REPORT OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

Hon’ble Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur, Shri E.S.L. Narasimhan garu, The Chief Guest of the Convocation and Recipient of Honoris Causa, Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar garu, Distinguished Scientist & Director, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad

Members of the Monitoring & Development Committee, University officials, Directors, Principals of Constituent Colleges, Learned dignitaries, Invited guests, Members of Management and the Principals of Affiliated Colleges, Faculty members, Non Teaching staff, Graduating Students, Recipients of Degrees, Gold Medal winners, Parents, Members of Media, Ladies and Gentlemen.

WELCOMEOn behalf of JNT University Anantapur, it is a great privilege for me to extend a warm welcome to you all on this occasion - the Sixth Convocation of this University.

It is indeed a rare honour to have with us the Hon’ble Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur, Shri E.S.L. Narasimhan, presiding over this Convocation. As Hon’ble Chancellor, Shri Narasimhan has always been a source of wise counsel, support and encouragement in all our endeavors towards achieving excellence.

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We are extremely fortunate to have Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar garu, a distinguished scientist amongst us as the Chief Guest and are grateful to him for kindly accepting to deliver the Convocation address. A man of vast experience in the field of Space research, Shri Kiran Kumar is renowned for his exemplary services to the nation over the past four decades. We welcome you Sir, on the occasion of the Sixth Convocation of J.N.T University Anantapur. Your august presence will not only inspire the graduating students but also gives us the direction to fulfill our mission of achieving excellence in the field of technical education.

I am thankful to all those who have instituted the Gold Medals for the rank holders in various disciplines. As on today the total number of Gold Medals instituted are 27 out of which University-18, Endowment medals - 05 for B. Tech. & 01 for M. Tech., SBH Gold medal - 01 and Anantapur Engineering College Alumni Association (ANECAA,82) -02.

I warmly greet and welcome all the graduates, post graduates and scholars who are receiving their degrees today.

 A total of 20851 degrees are being awarded. University Gold medals have been awarded to 27 candidates who have achieved academic excellence in various disciplines; 17749 Undergraduate, 3036 Postgraduate and 66 Ph.D. degrees will be awarded during this Convocation.

On behalf of the JNT University Anantapur, I offer my heartiest congratulations to the recipients of Gold Medals, the graduating students and their proud parents.

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GOLD MEDALSFollowing is the list of Gold Medalists:

University Gold Medals for B.Tech. Toppers of JNTUACEA for 2010-14 Batch:

Name Branch PercentageG Mrinalini CE 84.94Vemula Nagadeepthi EEE 88.50Mangala Divya Kumari ME 86.85Kondeti Revathi ECE 86.44D Aswani CSE 85.69Kuruba Sidda Sai Chem. Engg. 83.19

ANECAA 1982 Endowment Gold Medals for Best Academic Performers of JNTUACEA for 2010-14 Batch:

Name Branch Category PercentageVemula Nagadeepthi EEE Girls 88.50Thodigotla Srinivasa Teja EEE

Boys88.18

Endowment Gold Medals (B. Tech.) of JNTUACEA for 2010-14 Batch:

Gold Medal Category Name Percentage

Prof. S.Tiruvengalam Gold Medal for best outgoing EEE student Vemula

Nagadeepthi 88.50

(Late) Challa Subbarayudu Gold Medal for best outgoing Civil student G Mrinalini 84.94

(Late) Challa Subbarayudu Endowment Gold Medal for best outgoing student in all branches

Vemula Nagadeepthi 88.50

(Late) Sri K.Venkateswara Rao Gold Medal for best outgoing Civil student G Mrinalini 84.94

(Late) Prof.T.S.Raghavan Endowment Gold Medal for best

Vemula Nagadeepthi

88.50

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outgoing girl student in all branchesEndowment Gold Medalists (M. Tech.) of JNTUACEA for 2012-14 Batch:

Gold Medal Category Name PercentageProf. M. S. Naidu memorial Gold Medal for M.Tech. (Electrical Power Systems)

P. Manohar 91.00

SBH Gold Medal for Best Academic Performer of JNTUACEP for 2010-14 Batch:

Name Branch Percentage

R. Ranga Reddy ECE 82.37

University Gold Medals for B.Tech. Toppers of affiliated colleges for 2010-14 Batch:

Name Branch College Percentage

Chinnakotti Sasidhar CE

Siddartha Institute of Engineering & Technology – Puttur

86.02

Revuri Vengamma EEE

Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences – Rajampet

87.44

Chilakapati Sivasankar Soumya Sree

MEMadanapalle Institute of Technology & Science – Madanapalle

82.00

Nagsrri Poluka ECE

Siddartha Institute of Engineering & Technology – Puttur

88.21

Kandukuri Amulya CSE

Audisankara College of Engineering for Women – Gudur

84.96

Peteti Lekha Sravani EIE Narayana Engineering College –

Nellore 82.56

Sushmita Chaudhari IT

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering & Technology – Chittoor

82.44

Pasupuleti Sasidhar ECC Narayana Engineering College –

Nellore 81.52

Maddana Himabindu BT JNTUA College of Engineering

Pulivendula – Pulivendula 80.88

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S Chiranjeevi AE Kottam College of Engineering – Kurnool 85.17

Amara Harshavardhan

MCT Srikalahasteeswara Institute of Technology – Srikalahasti 82.15

University Gold Medal for B. Pharm. Topper of affiliated colleges for 2010-14 Batch:B.Pharm.:

Name CollegePercentage

P. IndirammaDr. K.V. Subba Redddy Institute of Pharmacy – Kurnool 86.61

DEGREES AWARDEDDegree No. of

AwardeesDoctor of Philosophy 66Doctor of Pharmacy 49Mater of Technology 1306Master of Pharmacy 321Master of Business Administration 786Master of Computer Applications 552Master of Science 22B.Tech. – Civil Engineering 1302B.Tech. – Electrical & Electronics Engineering 3201B.Tech. – Mechanical Engineering 1384B.Tech. – Electronics & Communication Engineering 5973B.Tech. – Computer Science & Engineering 3592B.Tech. – Chemical Engineering 35B.Tech. – Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering 205B.Tech. – Information Technology 979B.Tech. – Electronics & Control Engineering 36B.Tech. – Computer Science & Systems Engineering 36B.Tech. – Electronics & Computer Engineering 32B.Tech. – Biotechnology 41B.Tech. – Aeronautical Engineering 11B.Tech. – Mechatronics 07Bachelor of Pharmacy 915

Total: 20851

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The academic gala has been reigning for the past six years in JNTUA and is celebrating its sixth convocation in a grand way. JNTUA nurtures quality education which is the cynosure and disseminates eminent intellects with a magnificent success. It enjoys this tremendous achievement throughout right from its inception. The University has made a consistent progress every year towards the expansion of new horizons in terms of infrastructure, collaborations, and other activities.

It gives me great pleasure to place before you a report on the activities and achievements of the University during the last twelve months. It is indeed a testimony of the spectacular accomplishment of virtue, academic growth, and indomitable legacy of high success rate across Rayalaseema and India.

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITYJNT University Anantapur was established in the year 2008 through A.P. Govt. Act No.30. The University jurisdiction spans over districts of Ananthapuramu, Chittoor, YSR Kadapa, Kurnool and SPSR Nellore.

The University has four Constituent Colleges/ Unit: JNTUA College of Engineering, Ananthapuramu (1946) JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula (2006) JNTUA College of Engineering , Kalikiri (2013) Oil Technological Research Institute ,Ananthapuramu (1949)

The Seminar Hall of EEE Department, JNTUACEA is named after (Late) Prof. S. Tiruvengalam as “Prof. S. Tiruvengalam Memorial Seminar Hall”, as a befitting tribute for the services

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rendered by him to the department. All the six UG programs offered at JNTUA CEA are NBA Accredited and college has also got UGC Autonomy for 6 years from the academic year 2014-15. JNTUA CEP received a grant of Rs.10 Crore under the TEQIP.

Besides, JNTUA is academically administering 187 affiliated colleges which include 115 Engineering Colleges, 35 Pharmacy, 33 Standalone PG colleges and 4 Integrated campuses in its jurisdiction. Among them, 12 institutions have been granted autonomous status, 26 institutions have been recognized under 2(f) & 12(B) status of the UGC, 12 institutions are accredited by NAAC and various programs offered by 16 institutions are accredited by NBA.

The University is offering B.Tech. courses in 15 different branches of Engineering besides B.Pharm. and Pharm.D. courses under UG Programmes. It also offers 73 specializations under P.G Programmes which includes 52 M.Tech & 12 M.Pharm. specializations, 05 M.Sc., 02 M.B.A., M.C.A., and Pharm.D.(P.B.) courses. Research programmes in 14 disciplines related to the fields of Technology, Science, Pharmacy, Management studies and Humanities are also offered by the University. The curriculum of all these courses is constantly revised to meet the needs of the changing world with focus on quality and excellence.

The University is offering a Postgraduate programme Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT), in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, USA with the support of State Government of Andhra Pradesh. The University is also offering two M.Tech. degree programmes, VLSI System Design and Embedded Systems, in collaboration with SEER Akademi.

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AFFILIATIONSAs part of its responsibility, the University is conducting Fact Finding Committee inspections every year for grant of affiliation. Inspections for 177 affiliated colleges were conducted in May, 2014 excluding Autonomous colleges. 85 faculty members were deputed to conduct the inspections. The University has granted affiliation to one new standalone college, Sir C.V. Raman Institute of Management Studies from the academic year 2014-15.

A meeting of the principals of all the colleges affiliated to JNTUA was held on 11th March 2014. The changes that have been initiated in Examination Section like Jumbling system, setting up CC Cameras in class rooms and examination halls, Biometric system, introducing plagiarism check for PG projects, starting online system of affiliations and other issues are discussed.

ADMISSIONSAt present, the JNTUA Anantapuramu has 120721 B.Tech., 6486 B.Pharm., 889 Pharm.D., 81 Pharm.D.(P.B.), 5916 M.C.A., 26118 M.B.A., 11409 M.Tech., 3143 M.Pharm., and 79 M.Sc. students on rolls in its Constituent and Affiliated Colleges.

