K L University

Coordinates: 16°26′32″N 80°37′21″E / 16.44222°N 80.62250°E / 16.44222; 80.62250

K L University

Former names	Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering
Motto	To impart quality higher education and to undertake research and extension with emphasis on application and innovation that cater to the emerging societal needs through all-round development of students of all sections enabling them to be globally competitive and socially responsible citizens with intrinsic values.
Type	Deemed university
Established	1980
Chancellor	Dr. M. Rama Moorthy
Pro Vice-Chancellor	A.V.S.Prasad
Students	15000+
Undergraduates	10000+
Location	vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Campus	Suburban
Nickname	KLU
Mascot	KLUian
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.kluniversity.in

K L University, officially the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, is a deemed university located in the Vaddeswaram Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, India. K L University consists of 11 academic departments and six schools, with emphasis on scientific and technological research.^[1]

Established in 1980, the college is located on a 100-acre (40 ha) site adjacent to Buckingham Canal, and is about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Vijayawada in Krishna District and 20 km from Guntur City. The institution is recognised by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, has been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation, and is certified by ISO 9001 - 2000. It has been accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with an A grade.

On 4th December,2016 noon a clash happened between students of KLU from Tanzania and local people and five students were arrested.^[2]

History

It is awarded as the "BEST PRIVATE UNIVERSITY" in South India^[3] and there are nearly 600 research scholars so far in the university, it was rated with 'A' GRADE University in India. The college was established in 1980 at Vaddeswaram by the late Sri Koneru Lakshmaiah and Sri K. Satyanarayana. Sri K. Lakshmaiah, who graduated from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, came up with the idea of establishing an engineering college in order to rectify the local scarcity of engineers.

One of the objectives of establishing the institute was to develop facilities of education in a variety of specialised engineering and technological sciences. Establishing adequate facilities for postgraduate studies and research was a focal point for the founding years. The institute has recorded 100% placements for the past eight consecutive years. Affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, the college was granted autonomy in 2006. It has acquired the status of deemed university in 2009,^[4] and is now known as Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation.^[5]

Departments

The college was started with four streams in 1980, but now offers nine programmes in the undergraduate courses and five programmes in post-graduate courses. KLU was the first engineering college in Andhra Pradesh to start an Industrial and Production Engineering branch in undergraduate courses and to have an NBA accreditation for Biotechnology. It has a plinth area of 38,045 square metres (409,510 sq ft). The college has four computer centres catering to the computing needs of the students and staff.

Campus

K L University's 100-acre (40 ha) campus is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Vijayawada and 20 km from Guntur City, on the banks of the Buckingham Canal of Krishna River. The developed area is approximately 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m²).^[4] According to sports courts in K L University: We have an indoor stadium in that 4 wooden synthetic badminton courts are there, table tennis are in indoor stadium only and all indoor sports like chess caroms and all are in indoor stadium first floor. It has a single ground for football, cricket and athletics , and separate courts for all types of games such as basketball, tennis and net ball.

On 4th December, 2016, University students from Tanzania was accused to participate in a brawl with locals and 5 students were arrested.

Schools

College of Engineering for B.Tech.

• Bio - Technology (BT)
• Civil Engineering (CE)
• Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
• Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
• Electronics and Computer Engineering (ECM)
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)
• Information Science and Technology (IST)
• Mechanical Engineering (ME)
• Petroleum Engineering (PE)
• Architecture(Barch).

Post Graduate Programs

◾Bio Technology ◾Computer Science & Engineering ◾Computer Networks & Security ◾Communication & Radar Systems ◾Power Systems ◾Power Electronics & Drives ◾Signal Processing ◾Mechatronics ◾Thermal Engineering ◾Non Destructive Testing (NDT) ◾Cloud Computing ◾Polymer Science and Technology ◾Computational Intelligence ◾Wireless Communication & Radar Systems ◾Structural Engineering ◾VLSI ◾Embedded Systems ◾Microwave and Radar Engineering

KLU Business School

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 2 Years with following specialisations

• Business Administration
• Technology Management
• Health Care & Hospital Management
• Banking and Financial Services (Distributed MBA)

College of Sciences & Humanities

• Department of Computer Applications
• Department of Physics
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of English
• Basic Engineering Sciences
• Department of commerce

Others

• Agro-technology
• Bio-Technology
• Micro-Biology

Academic Research Division

Applications in the prescribed form are invited semester wise from the eligible candidates for admission into M.Phil./Ph.D. (Full and Part-time) programmes in the following disciplines:

• Ph. D in Engineering

Bio-Technology, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering.

