[[Category<p style="text-align:center;"> <strong>UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING JNTUK NARASARAOPET</strong></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"> <strong>Narasaraopet, Guntur (District), Andhra Pradesh, India- 522601</strong></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"> <strong> UIF WIKI PAGE</strong></p><p> <strong>CONTENTS OF THE WIKI PAGE:</strong></p><p> <strong>Introduction to JNTUK</strong></p><p> <strong>Introduction to UCEN JNTUK</strong></p><ol> <li> <strong>Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</strong></li> <li> <strong>Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</strong></li> <li> <strong>Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</strong></li> <li> <strong>Facilitating university-industry collaboration</strong></li> <li> <strong>Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts</strong></li></ol><p> <strong>Others</strong></p><p> <strong>INTRODUCTION TO JNTUK</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>J</strong>awaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK) was initially incepted with the name “<strong>The College of Engineering – Vizagapatnam” in 1946</strong>. The university grew out of that college. Spread over a sprawling campus of <strong>110 acres</strong> in port city of Kakinada, the college became a constituent unit of JNTU Hyderabad in 1972. Subject to the bifurcation of JNTU, it was notified as JNTUK by the act of legislature in 2008 as separate university. JNTUK has THREE Constituent colleges under its fold<strong>: University College of Engineering (autonomous) Kakinada, University College of Engineering Vizianagaram and University College of Engineering Narasaraopet</strong>. JNTUK has nearly <strong><em>268 affiliated colleges </em></strong>under the jurisdiction of 8 districts.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>INTRODUCTION TO UCEN JNTUK </strong></p><p> The University College of Engineering JNTUK Narasaraopet (UCEN) was started in <strong><em>June 2016</em></strong> with Five under Graduate Engineering Courses Viz., B.Tech. in Civil, EEE, Mechanical, ECE and CSE as a constituent college of JNTUK, Kakinada. The Andhra Pradesh State Government has allotted <strong>85.94 Acres land</strong> in Kakani village, Narasaraopet Mandal for the institute under G.O.Ms.NO.72 and North East of the land is just at the foot of KotappaKonda. Foundation advancement works Phase-I was authorized by University to a tune of 30 Crores out of 80 Crore budget. The College is temporarily located at <strong>NBT campus in Palnadu Road, Narasaraopet</strong>and facilitates both Boys and Girls Hostels within the town. The institute is offering corporate and Industrial Consultancy Services for quality material testing, compliance reports and testing programmes. Institute encourages the students to participate in technical competitions held in premier institutes like IITs and NITs. Sports, games and yoga are practiced daily by the students.</p><p> Rs. 29 lakh was granted for the present Academic Year exclusively for the Library for Procuring technical books, and about <strong>8000 Titles</strong> of General Books-Fiction, Autobiographies, Epics, Historical, and Competitive Exams etcetera. About <strong>150 Computer Systems</strong> of latest configuration are being procured for the State of art Computer Laboratory. Experienced and qualified faculty of repute are the main strength of the institute.</p><p> <strong>In Detail</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>PROMOTING STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP</strong></p><br /><p> </p><p> <span _fcknotitle="true" class="fck_mw_category" sort="Universities">Universities]]</span></p>