In the year 2013-2014, a total number of 40810 students were admitted into this University which include 24673 students in B.Tech, 1832 in B.Pharm, 459 in Pharm.D, 33 in Pharm.D(P.B.), 3976 in M.Tech., 7910 in MBA, 965 in MCA and 962 students in M.Pharm. programmes.

During the last academic year, the Directorate of Admissions has conducted PGECET-2014 counseling through its Helpline centre.

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About 2500 aspirants registered at JNTUA Helpline Centre. The counseling and admissions for Sponsored category seats and vacant (left over) seats for Post Graduate courses in constituent colleges have been conducted and 93 seats were allotted.

The counseling and admissions for M.Tech., VLSI System Design and Embedded Systems course under MoU with SEER Akademi have been conducted and 78 admissions are made. M.Tech. Category-B seats have been ratified by the Admission Directorate for the affiliated colleges of JNTUA on behalf of APSCHE. For PTPG in Mechanical Engineering- Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning – 21admissions are made. Admissions were made into Ph.D. programmes of 14 specializations, 217 students in the following disciplines have joined.

S.No. Discipline No. of Ph.D. Admissions

No. of M.Phil. Admissions

1. Physics 13 -2. Chemistry 17 13. Mathematics 15 -4. English 08 -5. Biotechnology 10 -6. Food Technology 05 -7. Chemical Engineering 04 -8. Management 07 -9. Civil Engineering 15 -10. Electrical Engineering 18 -11. Mechanical Engineering 22 -12. ECE 32 -13. CSE 27 -14. Pharmacy 23 -

CURRICULUMOur innovative academic curriculum is constantly updated, enabling students to explore new fields of study and provide them with skills needed to make them suitable for fast changing needs

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of the global employment and industrial scenario. JNT University Anantapur has re-constituted its Boards of Studies in various faculties involving experts from IITs, NITs, other Universities and Industry experts with an objective of revising and updating all the UG and PG courses

UG Board of Studies Chairpersons - JNTUA S.No

.Subject Name of the Chairperson

1. Civil Engineering Prof. P. R. Bhanu Murthy2. Electrical & Electronics

EngineeringProf. B. Sarvesh

3. Mechanical Engineering Prof. M.L.S. Deva Kumar4. Electronics & Communication

EngineeringProf. M.N. Giri Prasad

5. Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

Dr. P. Ramana Reddy

6. Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Science & Systems Engineering

Prof. A. Ananda Rao

7. Information Technology Prof. P. Chenna Reddy8. Mathematics Prof. E. Keshava Reddy9. Physics Dr. K. Thyagarajan10. Chemistry Prof. G.V. Subba Reddy11. Humanities Director of Academic &

Planning12. B.Pharmacy Prof. K. B. Chandra Sekhar13. Mechatronics and

Aeronautical EngineeringProf. B. Durga Prasad

14. Chemical Engineering Prof. S.V. Satyanarayana15. Biotechnology Prof. D. Subba Rao

PG Board of Studies Chairpersons - JNTUA S.No

.Subject Name of the Chairperson

1. Civil Engineering Prof. H. Sudarsana Rao2. Electrical & Electronics

EngineeringProf. M. Vijaya Kumar

3. Mechanical Engineering Prof. K. Hemachandra Reddy

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4. Electronics & Communication Engineering

Prof. K. Rama Naidu

5. Computer Science & Engineering Prof. B. Eswara Reddy6. Mathematics Prof. G. Sankar Sekhar Raju7. Physics Dr. R. Padma Suvarna8. Chemistry Prof. K.B. Chandra Sekhar

9. Humanities Director of Academic & Planning

10. Pharmacy Prof. N. Devanna11. Chemical Engineering Prof. S.V. Satyanarayana12. Biotechnology Prof. D. Subba Rao

The following Boards of Studies meetings are held for framing/revising the syllabus of PG courses offered by the University applicable from the academic year 2014-15:

M.Tech. (Civil Engineering) – Construction Planning & Management with Prof. H. Sudarsana Rao as the Chairperson

M.Tech. (Mechanical Engneering) – Production Engineering with Prof. K. Hemachandra Reddy as the Chairperson.

M.B.A. with Prof. V.Sankar, Director of Academic & Planning as the Chairperson.

UG & PG Board of Studies Chairpersons – JNTUACEA

S.No.

Department Name of the Chairperson

1. Civil Engineering Dr. Vaishali. G. Ghorpade2. Electrical & Electronics

EngineeringProf. P. Sujatha

3. Mechanical Engineering Prof. B. Durga Prasad4. Electronics & Communication

EngineeringProf. M. N. Giri Prasad

5. Computer Science Engineering Dr. C. Shoba Bindu

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6. Chemical Engineering Dr. P. Dinesh Sankar Reddy

7. Mathematics Prof. E. Kesava Reddy8. Physics Dr. R. Padma Suvarna9. Chemistry Dr. N. Saritha10. Humanities Dr. T. Narayana Reddy

UG & PG Board of Studies Chairpersons – JNTUACEP

S.No.

Subject Name of the Chairperson

1. Civil Engineering Ms. P. Manisha. 2. Electrical & Electronics

EngineeringDr. N. Visali

3. Mechanical Engineering Prof. V. Venugopal Reddy 4. Electronics & Communication

EngineeringDr. S. Chandra Mohan Reddy

5. Computer Science & Engineering Sri G. Murali 6. Biotechnology Smt. K. Aruna7. Mathematics Dr. M. Suryanarayana

Reddy8. Chemistry Prof. G. V. Subba Reddy9. Physics Dr. K. Thyagarajan 10. Humanities and Social Sciences Dr. M. Sambaiah

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT The University has taken several steps to enhance the standards of the research. MoU with INFLIBNET(Shodhganga) was signed to maintain minimum standards and to improve the Quality in Research for award of the M.Phil/Ph.D. Degrees. As part of MoU, the University has uploaded 71 Ph.D. theses into Shodhganga during reporting year as detailed below:

S. No. Branch No. of Theses

Uploaded1. Civil Engineering 032. Electrical Engineering 013. Mechanical Engineering 164. Electronics & Communication Engineering 07

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5. Computer Science and Engineering 046. Bio-Technology 037. Pharmaceutical Sciences 208. Chemistry 099. Physics 0110. Mathematics 0311. English 0112. Chemical Engineering 03

Implementation of Anti-plagiarism:The University is implementing Anti-plagiarism check for all the research scholars before submission of Ph.D. theses. In addition, the University has made it mandatory to implement Anti-plagiarism check even for PG projects in all the affiliated colleges. The progress of research scholars is being monitored through Research Review Meetings (RRMs) on regular basis.

Research Centres under JNTUA:The University is now focusing more on Research Programs and need based Technology. To encourage quality research, the University has estalished Research Centers in affiliated Engineering, Pharmacy, Management Colleges and in Integrated campuses. Those who wish to do full time Ph.D. programmes have to go through University selection procedure. The recognized research centres will provide scholarships as per AICTE/UGC norms and also facilities like Laboraory, Library, Internet, and space for full time research scholars.

The following Colleges are recognized as Research Centres during 2014-15 and offer full time Ph.D. programmes in the faculties of Engineering, Pharmacy, Management, Basic Sciences and Humanities:

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List of Research Centres:

S.No. Name of the College Branches Recognized 1. Annamacharya Institute of

Technology & Sciences (Autonomous), Rajampet

Mechanical Engineering

2. Creative Educational Scoiety’s College of PharmacyKurool

Pharmaceutical Sciences

3. Sri Venkateswara College of PharmacyChitttoor

Pharmaceutical Sciences

4. Ratnam Institute of Pharmacy, Nellore Pharmaceutical Sciences

5.. Sreenivasa Institute of Technology and Management Studies, Chittoor

Management Sciences, Mathematics

6. Kuppam Engineering CollegeKuppam.

Electronics and Communication

Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Following are the number of Ph.Ds awarded by the University in each faculty:List of Ph.Ds awarded:S.No. Discipline No. of Ph.Ds awarded

1. Civil Engineering 032. Electrical Engineering 013. Mechanical Engineering 154. Electronics and Communication Engineering 065. Computer Science and Engineering 046. Bio-Technology 027. Pharmaceutical Sciences 148. Chemistry 129. Physics 01

10. Mathematics 0311. English 0112. Chemical Engineering 03

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REFORMS IN THE EXAMINATION SYSTEMIn order to bring in more transparency in the examination evaluation system and also to create a sense of accountability in the valuers, the following new schemes have been introduced from June, 2014 onwards:

Challenge valuation scheme where in a student who feels that his/her answer paper is not properly valued can pay Rs. 10,000/- and can request for revaluation of the answer script. If the student’s claim is found to be true and if the variation of marks after challenge valuation are more than 15% of the total external marks, the student will be refunded 80% of the amount and the original valuer will be blacklisted.

Providing a Photostat copy of valued answer script to the student on payment of specified fee.

Apart from these, certain other notable measures have been implemented in the examination system as given below:

Online registration and online hall ticket generation using Examination Management System software.

Jumbling of examination centres for all UG and PG examinations.

Single set of question paper for B.Tech. Examinations. Single answer booklet of 36 pages without any additional

sheets from December 2014 examinations onwards.

PLACEMENTS Development of technically sound, trained, industry-ready manpower is one of the primary goals of a technological University like ours and its success is reflected in the job

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placements. JNTUA has a good track record of campus placements. The Directorate of Industrial Relations & Placements along with the placement cells of Constituent colleges/unit strive to achieve excellent placement of students each year.

