vr siddhartha engineering college

Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College or VRSEC was the first private institution to offer undergraduate education in engineering in Andhra Pradesh, India and First Private college to offer PG Programmes in engineering in Andhra Pradesh in the year 1998. The college was approved to be an autonomous institution by UGC/Acharya Nagarjuna University in the year 2006 . The institution is located on 24.05 acres (97,300 m2) of land in Kanuru on the outskirts of Vijayawada city at a distance of about 6 km from the city centre, on the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam Highway (NH 9). The College has about 5400 students, more than 350 faculty ( Faculty with 88 Ph.D.s & 100 pursuing Ph.D.s )and around 200 technical and supporting staff. Extracurricular opportunities include NCC, NSS, Students Chapters of IEEE, social clubs and sports & games.