Gudlavalleru Engineering College

ABOUT THE COLLEGE
Establishment:Gudlavalleru Engineering College is located in serene green fields of Gudlavalleru, a popular village in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. Educational Society, Seshadri Rao Knowledge Village, Gudlavalleru which was established in the year 1981 with the main objective of establishing, aiding and maintaining technical, engineering and general educational institution

s. In pursuance of this, the Society established A.A.N.M. & V.V.R.S.R. Polytechnic in the year 1981, A.A.N.M. & V.V.R.S.R. English Medium High School in 1988, Gudlavalleru Engineering College in 1998 and V.V. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010. Location: Gudlavalleru is a popular village in Andhra Pradesh, famous for its cattle fair and rice milling industry. Its villagers are known for their pioneering work in poultry and dairy farming. The village has been a hub of educational activity with a number of educational institutions located in it. Its Panchayat has the distinction of being honoured at the National level in 1973. Gudlavalleru is located on Gudivada-Machilipatnam route, well connected by road and rail to Vijayawada(55km), Machilipatnam(26km) and Gudivada(9km) and by rail to distant places like Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Chennai, Bangalore, Puri, Bilaspur and Jagdalpur. Management Members: Gudlavalleru Engineering College was founded by the pragmatic, sagacious and prudent Sri Vallurupalli Venkata Rama Seshadri Rao, who was also a role model to the staff members. Sri Vallurupalli Venkata Rama Seshadri Rao with Dr. Nageswara Rao Vallurupalli, present Chairman, as advisor was instrumental in the growth of the college in the initial 10 years. He is affectionately called as “The Father of Gudlavalleru Engineering College”. The institution is presently marching forward under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Nageswara Rao Vallurupalli, Chairman, Sri Musunuri Srinivasa Rao, Co-Chairman, Er. Satyanarayana Rao Vallurupalli, Secretary & Correspondent, Sri Vallurupalli Rama Krishna, Co-Secretary & Correspondent and other Management Members. The college was accorded permanent affiliation by the then JNTU, Hyderabad in 2006 and now by JNTUK, Kakinada from 2010. Courses: This college was started with an intake of 180 in EEE, ME, ECE & CSE branches of B.Tech courses in 1981. Keeping in view the demand for quality education with credibility and employment prospects as aspired by the parents and students seeking engineering education, the college has registered a phenomenal growth with additional branches and intake in both UG & PG programmes. At Present the college is offering UG B.Tech Courses in Civil Engineering (CE), Electrical & Electronics Engineering(EEE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) and Information Technology (IT), Artificial Intelligence and Data science (AIDS), Internet of Things (IoT) , Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI&ML). PG M.Tech Courses – Structural Engineering (SE), Power Electronics and Electric Drives (PEED), Machine Design (MD), VLSI Design and Embedded Systems (VLSID & ES) and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI&ML), beside PG–Master of Business Administration (MBA). The total intake is 1416. The college has good infrastructure and qualified and experienced faculty, well supported by competent technical supporting and administrative staff. Recognitions:
• Recognized by AICTE, New Delhi.
• UGC granted an Autonomous status to the college
• Permanently affiliated to affiliating University since 2006
• National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi Accreditation Under Tier–I for UG B.Tech programs CE,EEE, ME, ECE, CSE& IT
• Accredited by NAAC
• Recognized under 2(f) & 12(B) Acts of UGC, New Delhi.
• AICTE funded Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC).
• Recognized by ONGC, New Delhi for taking up ONGC Consultancy works and other structural
designs.
• JNTUK Nodal Centre for Spot Valuation.
• Research Centers: Departments of CE, EEE, ME, ECE & CSE are recognized as Research Centers
• Skill Development Centers: CM’s Skill, Dassault Systems, ARC Lab Indo-European.
• Collaborations: APSSDC, ICT Academy, Institutions Innovation Council, VM Ware IT Academy, CISCO Academy, AWS, Dev Net, Blue Prisim, Microchip, IUCEE.
• Recognized as Nodal Center for development of Virtual Labs in Optical Communication, Mechanics of Solids and Data Mining by IIT, Roorkee.
• Remote Centre of IIT-Bombay to conduct FDPs.
• Recognized as a Member in NDLI by MHRD.
• Selected for Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) 2.0 of MHRD

Awards:
• ICT Academy recognition (National Winner, and State Winner 2021) for students acquiring industry certificates under Skilledge Technology Foundational Courses.
