Vice-chancellor of Andhra University GSN Raju has said that the College of Engineering (Autonomous) will be upgraded as an IIT and Andhra University would get the Central University status in the near future.
Addressing the students and parents of the College of Engineering to mark the Freshers’ Day here Thursday, Raju said that the Andhra University administration had already started making its efforts for turning the university into a Central University. The Union Government had expressed its willingness to accept the proposal, he added.
He said the students of the AU Engineering College were getting employment in multinational companies with a record 200 per cent placement. The university was adjudged one of the best universities in implementing TEQIP programme. The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, had sanctioned Rs 17.5 crore to Andhra University under the second phase of TEQIP programme, Raju said. The vice-chancellor said the university was taking steps to make the campus ragging-free. Anti-ragging committees and squads were being set up at all levels to monitor the situation from time to time. Senior students were very cooperative and they were aware of the punishment for indulging in ragging, he added.
Principal, College of Engineering, Ch V Ramachandra Murthy, assured the parents that the university administration would take care of the welfare of students.
Vice-principal PS Avadhani, professors including P Srinivasa Rao, G Sasibhushana Rao, Bhujanga Rao, Bapi Raju, Sujatha, PVJ Mohan Rao and DSR Murthy also spoke.