Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering

Sri Venkateswara University College Of Engineering, Tirupati, India

Motto	Jnanam Samyagavekshanam (Wisdom lies in Correct Perspective)
Type	Education and research institution
Established	1959
Principal	Prof. P.Mallikarjuna
Location	Tirupati
Website	http://svuce.edu.in/

The SVU College of Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University (SVUCE) is a technical university located in Tirupati, India. The college offers 4-year B.Tech degree courses and 6-year Dual-Degree(B.Tech & M.Tech), and two-year post-graduate courses with ten specializations with a total intake of 560 in B.Tech programmes and 180 in postgraduate programmes.

The admission into under graduate programmes is through a state level common entrance test EAMCET. The admission into post graduate programme is through GATE or AP PGECET.

The college has well equipped laboratories in all disciplines, improved and modernised through different schemes like MODROBS, TEQIP etc. The faculty are well qualified, most of them being Ph.D degree holders and actively engaged in teaching, research and consultancy testing services , besides disseminating knowledge by conducting Workshops , Seminars, Conferences, and Symposia.

History^[1]

SVUCE, a constituent college of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, was established in 1959 and started functioning from 10 August 1959.

The foundation stone for the college Main Building was laid on 13th Oct, 1959 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. It was declared open on 21 November 1968 by Sri. K Brahmananda Reddy , the then Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

From the year 1977-78 , the names of BE and ME were changed as B.Tech and M.Tech. The institution achieved autonomous status in 2005.

Disciplines

Currently the college offers B.Tech courses in:

Chemical Engineering (from 1977–78)
Civil Engineering (from 1959–60)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering (from 1959–60)
Electronics and Communication Engineering (from 1971–72)
Mechanical Engineering (from 1959–60)
Computer Science and Engineering (from 1986–87)

At first three conventional disciplines of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering were offered with an intake of 40 in each as part of Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) degree. Subsequently new disciplines were introduced in tune with the emerging trends and needs - Electronics and Communication Engineering in 1971-72, Chemical Engineering in 1977-78 and Computer Science and Engineering in 1986-87.

Part time degree course for diploma holders and serving engineers was run for a number of years from 1973-74 until recently in three conventional disciplines of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communications.

Post graduate courses (ME) in engineering branches were started in the year 1971-72 in Departments of Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering. Subsequently PG courses in were introduced in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering.

ach discipline admits a maximum of 40 students per academic year (60 for Mechanical Engineering).

Extracurricular activities

NCC - Air Wing
NSS
Anti-Pollution Club

Principals

Sr.No.	Name	During	Sr.No.	Name	During
1.	Prof. G. Ramakrishnan	1959-77	2.	Prof. B. Mohan Rao	1977-78
3.	Prof. K. Gopichand	1978-81	4.	Prof. P. Subramanian	1981-82
5.	Prof. C. Venkataramaiah	1982-83	6.	Prof. P. Pratapa Mouli	1983-85
7.	Prof. C. Raja Rao	1985-87	8.	Prof. D. R. Raju	1987-90
9.	Prof. T. Rangaswamy	1990-91	10.	Prof. K. L. Narayana	1991-93
11.	Prof. M. Krishna Murthy	1993-95	12.	Prof. K. Ranganadha Babu	1995-97
13.	Prof. T. Krishna Parandhama	1997-99	14.	Prof. B. Swamy	1999-2000
15.	Prof. D. Changal Raju	2000-02	16.	Prof. G. Ram Prasad	2002-02
17.	Prof. B. Subramanyam	2002-04	18.	Prof. N. C. Eswar Reddy	2004-06
19.	Prof. K Ravindranath	2006-08	20.	Prof. M. M. Naidu	2008-10
21.	Prof. M. Muralidhar	2010-11	22.	Prof. A. Prabhakar	2011-12
23.	Prof. A.Ramakrishna Rao	2012–13	24.	Prof. J.Karthikeyan	2013-15
25.	Prof. P.Mallikarjuna	2015–present

Alumni Association

The college alumni have presence all over the globe. SVUCE's alumni association was started in 1965. It is formally registered in the year 2001. The association is currently presided by B. Damodara Rao.

References

↑ "SVU College of Engineering [SVUCE.EDU.IN]". svuce.edu.in. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

External links

Universities and colleges in Andhra Pradesh

University	Adikavi Nannaya University Andhra University Sri Venkateswara University Acharya Nagarjuna University Sri Krishnadevaraya University Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University Dravidian University GITAM University IIM, Visakhapatnam JNTU, Anantapur JNTU, Kakinada K L University Krishna University Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies NTR University of Health Sciences Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam Sri Sathya Sai University Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati Rayalaseema University Vikrama Simhapuri University Vignan University Yogi Vemana University, Proddatur

State Institute	Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences

Engineering Colleges	Akula Sree Ramulu College of Engineering Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences Dasari Ramakotiah Institute of Science and Technology GMR Institute of Technology Gudivada Engineering College SKU College of Engineering and Technology Potti Sriramulu College of Engineering & Technology Sir C.R.Reddy Educational Institutions Stanley Stephen College of Engineering & Technology Sri Vasavi Institute of Engineering and Technology Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology Visakha Institute of Technology and Science

Degree colleges	Jagan's Degree & PG College St. Vincent D E Paul Degree College Sri Gowthami Degree and PG College

Polytechnic colleges	Sri Venkatewara Government Polytechnic Institute

Educational Groups	S V Colleges Sri Gowthami Degree and PG College

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