he University College of Engineering Osmania University (UCEOU) has the distinction of being one of the oldest and biggest names in Telangana’s engineering circuit. Established in 1929, eleven years after the formation of Osmania University, it was the sixth engineering college to come up in the then British India. The college moved to its present permanent building in 1947 after India achieved Independence. Today, it is the largest among the campus colleges of Osmania University. The college was given autonomous status in 1994.
Courses Offered
Students can choose from a range of part time and full time engineering courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The college offers four-year engineering degree courses leading to the award of Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The college also offers postgraduate courses leading to Master of Computer Applications, Master of Science by Research and also PhD in various disciplines.
Infrastructure
Having great infrastructure, UCEOU boasts of a large library that caters to the needs of 5,000 students. There is also a digital library, with about 40 systems, that facilitates access to online journals.
UCEOU has three boys’ hostels, namely Kinnera, Ganga and Swarnamukhi to accommodate BE and MCA and Mtech students. Similarly, there are three separate girls’ hostels.
Students can avail of the services of a health centre, a gym, cafeteria and an activity centre with indoor games.
Special Centres
To help students take up course and research related work, there are centres like a Central Computing Centre, Centre for Energy Technology, Centre of Excellence, Centre for Creative Technology, and an examination cell. However, what makes UCEOU stand out from its contemporaries is the Research and Training Unit for
Navigational Electronics (NERTU).
The facility was inaugurated on April 1, 1982 as a sponsored project for the Department of Electronics. The first Advisory Committee (1982-1987) was headed by former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who was then Director of the Defence Research Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad. In September 1992, the government of Andhra Pradesh made it a permanent establishment in Osmania University. It is one of the first university centres to work in the area of Global Positioning System (GPS) and GPS-aided Geo Augmented Navigation System.
Principal of University College of Engineering Professor S Ramachandram lays emphasis on quality education. “The bottom line is quality. The goal of the institution is to produce graduates with the necessary skills. We lay emphasis on getting the basics right, because we must lay the foundation for the students so that they are industry ready when they graduate,” Professor Ramachandram said.
Shantanu Narayen
One of the world’s top paid CEOs, Shantanu Narayen is lauded for his leadership qualities, which helped Adobe, a software and services company and expand its product portfolio. Born in 1963, raised in Hyderabad, Narayen went to UCEOU and gained a degree in electronic engineering before moving to the US for higher studies
Harsha Bhogle
The popular commentator studied Chemical Engineering at UCEOU, Hyderabad. He began his career as a commentator at the age of 19 with All India Radio, while living in the city. Wondering how an IIM-A grad ended up being a cricket commentator? Well, it’s probably because he learnt the secret to having great Chemistry with his listeners
— suhas@newindianexpress.com