Type Public Vice-Chancellor Prof. V.S.S.Kumar Campus Urban, 110 Acres Founded 1946 Undergraduates 3,539 | Established 1946 Location "Cocanada", kakinada Phone 0884 230 0903 Number of students 5,109 Postgraduates 1,570 | |
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Affiliation UGC, NAAC, AIU, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTU-K) Address Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Road, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh 533003 Notable alumni E. Sreedharan, Shekar Natarajan, Ganti Prasada Rao Similar Jawaharlal Nehru Technolo, Jawaharlal Nehru Technolo, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Kakatiya University, Andhra University Profiles | ||
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTU Kakinada) is a public university, located in Kakinada, East Godavari district, north of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of India's leading educational universities focusing on engineering. The university has been accredited by the National Board of Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of University Grants Commission (UGC) with 'A' grade. The university is also known for its EAMCET entrance test where over 250,000 students take the test every year for around 600 seats in its undergraduate engineering courses. All the selected top candidates for engineering programs enroll at the University College of Engineering (Autonomous) Kakinada.
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Jntu kakinada quick tour
Programmes
The college offers the following programmes: B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Petro Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Technology, M.Tech. in Soil Mechanics & foundation Engineering, Structural Engineering, Advanced power Systems, High Voltage Engineering, CAD/CAM, Machine Design, Instrumentation & Control Systems, Computers & Communication, and Computer Science, Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and PhD programmes in Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Apart from the regular engineering courses, the university college of engineering also offers a 5-year International Integrated Masters Program popularly known as the IIMDP. The University also offers collaborative MBA with Central Michigan University. The university is actively pursuing research in the areas of renewable energy, environment, biotechnology etc. and has established the following schools for advanced study and research:
1. School of Management Studies 2. School of Health Sciences and Research 3. School of Pharmacy Life Sciences Research 4. School of Renewable Energy and Environment 5. School of Food Technology 6. School of Biotechnology 7. School of Avionics
Admissions
The admission into B.Tech is based on EAMCET or ECET ranks, the admission into M.Tech is based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering or PGECET acores and the admission into MCA is based on ICET rank. The best rankers of the state in the above entrance examinations will get admission into the college. The admission into its undergraduate engineering courses is extremely competitive with less than 1% of the students from the Open Category getting selected to study at the University College of Engineering Kakinada, JNTUK through EAMCET entrance examination every year.
Constituent Colleges
JNTU Kakinada has two constituent colleges of Engineering, one at Kakinada and the other at Vijayanagaram.
The College stood first in the state and fourteenth in the Country for the effective utilization of the funds under TEQIP phase-I. All the Engineering Departments of the College has been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of AICTE. The Tata Consultancy Services has accredited this College as a premier institution with ‘A’ grade. The Wipro Ltd has accredited this college as ‘Trusted Academic Partner’. Several other companies like Capgemini, Honeywell, Infosys, Accenture, Larsen & Toubro, etc. have also accredited this college.
International Integrated Masters Program
International Integrated master's degree Programme (IIMDP) – 5 years duration. B.Tech (Electronics and Communications Engineering) – Intake- 40 – 3-1/2 years course of study at JNTUK & 1-1/2 years course of study at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden for M.Sc (Engineering) with Telecommunications Systems. B.Tech (Computer Science Engineering) – Intake- 40 – 3-1/2 years course of study at JNTUK & 1-1/2 years course of study at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden for M.Sc (Engineering) with (a) Computer Science and (b) Software Engineering. B.Tech (Civil Engineering) – Intake- 60 – 3-1/2 years course of study at JNTUK & 1-1/2 years course of study at Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand for M.S with (a) Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management, (b) Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (c) Environmental Engineering and Management B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Enguneering) – Intake- 40 – 3-1/2 years course of study at JNTUK & 1-1/2 years course of study at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand for M.S with (a) Energy Technology (b) Micro Electronics. B.Tech (Aviation Engineering) – 4 years duration – First 2 years at JNTUK, 1-1/2 years at U.S Flight Academy, United States with Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Professional Pilot Licenses and last 1/2 year at JNTUK.
The MSIT (Master of Science in Information Technology) is a two-year post graduate programme in Computer Science which is offered at the university. MSIT is an innovative multi-university interdisciplinary post-graduate programme offered by the “Consortium of Institutions of Higher Learning” (CIHL), formed by the select few universities in the Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
Notable people
The JNTUK has produced many alumni in various fields of STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering and Management.
To name of few are as follow: