Introduction
Named after the eminent industrialist and former Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer, Velagapudi Ramakrishna, the College was founded in 1977 and has a reputation for engineering education in Andhra Pradesh. Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College is a self-financing institute established in the year 1977.The college was established for providing technical manpower initially in the fields of Civil, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Since then the college has continuously evolved itself to meet the changes in the field of Engineering. Undergraduate Courses in Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering besides eight postgraduate courses in the fields of Structural Engineering, CAD/CAM, Thermal Engineering, Signal Processing, Telematics, Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science & Technology and Power Electronics have been introduced.
The institution is located in a large expanse of 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land in Kanuru on the out skirts of Vijayawada city at a distance of about 6 km from the city centre, on the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam Highway (NH 9). The buildings are located in close proximity to each other with wide open spaces all around. The playing fields and other student and staff amenities are within easy walking distance of the faculty blocks.
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