- Andhra University College of Engineering
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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 International Center for Bioinformatics,
- Advanced Center for Nano Technology,
- Center for Biotechnology in the Department of [[Chemical Engineering,
- Center for Phase Equilibrium Thermodynamics in the Department of Chemical Engineering,
- Center for Energy Systems in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
- Center for Condition Monitoring and Vibration Diagnostics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
- Center for Remote Sensing and Information Systems in the Department of Geo Engineering,
- Centre for Research on Off-Shore Structures in the Department of Civil Engineering.
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
- Allam Appa Rao - 2009
- P. S. N. Raju - 2009-2010
- S Ramamohan Rao - 2010
- G S N Raju - 2010-todate
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
- Architecture
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science and Systems Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Geo-Engineering
- Instrument Technology
- Marine Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Ceramic Technology
Basic Sciences Departments
- Engineering Chemistry
- Engineering Mathematics
- Engineering Physics
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Centers and institutes
- Centre for Bio-Medical Engineering
- Centre for Technology Forecasting
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
- Ganti Prasada Rao, electrical engineering and systems science scholar, researcher, and academician.
- N S Raghavan, Electrical Engineering 1959-1964, co-founder of Infosys (one of the first two, who started Infosys), )
- Anumolu Subbarao, Mechanical Engineering (1959-1964), awarded the highest award of "Ellis Island Medal of Honor-2010" given to any immigrant - not necessarily Indian. Six US presidents and a few Noble Prize winners were the recipients of this award previously.
- Hiralal Zutshi, Mechanical Engineering (1958-1963), Chairman and Managing Director of Hindusthan Petroleum Coroporation Ltd for five years.
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Categories:- Universities and colleges in Andhra Pradesh
- Engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh
- 1955 establishments
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