• ATAL Ranking: Recognized as Band-Performer for the year 2021.
• Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) has announced the awarded for “Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan National Award for an Engineering College having Best Overall Performance” to our college for the year 2019. The Award consists of a medallion and a citation.
• Prathibha Awards 2019 for meritorious students of class of 2019 announced by the JNTUK, Kakinada. 13 awards got our students of 2019 passed outs, B.Tech 9 (CE-2, ME-2, EEE-1, ECE-3, CSE-1), M.Tech 4 (ME-1, ES-1, CSE-2).
• Gudlavalleru Engineering College is recognized for the prestigious “ICT Academy - Partner in Growth" award for its stupendous & vibrant encouragement for the initiatives of ICT Academy, 2018.
• SWAYAM NPTEL Local Chapter is one of the active NPTEL Chapter and recognized with ‘AA’ Grade. ISTE - Srinidhi Institute of Science & Technology Award 2017 for the Best Engineering College in A.P. & T.S.
• “ISTE A.P. & T.S. Section Best Engineering College with Overall Performance for the year 2016 Award” instituted by Srinidhi Institute of Science & Technology, Hyderabad.
• The Founder Secretary and Correspondent of the College, Sri V.V.R.Seshadri Rao and the present Chairman, Dr.Nageswara Rao Vallurupalli were honoured with the Edupreneurs–2013 awards for their leading role in transforming Engineering Education in India by “Engineering Watch”, a reputed National Magazine. The Award was received by Er.Satyanarayana Rao Vallurupalli, the present Secretary & Correspondent at Edupreneurs Conclave 2013 held at New Delhi on 15th February 2013 from Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India.
• “ISTE A.P. Section Best Engineering College with Overall Performance for the year 2013 Award” instituted by Srinidhi Institute of Science & Technology, Hyderabad.
• The college has obtained the prestigious award of “ISTE Best Student Chapter in AP” for 2008 received at ISTE Student National Convention, NIT, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. ACHIEVEMENTS / RECOGNITIONS – FACULTY LEVEL
 One of our faculty received Best Teacher Award from ISTE, AP in 2020.
 Best Teacher award for 2 of our faculty members from ISTE, AP. In 2019.
 Best NSS Program Officer award 2019 by JNTUK, Kakinada.
 Best Physical Director award 2017 by JNTUK, Kakinada.
 11 Faculty members on the BoS / Executive Council of University / Colleges.
 19 Faculty members - office bearers of Professional Societies.
 16 Ph.Ds awarded under the supervision of 12 faculty members.
 Recognition of 24 faculty members as Research Guides.
 11 Faculty members received Best Research Papers awards in Conferences.
 13 Faculty members received 42.40 Lakhs Grants from UGC/AICTE/SERB/DST.
 4 Faculty members received 54.90 Lakhs Grants under MODROBS from AICTE.
 223 Faculty members obtained NPTEL Certifications, 67 are on toppers page.
 14 Faculty members are recognized as Discipline Stars by NPTEL.
 One of our faculty member is nominated as member of NDRF, New Delhi.
 2 of our faculty members have undergone PBL in Java J2EE from Wipro.
 One of our faculty is nominated as NSS District Program Officer by JNTUK, Kakinada
 2 of our faculty acted as 3rd Party witness for “Pouring Largest Concrete in 24 Hours”. ACHIEVEMENTS / RECOGNITIONS – STUDENT LEVEL
 Our Student Team won National Award Winners for their project entitled “Utilization of Airport facilities and utilities using IoT”. In Smart India Hackathon 2020 .
 Our student team presented their project entitled “Unmanned Aquaculture Monitoring System for Better Yield and Profit”. in the National Convention “Chhatra Viswakarma Awards – 2019”.
 Two of our students received Best Student Innovator Award from ISTE, AP in 2020.
 One of our student received An Ideal Student of Talent and Excellence Award from ISTE, AP in 2020.
 Ms. Jayasree received a Gold Medal in CSE for being a topper among JNTUK affiliated colleges in 2017.
 18 of our students shortlisted for “Prathibha Puraskar” of A.P. Government.
 Pursuance of NPTEL Courses by a good number of students. 52 students occupied Toppers Page
 Ms. Pranavi received Appreciation Certificate for her participation in National Women’s Parliament in 2017.
 Selection of 76 Students as University Blues.
 Received Vice Chancellor’s Trophy (2017) & Overall Champions in games at University Level (Men & Women) during the years 2018, 2019.
