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Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (VRSEC) Vijayawada was established in 1977 as the first private self financing engineering college in the state of united Andhra Pradesh. At present the college is offering seven UG programs with an intake of 1140, Nine PG programs in addition to MBA and MCA Courses making the total intake 1458.It has the Conferment of Autonomous Status by University Grants Commission in 2006, and extended up to 2012-18,  one of the foremost institution in the region to be conferred Autonomous.

The graduate and undergraduate programs  integrate classroom education with best business practices, technology, and real-world experience. Furthermore, the college aspires to combine the best qualities of teaching and research to actively engage students, faculty and staff to work in close collaboration to expand knowledge.

                                                

                                                                                 

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The college has many resources,tools available on campus that act as catalyst to improve Innovation and Entrepreneurship among students of different branches. We can always find the encouragement towards innovation in the campus. If the student is coming up with a great idea and if he/she has the ability to achieve what they thought then campus would definitely provide fund for their research and development. We get funding for research and development from #Internal Funding by Academy - Annually Rs. 5.0 lakhs is allocated. #Funding by alumni - Rs. 10 lakhs is available annually under this head #Funding by outside agencies - DRDO, ISRO, DST, AICTE, UGC give grants based on the projects submitted. Currently about 1.25 Cr worth projects are under process. Every Department has created R&D centres for perusing research and development which are operational actively.

<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">&nbsp; To encourage Faculty to undertake research activities and commercialize their research into an&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger">innovation or entrepreneurial activity, various research centres have been established in various&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger">branches of VRSEC. The research centres that are aimed at improving innovation among the</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger">faculty has following benefits&nbsp;:</span>

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&nbsp;The college thought that it would be beneficial if the corporate ethos is understood in order that the curriculum can be planned in such a manner that the products would be industry ready.So the college has close tie ups with TCS, Tech Mahindra, IBM, Oracle and many more. IBM and Oracle established some labs in the college that makes the students to get industry experience. Currently the transfer policy is on paper which may be implemented within a year.

The university technology transfer function has been further advanced through a partnership with Cisco netwroking academy this year.

<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">The &nbsp;Entrepreneurship and Development Cell(EDC) of our college is the Cell to promote the&nbsp; close interaction on Innovation and entrepreneurship, here some of the Industrial trainings are also offered with some interaction meets.&nbsp;</span><span style="background: rgb(244, 245, 246)">Nearly &nbsp;41 &nbsp;MoUs with ind</span>ustry partners. Relevant curriculum offered with the support of industry, MOU between Department of Civil Engineering, VRSEC &&nbsp; Andhra Pradesh Medical Services and Infrastructure Development in presence of Honourable Chief Minister<span class="apple-converted-space">'''&nbsp;'''</span>'''N Chandrababu Naidu'''<span style="background: rgb(244, 245, 246)">, AP Govt. and<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span>'''Sri K.Srinivas'''<span style="background: rgb(244, 245, 246)">, Minister for Health and Medical Education, AP.&nbsp;</span>The students also form consulting teams and work like apprentices, closely supervised by a select group of experienced faculty experts.

The Alumni of VRSEC and Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education, Vijayawada are providing scholarships to the academically bright and needy students of VRSEC.The grants in the form of R&D projects awarded by the UGC, AICTE, DST, ISRO, DRDO amount to Rs. Rs.260.21 lakhs during the last 4 Years.Renowned DST Sponsored TIFAC – CORE project in Telematics, first private engineering college in the state to secure TIFAC.The goal is promote financial literacy amongst high school students

*·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rs 2.67 Crores of research grant from National funding agencies in last four years.