The details of the number of offers made in the Constituent colleges/ Unit of the University are given below:

JNTUA College of Engineering, Ananthapuramu Name of the Company No. of offers made

Tata Consultancy Services , Hyderabad 77 (2013 Batch)148 (2014 Batch)

Accenture 163Tech Mahindra 15RGUKT 01Infosys 09IBM 03Infotech 05L & T 08

JNTUA College of Engineering, PulivendulaName of the Company No. of offers madeTata Consultancy Services 45Infotech 02Tech Mahindra 07Infosys 03

JNTUA MBA Department, Ananthapuramu Name of the Company No. of offers made

Capital - IQ 01Remote desktop Protocol 07Honda Show room 03Greytip Software Solutions 01Coramandel International Ltd. 03

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ITC Ltd. 01IBM – Finance Executive 03SHARP 01Infosys 01Reliance Life Insurance 09VOIP Office 01KILT, Bangalore 01e-SCAN ANTIVIRUS, Bangalore 01

JNTUA - MSIT Name of the Company No. of offers made

Tata Consultancy Services , Hyderabad 20

JNTUA- SEER AKADEMI Name of the Company No. of offers made

Tata Consultancy Services , Hyderabad 15

Training Programmes/ Guests Lectures Organized at JNTUACEA:

A Three day training program for final year students by Career Path Solutions, Hyderabad.

A one day personality development program for Ist year students on “6 secrets of success”, by Md.Shakir, Empower Training solutions Hyderabad.

One week Training program for IV B.Tech students by Face Institute, Hyderabad.

Guest lecture for III B.Tech students on “Aptitude training program” by Prof. Hanumantha Rao, Audisankara Engineering college, Gudur.

Guest lecturer for II, III & IV B.Tech students on “Career Options” by TIME Institute, Hyderabad.

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Netpace JAVA Training program through TALL Grass Pvt. Ltd for placed students in the final year.

Guest lecturer for IV B.Tech students on “Opportunities in abroad” by Dr.P.Mamatha.

A Two-day Campus Recruitment Training program for final year students by Positive Shift, Hyderabad.

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT The University has witnessed notable augmentation in infrastructure for facilitating academic and administrative activities in the University during the past one year. The foundation of JNTUA speaks volumes about its strength and excels in expanding the new laboratories, administrative block, conference hall and other construction on the premises. Some of which are detailed below:

Progress of civil works

S.No. Name of the Works

Estimated Contract Value(Rs. In Lakhs)

Remarks

1. Construction of Academic Block building at JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula

247.20 Work completed

2. Construction of University Examination Block at JNTUA, Anantapur

540.20 Work completed

3. Construction of Women’s Hostel at JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur 112.30 Work completed

4. Package I : (i) Renovation of Seminar Hall in CSE department in JNTUA CEA (ii) Providing drainage pipeline for toilets in Main Building of JNTUA CEA

21.90 Work completed

5. Construction of Multipurpose 424.40 All civil works 18

Auditorium (Balance work) in JNTUA CEA

completed except finishing

works and interiors

6. Construction of Compound wall, septic tank and repairs to Lepakshi Hostel at JNTUA CEA. 23.70 Work completed

7. Construction of Shed at Civil Engineering Department of JNTUA CEA 43.40 Work completed

8. Package Work: (i) Construction of 11 KVA HT supply/500 KVA of transformer yard near Multipurpose Auditorium at JNTUA, Anantapur (ii) Shifting & Erection of Transformers, supply & erection of one number 315 KVA transformer, extension of HT line and four pole structure at back side of the Power House in JNTUA CEA.

22.80 Work is in progress

9. Drilling of new bores near Shilpa Ladies Hostel and near Mechanical Department in New Campus & in Pandameru and in Old Campus at JNTUA CEA.

8.85 Work completed

10. Drilling of new bores in JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula 4.00 Work completed

11. Package Work: (i) Construction of Additional accommodation for ECE department (over first floor of new block) at JNTUA CEA (ii) Construction of Hostel block over existing first floor in Shilpa Hostel at JNTUA CEA

314.00 Work is in progress

12. Infrastructural Development of works at JNTUA College of Engineering, Kalikiri 19944.23 Work is in

progress

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ALUMNI ACTIVITIESA reunion of 1969-70 passed out Alumni batch was conducted on 08.12.2014. Around 50 members attended this function, interacted with the students and gave necessary guidance for their career development.

COLLABORATIONSIn order to achieve accelerated progress in various academic & research activities, the University has collaborated with various Industries and reputed Institutions in India and abroad since last Convocation as given below:

MoU was signed between JNTUA and Sapience Consulting (Texas Instruments University Program Partner) on 21st November 2014. As part of this collaboration, JNTUA will adopt Industry oriented technology into ECE UG core curriculum. Sapience Consulting will set up Texas Instruments (TI) Center of Excellence and train the faculty on technology.

MoU was signed between JNTUA and Florida International University, USA for MS programs on 08th

September 2014.

JNTUA had signed MOU with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Chennai & IIT Madras on 21st August 2014. Through this agreement, BOSS MOOL, new open source software will be used to train the

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students. Bharath Operating System solutions (BOSS) was developed by C-DAC and Minimalistic Object Oriented Linux (MOOL) was invented by IIT Madras. The University is going to be a nodal center for new open source software.

MoU was signed between JNTUA and Chicago State University, USA to engage in synergetic activities like Institution Building and Capacity Building on 13th August 2014.

JNTUA partnered with IBM on 06th May 2014 to train and educate students for providing more skilled and competitive Information Technology (IT) workforce. Under the IBM Academic Initiative, IBM will provide consultancy services and software to JNTUA to develop curriculum in the emerging IT areas, such as Big Data and Analytics, Software Development and Collaboration.

JNTUACEA has signed MoU with TCS, Hyderabad on 22nd March 2014 for conducting several faculty development programs, workshops and student exchange programs that help in collaborative learning and mutual growth.

MoU was signed between JNTUA and MHRD NITTTR for rolling out MHRD/NMEICT products in Engineering Colleges on 30th January 2014.

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JNTUACEP has signed MoU with EdGate Technologies, Bangalore for establishment of Texas Instruments (TI) based Advanced Analog IC Design Lab and Embedded Systems in the department of ECE, free of cost.

POSTINGS/PROMOTIONSThe following are the new postings and promotions at the University and its Constituent colleges/Unit:

Teaching StaffName & Designation Posting/ PromotionDr. S. Krishnaiah Professor in Civil Engineering

Registrar, JNTUA

Dr. S.V. SatyanaranayaProf. in Chemical Engineering

Director R & D, JNTUA

Dr. K.B. Chandra SekharProfessor in Chemistry

Director, JNTUA OTRI

Dr. D. Subba RaoProfessor in Chemical Engineering

Director of Academic Audit, JNTUA

Dr. K. Govindarajulu Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Principal, JNTUA CEP

Dr. N. Devanna Professor in Chemistry

Principal, JNTUA CEK

Dr. C. SashidharProfessor in Civil Engineering

Controller of Examination, JNTUA

Dr. B. Eswar ReddyProfessor in CSE

Vice-Principal, JNTUA CEA

Dr. P. Ramana Reddy Associate Professor in ECE

Vice-Principal, JNTUA CEK

Dr. M.L.S. Deva Kumar Professor in Mechanical Engineering

NSS Co-ordinator, JNTUA

Dr. E. Keshava ReddyProfessor in Mathematics

Head of Mathematics Dept., JNTUACEA

Dr. B. Durga PrasadProfessor in Mechanical Engineering

Head of Mechanical Engineering Dept., JNTUACEA

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Dr. A. Suresh Babu Assistant Professor in CSE

Addl. Controller of Examinations, JNTUA

Dr. R. BhavaniAssistant Professor in Civil Engineering

Addl. Controller of Examinations, JNTUA

Promotions of Non Teaching StaffName PromotionSmt. D. Govindamma, Superintendent, JNTUA Asst. RegistrarSri. K. Abdul Khader, Superintendent, JNTUA Asst. RegistrarSri. G.S. Sankar Reddy, Sr. Asst., JNTUA SuperintendentSri. S. Mahesh, Sr. Asst., JNTUA CEA SuperintendentSri. G. Radhakrishna, Jr. Asst. JNTUA CEA Senior AssistantSri. M. Prathap, Jr. Asst. JNTUA CEA Senior AssistantSri. N. Suresh, Jr. Asst. JNTUA CEA Senior AssistantSri. G.N.P. Achari, Jr. Asst. JNTUA CEA Senior AssistantSri. P. Srinivas Reddy, Jr. Asst. JNTUA CEA Senior AssistantSri. K. Sudarshan, Jr. Asst. JNTUA CEA Senior AssistantSmt. R. Vijaya Lakshmi, Jr. Asst. JNTUA CEA Senior AssistantSri. S. Nagappa, Jr. Asst. JNTUA CEA Senior Assistant

FACULTY AFFAIRSIn the last year, Departments of the Constituent units organized many activities which attracted a large number of participants from all over India. Faculty members of the University have attended several training programmes, workshops, National/International conferences and have delivered invited talks, presented papers and chaired sessions.

Awards/Distinctions/Appreciations:

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During the year, many of our faculty members have won several awards and laurels for their excellence in academic pursuits. Some of these recognitions are highlighted below:

Prof. K.Lal Kishore, Vice-Chancellor, received the award for “Outstanding contribution to Education”, from Edward Smith, Chairman, the World Chancellors’ and Vice - Chancellors’ Awards committee on 27-06-2014.

Prof. K. Lal Kishore, Vice-Chancellor, received “Vishista Upakulapathi”, award from Sanskrithi Educational Excellence - 2014 for his exceptional caliber, knowledge and leadership

Prof. K. Lal Kishore, Vice-Chancellor, received EDUCLUSION Award on behalf of the University in a function, Reengineering Indian Awards 2014, held at Singapore on 15-07-2014.

Dr. V. Bhaskar Desai, Professor in Civil Engineering, received Best Teacher Award for the year 2014 from the State Government of Andhra Pradesh on 05-09-2014.

Dr. A. Ananda Rao, Professor in CSE, received Best Teacher Award for the year 2014 from State Government of Andhra Pradesh on 05-09-2014.

Dr. S.V. Satyanarayana, Professor in Chemical Engineering, received Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Medal Award by Global Economic Progress & Research Association for the year 2014.

