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<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">The Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous) is a private, co-education engineering institute established in the year 1996. Spread over 21 acres in a beautiful green valley far from the frenzied crowd, it is one of the most - preferred private engineering colleges in and around Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. The educational trust is formed, managed and promoted by academicians, philanthropists and technocrats and believes in human capital formation for long -term growth. The college offers instruction to 1200 undergraduate students in 7 branches of Engineering: Chemical, Civil, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology(IT). The institution also offers Master of Computer Applications program and 13 Postgraduate education programs. The institute is accredited by All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) and re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council by 'A' grade with a CGPA of 3.47</4.00. Along with this, the college is sanctioned the extension of autonomy until 2020 by University Grants Commission (India).span>

<span style="font-sizefamily:largecomic sans ms,cursive;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">The college offers instruction to 1200 undergraduate students in 7 branches of Engineering: Chemical, Civil, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical engineering, &nbsp;Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology(IT). The institution also offers Master of Computer Applications program and 13 Postgraduate education programs. The institute is accredited by All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) and re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council by 'A''PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP'''grade with a CGPA of 3.47/4.00. Along with this, the college is sanctioned the extension of autonomy until 2020 by University Grants Commission (India)</span></span>

Inspiration and Innovation deficiency in the students is more dangerous than contagious disease. There is lot of onus on educational institutions to make a student’s future, industry and market ready. GVP College of Engineering (A) recognized the need and significance to inspire students and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the campus. Institution established Center for Innovation and introduced Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement to spearhead this mission and appointed a dedicated Director, Dr.Ravi Saripalle to oversee the center mission. The objective of this mission to inspire students by making them hear positive stories and positive NEWS, help them think differently, and make them to operate on creative and innovative platform while discipline as common denominator. With a mission, “Inspire through Storytelling = <span id="docs- Innovate for Life turning” the above model brings distinction in promoting inspiration, thinking, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, professionalism, research and relevance to nation building. How the CFI is working on instilling Innovation&nbsp;? 1. Sending Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling einternal-NEWSletter to all IITs, IIMs, NITs, Universities and more than 10,000+ schools across India. Till date 6 issues are sent across the Nation (85000+ individual emails sent so far) (letters are displayed on [http://i2iTM.blogspot.com http://i2iTM.blogspot.com]). 2. These eguid-88666b5f-a1c0-NEWSletters contain inspiring stories of people (achievers /failures) and live case studies to students on different levels helping them set vision for themselves and execute goals without any external influence. 3. On case to case basis, storytelling workshops are conducted on various school/college platforms thus encouraging Innovation. 4. A new concept of edutainment (education + entertainment) is introduced. This process cuts65f0-down the re48e6-skilling cost as individuals inspire and learn skill on their own.e270ee375ff7">PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP</span> =

<span style="font-sizefamily:largecomic sans ms,cursive;">'''ENCOURAGING FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP'''Inspiration and Innovation deficiency in the students is more dangerous than the contagious disease. There is a lot of onus on educational institutions to make a student’s future, industry and market ready. GVP College of Engineering (A) recognized the need and significance to inspire students and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the campus. The institution established Center for Innovation and introduced Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement to spearhead this mission and appointed a dedicated Director, Dr.Ravi Saripalle to oversee the center mission. The objective of this mission to inspire students by making them hear positive stories and positive NEWS, help them think differently and make them operate on a creative and innovative platform while disciplining as the common denominator.</span>

The college encourages faculty to perform more research and development projects. There are around 38 research supervisors/ co<span style="font-supervisors from different departments recognised by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Universityfamily:comic sans ms, Kakinada.Also funding from various external agencies is procured to facilitate the R&D projects worth Rs. 776.33 lakhs.There is a dedicated cell called the GVPcursive;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-Prof.V. Lakshmikantham Institute for Advanced Studies (GVP48e6-LIAS) (in place of Gayatri Vidya Parishad Institute for Advanced Studies (GIAS)), established in 2007. It is the offspring of Prof. Lakshmikantham's vision for a research institute that encompasses a broad spectrum of areas and the management’s initiative to support it. Prof. Lakshmikantham's generous financial support gave impetus to the growth of the institution.e270ee375ff7">With a vision to establish a Research Centre where the main purpose of its members is to conduct and foster original cutting edge research in areas of mathematical and computational sciences useful in solving realmission, “Inspire through Storytelling -world problems via interdisciplinary approach Innovate for Life turning” the benefit of the mankindabove model brings distinction in promoting inspiration, the institute uses its sphere of influence and helps to bring resource persons from various parts of the world. It believes in cooperation and works in collaboration with the Dept. of Mathematicsthinking, in particular and other engineering Depts.creativity, in general.Since its inceptioninnovation, over 100 research papers in refereed journals and 4 research monographs (including 2 major ones) have been published. Two international conferences on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications (RAMSA) were organized in 2009 and 2013. Several renowned scientists from various countries participated. Two research projects from Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Board of Higher Mathematics (NBHM)entrepreneurship, Department of Atomic Energy have been satisfactorily completed.Under the able guidance of Prof. S. G. Deoleadership, the former Director of the instituteprofessionalism, the institute expanded its functions by organizing training programs for faculty research and students appearing for NET examrelevance to nation-building. Further workshops for the faculty of GVPCE and other institutes</span></colleges, at various levels (from school teachers to engineering faculty) have been organized.Also our college is an identified remote centre of IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur forconducting Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) from the year 2015. as on date three FDPs in Physics, Embedded Systems and Power Systems were held.span>

<span style="font-sizefamily:largecomic sans ms,cursive;">'''FACILITATING UNIVERSITY<span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION'''a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">1. Sending Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling e-newsletter to all IITs, IIMs, NITs, Universities and more than 10,000+ schools across India. Till date, 6 issues are sent across the Nation (85000+ individual emails sent so far).</span></span>

Collaboration between colleges <span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">2. These e-newsletters contain inspiring stories of people (achievers /failures) and industries is very crucial live case studies to students on different levels helping them set the vision for skills development, acquisition themselves and adoption of knowledgeexecute goals without any external influence. It also plays a major role to promotion of entrepreneurship.A total of 13 MOUs were signed with Industry Partners that include:Jengu Water Pvt Ltd, USAThe Government of A.P Tata Consultancy ServicesInfosysIBMWiproSolivarMicrosoftCISCOEMCEcologic</span></ Macred Pharma Ltd, IndiaVasudha Pharma, IndiaKalpah Innovations Private Limitedspan>

<span style="font-sizefamily:largecomic sans ms,cursive;">'''ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">3. On the case to case basis, storytelling workshops are conducted on various school/college platforms thus encouraging Innovation.</span></span>

Centre for fostering social responsibility <span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">4. A new concept of edutainment (CFSReducation + entertainment) in our college was Initiated in 2014is introduced. This process cuts-15 as an Apex body for fostering social responsibility in students with an aim to instill passion in community engagement among students for down the long term development of youth in general and society in particular.Its main Objectives arere-Ø Linking learning with community serviceØ Linking research with community knowledgeØ Knowledge sharing & knowledge mobilisationØ Devising new curriculum skilling cost as individuals inspire and coursesØ Including practitioners as teachersØ Social innovations by studentsCFSR coordinates its activities with various service groups that execute inour college.Ø NSS with a motto of overall personality development of students.Ø ROTARACT with an objective of developing leadership learn skills among thestudents.Ø VIDYADAAN with an objective of supporting the underprivileged with PrimaryEducation.Ø WeR4Help works with a mission of providing basic provisions among needyfamilies in and around the vicinity of the college.Ø YES (Youth Enlightening the Society) sensitizes people in the rural areas on various programmes madeavailable by Government and other agencies.Ø HoH (Hearts of Humanity) has the sole objective of cheering the orphanstheir own</span>.</span>

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=== Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error. ===</parsererror>== <span idstyle="docs-internal-guidfont-8ebc0736-a18e-f3ff-2fd0-f452f2a32160family:comic sans ms,cursive;">The college encourages faculty to perform more research and development projects. There are around 38 research supervisors/ co-supervisors from different departments recognized by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada. Also funding from various external agencies is procured to facilitate the R&D projects.</span> ==

<span style=== Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error. ===</parsererror"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">== <span id="docs-internal-guid-8ebc073688666b5f-a18ca1c0-867465f0-c2ef48e6-50a4759a48a8e270ee375ff7">There is a dedicated cell called the GVP-Prof.V. Lakshmikantham Institute for Advanced Studies (GVP-LIAS) (in place of Gayatri Vidya Parishad Institute for Advanced Studies (GIAS)), established in 2007. It is the offspring of Prof. Lakshmikantham's vision for a research institute that encompasses a broad spectrum of areas and the management’s initiative to support it. Prof. Lakshmikantham's generous financial support gave impetus to the growth of the institution.</span></span> ==

=== Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error. ===</parsererror><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''CAMPUS OVERVIEW'''</span></span></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous) is a private, co-education engineering institute established in the year 1996. Spread over 21 acres in a beautiful green valley far from the frenzied crowd, it is one of the most - preferred private engineering colleges in and around Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. The educational trust is formed, managed and promoted by academicians, philanthropists and technocrats and believes in human capital formation for long-term growth.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">The college offers instruction to 1200 undergraduate students in 7 branches of Engineering: Chemical, Civil, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical engineering, &nbsp;Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology(IT). The institution also offers Master of Computer Applications program and 13 Postgraduate education programs. The institute is accredited by All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) and re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council by 'A' grade with a CGPA of 3.47/4.00. Along with this, the college is sanctioned the extension of autonomy until 2020 by University Grants Commission (India).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u>'''<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP</span></span>'''</u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,comic sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serifcursive;">Inspiration and Innovation deficiency in the students is more dangerous than a&nbsp;</span><span styleid="fontdocs-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">contagious&nbsp;</span><span style="fontinternal-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sansguid-serif;">disease. There is a </span><span style="font88666b5f-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sansa1c0-serif;">lot&nbsp;</span><span style="font65f0-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans48e6-serif;">of onus on educational institutions to make a student’s future, industry and market ready. GVP College of Engineering (A) recognized the need and significance to inspire students and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the campus. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">The institution&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">established '''Center for Innovation''' and introduced '''Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement''' to spearhead this mission and appointed a dedicated Director, Dr.Ravi </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">Saripalle to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">oversee the center mission. The objective of this mission to inspire students by making them hear positive stories and positive NEWS, help them think </span>differently and make them <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">operate on a </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">creative&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">and innovative platform with&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">discipline&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">as a </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">common&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">denominator.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">With a mission, “'''Inspire through Storytelling - Innovate for Life turning'''” the above model brings distinction in promoting inspiration, thinking, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, professionalism, research and relevance to&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">nation-building</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''How&nbsp;'''</span></span>'''<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">the CFI is&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">working on instilling&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Innovation&nbsp;?</span></span>'''</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Sending '''Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling e-NEWS letter''' to all IITs, IIMs, NITs, Universities and more than 10,000+ schools across India. Till</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">date</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">6 issues are sent across the Nation (85000+ individual emails sent so far) (letters are displayed on[http://i2itm.blogspot.com/ http://i2iTM.blogspot.com]).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">2. These e-NEWS letters contain '''inspiring stories of people''' (achievers /failures) and '''live case studies''' to students on different levels helping them set</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">vision</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">for themselves and execute goals without any external influence.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">3. On</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">case</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">to case basis, '''storytelling workshops are conducted''' on various school/college platforms thus encouraging Innovation.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">4. A new '''concept of edutainment''' (education + entertainment) is introduced. This process cuts-down the re-skilling cost as individuals inspire and learn</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">skill</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">on their own</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''ENCOURAGING FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP'''</span></span></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">The college encourages faculty to perform more research and development projects. There are around 38 research supervisors/ co-supervisors from different departments</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">recognised</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">Also funding from various external agencies is procured to facilitate the R&D projects worth Rs. 776.33 lakhs.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">There is a dedicated cell called the GVP-Prof.V. Lakshmikantham Institute for Advanced Studies (GVP-LIAS) (in place of Gayatri Vidya Parishad Institute for Advanced Studies (GIAS)), established in 2007. It is the offspring of Prof. Lakshmikantham's vision for a research institute that encompasses a broad spectrum of areas and the management’s initiative to support it. Prof. Lakshmikantham's generous financial support gave impetus to the growth of the institution.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;e270ee375ff7">With a vision to establish a Research Centre where the main purpose of its members is to conduct and foster original</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="fontcutting-size:medium;">cutting edge</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">research in areas of mathematical and computational sciences useful in solving real-world problems via interdisciplinary approach for the benefit of the mankind, the institute uses its sphere of influence and helps to bring resource persons from various parts of the world. It believes in cooperation and works in collaboration with the Dept. of Mathematics, in</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">particular</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">and other engineering Depts., in general.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">Since its inception, over 100 research papers in refereed journals and 4 research monographs (including 2 major ones) have been published. Two international conferences on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications (RAMSA) were organized in 2009 and 2013. Several renowned scientists from various countries participated. Two research projects from Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Board of Higher Mathematics (NBHM), Department of Atomic Energy have been satisfactorily completed.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">Under the able guidance of Prof. S. G. Deo, the former Director of the institute, the institute expanded its functions by organizing training programs for faculty and students appearing for</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NET</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">exam. Further workshops for the faculty of GVPCE and other institutes/colleges, at various levels (from school teachers to engineering&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">faculty)&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">have been organized.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">Also&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">our college is an identified remote&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">centre&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">of IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur for&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">conducting Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) from the year 2015. as on</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u<br/></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION'''</span></span></u></p>

