Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada

Coordinates: 16°58′43″N 82°14′26″E / 16.978672°N 82.24067°E / 16.978672; 82.24067

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Type Public
Established 1946
Vice-Chancellor Prof.V.S.S.Kumar
Students 4,939
Undergraduates 3,539
Postgraduates 1400
Location "Cocanada", kakinada
18°21′14″N 73°30′05″E / 18.354°N 73.5014°E / 18.354; 73.5014
Affiliations UGC, NAAC, AIU, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTU-K)
Website

www.jntuk.edu.in

http://www.jntucek.ac.in/

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTU Kakinada) is a public university, located in Kakinada, East Godavari district, north of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of India's leading educational universities focusing on engineering. The university has been accredited by the National Board of Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of University Grants Commission (UGC) with 'A' grade. The university has been consistently ranked as the second best university in the state of Andhra Pradesh after Andhra University and as one of the premiere public technological universities across India.

Programmes

Administration Building

The college offers the following programmes: B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Petro Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Technology, M.Tech. in Soil Mechanics & foundation Engineering, Structural Engineering, Advanced power Systems, High Voltage Engineering, CAD/CAM, Machine Design, Instrumentation & Control Systems, Computers & Communication, and Computer Science, Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and PhD programmes in Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

Admissions

Entrance Gate

The admission into B.Tech is based on EAMCET or ECET ranks, the admission into M.Tech is based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering or PGECET acores and the admission into MCA is based on ICET rank. The best rankers of the state in the above entrance examinations will get admission into the college. The admission into its undergraduate engineering courses is extremely competitive with less than 1% of the students from the Open Category getting selected to study at the University College of Engineering Kakinada, JNTUK through EAMCET entrance examination every year.

Constituent Colleges

JNTU Kakinada has two constituent colleges of Engineering, one at Kakinada and the other at Vijayanagaram.

Vizianagaram Campus

The College stood first in the state and fourteenth in the Country for the effective utilization of the funds under TEQIP phase-I. All the Engineering Departments of the College has been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of AICTE. The Tata Consultancy Services has accredited this College as a premier institution with ‘A’ grade. The Wipro Ltd has accredited this college as ‘Trusted Academic Partner’.Several other companies like Capgemini, Honeywell, Infosys, Accenture, Larsen & Toubro, etc. have also accredited this college.

Central Library

International Integrated Masters Program

International Integrated master's degree Programme (IIMDP) – 5 years duration. B.Tech (Electronics and Communications Engineering) – Intake- 40 – 3-1/2 years course of study at JNTUK & 1-1/2 years course of study at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden for M.Sc (Engineering) with Telecommunications Systems. B.Tech (Computer Science Engineering) – Intake- 40 – 3-1/2 years course of study at JNTUK & 1-1/2 years course of study at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden for M.Sc (Engineering) with (a) Computer Science and (b) Software Engineering. B.Tech (Civil Engineering) – Intake- 60 – 3-1/2 years course of study at JNTUK & 1-1/2 years course of study at Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand for M.S with (a) Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management, (b) Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (c) Environmental Engineering and Management B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Enguneering) – Intake- 40 – 3-1/2 years course of study at JNTUK & 1-1/2 years course of study at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand for M.S with (a) Energy Technology (b) Micro Electronics. B.Tech (Aviation Engineering) – 4 years duration – First 2 years at JNTUK, 1-1/2 years at U.S Flight Academy, United States with Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Professional Pilot Licenses and last 1/2 year at JNTUK.

The MSIT (Master of Science in Information Technology) is a two-year post graduate programme in Computer Science which is offered at the university. MSIT is an innovative multi-university interdisciplinary post-graduate programme offered by the “Consortium of Institutions of Higher Learning” (CIHL), formed by the select few universities in the Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. [1]

Notable people

The JNTUK has produced many alumni in various fields of STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering and Management.

To name of few are as follow:

References

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