Highlights of the Institute, Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College: Vijayawada, A.P.

1. Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College was established in 1977 as the first private self–financed engineering college in the state of composite Andhra Pradesh.
2. Only Institute in A.P. ranked below 200 in NIRFamong the private institutions for the last seven years.
3. NBA accredited programmes since 1998 (First in A.P.) and also accredited in Outcome based education format (Tier I) since 2013(Accredited in six cycles)
4. Positioned in the Band of 51-100 in the Innovation Category in NIRF – India Rankings 2023, ‘Excellent’category in 2021, Band ‘A’ institution  (6-25 rank) in 2020 under the category “Colleges/Institutes (Private / Self-Financed) (Technical)” in ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation achievements) by MOE, GoI.
5. The institute is Re -Accredited by NAAC with A+ gradein 2021.
6. First Autonomousinstitution in A.P. since 2006 &Extended autonomous status for 10 years up to 2028 by UGC without peer team visit.
7. Only private institute in A.P. selected for MARGADARSHAN scheme by AICTEin 2018 to share & Mentor institutions in the region for quality up gradation & accreditation of programmes – 8 Institutions accreditedby NBA under our mentorship.
8. Received AICTE- CII IndPact award2019 for Best industry linked Technical Institution in Civil Engineering from MOE, GoI (only institution in A.P.)
9. Platinumrated institute by AICTE-CII survey for four consecutive years 2017-2020.
10. NABL accredited labsin civil Engineering which is very rare in academic Institutions.
11. TEQIP – IIC -1.2 (R, D & I) Institution, funded by MOE & World Bank.
12. Our Sponsoring Society “Siddhartha Institute of General and Technical Institution” (SAGTE)  Recognised as SIRO(Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation), by DSIR, MST, Govt. of India.
13. of Publications – last 3 years (SCI & SCOPUS Indexed) – 1600.
14. Sponsored Research Grants & Consultancy – last 5 years – 1760 lakhs.
15. 20+ Collaborative labsand CoEs in the institute in association with SIEMENS, IBM, CISCO, ORACLE, NI, DST, DASSAULT, AP Govt. & so on.
16. Placements in global companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Deloitte, TCS, PWC, CISCO, ADOBE, etc.Highest Package – 46.0 LPA, Median – 4.5 LPA.
17. Several best practicesin place in tune with the expectations of UGC/AICTE/Industr