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Dr. A. Ananda Rao, Professor in CSE, received Best paper Award for “Design and Analysis of Novel Similarity Measure for Clustering and Classification of High Dimensional Text Documents”, 15th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies (CompSysTech'14), Ruse, Bulgaria in June 2014.

Dr. V. Sankar, Professor in EEE, is appointed as Member of Aademic Senate of Krishna University, Machilipatnam, A.P. from January 2014.

Dr. V. Sankar, Professor in EEE, is appointed as the IEEE Coordinator, Student Activities of Ananthapuramu Zone on 04-04-2014, which covers all the Constituent and Affiliated colleges of Universities in the five districts namely Ananthapruamu, Chittoor, Kurnool, YSR Dist. (Kadapa) and SPSR Nellore District.

Dr. S.V.Satyanarayana, Professor in Chemical Engineering, has written an article on “Who says Rayalaseema has no prospectus for growth”, published in Indian Express on 15th

December 2014.

Dr. A. P. Siva Kumar, Assistant Professor in CSE, received AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers (CAYT) for the year 2013-2014, with grant of Rs. 1.5 Lakhs.

Dr. A. P. Siva Kumar, Assistant Professor in CSE, received Consultancy project for Rs. 2 Lakhs for Developing Examination Management System software “JEMS” for JNTUACEP.

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Dr.T. Narayana Reddy, Assistant Professor in Humanities, received a Certificate of Merit from Yuva Engineers Awards 2014 for his Technical Paper on “Learning & Development in IT Companies”.

Dr. K.Sesha Maheswaramma, Assistant Professor in Chemistry, is selected for Indian Academy of Science Fellowship for the year 2014.

Dr. N. B. L. Prasad, Senior Chemical Engineer, JNTUA – OTRI, received Dr. S. Hussain Zaheer Memorial award for the year 2014 for excellence in specific process in oils, oil seeds and allied products over three previous years.

Research Activities:The faculty members of various departments of Constituent units are working on research projects worth Rs. 2.8 Crores from various funding agencies like UGC, AICTE, DST, etc. The faculty members of this University have continuously strived to achieve newer heights. The contributions of the faculty members towards continued research is greatly appreciated.

Details of Research projects sanctioned since the last Convocation are given below:

Dr. C. Sashidhar, Professor in Civil Engineering, received Rs. 2 Lakhs for Innovative Research Projects under UGC XII Plan R & D funds.

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INTEL® Intelligent Systems (IIS) Lab is established in ECE department, JNTUACEP with a worth of Rs.12 Lakhs.

Dr. S. V. Satyanarayana, Professor in Chemical Engineering, is working on AICTE project titled, “Biodegradation of Nitro aromatic Plant Waste Water” for an amount of Rs.10 Lakhs.

Dr. N. Devanna, Professor in Chemistry, received Rs. 2 Lakhs for Innovative Research Projects titled “Processing of Ancient Millets for the production of modern nutritional healthy foods”, under UGC XII plan R & D funds.

Dr. N.B.L. Prasad, Senior Chemical Engineer, JNTUA OTRI, received Rs. 2 Lakhs for Innovative Research Projects titled “Development of Fiber - rich novel class bakery products - A systematic study”, under UGC XII plan R & D funds.

Books Authored: Dr. V. Sankar, Professor in EEE, authored a textbook

“System Reliability Concepts”, published by Himalaya Publishing House in 2014.

Dr. E. Keshava Reddy, Professor in Mathematics, co-authored a textbook “Probability & Statistics”, published by Pearson Education (ISBN: 9789332539051) in 2014.

Dr. R. Padma Suvarna, Associate Professor in Physics & Dr. K. Thyagarajan, Assistant Professor in Physics, co-

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authored “Engineering Physics Practicals”, published by Nuage (ISBN No. 98-81-929088-0-9) in 2014.

Dr. S. Chandra Mohan Reddy, Assistant Professor in ECE, co-authored a book titled “Underwater Telemetry System using M-ary FSK: Study and Design Issues,” by Lambert Academic Publishing (ISBN:978-3-659-44345-9) in 2013.

Dr. G.V.Subba Reddy, Professor in Chemistry, co-authored a text book on “Engineering Chemistry (First Edition)”, published by McGraw Hill Higher Education (ISBN:13-978-93-392-1222-3) in 2014.

Dr. N. Devanna, Professor in Chemistry, co-authored a book titled “Tribal medicinal plants at Tripura, India - A Scientific Search”, by Series Publishers, New Delhi in 2014.

Dr. N. Devanna, Professor in Chemistry, co-authored a text book titled “General and Dispensing Pharmacy” published by Pharmamedix India Pvt. Ltd., in 2014.

Dr. N. Devanna, Professor in Chemistry, co-authored a book titled “Engineering Chemistry and Environmental Studies”, published by VGS Book Links in 2014.

Dr. N. Devanna, Professor in Chemistry, co-authored a text book titled “Pharmacognosy”, published by Pharmamedix India Pvt. Ltd., in 2014

Ph.Ds Awarded:

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Following faculty members of the University have been awarded with Ph.D. since last Convocation:

Sri S. Chandra Mohan Reddy is awarded with Ph.D. in ECE by JNTUA for the thesis titled, “Development of ARM Processor Based Embedded System and Implementation of High Accuracy Resolver to Digital Converter Using Modified Angle Tracking Observer Technique for Robot Applications”.

Smt K.F. Bharathi is awarded with Ph. D. in CSE by JNTUA for the thesis titled, “Web Mining Using Multi Agents.”

Sri D.R. Srinivasan is awarded with Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering by JNTUA for the thesis titled, “Simulation of Combustion in Process in a Gas Turbine Combustor Using CFD.”

Sri K. Jithendra Gowd is awarded with Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering by JNTUK for the thesis titled “Certain Aspects and Applications of Distributed Generators in Unbalanced Radial Distribution Systems”.

Sri N. Sivalinga Rao is awarded with Ph.D. in Civil Engineering by JNTUH for the thesis titled, “Experimental Studies on Strength Properties Including Flexure Characteristics of Plain and Reinforced Light Weight Aggregate Concrete.”

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The faculty members of the University and Constituent units have guided the following no. of Ph.Ds since last Convocation:

S.No.

Name Faculty No. of Ph. Ds Guided

1 Prof. H. Sudarsana Rao Civil Engineering. 22 Prof. C. Sashidhar Civil Engineering 13 Prof. M. Vijaya Kumar EEE 14 Prof. M. Umamaheswar Gowd Mechanical

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5 Prof. V. Pandu Rangadu Mechanical Engineering

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6 Prof. K. Hemachandra Reddy Mechanical Engineering

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7 Prof. B. Durga Prasad Mechanical Engineering

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8 Prof. G. Prasanthi Mechanical Engineering

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9 Prof. M.N. Giri Prasad ECE 110 Prof. A. Ananda Rao CSE 111 Prof. B. Eswara Reddy CSE 212 Prof. S. V. Satyanarayana Chemical

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13 Dr. K. Jayalakshmi Mathematics 114 Prof. K.B. Chandra Sekhar Chemistry 815 Prof. N. Devanna Chemistry 916 Dr. G.V. Subba Reddy Chemistry 117 Dr. V.B. Chitra Humanities 118 Dr. N.B.L. Prasad Bio-Technology 1

Overseas Visits:Faculty members of the University and Constituent colleges participated in the following International Conferences/Seminars abroad during the last one year.

Dr. C. Sashidhar, Professor in Civil Engineering, presented a research paper titled “An Experimental Investigation on usage of Stone Waste Aggregate in

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Concrete”, in an All-Russia (International) Conference on Concrete and Reinforced Concrete, held during 12th – 16th May, 2014 at Moscow, Russia.

Dr. K. B. Chandra Sekhar, Professor in Chemistry, presented a Seminar on “Analytical Instrumentation-HPLC and UV-Visible Spectrophotometry”, at Gondar University, Gondar (Ethiopia) during 04th-11th, January 2014

Dr. K.B. Chandra Sekhar, Professor in Chemistry, participated and presented research paper in 3rd

International Conference conducted by Indian Council of Chemists held at Dubai & Abudhabi during 10th – 14th, June 2014.

Dr. S. Chandra Mohan Reddy, Assistant Professor in ECE, presented a research paper titled “Performance analysis of various LMS algorithms to remove PLI noise from ECG signals“, in an TCSSE International Conference of Science & Technology held at School of ILR, Cornell University, New York, USA during 11th-12th August 2014.

Dr.G.V.Subba Reddy, Professor in Chemistry, presented a paper entitled “Development and Validation of a Stability Indicating RP-UPLC Method for the Quantitative Determination of Cinacalcet HCl in Drug Substance and its tablet dosage form”, in an International Conference of Science and Technology held at Cornell University, New York, USA during 11th-12th , August 2014.

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Dr. N. Devanna, Professor in Chemistry, delivered a lecture on “Recent ongoing research trends in Global Sciences”, at School of Pharmacy, University of Gondar, Ethiopia on 9th Jan 2014.

Publications:

Faculty members are the epitome of knowledge and show intense passion in teaching and research. The faculty members of constituent units have published more than 300 papers in National/International Journals and around 150 papers in National/International Conferences. The details of such a wonderful achievement are given below, department wise:

Department

Journal Publications Conference Publications

International

National

InternationalNationa

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Civil Engineering 15 06 09 02Electrical & Electronics Engineering

28 01 24 04

Mechanical Engineering 25 10 1 2 01Electronics & Communication Engineering

32 - 24 05

Computer Science & Engineering

46 03 16 02

Chemical Engineering 17 - 01 01

Mathematics 20 03 07 02

Chemistry 46 09 06 01

Physics 13 - 04 -Humanities 18 09 08 12Bio Technology 05 01 - 02Pharmacy 03 - - -

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Academic Activities:The faculty members of Constituent colleges have attended more than 400 training programmes/ workshops/ conferences during the reporting year. Various academic events including workshops, seminars, faculty development programs have been organized by the academic departments of the University. The following are some of the activities that are organized since last Convocation:

Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUACEP organized a Two day National Level Workshop “YANTRA-2014”, during 17th-18th October, 2014. Convened by Prof. V. Venugopal Reddy.

