Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada

Under Graduate Programme

  Admission to regular B.Tech Programmes are made based on the rank secured in AP EAPCET (Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test) conducted by Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), Andhra Pradesh.

Post Graduate Programme

  Admission to regular M.Tech Programme is based on GATE or PGECET ranking conducted by Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), Andhra Pradesh.

  Admission to regular M.C.A Programme is based on AP-ICET ranking conducted by Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), Andhra Pradesh.

Ph.D

 Admission into PhD & M.Phil programmes for both full time and part-time based on APRCET (AP Research Common Entrance Test)

Eligibility criteria for APRCET PhD & M.Phil Admissions:

 The eligibility criteria for admission to APRCET (admission into M.Phil./Ph.D. programme) is the candidate should have a Master’s degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55 per cent of marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale. Those who are waiting for the result of PG Degree can also apply for APRCET. But they have to full fill the required criteria at the time of interview.

JNTU Kakinada’s teaching methodology is totally Student Centered.

• Our participatory learning process ensures that every student in the class actively participates in the learning process. We guarantee this through adopting greater interactive teaching-learning methods like group discussions (GD), seminars, presentations etc.
• At JNTU Kakinada, we prepare our students to meet project requirements of the industry. We have designed the knowledge content of the curriculum on par with the best universities of the world. More credence is given to application, with equal provision for a firm theoretical . This will prepare our student for placement with the industry.
• We initiate leadership in our students through presentation of role models. From time to time, we invite industry leaders, hardcore professionals, leading businessmen and alumni to share their success stories with our students.
• Peers and senior students who have made their mark with the industry are sure to inspire our students to reach greater heights of professional excellence.
• We understand that learning should not culminate totally as end-of-the-year Examination. We provide due weightage for Project Approach, Seminars, GDs, Power point Presentations etc. Industrial visits and training is integral to our Engineering curriculum, may it be Undergraduate or Postgraduate courses. Project work that is to be done by all the Engineering students is arranged under the supervision of industry and business experts. This ensures that every student gets the opportunity to experience actual industry processes and work practices.

Flipped/Hybrid methods are adopted to enhance the practical learning of the students.

The students will be encouraged to enhance their experiential learning, participative learning and problem- solving methodologies by involving them in incubation and innovation centres of JNTUK. University provides an effective platform for students to develop latest skills, knowledge, attitude, values to shape their behavior in the correct manner. All departments conduct innovative programs which stimulate the creative ability of students and provide them a platform to nurture their problem-solving skills and ensure participative learning. The institute organizes annual technical fests in each department in which students showcase their learning in the form of innovative projects. Also, students are motivated to participate in inter college as well as national level competitions. The institute focuses on the student-centric methods of enhancing lifelong learning skills of students. Faculty members make efforts in making the learning activity more interactive by adopting the below-mentioned student-centric methods.

1. Experiential Learning:

Each department conducts add-on programs to support students in their experiential learning. The institution imparts the following experiential learning practices to enhance creativity and cognitive levels of the students Laboratory Sessions are conducted with content beyond syllabus experiments. For example, a UG Electrical and Electronics Engineering student is given opportunity to work with 420kV(peak) Impulse test kit. Summer Internship -Students get hands on training while working in the company. Add-on Courses on latest technologies with NPTEL, SWAYAM etc. The institute has made Engineering Exploration Project- Design Thinking as mandatory in the first year for all the UG Engineering students in R19 Curriculum with an objective to learn about the Human-Centered Design methodology and understand their real-world applications. Also, Industrial Training / Skill Development Programmes / Research Project in higher learning institutes as mandatory for all the UG Engineering Students in seventh semester. Project development on latest technologies by students where they showcase their working model in the technical fest. Industrial Visits to engage them in experiential learning while visiting the organization. Certification Courses (Value Added Courses) by the industries like Siemens centre of excellence to develop their expertise

2. Participatory Learning:

In this type of learning, students participate in various activities such as seminar, group discussion, wall papers, projects, and the skill based add on courses. Students are encouraged to participate in activities where they can use their specialized technical or management skills, such as Tech Fest – It is organized every year for engineering students where selected projects are displayed at the larger platform. Cultural program – This is organized every year for the students of the college to give a vent to their creativity.

Socially Relevant Project: The students are encouraged to explore socially relevant problems in and around, and expected take charge of their own learning, work together in teams towards the problem. The evaluation of socially relevant project involves submitting a survey report about the problem along with suitable working prototype for the solution.

Industrial Oriented Mini Project/Summer Internship: An Industrial Oriented Mini Project/Summer Internship, in collaboration with an industry of their specialization is mandatory for all the UG students after III year II semester examinations and pursue it during summer vacation.