 Mr. Ramsiva received Gold Medal in Kabaddi Tournament 2017 at Asian Olympics.
 8 Students received National Medals in Student Olympics.
 197 students received note-worthy prizes in various Technical Symposia.
 Two of our students were sponsored by PowerMech Projects Ltd. In 2017 for Industrial visit in China.
 Ms. Potluri Sreya (18481A05H8) has been selected for Amazon IND with 30.0 Lakhs package as a Software Development Engineer.
 Microsoft Certifications : MCP – 525, MTA-240, MOS-450
 Out Students designed and developed two Virtual Labs in association with IIT, Roorke and one more lab is in process. Salient Features:
Facilities:
• College has an excellent and fully Air Conditioned Central Lecture Theatre (CLT) with carpet area of 4100 sq.ft. designed for 350 seating capacity with Video Project, Epson Document Camera for Digital Teaching, Apple TC, Kramer VIA Pro Control and Internet Connectivity.
• Well ventilated and ergonomically designed class rooms, e-class rooms, seminar halls with internet connectivity.
• English Language Communication Skills Labs for training in soft skills.
• 155 Mbps BSNL leased line, 155 Mbps City Online, 30 Mbps Excel Broadband connection.
• Wi-Fi enabled campus covering an area of more than half a kilometre radius.
• A remote centre of IIT-Bombay to test and enhance the effectiveness of Aakash Tablets.
• Pearson VUE Test Centre for Microsoft, Oracle, CISCO, etc. Certifications
• English Language Teaching Centre for Teachers Professional Development
• Library: AICTE/UGC recommended Journals and e-books, NPTEL Videos & Material, a high-end server with 46 systems networked to all the departments and class rooms for accessing the library resources.
• Power Backup: About 695 kVA Generator Power backup is provided.
• Solar: A monthly average of 39000 to 40000 units generation through 350 kVA power station with 4 inverters (each 100 kVA) connected to main grid. Collaborations:
• Advanced Partner Institute of Infosys Campus Connect Program.
• Collaboration with NITTTR, Chennai to arrange Teacher Training Programs on “Excellence in Teaching –Learning”.
• PMKVY-TI Centre of AICTE to empower unemployed youth with skills leading to gainful employment in suitable private sector.
• APSSDC CM Skill Excellence Centre (CMSEC) to scale up and increase the number of skilled candidates and placements. o Programming Lab
o Dassault Systems 3D Experience Lab
• Venture Development Centre (VDC) to start and develop own business startups for students.
• APSSDC-ECM: ARC Labs “Indo-Euorpean Skilling Centres for Mechatronics and Industrial Robotics”.
• Collaboration with industries and external research laboratories results in student industrial visits, summer internships and student projects.
• Collaboration with TCS, INFOSYS, MICROSOFT, DRDO, Andhra University, Unistring Tech Solutions, Hyderabad, Efftronics Systems Pvt. Ltd., Vijayawada to conduct placement training programs on aptitude and soft skills.
• MoU with ICT Academy for training the students on Industry relevant courses

Placement Activities: Placements for the class of 2022: 1411, Highest package:30.00 Lakhs, Avg salary: 5.3 Lakhs

Other Services:
Medical Centre: College maintains a Medical Centre with attached clinical Laboratory for routine tests with two MBBS doctors and two full-time medical assistants.
24 Hours ambulance facility is provided. Free vaccination against Typhoid & Hepatitis to all first year students every year. Canteen & Student Lounge: Hygienically maintain spacious Canteen with modern Amenities and comfortably furnished student lounge are located in Amenities Block. ATM facility and SBI Service Counter are located on the campus. Co-Operative Stores is maintained on no profit no loss basis. Transport: about 28 buses provided for student transport from Vijayawada, Vuyyuru, Gudivada, Challaplli, Kaikaluru and other places enroute. Drinking Water: Purified water (UV–RO treated oxidized) is supplied to all academic blocks, canteen and hostels. Electronic Surveillance: College is under electronic surveillance by providing about 192 digital CC cameras. Safety Norms: Buildings are being maintained ensuring maximum levels of safety and hygiene. Sufficient numbers of fire extinguishers are provided on the premises at required places. Lab Technicians and supporting staff are trained on the operation of fire extinguishers. Lightening arresters are provided to the buildings in the campus
Aesthetically designed Amenities Block with hygienically maintained canteen, Gymnasium, reading halls, Indoor games and guest room facility for boys and girls separately. Sports & Games: A permanent basketball court with reinforced concrete floor, Two Tennis courts with flood lights, Volleyball courts, etc. Indoor games are Shuttle Badminton, Table Tennis, Carroms, Chess, etc. Gymnasium: Well equipped indoor gymnasium for boys and girls separately. Hostels: College has provided hostel accommodation with Mess facility for Girls and Boys separately. Also provided power backup. NSS Unit: College has a NSS unit with a total strength of 150 members affiliated to JNTUK, Kakinada to undertake a good number of service activities in and around Gudlavalleru. Grand Events Organized:
• The college celebrates Graduation Day every year and the graduates and post graduates of various branches of engineering and Management course receive their Provisional Certificates in black Robs and Caps.