Department of Food Technology, JNTUA OTRI organized “World Food Day”, on 16th October, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. N.Devanna

JNTUA has organized a one day workshop on “Bharath Operating System solutions and Minimalistic Object Oriented Linux (BOSS-MOOL)”, for all CSE faculty members of Constituent and Affiliated Colleges of the University, during 16th-17th October, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. A. Ananda Rao.

Department of Mathematics, JNTUACEA organized A Three day workshop on “FuzzyTronics - Mathtrixica 2K14”, for students of Circuit branches of JNTUA College of Engineering Ananthapuramu during 16th-18th

October, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. E.Kesava Reddy.

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JNTUA has organized a Two day workshop on “Formulation of Research & Development Initiatives of Engineering Faculty”, in collaboration with Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI), Hyderabad and “Forum for Enabling Learning Initiatives and Placements (FELIP)”, Bengaluru during 05th-06th September, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. V. Sankar.

One day Workshop on “AUTOCAD”, for III B.Tech. Students of SC, ST and OBC organized in September 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. C.Sasidhar.

JNTUACEA organized a Two day UGC sponsored Staff Orientation program on “Outcome Based Education Approach in Engineering Curriculum”, during 26th -27th, August, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. K.S.R. Anjaneyulu and Dr. P. Dinesh Sankar Reddy.

Department of ECE, JNTUACEP organized a Two day International Robotic Championship “RoboTryst 2014”, in association with IIT-Delhi during 22nd - 23rd August, 2014. Co-ordinated by Dr. S. Chandra Mohan Reddy.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUACEA organized a three day National Seminar on “Industrial Practices of Fluid Computational Dynamics”, sponsored by AICTE during 21st–23rd August, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. K. Hemachandra Reddy.

One day workshop through A-View E-Learning was jointly organized by JNTUA and Amrita University on

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14th August, 2014. Approximately 100 Engineering Colleges viewed this workshop through online streaming. The Chief Executive Officer Kamal Bijalapi and K.Swarnam, Quality Manager gave talks on “Quality Management of A-View system”.

JNTUA has organized a One day workshop on “Technology Enhanced Learning through NMEICT-Implementation of Spoken Tutorial Project’’, in collaboration with IIT Bombay on 10th July, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. V. Sankar.

JNTUA has organized a One day Workshop on Human Values and Professional Ethics titled “Engineering the Inner Excellence”, in collaboration with Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanti Nilayam on 05 th

July, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. V. Sankar.

Department of ECE, JNTUACEP organized a one day National Level workshop on “Arduino Microcontroller”, on 9th May, 2014. Co-ordinated by Sri. D.Vishnu Vardhan.

Department of Chemical Engineering, JNTUACEA organized a one-day National Symposium on “Remedies of Environmental Pollution: Current Perspectives”, on 30th April, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. S.V. Satyanarayana and Dr. P. Dinesh Sankar Reddy.

One day workshop on “Technology Enhancement Learning through IEEE for imparting Quality Higher Education”, was held on 19th April, 2014 at JNTUA

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college of Engineering, Ananthapuramu. Co-ordinated by Prof. V.Sankar.

Department of CSE, JNTUACEP organized a Three day workshop on “Cloud Computing in Academics & Research”, during 4th - 6th April, 2014. Co-ordinated by Dr. A. Suresh Babu.

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, JNTAUCEP organized a Two-Day National Level Workshop on “Innovative Methods of Teaching Soft Skills” during 27th – 28th March, 2014 under Technical Education Quality Improvement Program – II (TEQIP-II). Co-ordinated by Dr. M. Sambaiah.

Department of EEE, JNTUACEP organized National Board of Accreditation (NBA) Three Day Workshop for “Training Resource Persons on Outcome Based Accreditation Phase – II”, during 21st - 23rd March, 2014.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUACEA organized a Two Week Faculty development program on “Computational Methods for Flow and Heat Transfer Analysis – Application of CFD Tools”, sponsored by AICTE during 10th -23rd March, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. K. Hemachandra Reddy.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUACEA organized an UGC Sponsored One-Day National Seminar “Renewable Energy Sources”, on 8th March, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. G. Prasanthi.

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NBA Second and Third Phase-I Workshops on “Outcome Based Education”, was conducted on 03rd February 2014 and 05th March 2014 at the training centre, JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula and G.Pullaiah College of Engineering, Kurnool respectively. Phase-II Workshop of NBA Second Program was conducted during 21st- 23rd March, 2014 on Training of Evaluators/Resource persons on Outcome Based Accreditation, at Training Centre, JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUACEP organized a Robozest – 2014, A National Level Robotics Workshop on “Gesture Recognition Using Accelerometer”, on 28th February 2014 and 01st March, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. V. Venugopal Reddy.

Training program on “Personality Development, Presentation Skill & Target Setting and SWOT Analysis”, under the UGC Coaching Scheme for SC,ST, OBC and Minority students was organized during 17th Feb - 20th March, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. C.Sasidhar.

Department of EEE, JNTUACEP organized National Board of Accreditation (NBA) One Day Workshop for “Outcome Based Accreditation Phase – I (Webinar)”, on 3rd Feb 2014.

Department of EEE, JNTUACEP organized a Two- Day National Level Hands on Training Program on “Analysis

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of Power Systems by Using NEPLON Software (APSNS- 2014)”, during 30th - 31st January, 2014.

Department of Mathematics, JNTUACEA organized a One day National Workshop on “Vedic Mathematics”, on 25th January, 2014, supported by the National Council of Science and Technology; DST, New Delhi & APCOST, Hyderabad. Co-ordinated by Dr. A. Saila Kumari.

Department of ECE, JNTUACEA organized a Two-Day National Seminar “Xilinx DSP Design flow & Implementation of signal & Image processing applications using FPGAs” during 24th–25th January, 2014 in collaboration with CoreEl Technologies Pvt ltd., Bangalore. Co-ordinated by Dr. V.Sumalatha & Smt. G.Mamatha.

Prof. D. P. Agarwal, Chairman, UPSC visited the University on 23rd January, 2014 and has delivered a special lecture on “Improving Quality of Technical Education – Role of a Teacher”, organized in association with ISTE, AP Section. University Profile 2014 was released by Prof. D. P. Agarwal and Brochure for Admissions under FN/NRI/PIO quota was released by Prof. Y. Venkatarami Reddy, Member, UPSC.

JNTUA OTRI organized a one day workshop on “Food Safety Management System ISO2000:2005”, on 20th

January, 2014.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUACEP organized a Two Day Workshop on “Applications of Finite Element Analysis through ANSYS Software”, on

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20th January, 2014. Co-ordinated by Prof. V. Venugopal Reddy.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUACEP organized a Three Day Faculty Development Programme on “CFD Applications Using Star CCM+”, during 16th-18th January, 2014. Co-ordinated by Dr. D.R.Srinivasan.

Department of Chemistry, JNTUACEP organized a Two day National Workshop on “Analytical Techniques in Research and Analysis”, during 27th - 28th December, 2013. Co-ordinated by Prof. G.V.Subba Reddy.

Department of CSE, JNTUACEA organized a Two day National Workshop on “Natural Language Processing”, during 07th – 08th December, 2013. Co-ordinated by Prof. A. Ananda Rao.

Department of CSE, JNTUACEA organized a Two Day National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Networking and Security”, during 15th -16th November, 2013. Co-ordinated by Smt. B. Lalitha.

Department of Physics, JNTUACEP organized a Two Day National Workshop on “Recent Trends in Nanomaterials Synthesis and Characterization Techniques (NSCT)” during 27th -28th January, 2014 Under TEQIP II. Co-ordinated by Dr.K.Thygarajan

STUDENT AFFAIRSDuring the period under review, there have been many remarkable achievements by the students of this University.

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GATE 2014 Toppers:JNTUA College of Engineering (Autonomous), Ananthapuramu

S.No. Name of the Student Branch Rank1. Tarun Pavan Kumar EEE 1302. K. Jaganmohan Reddy ECE 2133. P. Sai Krishna Chemical Engineering 424. G. Vaishnavi Chemical Engineering 835. C. Swapna CSE 373

JNTUA College of Engineering (Autonomous), PulivendulaS.No. Name of the Student Branch Rank

1. S.Md.Zaid ECE 16 2. R.Ranga Reddy ECE 218

Beyond the confines of text books, our students are actively participating in various extra-curricular and co-curricular activities including Sports/NSS/NCC activities.

National Level Students’ Technical Symposia Organized:Following is the list of National Level Students’ Technical Symposia organized by the departments of JNTUACEA and JNTUACEP during 2013-14:

Department of ECE, JNTUACEP organized a Two Day National Level Students’ Technical Symposium “SCINTILLACE 2K14”, during 9th – 10th May, 2014 with Sri. D.Vishnu Vardhan as the Co-ordinator.

Department of CSE, JNTUACEP organized a National Level Students’ Technical Symposium “SARVAGNYA – 14”, on 29th, 30th April and 1st May, 2014 with Dr. A. Suresh Babu as the Coordinator.

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Department of Chemical Engineering, JNTUACEA organized a One Day National Level Students’ Technical Festival “MIXTA” on 4th April, 2014.

Department of CSE, JNTUACEA organized a One Day National Level Students’ Technical symposium “PIXEL - 2K14” on 29th March, 2014 with Prof. B. Eswara Reddy and Prof. S. Vasundra as the Co-ordinators.

Department of ECE, JNTUACEA organized a Two Day National Level Students’ Technical Symposium “E-MERGE-2K14”, during 21st - 22nd March, 2014 with Smt. D.Lalitha Kumari as the Coordinator.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUACEA organized a One Day National Level Students’ Technical Symposium “DYNAMECHS‘14”, on 16th March, 2014 with Prof. G. Prasanthi as the Co-ordinator.