3.Teachers – ICT enabled tools

Teachers use ICT enabled tools for effective teaching-learning process:

Today, it is essential for the students to learn and master the latest technologies in order to be corporate ready. As a consequence, teachers are combining technology with traditional mode of instruction to engage students in long term learning. University encourages Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education to support, enhance, and optimize the delivery of education. The following tools are used by the Institute.

ICT Tools:

• Projectors- projectors are available in different classrooms/labs
• Desktop and Laptops- Arranged at Computer Lab and Faculty cabins all over the campus.
• Printers- They are installed at Labs, HOD Cabins and all prominent places.
• Photocopier machines – Multifunction printers are available at all prominent places in the institute. There
• are four Photostat machines available in campus.
• Scanners- Multifunction printers are available at all prominent places.
• Seminar Rooms- Three seminar halls are equipped with all digital facilities.
• Smart Board- One smart board is installed in the campus.
• Auditorium- It is digitally equipped with mike, projector, cameras and computer system.
• Online Classes through Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Team, Google Classroom
• MOOC Platform (NPTEL, Coursera, SAP, Udemy, Edx etc)
• Digital Library resources (DEL NET etc)

Use of ICT by Faculty

The faculty members used Google meet or Zoom to conduct tests and for lecture delivery. Also used many interactive methods for effective teaching such as PPT with animations, Video clippings, Use of online resources from NPTEL, Coursera, YouTube links, Simulation tools, Virtual labs, online assessment tools like mentimeter – Quizz.com, and various Cloud portals etc.

They are also equipped by digital library, online search engines and websites to prepare effective presentations. To teach problem solving subjects in an online mode, faculty have used various online tools like- whiteboard in Microsoft teams, Jam board in Google meet, etc. Also used Pentab for live solving problems.

Google classroom is used to manage and post course related information- learning material, quizzes, lab submissions and evaluations, assignments, etc. This has made the teaching-learning process more effective and available at any point of the time for all the students. All the departments conduct webinars, workshops and guest lectures on the new developments in the core subjects for effective teaching and learning by Industry experts and Alumni on Zoom platforms.

The University has a very good student support and progression system for around development of every student. The University supports students for applying scholarships and also certain free-ships provided for the needful students by the Government. The Average percentage of students benefitted by these scholarships and free-ships for the past five years is 53.56%. Guidance for Competitive Examinations and Career Counselling, soft skill development, Language labs are provided by the Institution. The Average percentage of students benefitted by these activities regarding guidance for competitive examinations and career counselling offered by the Institution during the last five years is about 69.19%.

An exclusive Directorate named Empowerment of Women & Grievances in the university is established to promote gender sensitivity in the University and conduct diverse programmes to educate, sensitize female members, and produce harmonious atmosphere on the campus. The university offers value based education through Courses like Ethics, Universal Human Values, Environmental Sciences, Indian Constitution, Essence of Indian Traditional Knowledge etc., by including them in curriculum as mandatory courses.

The University conducts workshops regularly on IPR and Research Methodology. While conducting Board of Studies meeting, Feedback from students, faculty, alumni and experts from industry and Higher Learning institutes is taken in to consideration which will improve the quality of curriculum.

The Alumni Association “ENGINEERING COLLEGE OLD STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (ECOSAK). Kakinada-3 (A.P.) was registered under Societies Act XXI of 1860 with Society No. 92 of 1970.The office headquarters of ECOSAK is in the premises of JNTUK Kakinada, A.P., India. The association has chapters in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, USA and many more places for the better connect of alumni with university. A separate webpage for alumni is created as http://ecosak.org.in. The mission of the Alumni Association is to foster a mutually beneficial relationship between the Institute and its alumni. Alumni meet is arranged on First Sunday of January every year. The alumni also lent a helping hand to the College for raising funds on the occasion of Golden Jubilee and Platinum Jubilee celebrations and constructed silver jubilee building, Golden jubilee (Swarnotsava Bhavan cost worth Rs.22 lakhs), Diamond jubilee Indoor stadium (worth Rs. 5.3 crores).

Alumni also proposed to construct a platinum jubilee alumni centre with an estimated cost of 4 crores and fund rising has already been completed.

1979-83 alumni batch has contributed an auditorium in the campus with a project cost of Rs. 2.5 crores

Catering to Student Diversity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada organizes Induction programmes for freshers at the institution level. Also the University has made a three-week induction program as mandatory for all first year UG students and shall be conducted as per AICTE/UGC/APSCHE guidelines and incorporated in the academic regulations of 2020.