• Conducting Sri V. V. R. Seshadri Rao Memorial Annual Oration by Renowned Academicians / Scientists of National Eminence. GECFEST: State / National level Inter Engineering Collegiate Technical, Literary & Cultural and Games & Sports Festival. Performances by Nationally celebrated and decorated artists and Padma Awardees are arranged as part of GECFEST every year since 2009 to provide Rich Learning experience to the students. List of Professional Societies:
• Institution of Engineers (India) (CE, EEE, ME, ECE)
• ISTE Student Chapter (CE, EEE, ME)
• IEEE Student Branch (EEE)
• CSI Students Chapter (CSE, IT)
• IETE Student’s Forum (ISF) (EEE, ECE)
• ASME Student Chapter (ME)
• SAEINDIA (All Branches)
• List of Clubs:
• Green Club Music & Photography Club Cultural Club
• Innovation & Start-up Club Coding Club Technology Transfer
• Quest Literary & Dramatic Club Debate Club
• Student Associations:
• RACE ESCON MEA ECSAt COMITY SAINT SPARTANS
• Best Practices
o Sri V. Seshadri Rao Memorial Annual Oration by Persons of National Eminence. o Performances by Nationally celebrated and decorated artists and Padma Awardees are arranged as part of GECFEST every year since 2009 to provide Rich Learning experience to the students. o Faculty Empowerment through Participation: Faculty empowerment through participation in Governing Body, College Management Committee and various Institutional Committees. o One of the Alumni & the Lady Entrepreneur are also the members of the Governing Body. o Unique and innovative faculty retention measures. o Pedagogical training programs, “Training Teachers for Excellence”, are organized every year for all junior faculty by Dr. B. G. Barki, Former Director of NITTTR, Chennai. o Training of junior faculty by senior faculty as mentors on Communication Skills, Preparation of Course material and Subject delivery. o Faculty Motivation – Sponsorship & Retention
o Students Motivation – Practical Exposure
o Enhancing the Employability Skills and Placements of Graduates. o Master – Associating program. Sports:
Indoor Games:
 Shuttle Badminton
 Table Tennis
 Carroms
 Chess
Outdoor Games:
 Volley Ball
 Basket Ball
 Tennis
 Throw Ball
 Kabbadi
 Ball Badminton
Gym Facility:
Separate Gym facility for Boys & Girls
Hostels:
Hostel - Girls:
 Total Built up Area : 12,500 sq m
 Accommodation : 600 Students
Hostel - Boys:
 Total Built up Area : 6,900 sq m
 Accommodation : 425 Students
Alumni:
 Formed in 2003 and registered on 31st July 2012 under the A.P. Societies Registration Act
 Total number of Graduates : 14,507
 It organizes yearly meet in the College and also local meets at Hyderabad & Bangalore every year.
 Organizes 'DISA-a way forward' - a career building program for the first year students and deliver guest lectures.
 Extends cash awards worth `.30,000/- to Meritorious Poor students.
 Instituted a cash award of `. 5,000/- for GATE topper in the college. PROMINENT ALUMNI
 Dr. V. Sunil Kumar, 1998-2002 Batch CSE, Director-Data Science, Ericsson GAIA, R&D India, Bengaluru.
 Mr. I. Kiran Prasad, 1998-2002 Batch, ME, Chief Human Resource Officer, Sesa Care Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai.
 Dr. T. Narasa Reddy, 1998-2002 Batch, EEE Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, IIT Mandi.
 Mr. N. Bhanu Gopal, 1999 Batch, ME, Project Manager, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Hyderabad.
 Mrs. Swapna Priya Vattam, 1999-2003 Batch, ME Managing Partner, Redhan Engineering Services, Mumbai.