<span style="font-sizefamily:mediumcomic sans ms,cursive;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">Under the able guidance of Prof. S. G. Deo, the former Director of the institute, the institute expanded its functions by organizing training programs for faculty and students appearing for the NET exam. Further workshops for the faculty of GVPCE and other institutes/colleges, at various levels (from school teachers to engineering faculty), have been organized.</span></span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet comic sans ms,helveticacursive;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">Also, our college is an identified remote center of IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur for&nbsp;</span>conducting Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) from the year 2015. as on date,three FDPs in Physics, Embedded Systems, and Power Systems were held.</span> = <span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION</span> = <span style="font-family:comic sans-serifms,cursive;">Collaboration between colleges and industries is very crucial for skills development, acquisition and adoption of knowledge. It also plays a major role inthe promotion of entrepreneurship.</span> <span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">A total of 13 MOUs were signed with Industry Partners that include:</span></span> #<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Jengu Water Pvt Ltd, USA</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">The Government of A.P</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Tata Consultancy Services</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Infosys</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">IBM</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Wipro</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Solivar</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Microsoft</span>#<span style="font-sizefamily:mediumcomic sans ms,cursive;">CISCO</span>#<span style="font-family:trebuchet comic sans ms,helveticacursive;">EMC</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Ecologic/ </span><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Macred</span><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Pharma Ltd, India</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Vasudha Pharma, India</span>#<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Kalpah</span><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Innovations Private Limited</span> = <span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS</span> = <span style="font-family:comic sansms,cursive;">Centre for fostering social responsibility (CFSR) in our college was Initiated in 2014-serif15 as an Apex body for fostering social responsibility in students with an aim to instill passion in community engagement among students for the long-term development of youth in general and society in particular.</span> <span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">&nbsp<span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">Its main Objectives are-</span></span> *<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Linking learning with community service</span> *<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Linking research with community knowledge</span> *<span style="font-sizefamily:mediumcomic sans ms,cursive;">Knowledge sharing & knowledge mobilization</span> *<span style="font-family:trebuchet comic sans ms,helveticacursive;">Devising new curriculum and courses</span> *<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Including practitioners as teachers</span> *<span style="font-family:comic sansms,cursive;">Social innovations by students</span> <span style="font-seriffamily:comic sans ms,cursive;">promotion<span id="docs-internal-guid-88666b5f-a1c0-65f0-48e6-e270ee375ff7">CFSR coordinates its activities with various service groups that execute in our college</span></span> *<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">NSS with a motto of overall personality development of students.</span> *<span style="font-sizefamily:mediumcomic sans ms,cursive;">ROTARACT with an objective of developing leadership skills among the students.</span> *<span style="font-family:trebuchet comic sans ms,helveticacursive;">VIDYADAAN with an objective of supporting the underprivileged with Primary Education.</span> *<span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">WeR4Help works with a mission of providing basic provisions among needy families in and around the vicinity of the college.</span> *<span style="font-family:comic sansms,cursive;">YES (Youth Enlightening the Society) sensitizes people in the rural areas on various programs made available by Government and other agencies.</span> *<span style="font-seriffamily:comic sans ms,cursive;">HoH (Hearts of Humanity) has the sole objective of entrepreneurshipcheering the orphans.</span> = Fall 2017 Team = <span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Bhavyatha_Pandrangi Bhavyatha Pandrangi]&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Srujana_Kameswari Srujana Kameswari]</span> <span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sravana_Lakshmi Sravana Lakshmi]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sreenivasa_Rao Sreenivasa Rao]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span> = <span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">Related Links&nbsp;</span><br/> = <span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;">'''Pitch video Link:&nbsp;'''</span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-AOUh78FkY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-AOUh78FkY] [[Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Student Priorities|Student Priorities Link]] [[Category:Universities]][[Category:Schools]][[Category:Gayatri_Vidya_Parishad_College_of_Engineering]]{{CatTree|Gayatri_Vidya_Parishad_College_of_Engineering}}