Department of Civil Engineering, JNTUACEA organized a One Day National Level Students’ Technical Symposium “RACE-2014”, on 15th March, 2014 with Dr. E. Arunakanthi as the Co-ordinator.

Department of EEE, JNTUACEA organized a Two Day National Level Students’ Technical Symposium “EYE-2K14”, during 14th - 15th March, 2014 with Prof. B. Sarvesh and Dr. K. Jithendra Gowd as the Co-ordinators.

Department of Civil Engineering, JNTUACEP organized a Two Day National Level Students’ Technical

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Symposium cum workshop “AASHRAY-2K14”, during 14th -15th February, 2014.

NSS ACTIVITIESThe University has 100 Government funded NSS units and three self-financing units operating at Constituent and Affiliated colleges under JNTUA jurisdiction i.e., Anantapur, Chittoor, Kurnool, SPSR Nellore and YSR districts. There are 10300 NSS volunteers on rolls. The Government has sanctioned Rs. 38 Lakhs towards regular activities and special camp activities grants.

Four NSS volunteers of JNTUA (V.Pushpalatha, A. Kavyasri, B. Mahesh Reddy, Y.Rajendra) have been selected for participation in “National Integration Camp” held at Bengaluru from 21st to 27th September, 2014. This is first time that NSS volunteers of JNTUA have participated in National Integration Camp.

Two NSS volunteers of JNTUA (M. Sunil, A.Vishnu Vardhan Reddy) have been selected for participation in “West Zone Pre-Republic Day Camp” at Rajamundry from 12th to 21st October, 2014. This is first time that NSS volunteers of JNTUA have participated in Pre-Republic Day Camp.

JNTUA Team bagged Second Overall Championship in State Level NSS Youth Festival conducted at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

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NSS Cell organized Anantapur and Chittoor District Level Program Officers meeting.

NSS Cell organized University Level Program Officers Meeting Sri J.A. Chowdary Co-Chairman FICCI (AP & TS) addressed the programme officers.

NSS CELL conducted a U.G.C. Sponsored One day Workshop on “Rural Management – Role of NSS”, inviting experts from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat and from RUDCET Institute.

The University has created Email ids to all NSS Programme Officers under University domain.

The University has decided to give “Swachhabharath Award” worth Rs. 25,000/- to best maintained department and “Janmabhoomi Award” worth Rs.20,000/- to best maintained hostel of the University colleges towards Swachhabharath – Janmabhoomi activities, which is going to be presented on every Independence Day and Republic Day.

87 special camps, of each 7 days duration were conducted at various villages.

74 blood donation camps were organized and 7545 blood units are collected.

92 health checkup camps and awareness programs were conducted covering more than 27600 beneficiaries.

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10 Mega Eye checkup camps were organized at various villages.

65 AID awareness camps / rallies were conducted.

62 Voter Awareness programs were conducted and 2560 NSS volunteers participated in Election Duty.

86 Units started Swachhabharath Janmabhoomi programs from 2nd October, 2014.

54 Plantation camps were organized and planted more than 6000 saplings.

All units actively participated in various regular activities like National Festivals, Health Awareness Programs, Youth Leadership Programs, observation of Human Rights Day, International Women Day, National Unity Day, Engineers Day, Teachers Day, NSS Foundation Day, Guest Lectures on various topics and personality development and communication skill development.

NSS units organized Innovative activities like Legal Literacy Programs, Youth Motivation Programs, School children awareness programs, Training to MEESEVA coordinators, Road Safety awareness programs, Energy Conservation Awareness Programs, Awareness on Internet usage to school children, Global Hand Wash Day, World Toilet Day etc.,.

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Organized NSS special Camp by NSS Programme officer Dr.E.Arunakanthi at Y.S.R.Colony, Kurugunta village, Ananthapuramu (Dist.) from 12th – 18th February 2014. Various activities like awareness programmes, clean and green and plantation programmes are taken up by NSS volunteers.

NSS volunteers went on NSS Rally for Enabling India’s Youth to realize their dreams by Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA) and National youth policy 2014 which was scheduled on 24th February 2014 by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

Organized a Free Eye check up camp by Vasan Eye Care Hospitals on 12th and 13th August 2014 at college dispensary with Dr.E.Arunakanthi as the Co-ordinator.The staff, students and non-teaching staff of JNTUACEA participated in this camp. Total 650 members got free eye checkup during this two days camp.

NSS Unit, JNTUACEA celebrated "Engineers day" on the occasion of birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Viswesaraiah on 15th September 2014 with Dr.E.Arunakanthi as the Co-ordinator. Essay writing and Elocution competitions were conducted to the students. Topic for Essay writing was "Making Indian Engineering World class" and topic for elocution was "National Integration- Role of Engineers".

NSS Unit, JNTUACEA celebrated NSS Day on 24th

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ordinator. All have taken NSS pledge as a part of the celebrations and participated in Plantation programme.

NSS Unit, JNTUACEA participated in SWACHH BHARATH programme organized by NSS cell, JNTUA from 10th- 12th October 2014. All HODs, Faculty, Teaching and Non-teaching staff, NSS volunteers and students participated in the programme and made departments and campus clean.

NSS Unit, JNTUACEA celebrated National Education day on 11th November 2014 on the eve of Sir Abul Kalam Azad’s birthday celebrations. All the teaching staff, non-teaching staff and students participated in the programme.

NSS Programmes conducted by NSS Unit, JNTUACEP: Organized “Blood Grouping Campaign” on the occasion

of National Education Day, the birth anniversary of Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad on 11th November 2014.

Conducted Pledge on the occasion of “National Unity Day” –Rashtriya Ekata Divas pledge –Birth Anniversary of Late Sardar Vallabhai Patel on 31st October 2014.

Swachh Bharat Clean & Green programme in the premises of JNTUACEP from 13th – 20th October 2014.

All the NSS Volunteers took Pledge on 24th September 2014, NSS Foundation day.

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NSS Unit, JNTUACEP organized a Special Camp at Ravulakolanu village Near Bhanukota Simhadripuram from 22nd – 28th February 2014.

NSS Unit organized a Rally on 24th January 2014, the National Voters Day.

NSS Unit, JNTUACEP organized the University youth festival from 21st – 23rd January 2014. All University Colleges NSS Volunteers participated.

NSS Programmes conducted by JNTUA OTRI: Conducted NSS special comp from 24th - 31st March 2014

at YSR colony BKS Mandal, Ananthapuramu.

Free eye checkup camp conducted at OTRI in collaboration with Vasan eye care and SBI, Treasury branch, Ananthapuramu.

Conducted Blood donation camp, clean & green and awareness programmes on communicable diseases in adapted village.

NSS Programmes conducted by Department of MBA, JNTUA:

NSS Unit, Dept of Management, JNTUA organized a programme cleaning surroundings of the MBA Dept. building on 18th June 2014.

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NSS Unit, Dept of Management, JNTUA organized a NSS special camp for a week from 23rd - 29th June 2014 in Upparpalli, Anantapur. In this programme the II year MBA students had actively participated and contributed their service to the society.

NSS Unit, Dept of Management, JNTUA organized a “Plantation Program” on occasion of NSS Day on 24 th

September 2014.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORTS ACTIVITIESThe Department of Physical Education is promoting various sports and games among the student community. Yoga & Meditation programs are conducted for all UG and PG Boys and Girls students in order to create a stress –free environment in the campus.

Inter-Collegiate Events:

Inter-Collegiate Athletic Meet:JNTUA organized Inter collegiate Athletic meet at Narayana Engineering College, Nellore on 15th & 16th March 2014 in which 400 students have participated from various colleges. JNTUACEP bagged overall Athletic Championship.

JNTUACEA Athletes K. Hemalatha, 1st M-Tech, got 1st place in High jump, T. Sravani, 2nd M-Tech got 3rd place in 1500 mts and 400 mts, K. Madhu Soodan, 1st B-Tech, Mech got 3rd place in 1500mts.

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JNTUA organized Inter-Engg colleges Games Meet at Audi Sankara College of Engg, Gudur from 28th to 30th March for the year 2013-14. Around 1300 students participated from 50 different colleges of JNTUA. JNTUACEA secured overall championship in Games Meet.

College players excelled well in during the tournament and bagged Overall Championship with scoring 55 points in various games as follows: Winners in Shuttle Badminton (W) Singles & Doubles, Table tennis (W) Singles, Basket Ball (W), Ball Badminton (M), Runners in Table Tennis Doubles (W).

Inter-University Events (01-12-2013 to 31-10-2014):JNTUA have deputed 30 teams for Inter-University Tournament; Hockey (M&W), Ball Badminton (M&W), Foot Ball (M), Volley Ball (M&W), Cricket (M), Basket Ball (M&W) Table Tennis(M&W), Shuttle Badminton (M&W), Weight Lifting (M), Taekwondo (M&W), Fencing (M&W) Kho –Kho (M), Kabaddi (M), Judo (M&W), Hand Ball (M&W), Table Tennis (M&W), Volley Ball (Men), Chess, Aquatics (M) and Basket Ball (Women). 23 students of JNTUA have represented Inter-University Tournaments in different Games & Sports from 01-12-2013 to 31-10-2014 detailed as below:

Name of the Player Branch Event Organizing

UniversityS.N.S. Gayathri 1st B- Tech, Mech Volley Ball (W) SRM U’sity, ChennaiR.Praveen 1st M-Tech Kabaddi (Men) Acharya Nagarujuna

U’sity, Guntur

P. Anand 4th, B-Tech, Mech Cricket (M) Pondicherry U’sity, Pondicherry

T. Mounica Reddy 3rd B-Tech, Chem Basket Ball (W) Dr. NTR Health

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U’sity, VijayawadaM. Deepika 3rd B-Tech ECET. Sravani 2nd M-TechG. Venkatesh Babu 1st M-Tech Foot Ball (M) M.G. University,

KottayamK. Sreekanth 1st M-TechL. Krishna Kumari 3rd B-Tech Table Tennis JNTUK, KakinadaA. Ravindranath 1st MBA Fencing Punjab

University,PunjabP. Sri Hari 1st MBA Basket Ball (M) JNTUK, KakinadaB. Hari 2nd M-Tech Judo G.N.D. University,

AmritsarP. Deepthi 4th B-Tech, EEE Ball Badminton

(W)Dravidan University, Kuppam

J. Ramanjulu 2nd M-Tech

Volley Ball (M) S.V. University, Tirupati

G. Hari Vardana Reddy

2nd M-Tech

B. Balaji Naik 4th B-Tech ECES. Harish 3rd B-Tech, MechP. Karthik Reddy 4th , B-Tech, Mech Hand Ball (M) Periyar U’sity, SalemA. Krishna Kireeti 3rd B-Tech, Mech Chess SRM U’sity, ChennaiShaik Abdual Azeez

4th , B-Tech, Mech Basket Ball (W) Hindustan University, Chennai

Basket Ball (W) 4th, B-Tech ECEK. Navaya 4th, B-Tech, ECEP. Vijaya Pavani 2nd, M-Tech, Mech

College Level:Sports Day and College Annual Day are organized by the Constituent colleges. Games events and Athletic events were conducted for UG, PG, Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff. Nearly 1000 students involved in the Games & Sports and Cultural Events.

