A brief overview of VNRVJIET, Hyderabad (Feb. 2023)

1. VNRVJIET:
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
Dr. Kiran Chakravarthula
Global Relationships Officer
VNRVJIET

2. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
INCEPTION
 Established in 1995
 Sponsored by Vignana Jyothi
 Runs 7 institutions from primary education to graduate education
 Not-for-Profit Organisation comprising of Industrialists, Educationists,
Entrepreneurs and Professionals
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3. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
VISION & MISSION
 To be a World Class University providing value-based education,
conducting interdisciplinary research in cutting edge technologies
leading to sustainable socio-economic development of the nation.
 To produce technically competent and socially responsible engineers,
managers and entrepreneurs, who will be future ready.
 To involve students and faculty in innovative research projects linked
with industry, academic and research institutions in India and abroad.
 To use modern pedagogy for improving teaching-learning process.
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4. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
INSTITUTE OVERVIEW
Undergraduate Programs 14
Graduate Programs 13 Masters + 5 Doctoral (through AICTE’s NDF scheme)
Students 6500+
Faculty Members 420+
University-recognised Research Centres 5
Academic, Industry, Research Laboratories 128
Intellectual Property 21 patents + 6 design patents granted, 7 trademarks, 21 copyrights
Incubatees 16+
Publications & Conferences ~2457 WoS/ Scopus-indexed publications (in the past 10 years)
Funded Research ₹130 million ($2.46M approx.)
R&D and other Projects 71 completed, 16 ongoing, 67 other funded
Registered Alumni 11,000+
Professional Bodies’ Chapters 11
Student Interest Clubs 10 extra-curricular; 4 co-curricular; 4 social responsibility
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5. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
 Humanities & Sciences
 Automobile Engineering
 Civil Engineering
 Computer Science & Engineering
 CSE AI & ML, IoT
 CSE Data Sciences, Cybersecurity
 Electronics & Communication Engineering
 Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
 Electrical & Electronics Engineering
 Mechanical Engineering
 Information Technology
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6. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
RESEARCH CENTRES
 Disaster Mitigation
 Renewable Energy Systems
 Machine Vision
 Joining Technologies
 Data Science
 Networks and Security
 Robotics
 Nano Science & Technology
 Education Technologies & Learning
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7. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
IN A NUTSHELL
 Profile at a Glance
 Year Established: 1995
 Affiliation: JNTU-H Hyderabad
 Type: Private Institution
(Recognised by AICTE and Govt. of
TS, UGC Autonomous Institute till
2027–’28)
 Location: Medchal-Malkajgiri
District, Hyderabad, TS
(Urban/Semi-urban/Rural)
 People: Students: 6548; Faculty:
420+
Institutional Rankings/ Recognitions
7
ISO
9000:2015
“Performer”
A++
3.73/4.0 113th
Engineering
AICTE-CII “Platinum” NPTEL “AA” Rating
UGC “College with Potential for Excellence”
NBA Accredited B.Tech. & M.Tech. Programmes
“Margadarshan” (AICTE) & “Paramarsh” (UGC) Mentor Institution
Nodal Resource Centre IIT-B Spoken Tutorials
DSIR Recognition as “SIRO”

8. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 NPTEL “AA” Rating for NPTEL Online Certification
 Best Employability Award
 “Host Institute” for MSME Business Incubator
 “Mentoring Institute” under AICTE “Margadarshan”
 “Mentoring Institute” under UGC “Paramarsh”
 “Nodal Resource Centre” for IIT-B Spoken Tutorials
 Innovation Ecosystem:
 “VJ Hub”
 Entrepreneurship Development Cell
 Centre for Presencing and Design Thinking
 Research & Consultancy Centre
 Institute Innovation Council/ Cell
 QS I-GAUGE “Diamond”
 ISO 9001:2015
 NIRF 113th Rank in Engineering category (2022)
 NAAC “A++” (Highest CGPA in South India!)
 UGC “College with Potential for Excellence”
 AICTE-CII “Platinum” Rating
 Internal Quality Assurance Cell
 Mentoring, Training and Placement Cell
 Global Relationships Office
 Competency Development Centre
 Industry-Institute Interaction Centre
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9. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
UG (B.TECH.)
1. Civil Engineering
2. Electrical & Electronics Engineering
3. Mechanical Engineering
4. Electronics & Communication Engineering
5. Computer Science & Engineering
6. Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
7. Information Technology
8. Automobile Engineering
9. Computer Science and Business Systems
10. Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science)
11. Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence
& Machine Learning)
12. Computer Science and Engineering (Cyber Security)
13. Computer Science and Engineering (IoT)
14. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science
PG (M.TECH.)
1. CE: Highway Engineering
2. CE: Structural Engineering
3. CE: Geotechnical Engineering
4. EEE: Power Electronics
5. EEE: Power Systems
6. ME: Advanced Mfrg. Systems
7. ME: CAD/CAM
8. ECE: VLSI System Design
9. ECE: Embedded systems
10. CSE: Software Engineering
11. CSE: Computer Science and Engineering
12. EIE: Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
13. IT: Computer Networks and Information Security
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PROGRAMMES OFFERED
Full-time Ph.D. Programs:
CE, EEE, ME, ECE, CSE (JNTU-H)
All disciplines (AICTE NDF)

10. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
• Creating Rounded Personality
VJ Spectral Pyramid™
• Visualizing and Strategizing Career
Career Vision Approach™
• Demonstrating Projects to Peers
Show and Tell
• Experiencing Engineering Through Internships
Shadow Engineering & Engineer-in-Mirror
• Bringing Real World Applications to Experiments
VNR Lab Protocol™
• Integrated Intervention of "Career Vision Approach"
Mentoring, Training & Placement
• Student Skill Enhancement
Competency Development Centre
• Incubating Innovative Ideas
VJ Hub and Weekend Laboratory
• Converging Interdisciplinary Research
RCC
• Outcome Driven Teaching - Learning Methodology
WIT & WIL™
• Propagating Institute's Accomplishments
Institute Publications
• Empathetic an immersive learning experience
Centre for Presencing and Design Thinking
• Calendar for Institute Events
Institute Calendar
• Unleashing New Ideas to Inspire and Inform
TEDx VNRVJIET
• Empowering Students Through Project Based Learning
Course Projects
• Portraying Engineering Scenario to School Students
VNR ExPro
• Institute Projects – Open to Public / Students
Open House
VNRVJIET DIFFERENTIATORS

11. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
CAREER VISION APPROACH™ 11

12. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
CAREER VISION APPROACH™: 4 STEPS, 4 E’S 12

13. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
RESEARCH
 5 departments are recognized as
Research Centres by JNTUH –
CSE, CE, ECE, EEE, ME
 AICTE-recognised Research
Centre is established to offer Full
time Ph.D. Programs
 Centres of Research
 Disaster Mitigation
 Renewable Energy Systems
 Internet of Things
 Data Science
 Networks and Security
 Robotics
 Nano Science and Technology.
 Education Technology
 Joining Technology
 Micro Car

14. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
INCUBATION & INNOVATION
 Institutional Member of TiE Hyderabad, T-Hub, J-Hub, CII, ISCA, IUCEE
 Functional collaboration with IKP Knowledge Park association, Hyderabad for Entrepreneurship and networking
 Partner in the State Ecosystem Development
 100+ faculty members trained in Entrepreneurial Thinking, Product Innovation, Design Thinking & Community-based Design, IP
Rights, Leadership
 Regular/ Frequent faculty training in Mezzanine Technologies
 Competitions and Fests on I&E: to identify ideas and initiate/ supplement incubator’s process flow
 Incubation Support through In-house Incubation Centre (“VJ Hub”)
 Graduated: 4; Active: 2; Dormant: 1; Discontinued: 5; In Pipeline: 20+
 (Co-)working Space
 Seed fund through Vignana Jyothi
 Support for IPR protection
 Free access to library, high-speed broadband
 Free facility use/ services for internal stakeholders
 Technology & Business Mentoring
 Internship & Full-time Opportunities to students and graduates through
incubatee startups
 Stakeholders recognised at local, regional, national, international levels
World’s First AC Helmet” won “Pride of
Telangana” Award (2021), featured in
World Entrepreneurship Summit 2017
and Dubai Expo 2020, marketing to
India & Africa
“Cough and Wheeze Analyzer for
Respiratory Digital Health Services”,
patented AI technology used by Apollo
Hospitals, won national & international
awards

15. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
FACULTY AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
 Top 2 % of World’s Top Scientists: 1 (2019, 2020)
 BIRAC
 KIPO
 Korea Chamber of Commerce
 IIIF/ IIA
 The United Inventors Association of the USA
 British Council
 China Association of Inventions
 Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers
 IEEE
 ISTE
 ISOI
STUDENT AWARDS
 J-Hub
 T-Hub
 BIRAC
 MSME
 TiE
 SIH
 IIIF/ IIA
 Rice Business Plan
Competition
 Stanford
University
 IIM
 CII
 IUCEE
 IEEE
 ISTE
 ISOI
 Deloitte
 JPMC
 Denso (Japan)
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

16. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
RESEARCH & IP
 Patents: 91
 Granted: 15; Published: 62; Applied: 14
 Design Patents: 6 granted
 Copyrights: 21
 Trademarks: 7
 VJ Spectral Pyramid™
 WIT & WIL™
 VNR Lab Protocol™
 Career Vision Approach™
 VJ MEDISCINE™ (2)
 Presencing™
 Publications (5 years):
 WoS: 839; Scopus: 1618
 h index
 WoS: 22; Scopus: 37
 Publications (10 years): 3000+
 Max. Citations for one paper: 475

17. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
COLLABORATIONS AND EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS
 MoUs with ecosystem players
 Industries/Institutes: 50
 Overseas Universities: 3 (more in pipeline)
 Research Organizations: 3
 State Government: 4
 Outcomes of MoUs:
 Internships & Placements
 Industrial Visits
 Guest Lectures, Awareness Sessions & Workshops
 Consultancy Projects
 Community Outreach

18. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
EXTERNAL COLLABORATIONS FOR INNOVATION
 One of the “J-Labs” mentored by the J-Hub, University’s Innovation
Hub
 Institutional Member: T-Hub Membership Alliance Programme, “T-Tribe”
 Institutional Member: TiE (The IndUS Entrepreneurs) Grad programme
 Part of the T-Incubators and Enablers network through VJ Hub
 Connected to over 70 incubators in the region
 Technology Entrepreneurship Programme (TEP) with ISB and TASK
 MoU with “Grama Bazaar”
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19. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
INNOVATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES ON-CAMPUS
 Open House, Annual Project Expo
 Convergence, Annual Technical Symposium
 Ecficio, Annual Entrepreneurship Fest
 Intramural Innovation Challenge
 eWeek
 Weekend Project Laboratory Activities
 My Big Idea Competition, multiple times a year
 “Design Sensitisation” and “Design Thinking” (mandatory courses), “Entrepreneurship” elective
 Inter-disciplinary, gender-diverse teams + Project-based Learning
 2–5 National and International Conferences & Seminars a year
 Certificate Courses for Students, Faculty Development Programmes for Faculty Members
 10–15 Hackathons, Ideathons, Designathons annually
 Competitions through Professional Bodies
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20. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
PROSPECTIVE PARTNERSHIP IDEAS
 Awareness Programmes for students and faculty members
 Avenues for students and faculty members for:
 Graduate/ Doctoral Education with funding
 Doctoral and post-doctoral level Research
 Internships for students, including remote, through university/ incubators
 Short-term offline/ online Courses
 Participation in Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
 Collaborative Research – Co-advising, Co-sponsored projects, etc.
 Teaching Opportunities for Institute faculty abroad
 International Startup Exchange for incubation, market discovery/ research
 Faculty Exchange programmes (6–12 months at a stretch, hosted at a university
abroad)
 Hosting internationally funded scholars/ students from universities abroad
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21. THANK YOU!
GRO@VNRVJIET
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