Velagapudi Ramakrishna was an Indian Civil Service officer, industrialist, and philanthropist. He started the KCP group of companies in 1941 with a co-operative sugar factory in Andhra Pradesh...
, the College was founded in 1977 and has a good reputation for engineering education
Engineering education
Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles related to the professional practice of engineering. It includes the initial education for becoming an engineer and any advanced education and specialization that follow...
in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
.
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College is a self financing institute established in the year 1977.
The institution is ideally located in a large expanse of 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) of land in Kanuru on the out skirts of Vijayawada city at a distance of about 6 km from the city centre, on the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam Highway (NH 9
NH 9
NH 9 may refer to:* New England Interstate Route 9* National Highway 9 in India...
). The buildings are located in close proximity to each other with wide open spaces all around. The playing fields and other student and staff amenities are within easy walking distance of the faculty blocks.
Siddhartha Academy
The Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education, better known as the Siddhartha Academy, came into being in the year 1975 with a Corpus Fund of Rs.25 lakhs (Rs.2.5 million) through the efforts of 250 life members drawn from different walks of life having a philanthropic bent of mind. It was registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act in the same year.The main objective of the Academy is to provide education at all levels in the fields of general, technical and professional education. The establishment of the Academy followed by the establishment of other educational institutions in the last 28 years have transformed Vijayawada into a major educational centre. As India's second largest railway junction and as one of the biggest agricultural commodity trading centres and the commercial hub of the Krishna region, Vijayawada has become the third most important place in the state after Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam is a major sea port on the south east coast of India. With a population of approximately 1.7 million, it is the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the third largest city on the east coast of India after Kolkata and Chennai. According to the history, the city was...
.
Today the Siddhartha Academy runs fourteen educational institutions, three colleges offering intermediate(+2) and degree (undergraduate) courses for men and women along with a post graduate centre (graduate programmes), two schools one of which is fully residential, two engineering colleges, a medical college, a college of law, a college of education (B.Ed), a college of pharmaceutical sciences and a college of hotel management and catering technology. All Siddhartha institutions are duly approved by the respective Central and State Governments and other concerned bodies.
Mr.K.Mohana Rao, an eminent professor from IIT Kharagpur, is the Principal of the VRSEC.
Features
- Approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
- Accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.
- An ISO 9001-2000 certified college.
- Conferred Autonomous Status by the University Grants CommissionUniversity Grants Commission (India)The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Mission
To impart high quality technical education in order to mould the learners into globally competitive technocrats who are professionally deft, intellectually adept and socially responsible. The Institution strives to make the learners inculcate and imbibe pragmatic perception and pro-active nature so as to enable them to acquire a vision for exploration and an insight for advanced enquiry.Vision
To nurture excellence in various fields of engineering by imparting timeless core values to the learners and to mould the institution into a center of academic excellence and advanced research.Information Technology
The information technology course was started in the academic year 2000-2001 and ran by the Computer Science and Engineering Department until the 2003-2004 academic year.In the academic year 2004-2005, the Department of Information Technology was established as a separate entity. The syllabus of the course has been changed by the Board of Studies of Nagarjuna University from time to time for the benefit of students to include the latest developments in the IT field.
The IT Department excelled under the guidance of Head of Department Dr.Tripuraneni Lakshmi garu. During her tenure between 2005-2008 she made a great effort to help the students excel in their careers. She organised various hardware and software workshops like JIP (Jawahar Interns Program) of IEG and kept the students up to date with the latest software developments.
Placements
The campus placements at VRSEC have greatly increased during the last four years. During 2005-2006 the total number of campus placements were 113 and this figure has significantly increased year by year. By 2008-2009, the placement count had reached 223.Mr. Vijayamaruti Babu holds the chair in the Training and Placement Cell and his considerable efforts have helped the college to succeed in the professional placements arena.
Major recruiters are TCS
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services Limited is a global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing services in India...
, Infosys
Infosys
Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...
, Wipro
Wipro
Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...
, Satyam, CommVault Systems, iGATE
IGate
iGATE Patni is an information technology firm headquartered in Fremont, California, USA. The company was founded by Bala and Ashok Trivedi. iGate Patni specializes in business data processing and uses a structure known as iTOPS to meet customer demands...