NATIONAL CADET CORPS (NCC)Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University raised new NCC Senior Girls wing in the year 2010, under 6(A) BN girls unit of Anantapur with the strength of 100 cadets at JNTUA CEA. Every year our cadets are attending number of combined Annual Training Camps, National Integration camps and Special camps. Our cadets are actively participating in community activities like

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Pulse Polio, Blood Donation, and Literacy Camps etc. Our Cadets are excelling very well in B & C certificate Examinations with cent percent pass with different grading at the end of every year.

Year Wise Enrollment:40 students have enrolled in the year 2010-11, 39 in 2011-12, 53 in 2012-13, 60 in the year 2013-14, 37 in 2014-15.

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONSFaculty members of private institutions have made a very good progress in terms of securing sponsored research projects, authoring books, quality publications and academic programmes. The placement record of some of the institutions is very encouraging. A brief report on activities of the affiliated institutions is given below:

The faculty members of affiliated institutions, since the last report, have been able to publish more than 1000 research papers in National and International journals and about 800 papers were presented in National and International conferences.

The institutions are highly active in organizing academic programmes. In this academic year more than 700 training programmes/ workshops/ symposia were organized.

Autonomous status is granted to the following affiliated colleges of the University for a period of 6 Years.

o K.S.R.M. College of Engineering, Y.S.R. Dist.

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o Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Chittoor Dist.

Principal and Faculty ratification process are conducted by the University regularly. 42 Principals are ratified by the University. Faculty Ratification interviews for the following affiliated colleges were conducted by the University since the last Convocation and services of 617 faculty members are ratified.

o Madanapalle Institute of Engg & Tech, Chittoor Dist.o Sree Vidyanikethan College of Pharmacy, Chittoor

Dist.o Creative Educational Society’s College of Pharmacy,

Kurnool Dist.o Sree Padmavathi School of Pharmacy, Chittoor Dist.o Vasavi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Y.S.R.

Dist.o Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education &

Research, Ananthapuramu Dist.o Seven Hills College of Pharmacy, Chittoor Dist.o Narayana College of Pharmacy SPSR Nellore Dist.o Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Y.S.R. Disto Brindavan Institute of Technology & Science, Kurnool

Dist. o Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Science & Tech, Y.S.R.

Dist.o Geethanjali Institute of Science & Tech. SPSR Nellore

Dist. o Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Science,

Chittoor Dist.o Kuppam Engineering College, Chittoor Dist.

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o Sri Venkatesa Perumal College of Engineering & Technology, Chittoor Dist.

o Siddhartha Institute of Science & Technology, Chittoor Dist.

o Siddhartha Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chittoor Dist.

o Visvodaya Engineering College, SPSR Nellore Dist.o Sri Sai College of IT & Magt, Y.S.R. Dist.o Balaji Institute of It & Magt., Y.S.R. Dist.o Narayana Engineering college, SPSR Nellore Dist.o Narayana Engineering College, SPSR Nellore Dist.o Siddhartha Educational Academy Group of

Instituttions, Chittoor Dist.o Anantha Lakshmi Institute of science & Tech,

Ananthapuramu Dist.o Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute of Science & Tech,

Ananthapuramu Dist.

Awards/Distinctions and Honors Received:The faculty members of the affiliated institutions are actively engaged in high-end research. The details of research activities, awards and recognitions are given below:

Dr. D. Satheesh Kumar of Sree Vidyanikethan College of Pharmacy received Career Award for Young Teachers (CAYT), from Advanced Quality Improvement Scheme (AQIS)- AICTE, during the financial year 2013- 2014 and received a grant of Rs. 7,50,000/-.

N.B.Harshavardhan Reddy and A.Ranjani achieved “Best Paper Award” for research paper titled “Green Marketing Hope for Innovation and Sustainable Development” at

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National Conference on “Resource Management & Sustainable Development” organized by Ethiraj College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai on 8th January 2014.

Dr. K. Chinnapa Reddy of G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College (Autonomous), Kurnool was awarded with Ph.D degree by Andhra University, Vishakapatnam during the month of January 2014.

Dr. G. Sankaraiah, Professor of G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College (Autonomous), Kurnool got a Young Research Award” by UGC, New Delhi for doing research on “Performance Evaluation of Vortex tube Parameter using taguchi method”.

Dr. A. Sreekanth Gowd, Principal of Bheema Institute of Technology & Science, Adoni received Dr.Abdul Kalam Life Time Achievement Award from “International Institute for Social and Economic reforms”, Bangalore on 13th January 2014.

Dr. A. Sreekanth Gowd, Principal of Bheema Institute of Technology & Science, Adoni, received Rashtra vibhushan Award from “Foundation for Accelerated Community Empowerment”, New Delhi on 28th

September 2014.

Prof. Y. Murali Mohan Babu, of Sree Venkateswara College of Engineering & Technology, Chittoor received IRAJ Excellent Research paper award for paper entitled “De - Speckling of Risat - 1 Data using Compressive

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sensing Theory" in IRF International Conference at Bangkok, Thailand, on 17th August, 2014.

Overseas visits for academic purposes by staff: Dr. K. Bhaskar Reddy, Professor & Principal of Sri

Venkateswara College of Pharmacy visited Nigeria in the month of June 2014 to see the Research facilities available in various Institutes and Universities in order to have research collaboration in Pharmaceutical Technology and Novel Drug Delivery.

Prof. C. Chandrasekar, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering & Technology has attended an “International Conference on Advances in Computer science, Electronics & Communication Technologies” at Bangkok on 28th

March, 2014.

Prof. Y. Murali Mohan Babu, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering & Technology, Chittoor has attended an “IRF International Conference at Bangkok- IRAJ Research Forum - ICIEEE”, Thailand, on 17th August, 2014.

Grants from External Agencies:The tremendous progress in the research is also evident from the number of grant-in-aid received for research in the last one year.G.Pulla Reddy Engineering College (Autonomous), Kurnool:

Dr. M. Nagaphani Sastry, Department of Mechanical Engineering is working on “Performance characteristics of a diesel engine with automized diesel and its blends with biofuels”, sponsored by UGC for Rs. 2.8 Lakhs.

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Dr. R. Praveen Sam, Department of CSE is working on research project titled “Developing disaster management applications using Mobile Ad hoc Network Testbed”, sponsored by UGC for Rs. 2.4 Lakhs.

Sri M. Srinivasula Reddy, Department of Civil Engineering is working on research project titled “A study on strength and binding properties of fly ash based geo-polymer concrete”, sponsored by UGC for Rs. 2.95 Lakhs.

Dr. G. Sankaraiah, Department of Mechanical Engineering is working on research project titled “Performance evaluation of vertex tube parameters in optimizing the cooling effect in floor shop floor-Taguchi parameter technique” sponsored by UGC for Rs. 26.22 Lakhs.

Dr. K. Suresh Reddy, Department of ECE is working on research project titled “Speech and video processing on system on chip (SOC) and development of a SOC station” by AICTE under RPS for Rs. 5.2 Lakhs.

G.Pullaiah College of Engineering & Technology, Kurnool: Smt. K. Nirmala, Department of ME is working on

research projects titled “Development of Vibratory Finishing Machine for Small/Medium Scale Industries” and “Development of Table Top System for Vapor Smoothing of Printed Parts”, sponsored by IEI Research

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& Innovation Group (IERIG) for Rs. 0.4 Lakhs and Rs. 0.3 Lakhs respectively.

Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), Nandyal:

Mr. M. Indrasena Reddy, Department of Computer Science & Engineering is working on “Performance characteristics of Secured Data Transmission Using Wavelet Based STEG Anography and Cryptography sing aes Algoritham sponsored by UGC for Rs. 3.10 Lakhs.

Dr. M. Umamahesh, Department of Chemistry is working on “Performance characteristics of Waste to Energy from Municap Solid Waste of Nandyal Town, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India sponsored by UGC for Rs. 1.30 Lakhs.

Dr. P. Sudharshan Reddy, Department of Mathematics is working on “Performance characteristics of Influence of SORET and Dufour Effects on Convenctive Heat and Mass ransfer through Porous Medium over a Stretching Sheet with Heat Generating sources sponsored by UGC for Rs. 3 Lakhs.

Mrs. G. Girija Rani, Department of Computer Science & Engineering is working on “Performance characteristics of Content -Aware Email Multiclass Classifiction Cate Gorize emails according to senders sponsored by UGC for Rs. 0.9 Lakhs.

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Dr. Y. Suneetha, Department of English is working on “Performance characteristics of Predicaments for Rural Students in English landuage acquistion: A Damage Repair Approach sponsored by UGC for Rs. 2.90 Lakhs.

