Type Autonomous Principal A V Ratna Prasad Campus Suburban Founded 1977 Undergraduates 4,080 | Established 1977 Administrative staff 200+ Phone 0866 258 2333 Number of students 4,475 Academic staff 250 | |
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Location 6km from Vijayawada on NH-9, Kanuru, AP, India Address Chalasani Nagar, Kanuru, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 520007 Similar RVR & JC College of Engineering, K L University, Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Jawaharlal Nehru Technolo, Vignan University Profiles | ||
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 Acharya Nagarjuna University in the year 2006.
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Background
Named after the industrialist and former Indian Civil Service officer Velagapudi Ramakrishna, the College was founded in 1977. Dr. A.V Ratna Prasad is the Principal of the VRSEC.
Location
The institution is located on 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land in Kanuru on the outskirts of Vijayawada city at a distance of about 6 km from the city centre, on the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam Highway (NH 9).
Campus
The College has about 4000 students, more than 250 faculty and around 200 technical and supporting staff. Extracurricular opportunities include NCC, NSS, Students Chapters of IEEE, social clubs and sports & games.
Achievements
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Engineering
Science & humanities departments
Professional departments
TEQIP
Presently the institute is undergoing an accelerated growth phase through the World Bank funded Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP).
TIFAC-Core
TIFAC-CORE in Telematics is a collaborative effort of TIFAC (representing government), VR Siddhartha Engineering College and Industries in the domain of Telematics. The centre was launched on 1 February 2009.