 Mr. Arjun Kumar, 2002-06 Batch, IT, Scientist-C – NIC, Chandigarh.
 Dr. G. Kiran Kumar, 2002-06 Batch, ECE-HoD, ECE NIT AP, Tadepalligudam
 Mr.Thambi Prashank, 2004-08 Batch, EEE Physical Design Implementation Engineer, Google, Bengaluru.
 Mrs.Tullimalli Madhuri, 2006-10 Batch, ECE Analog Layout Engineer, Intel Corporation, California, USA.
 Dr. Hymavathi Madivada, 2004-08 Batch ME Assistant Professor, NIT AP.
 Mr. A. S. Malleswara Rao, 2004-08 Batch CSE Team Lead, Microsoft Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad.
 Mrs. Siva Lalitha, 2006-10 Batch CSE, SSV Engineer, Infineon Technologies, Bangalore.
 Mr Dhara Mahesh, 2007-11 Batch IT, Director– Product Engineering, Forecast Era, Hyderabad.
 Mrs. K. Sindhura, 2007-11 Batch EEE, Senior Infotainment Project Engineer, McLaren, London, UK.
 Dr. B. Raghava Kumar, Batch 2007-2011 Batch, CE Project Scientist, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
 Dr. P. Harish, 2009-13 Batch, CE, Asst. Professor, BML Munjal University, Haryana
 Mr. Raghavendhra, 2010-14, Batch EEE, Scientist, BAARC
 Ms. Padma Tejaswi, 2010-14 Batch CE, Research Scholar, NIT Warangal.
 Mr. Prasanth, 2011-13 Batch, MBA Branch Manager, Axis Bank Pvt Ltd, Vijayawada.
 Mr. M. Ravi Teja, 2012-16 Batch CSE, Data Analyst, AQR Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai.
 Ms. L. Manasa. 2013-17 Batch, EEE Calibration Engineerr, Bosch Pvt. Ltd.
 Ms. Jayasree, 2013-17 Batch, CSE,
Software Developer-II, S and P Capital IQ Private Limited, Hyd.
 Mr. Rohith, 2014-18 Batch, ECE, PGP Student, IIM Nagpur.
 Mr. Sai Krishna, 2014-16 Batch, MBA, Tax Consultant, Delloitte Tax Service India Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad.
 Mr. Venkata Suresh Babu, 2015-19 Batch, CSE Senior Software Engineer, Geeky Ants, Bangalore.
 Ms. J. Madhuri, 2017-19 Batch, MBA,
Process Associate, BNY Mellon. NSS
The NSS Unit was started in the year 2002 with an objective to cultivate the right attitude of social service in the minds of students and make them responsible citizens. Academic Year No. of Activities Organized No.of Student Volunteer
2021-22 5 100
2020-21 8 100
2019-20 8 100
2018-19 12 100
Oration:
Sri V. Seshadri Rao Memorial Annual Oration by Persons of National Eminence
 1st Annual Oration on “India will Show the Way Forward” by Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, PadmaShri Awardee Professor of EEE, IIT, Madras (2010).
 2nd Annual Oration on “Making India a Better Nation” by Dr.P. . Indiresan Padmabhushan Awardee, Former Director, IIT, Madras (2011).
 3rd Annual Oration on “Aviation Technologies, National Security and Wealth Generation” by Dr. Kota Harinarayana Padma Shri Awardee, Dr.DS Kothari, DRDO Chair ADA, Bangalore (2012).
 4th Annual Oration on “21st Century Engineer and Sustainable Development” by Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Padmabhushan Awardee, Dr. Homi J.Bhabha Chair, Former Director General, DRDO (2014).
 5th Annual Oration by Dr. E. Sreedharan, Padma Vibhushan Awardee, Principal Advisor – DMRC, LMRC & AP Govt. & Member Kerala Planning Board (2015).
 6th Annual Oration by Sri. Chowdary, IRS, Central Vigilance Commissioner, Delhi (2016)
 7th Annual Oration by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, General Secretary, Foundation for Democratic Reforms, Foundar – Lok Satta Movement (2017).
 8th Annual Oration by A. Kiran Kumar, Padma Shri Awardee, Vikram Sarabhai Professor, ISRO & Member, Space Commission (2018).
 9th Annual Oration by Dr. B. Mohan Reddy, Padma Shri Awardee, Founder & Executive Chairman – Cyient (2019).