• M.Phil. or Ph.D. in Sciences, Management & Humanities

Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Management, Commerce & English

Student's life

Cultural activities such as dancing, singing and drama feature to a lesser extent in the life of a KLU student. The annual cultural festival, Surabhi, is held in February. It is a two-day event, featuring games, exhibitions, competitions and musical concerts.

The annual Science & Technology national level festival of K L University, Samyak, is held in October every year and is one of the largest of its kind in Andhra Pradesh. It comprises various events like competitions, exhibits and talks from guest speakers from around the world.

These college festivals are organised, financially managed and conducted entirely by the students of University. All these festivals and organisations are sponsored by private enterprises.

Apart from cultural and technological activities, students actively involve in various 'social outreach' activities with the help of generous funding provided by Centre for Extension Activities of K L University.

The university houses several hobby clubs and forums like Women's forum, LINUX groups etc.

Academics

The faculty to student ratio is 1:13. Faculty of the college number 617, out of which 187 are doctorates and more than 140 are pursuing their PhD.

The Freshman Engineering Department helps first-year undergraduate students adapt to the requirements of technical education. The Institute has a Communication and Soft Skills (CSS) Department, headed by professors and having more than twenty faculty members.

The Institute offers bridge courses to the students coming from disadvantaged backgrounds to make them competent to take up the courses on a par with other students. The Institute is recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by DSIR, Government of India for its research environment.

Administration

Every department has 24 committees which administer activities and students are members of these committees. There is an advisory board in every school with academicians from IITs and foreign universities and eminent personalities from industry.

An entrepreneurship cell is established in the Institute in association with IIT Madras to guide students who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs.

Student housing

Separate hostel facilities are available for both male and female students.

The girls' hostel is within the campus and houses 1024 with a capacity of 1192 with 500 rooms. Different rooms accommodating 2 per room, 3 per room with attached toilets as well as A.C. rooms are also available. Suite rooms with modern furniture and separate study room are also available.

The boys' hostel is a short walk from the university accommodating 1957 students with a capacity of 2040 with 780 rooms. Different rooms accommodating 2 per room, 3 per room with attached toilets as well as A.C. rooms are also available.

Industry interaction

The Institute is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The Institute has signed memorandums of understanding with national and multinational industries, which allows the students to visit the industries to earn practical experience. The institute has an Industrial Relations and Placements Department with offices in cities in India that oversee the industry-Institution interaction and placements.

Companies have established a "virtual industry" on campus which allow the students of the Institute to do the industry projects within the campus. Full-semester industrial training is mandatory for the students through Practice School.

Accreditation

This university was given deemed status under u/s 3 of UGC Act 1956. It is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of UGC as ‘A’ Grade with a CGPA of 3.12 on a 4-point scale. It is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, and accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). It is an ISO 9001 - 2000 Certified Institution, and has been autonomous since 2006.

Notable Alumni

Prasad V Potluri, a well known serial enterprenuer founded Procon, Inc. and Albion Orion Company LLC in Michigan. He also cofounded IREVNA Ltd which was acquired by CRISIL Ltd.,^[42] an S&P company.

Research groups

In order to enhance R & D and consultancy activities within the university, 49 faculty research groups are functioning effectively. Each group is headed by a senior professor with a Ph.D. These are actively involved in setting research labs and also obtaining the funded research and consultancy projects from research organisation and industries. Being a young institution, research activities in some departments are plentiful. However quality of research is maintained under the purview of research groups.

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