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), Chittoor:

DST has sanctioned a Research Project for an amount Rs.18,60,000/- as a grant in aid to K. Dharani Sree, EEE Department for implementing “Enhancement of Real – Time Power Analysis and Control for Distributed Generation Interface using FPGA”.

DST-WOS has sanctioned a Research Project for an amount Rs.23 Lakhs as a grant in aid to Mrs. C. Uma Maheswari, for implementing “Modeling and analysis of solar desalination unit”.

Mr. D. Krishna Mohan Raju is working on minor research project titled “Design and fabrication of efficient cooking stove” for Rs. 1 lakh.

Dr. G. Surya Narayana Reddy is working on AICTE research project titled “Superconducting Quantum interference device Development & data acquisition by distributed sensor network” for Rs. 5.5 lakhs.

Dr. G. Surya Narayana Reddy is working on AICTE/ MODROBS research project titled “Industry Institute Partnership Cell” for Rs.7.0 lakhs.

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Prof. M. Sudhakara Reddy is working on AICTE/ MODROBS research project titled “Advanced Communication Lab”.

P. Jyotheeswari is working on DST research project titled “Enabling Geographically distributed Cloud Applications” for Rs. 22.70 lakhs.

Dr. J. Janet is working on DST research project titled “Optimizing data Movement in Cloud” for Rs.25.00 lakhs.

Dr. G. Bhaskar Kumar is working on Young Scientists – SERB-DST – Engineering Sciences (Fast track scheme) research project titled “An Investigation for a Potential Single-Phased Emission Tunable Nano phosphors for White Light Emitting Diode Applications” for Rs. 29 Lakhs.

Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Ananthapuramu:

Dr.C.Sowmya, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, is working on the AICTE – MODROBS project “Design, fabrication and evaluation of controlled drug delivery system using modified natural polymers for anti diabetic therapy” for Rs.10.5 Lakhs.

Parvathareddy Babul Reddy Visvodaya Institute of Technology & Science, Kavali:

Sri A. Bakthavatsala, EEE Department working on research project titled “Advanced Active Filter for Common -Mode Voltage Compensation” sponsored by UGC for Rs. 4.6 Lakhs.

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Sri V.V. Sunil Kumar, CSE Department working on research project titled “Technology for vehicle cabin safety Monitoring and Alerting System using 8051 Controllers” sponsored by UGC for Rs. 3.9 Lakhs.

Sri Sri Kiran Satuluri, Mechanical Engineering Department working on research project titled “Experimental Investigations of Graphite Nano particles on Machining and its Performance Evaluation” sponsored by UGC for Rs. 3 Lakhs.

Sri J.S. Kiran Kumar, Humanities & Sciences Department working on research project titled “Evaluation of Aquatic Plant Hydrilla For Phytoremediation of Stromwaters” sponsored by UGC for Rs. 4.7 Lakhs.

Sri Venkateswara College of Pharmacy, Chittoor: Dr. K. Bhaskar Reddy is working on DST research project

titled “Development of Lipid Nanoparticles Enriched Hydrogels for Transdermal Drug Delivery: Formulation, In vitro Characterization, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Studies in Animals” Rs. 29.36 Lakhs.

Sri A. Saravana Kumar is working on AICTE research project titled “Biosynthesis, Characterization and Pharmacological Screening of Silver Nanoparticles using Ayurvedic Plant Extracts for Diabetic Foot Ulcer” Rs. 8 Lakhs.

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Mrs. D. Jothieswari is working on DST research project titled “Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological screening of some novel heterocyclic compounds” Rs. 22.6 Lakhs.

Ms. E. Mohanambal is working on DST research project titled “Development of solid lipid Nanoparticles targeting brain for the treatment of cancer in animal models” Rs. 25.5 Lakhs.

Mrs. S.M. Shaheedha is working on DST research project titled “Comparative Phytochemical and Pharmacological study of a Traditional Indian Herb” Rs. 21.6 Lakhs.

MoUs/ Accreditations:Parvathareddy Babul Reddy Visvodaya Inst. of Technology & Science, Kavali: MoU with Sterlite Accreditation & KPIT Cummins for

Communication Skills & Soft Skills Training MoU with The Chopras for GRE & TOEFL training MoU with PMI Tooling Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad and also with

Asian Wire Industry to provide quality technical training & Internship for students.

MoU with Southern Tours & Travels to provide training & placement for MBA students in Tourism and Catering Technology.

G.Pulla Reddy Engineering College (Autonomous), Kurnool: MoU with CRANES VARSITY , Bangalore for establishing

Texas Instruements Embedded systems Lab. MoU with Core-El Technologies (I) Pvt, Ltd. for achievieng

Xilinx-Core-El , VLSI/FPGA center of Excellence.

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Gates Institute of Technology, Gooty: MoU with Orbit Pvt. Ltd., and HCL Ltd, for final year

projects. MoU with Classle Pvt.Ltd for Cloud campus. MoU with Infosys & IBM for Campus connect programmes.

Sri Venkateswara College of Pharmacy, Chittoor:MoUs: RVS Hospitals & Research Foundation, RVS Nagar,

Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh for facilitating collaborative Research & Development, Clinical Studies, Internship & Training for Students

Mattox Pharmaceuticals, Hyderabad for facilitating collaborative Research & Development in the areas of new drug discovery, formulation development, clinical studies and industry-academia interaction for teaching and research.

Sugan Life Sciences, Tirupati, Chittoor District for facilitating collaborative Research & Development in the areas of new drug discovery, formulation development, clinical studies and industry-academia interaction for teaching and research.

Zodiac Pharma, Madanapalle, Chittoor District for facilitating collaborative Research & Development in the areas of new drug discovery, formulation development, clinical studies and industry-academia interaction for teaching and research.

Accreditations : Sri Venkateswara College of Pharmacy, RVS Nagar,

Chittoor has been recognized under section 2 (f) & 12 (B) of UGC Act, 1956.

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Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College(Autonomous), Tirupathi: MoUs : Live lecturers/Tutorials/Virtual Labs from IIT Madras, under

Quality Enhancement of Engineering Education (QEEE) ‘Direct-to-Student Programmme.

MoU with Confederation of Indian Industry‘s (CII) for enhanced Industry Interaction.

MoU with Knowledge Incubation for Technical Education (KITE) Centre, IIT, Hyderabad for faculty and students development programs.

MoU with Ravands Controls, Chandragiri MoU with Dextrous Technologies , Nashik

Accreditation: NAAC

Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College has been accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore with ‘A’ Grade with a CGPA of 3.11 on a four point scale for a period of 5 Years.

NBAB.Tech Programs in ECE, EIE, CSE, IT and BT were accredited by NBA, New Delhi for TWO years.

Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), Nandyal: Dept.of EIE has signed MoU with Texas Instruments for

Teaching and conducting practical sessions in Embedded Systems.

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Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous), Chittoor:

MoU with Infosys Campus Connect program for two years.

G. Pullaiah College of Engineering and Technology, Kurnool: G. Pullaiah college of Engineering and Technology signed an

MOU with the world software giant Oracle corporation’s authorized training partners on 22-06-2014.

St. John’s College of Engg & Technology, Yemmiganur: Accredited by National Assessment & Accreditation Council

(NAAC) with B-Grade.

Placements:Development of technically sound, trained, industry-ready manpower is one of the primary goals of a predominantly technological University like ours and its success is reflected in the number of job offers. The University has achieved good number of placements even in this year. Placement Details:

Name of the College No. of Offers Made

Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (Autonomous), Chittoor Dist. 342

Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), Kurnool Dist. 339

Gates Institute of Technology, Anantapur Dist. 185

G.Pulla Reddy Engineering College (Autonomous), Kurnool Dist. 184

Syamaladevi Institute of Technology for Women, Kurnool Dist. 154

Sri Venkateswara College of Engg & Technology(Autonomous), Chittoor Dist. 109

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Kuppam Engineering College, Chittoor Dist. 107Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chittoor Dist. 91

Parvatha Reddy Babul Reddy Visvodaya Institute of Technology & Science, SPSR Nellore Dist. 73

G.Pullaiah College of Engineering & Technology, Kurnool Dist. 66

Sri Venkateswara Engienering College For Women, Chittoor Dist. 58

Brindavan Institute of Technology & Science, Kurnool Dist. 55

Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Anantapur Dist. 25

Sri Venkateswara College of Pharmacy, Chittoor Dist. 09

CONCLUSIONIt’s been a wonderful gathering of the stalwarts who made the ambience a charismatic endeavour towards success. The academicians, administrators and facilitators of education flaunted the richness of being part of this industrious congregation, and witnessed the saga of a splendid destination towards a bright closure of this convocation.

I wish to thank Hon’ble Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan garu for taking his valuable time to join us on this important occasion. We are gratified by your presence here on the occasion of the Sixth convocation of the university and seek your continued support and guidance.

I profusely thank the distinguished Chief Guest and Recipient of Honoris Causa, Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar for consenting to deliver the Convocation address and igniting the young minds of the graduating students.

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The smooth functioning of the University during the last twelve months would not have been possible but for the unstinted support I have received from the members of Monitoring & Development Committee, University officials, Directors, Principals of Constituent Colleges, Members of Management and Principals of Affiliated Colleges.

A special word of thanks to all the Faculty members, Non teaching staff, Students and Members of Media for their dedicated efforts. The University has been making rapid strides in its pursuit of excellence in the field of technology and in fostering a congenial academic ambience to realize its mission of imparting quality and value based education to our students.

I am delighted to congratulate the students and the scholars who have received their degrees and Gold medals for their laudable achievements. The alumni of JNTUA have an important place in our university and cater to the needs of all the fellow students helping in every step of their education.

As you step out into the world, I would like to call upon you to aim high and dream big and not be content with what you have learnt here. As Michelangelo said “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but it is too low and we reach it”. Our blessings will always remain with you in all your endeavors to build a happy and prosperous world of tomorrow.  We sincerely hope that you will excel in your life and also in your chosen profession. Please accept our best wishes and remember that dedication should be your guiding principle.

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I thank you all for your kind attention.***

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