Seshadri Rao Gudlavalleru Engineering College

Seshadri Rao Gudlavalleru Engineering College is located at Gudlavalleru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India.^[1]

Seshadri Rao Gudlavalleru Engineering College

Other name	GEC
Type	Autonomous
Established	1998
Founders	AANM & VVRSR Educational Society
Chairman	Nageswara Rao Vallurupalli
Principal	Dr. Burra Karuna Kumar
Academic staff	275
Administrative staff	150
Students	4966
Location	Gudlavalleru , Andhra Pradesh , India
Affiliations	Autonomous college under jurisdiction of JNTUK
Website	gecgudlavalleru.ac.in

History

Gudlavalleru Engineering College was established in 1998, by the pragmatic, sagacious and prudent Sri Vallurupalli Venkata Rama Seshadri Rao, who was also a role model to the staff members. He is affectionately called "the father of Gudlavalleru Engineering College". In aacademic year 2021-22, the school was renamed in his honor. However, the EAMCET code remains "GDLV".

The current chairman is Dr. Nageswara Rao Vallurupalli present Chairman, who as advisor was instrumental in the growth of the college in its initial 10 years.

The college was established under the AANM & VVRSR Educational Society with an intake of 180 students with four branches of study. The present intake of the college in B.Tech is 1416. Additionally, 10% of sanctioned intake are admitted at first year B.Tech under EWS, and 10% of sanctioned intake are admitted at second B.Tech level under lateral entry scheme. M.Tech intake is 36 and the MBA is 60.

Location

Gudlavalleru is a village in Andhra Pradesh, famous for its cattle fair and rice milling industry. Its villagers mainly work in poultry and dairy farming. The village has been a hub of educational activity, with a number of educational institutions located here. Its panchayat was honoured at the national level in 1973. Gudlavalleru is located on the 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.

Departments

Engineering departments

• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Information Technology
• Mechanical Engineering
• Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
• Internet of Things
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Science & humanities departments

• Chemistry Department
• English Department
• Mathematics Department
• Physics Department

Professional departments

• Master of Business Administration
• Library Science Department
• Physical Education

Administration

• Dr. Nageswara Rao Vallurupalli - chairman
• Sri M. Srinivasa Rao - co-chairman
• Sri Satyanarayana Rao Vallurupalli - secretary & correspondent
• Dr. P. Ravindra Babu - advisor to management
• Dr. Burra Karuna Kumar - principal
• Dr. P. Kodanda Rama Rao - vice principal - administration
• Dr. MRCH Sastry - vice principal - academics
• Dr. P. Nageswara Reddy - director - PG. studies, consultancy & testing and R&D
• Dr. B. Karuna Kumar - director - academics strengthening and advancement)