Andhra University College of Engineering

Andhra University College of Engineering
Established 1955
Type State university
Principal Prof. G S N Raju
Location Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Website http://andhrauniversity.info/engg/index.html

Andhra University College of Engineering at Visakhapatnam, India is an autonomous college of Andhra University.

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History

Andhra University was established in 1926. Located on the uplands of Visakhapatnam, the campus has the Bay of Bengal on one side and the Kailasagiri hill range on the other. Sir Dr.C.R.Reddy was the founder Vice-Chancellor of the university.

Andhra University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam, is the campus college of University. At the time of inception in 1955 it was a Department of Engineering with Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering as the main branches.

In 1960, the Department of Engineering was shifted to the present North campus spread over 150 acres (0.61 km2) of land. The Department of Chemical Technology, instituted in 1933, was shifted to the same campus in 1962, adding strength to the Engineering Departments. In 1966, the College of Engineering (Autonomous) became a constituent of the Andhra University.

Present

The College of Engineering (Autonomous) consists of 12 Engineering and four Basic Sciences departments, totalling 16 departments, offering 15 undergraduate Engineering day-time programmes and four undergraduate Engineering part-time programmes; 28 postgraduate Engineering programmes, one MCA and three M.Sc. programmes. All the departments run Ph.D programmes in research.

The college has Centres of Excellence carrying out research in specialized areas. These include:

The college is graded along with the Andhra University by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and awarded a rating of A + (85%).

The college is one of the four Lead Institutions selected in the state of Andhra Pradesh for World Bank Aid.

Principals

Prof. G.S.N. Raju ECE Dept 01.06.2010 to date
Prof.S.Rama Mohana Rao Elec Engg Dept 04.01.2010 to 31.05.2010
Prof. P.S.N. Raju Civil Engg Dept 21.08.2008 to 03.01.2010
Prof.Allam Appa Rao CS&SE Dept 01.01.2006 to 20.08.2008
Prof.C.V.Raghavaiah Chem Engg Dept 30.08.2005 to 31.12.2005
Prof.L.Joga Rao Marin Engg Dept 01.06.2005 to 29.08.2005
Prof.D.Ganapathi Rao Mech Engg Dept 11.11.1970 to 24.04.1973
Prof. M.N.Seetharamanath CS&SE Dept 01.06.2002 to 30.08.2002
Prof.D. Venkata Rao Phar Scie Dept 01.02.2001 to 31.05.2002
Prof. G.Madhusudhana Rao ECE Dept 01.08.2000 to 31.01.2001
Prof.R.V.Rama Rao Geo Engg Dept 01.01.2000 to 31.07.2000
Prof.V.Radhakrishna Murthy CS&SE Dept 01.07.1997 to 26.07.1997; 18.12.1997 to 31.12.1999
Prof.C.Veeraiah Civil Engg Dept 03.06.1997 to 30.06.1997
Prof.V.B.Sharma Civil Engg Dept 09.08.1994 to 06.07.1995
Prof.P.K.Sharma Mech Engg Dept 24.01.1994 to 08.08.1994; 07.07.1995 to 02.06.1997; 26.07.1997 to 17.12.1997
Prof.V.Subba Rao Marin Engg Dept 28.01.1993 to 23.01.1994
Prof.P.V.Ratnam Elec Engg Dept 01.10.1991 to 27.01.1993
Prof.C.Chiranjivi Chem Engg Dept 28.04.1991 to 30.09.1991
Prof.R.P.Ranganatha Rao Civil Engg Dept 28.04.1988 to 27.04.1991
Prof.V.Subba Rao Marin Engg Dept 28.01.1993 to 23.01.1994
Prof.L.B.K.Sastry Elec Engg Dept 28.04.1985 to 27.04.1988
Prof.T.Sivaji Rao Civil Engg Dept 15.10.1980 to 14.10.1983
Prof.M.S. Raju Elec Engg Dept 10.10.1977 to 14.10.1980
Prof.T.Venugopala Rao Mech Engg Dept 26.04.1976 to 09.10.1977; 15.10.1983 to 27.04.1985
Prof.K.Krishnamacharyulu Civil Engg Dept 26.04.1973 to 24.04.1976
Prof. K.V.Appa Rao Mech Engg Dept 11.11.1970 to 24.04.1973
Prof.D.Seethapathi Rao Elec Engg Dept 01.12.1969 to 21.01.1970
Prof. C.Venkata Rao Chem Engg Dept 01.11.1966 to 30.11.1969; 22.01.1970 to 10.11.1970

Admission

Students are admitted into the undergraduate programmes based on their score in the EAMCET - a Common Entrance Test conducted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and into the Postgraduate programmes based on their GATE scores based on all India ranking or their ranking in AUCET conducted by the Andhra University.

Academics

Engineering Curriculum Development

The college follows a four-year duration (one year + six semesters) with external mode of examination for B.E/B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Pharm programmes and a four semester course for the M.E/M.Tech programmes. It also has 5 yr integrated courses (Btech + Mtech).

The students are admitted into the undergraduate programmes based on their score in the EAMCET - a Common Entrance Test conducted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and into the postgraduate programmes based on their GATE scores based on all India ranking or their ranking in AUCET conducted by the Andhra University. Majority of the AU Engineering College faculty possess higher qualifications than the mandatory minimum prescribed by the AICTE/UGC.

The departments of the college conduct Technical Paper Contests for the students, with participation from students all over the country.

Research and Consultancy The faculty of the college is involved in research and are running projects and research schemes that are granted by National level funding agencies like UGC, AICTE, CSIR, DST, DOD, DAE, NSTL and DOT etc. The expertise and competence of the faculty has motivated the College of Engineering to set up a number of Centers of Excellence being granted/approved by UGC and AICTE.

Engineering departments

Basic Sciences Departments

Centers and institutes

Research and consultancy

The majority of the AU Engineering College faculty possess higher qualifications than the mandatory minimum prescribed by the AICTE/UGC.

Affiliations

This autonomous engineering college is a constituent of and affiliated to the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

Notable alumni

References

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