About Raghu Engineering College, Visakhapatnam

The establishment of Raghu Engineering College Visakhapatnam (REC) took place in the academic year of 2001. It is situated on National Highway 43 in Visakhapatnam. The college has been approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE, New Delhi) and the Government of Andhra Pradesh. It has also been accredited by The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), National Board of Accreditation (NBA) with ‘A' grade. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University affiliates this college. University Grants Commission (UGC) has conferred this college as ‘Autonomous' status.

It is considered to be one of the best engineering colleges in terms of infrastructure. The campus is large and is spread over an area of 50 acres. Raghu Engineering College is surrounded with beautiful sceneries. The classrooms are good and big enough with good furniture. A large ground to play and it also provides free Wi-Fi facility all over the college area. Most of the classes are equipped with projector facility for a better understanding of students. It also provides hostel facilities to the students coming from all over the country. The most important aspects of the college are its cafeteria, which is quite good in providing healthy food, laboratories, anti-ragging cell, training and placement cell, students' cell and the central library which is fully-fledged with informative books.

The programs that are mainly offered by the Raghu Engineering College are Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) and Master of Technology (M.Tech). It offers these programs in various branches. Admission to these courses takes place through an entrance examination Engineering, Agriculture & Medicine Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. Following is the list of programs offered with various branches,

Program Branch Intake B.Tech Mechanical Engineering 300 B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering 240 B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering 180 B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering 180 B.Tech Civil Engineering 60 M.Tech CAD/CAM 18 M.Tech Computer Science Engineering 18 M.Tech Software Engineering 18 M.Tech Embedded Systems 18 M.Tech Power Electronics 18

The college has six departments namely Mechanical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer science & Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Basic Sciences & Humanities. Apart from this, Scholarships are offered to the Meritorious Students who secure a good rank in the entrance examination conducted by the university.

EAMCET ranks Scholarship per year Rank <= 3000 INR 50,000 3000< Rank<= 5000 INR 30,000 5000< Rank<=10000 INR 20,000

Raghu Engineering College faculties are of equal importance and are well qualified. They put in all their efforts to make students understand. They are proficient in the fields they have been recruited in. They are supportive and help students to their maximum extent.

Talking about the Raghu Engineering College placements, the Training and Placement cell of this college provides personal and career-oriented support to the students. The Placement cell began in the year 2005 that helped a large number of students get placed. The companies that visit include Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Mindtree, Virtusa, IBM, Polaris and many more. The college helps to make all the meritorious students employable and promotes industry-institute interaction.