Institutional Distinctiveness

Transforming the Rural, Social, and Economically Backward Students as Globally Competent Professionals

The distinctive feature of the institution is transforming rural, social, and economically backward student into a good knowledgeable and successful individual in academics and profession also. Various academic and personality development programs are designed and implemented to fulfill the necessary requirements of highly skilled professionals. During the time of bridge course, more attention is focused to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each student by an effective counseling system. Oral and written communication skills, problem solving ability, creative and lateral thinking behavior, intra and interpersonal skills, hobbies etc., are identified. Many of the students are from rural areas with an agricultural background. Two third of these students belong to the first generation of their family who are pursuing technical education at graduate level. Usually, they communication skills are poor.

Producing globally accepting professionals and improving their communication skills is a part of vision of the institution. Hence, to overcome the identified gaps, IQAC has implemented an initiative to train the students in this direction by promoting Cambridge University Certification courses (PET and BEC). From the second year onwards, all the students are trained for enhancing basic programming skills in advanced C and Data Structures, Python programming training, in addition to regular course work. These additional skills are very much essential in the present scenario for job opportunities of IT industry.

The institution is organizing coding competitions in association with HackerEarth. Every month, students are participating in CodeChef long challenge event. They are also practicing programming codes on Geeks for Geeks platform. The Student Activity Council (SAC) was established to coordinate and organize various cultural, literary, and fine arts activities. The SAC activities will promote team spirit, leadership qualities and managerial skills. Students are encouraged to participate in the National level technical quiz competitions, symposiums, paper and poster presentation, model and prototype development exhibitions and other related activities. The institution itself hosts every year a technical expo as a national level event “SRUJANANKURA”. The students actively involve in this event as participants, coordinators, and event promoters. Project works carried out from conventional branches like Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineering provide solutions to the societal issues of neighboring villages of the college. In addition to the regular academics and training programs, the institution also encourages certification courses offered by Coursera, SWAYAM-NPTEL etc. The students who receive NPTEL certifications in GOLD and SILVER levels are given cash prizes. In honor and respect to the parents, every year the parents of placed students are felicitated. More than 80% of students got placed on campus/took admission for higher studies in the reputed national and foreign universities. Students of this institution bagged 5 University Gold medals. The institution also stands in first five positions in academic results among the affiliated colleges of JNTUK, Kakinada.