, Broadrige, Virtusa
Virtusa
Virtusa Corporation is an information technology services company headquartered at Massachusetts, USA. The company provides IT Consulting, Systems Implementation and Application Outsourcing services to Global 2000 enterprises and software vendors....
, CSC
Computer Sciences Corporation
Computer Sciences Corporation is an American information technology and business services company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA...
, Essar, Cognizant, L&T Info
Larsen & Toubro
Larsen & Toubro Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company has four main business sectors: technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing. L&T has an international presence, with a global spread of offices and factories, further...
, Sandvik
Sandvik
Sandvik is a Swedish company founded in 1862 by Göran Fredrik Göransson in Sandviken. It is a high-technology engineering group and a world-leader in tooling, stainless steel alloys and materials technology, mining and construction...
, Keane
Keane (company)
Keane Inc a unit of NTT Data Corporation is a U.S.-based Information Technology services firm. It offers Application Services, as well as Infrastructure and Business Process Outsourcing solutions delivered through onsite, nearshore, and offshore resources....
, Syntel
Syntel
Syntel, Inc. is a global provider of Information Technology and Knowledge Process Outsourcing solutions, with global development centers in India and the United States....
, BSCPL, BEL
BEL
BEL can be an abbreviation for:* The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Belgium* BEL or bell character in the C0 control code set* Belarusian language, in the ISO 639-2 and SIL country code lists* Bharat Electronics Limited...
, Maytas
Maytas
Maytas refers to a group of companies founded by B. Ramalinga Raju. It includes Maytas Properties and Maytas Infra Limited.-Maytas Properties:...
, Efftronics, Honeywell
Honeywell
Honeywell International, Inc. is a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments....
, LML
LML
LML is an Indian scooter and motorcycle manufacturer based in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.-History and overview:...
, Accenture
Accenture
Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
, Infotech, Sonata
Sonata
Sonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...
, Polaris
Polaris
Polaris |Alpha]] Ursae Minoris, commonly North Star or Pole Star, also Lodestar) is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star....
, HCL
HCL
HCL or HCl can stand for:* Hairy cell leukemia, an uncommon and slowly progressing B cell leukemia* Hardware compatibility list...
, Thermal Systems, IVRCL, Juno Online Services
Juno Online Services
Juno is an Internet service provider based in the United States. It is a subsidiary of United Online, which also owns NetZero and Kmart's BlueLight internet service.-History:...
, Zeta, Moldtek, Life BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
, SPACE
SPACE
The term SPACE can refer to:* SPACE, a Canadian science-fiction channel* The Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment* DSPACE, a term in computational complexity theory...
, L&T
L&T
L&T may refer to:*Larsen & Toubro, India's largest engineering and construction conglomerate*Lord & Taylor, the oldest department store chain in the United States...
, SOMA
Soma
Soma , or Haoma , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma-, was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, whose Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing qualities...
, Accenture
Accenture
Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
, Nagarjuna Construction Company, SEW
SEW Eurodrive
SEW-Eurodrive is a German manufacturing company founded by Christian Pähr in 1931 as Süddeutsche Elektromotoren Werke. Today, it is an international organization that manufactures geared motors, frequency inverters and servo drives employing over 13,000 people worldwide with annual sales in excess...
, Astra Microwave, Sutherland, Kenexa, Gayatri
Gayatri
Gayatri is the feminine form of , a Sanskrit word for a song or a hymn. Gayatri is a consort of Brahma and the goddess of learning. Brahma married her when there was a need for a companion during a yajna. Brahma had to start the yajna along with his wife...
, Aliens, Navayuga, ICOMM, Amerigo
Amerigo
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, Assurgent, Cordys
Cordys
Cordys is a software company providing a unified cloud platform solution based on Service-oriented architecture, Business process modeling and composite applications development to different enterprises...
and PTII.
Courses offered
Under GraduateB.Tech. (Information Technology)
B.Tech. (Civil Engineering)
B.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering)
B.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
B.Tech. (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
B.Tech. (Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering)
B.Tech.(Mechanical Engineering)
Post Graduate
M.Tech (Communication & Signal Processing)
M.Tech(Power Systems Engineering)
M.Tech(Structural Engineering)
M.Tech (CAD/CAM)
M.Tech (Computer Science and Engg)
M.Tech (Thermal Engineering)
MCA (Full Time)
M.B.A (Full Time)