Access to engineering education in the Telugu states has dramatically increased in the past couple of decades. Government fees reimbursement schemes have also encouraged enrolment from those sections of society which hitherto has not entered engineering professions. This is a daunting challenge for both teachers and students to impart technical knowledge and skills to students who may not have had a very good grounding in STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics) disciplines and English Language.

In the induction programme, the student will get an opportunity to listen to the motivation lectures which highlight about personality development which is as much the need of the current set-up as the professional course demands. Also they will be given clear insight of various aspects of engineering education and the senior professors will dispel the myths around them with demonstration and participation from students. The students will be made to understand with etymology of masking, intelligence, knowledge and engineering. They will be shown how knowledge enhances itself by sharing it with others. For various aspects of engineering, the professors will offer a plan of study and practise and also emphasizes that drawing is the language of engineering and mathematics is the language of science, both first year subjects with notoriety for being difficult to pass. The senior professors with all their experience will explain the students how one can master these subjects.

Strategies adopted for the slow learners

• The institution identifies the slow learners by their performance in first internal examinations. Based on that performance remedial/preparatory classes will be conducted for slow learners.
• The institute, give emphasis on improving the performance of slow learners by providing remedial programmes which are conducted outside regular classes.
• Through a mentor-mentee system also all kinds of support are provided to the slow learners.

Strategies adopted for the advanced learners

Advanced learners are identified based on the performance in the university examinations of previous semesters and internal examinations.

• For advanced learners value added courses are suggested and offered.
• For advanced learners Minor or Honors are offered and students are perusing Minor/Honors or and MOOCS courses.
• Also, Advanced learners are given opportunities to be part of innovative projects at university innovation and incubation centers.
• The university organizes technical Festivals(Techfest), entrepreneurship awareness programme and innovative projects, technical competitions at departmental level.
• Advanced learners are encouraged to learn new technologies, develop projects, internships, training programs, competitions, National and International Conference Paper Presentations.

Special Support:

The university supports all those students who belong to SC, ST, minorities, Kapu, differently- abled, and BC communities through Post matric scholarship Under Jnanabhumi Scholarship provided by the Andhra Pradesh State Government.

Special encouragement is given for sports, cultural activities organized by NSS to inculcate leadership qualities and also to boost self-confidence and team spirit.

Every year the institute Conducts Campus Recruitment & Training (CRT) Classes, Company Specific Training (CST) Classes, Technical Programming Classes for all UG and PG Students for a Period of 10-12 Days.

Student Participation and Activities

The students have active representation on academic and administrative committees of the University. 77%

of the committees have active student participation and involvement in various activities conducted by the committees. The University encourages students and provides opportunity to develop leadership qualities by organizing and carrying out various activities in the college under different committees.

Student Council:

The Student Council at JNTUK is a body of student representatives who act as a bridge between students and the administrative authorities. Students have active representation on academic and administrative bodies and committees of the different departments. Students representing UG and PG courses in the college are selected based on their leadership qualities as well as academic grades. The student council officially represent all the students of the institute. It acts as a medium between the faculty and students. They work with a sense of responsibility in dealing with the student concerned activities. The Institute also encourages participation of student representatives in various decisions making, academic and administrative committees, which enable them in acquiring better academic environment. Student opinions and suggestions are considered to take measures with students’ perception. The institute puts efforts for the all-round development of a student. The student members are involved in various institute and department level committees with active participation and represent the students of their class with respect to conduction of activities and events or sharing any other information related to students.

The composition of a Student Council includes: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Technical coordinator.

Technical associations:

There is a IETE technical association at institution level. The committee of the association is headed by one or more faculty coordinators and one or two students will be elected members from each class that constitutes the committee. Under the technical associations, various technical events and co-curricular activities such as paper presentations, technical quizzes, seminars, training programmes, hackathons will be conducted every year. The student coordinators actively take part in organizing various events under these technical associations. They also motivate other students to take part in the activities conducted by the Institute.

Extra-curricular activities and Sports:

Students have strong representation not only in academics but also in all cultural, literary and sports committees and help in organization and management of events. Various events and programmes will be conducted every year and student coordinators play an active role in organizing the events during cultural and sports fests.

Hostel Committee:

There are student coordinators for each floor of every hostel building. Each mess in the hostel is managed by Mess Secretaries who are elected by the hostellers through an election process. They monitor day to day activities like food quality, hygiene and other general facilities and bring to the notice of the Chief warden/Officer In-charge of Hostels and warden immediately if there are any issues.

In addition to the above, the student coordinators are actively involved in the activities of various committees like anti-ragging, grievance redressal, website etc. and play a very important role in most of the academic and administrative committees.