*·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4th Rank as a Technology Hub at National level awarded by "Electronics for You" Magazine in 2010.&nbsp;

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The college has set up a new offering from the Siemens company which is very beneficial to the students. It is provides 15 courses in various domains like electrical, electronics, mechanical, civil and instrumentation. The main objective of the offering is to implement a structured solution to up skill the workforce in the state of Andrapradesh and to increase employability and promote entrepreneurship in sink with industrial growth of the state. This mission will be done in a mode whose target is to skill 3 lakh people by meeting skill human power demands of all machines and shape Andrapradesh as the skilled work force and knowledge hub for the world. VRSEC is incorporated as skill development center which is among 299 centers that promotes skill development and entrepreneurship for the students. The program has successfully trained about 2000 fellows in year duration since from the date of commencement. The courses involved includes

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&nbsp;Further information regarding course is available at engineering.apssdc.in/siemen

Recently, the entrepreneurship club or E-Club was inaguarated amidst a lot of enthusiasam and aspiration. It looks to provide a platform for free exchange of ideas, and provide resources and opportunities to nurture ideas.It is still in infancy stage but the optimism surrounding its inception, gives every ideator confidence that their dream can be a reality someday! In addition to providing necessary guidance to budding entrepreneurs through exhaustive workshops about every aspect surrounding startups, the club is aiming to herald a new innovation wave within the college by encouraging everyone to come up with something new! The club is regularly conducting meet ups where you can discuss problems, come up with solutions and maybe even go on to implement them. They are partnering with top institutions in the country like IIT Bombay which are already famous for their strides in innovation.

<span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Every year, different branches of VRSEC conducts faculty training programs to train their&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">teaching, technical, innovation and entrepreneurial skills.</span>

#<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">Biometric system on face recognition</span>

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;"></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;">Industry partnerships are the key to bridge the gap between learning and implementing. VR Siddhartha has thus made industry partnerships a very important mission. We are partnering with reputed industries like Amazon, Microsoft,Siemens, UTL technologies to help students get first hand experience of real time working. Internships have been made compulsory in the latest curriculum and our training and placement department has left no stone unturned in helping students landing next level internship opportunites. We also have partnerships with software giants like Cyient, to help all our students get a taste of the software culture and decide for themselves whether they enjoy it or not.</span>

Recently, the entrepreneurship club or E-Club was inaguarated amidst a lot of enthusiasam and aspiration. It looks to provide a platform for free exchange of ideas, and provide resources and opportunities to nurture ideas.It is still in infancy stage but the optimism surrounding its inception, gives every ideator confidence that their dream can be a reality someday! In addition to providing necessary guidance to budding entrepreneurs through exhaustive workshops about every aspect surrounding startups, the club is aiming to herald a new innovation wave within the college by encouraging everyone to come up with something new! The club is regularly conducting meet ups where you can discuss problems, come up with solutions and maybe even go on to implement them. They are partnering with top institutions in the country like IIT Bombay which are already famous for their strides in innovation.

<span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Every year, different branches of VRSEC conducts faculty training programs to train their&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">teaching, technical, innovation and entrepreneurial skills.</span>

#<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">Biometric system on face recognition</span>

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;"></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;">Industry partnerships are the key to bridge the gap between learning and implementing. VR Siddhartha has thus made industry partnerships a very important mission. We are partnering with reputed industries like Amazon, Microsoft,Siemens, UTL technologies to help students get first hand experience of real time working. Internships have been made compulsory in the latest curriculum and our training and placement department has left no stone unturned in helping students landing next level internship opportunites. We also have partnerships with software giants like Cyient, to help all our students get a taste of the software culture and decide for themselves whether they enjoy it or not.</span>

University Landscape Canvas: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gksESJw04FYHl7bi9D7eqhdkWnr1YcrhG9CLfACmjg4/edit?usp=sharing Sheets]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/V_R_Siddhartha_Engineering_College Campus Overview]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAgYV_oizjQ&index=3&list=LLDNrs5iEG_Y5Pvd6oOXJ7jg: Pitch Video]

&nbsp;Landscape canvas&nbsp;: Fall 2018

Strategic priorities link -fall 2018

Pitch video fall 2018 link:

[https://youtu.be/zBXtY44V3vs Strategic Priorities]

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gksESJw04FYHl7bi9D7eqhdkWnr1YcrhG9CLfACmjg4/edit?usp=sharing Google_Sheets]