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Former name | Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (VRSEC) |
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Type | Deemed to be University |
Established | 1977 |
Founder | Velagapudi Ramakrishna |
Principal | A V Ratna Prasad |
Academic staff | 350+ |
Administrative staff | 200+ |
Students | 7000+ |
Location | |
Campus | Suburban |
Nickname | SAHE |
Website | https://www.vrsiddhartha.ac.in/ |
Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education (SAHE) Deemed to be University, formerly known as Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (VRSEC), is a Deemed to be University located in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It offers Undergraduate Education (UG) in Engineering and Postgraduate Education in Engineering, Business Administration, and Computer Applications. This institution is the first private institution to offer Engineering Education in the United Andhra Pradesh [1] and was the first private institute to offer PG Programmes in Engineering in the year 1977. It was approved to be an Autonomous Institution by University Grants Commission (UGC) in the year 1977 [2] and it was approved to be a Deemed to be University by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in the year 2024. [3] [4]
SAHE Deemed to be University is an educational institution run by Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education, better known as Siddhartha Academy.
SAHE is the first private institution in Andhra Pradesh that signed a MoU with National Forensic Sciences University, Ahmedabad. It is offering programmes on Forensics Science from 2024. [5]
Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education came into being in the year 1975 with a Corpus Fund of Rs. 25 lakhs (Rs. 2.5 million). It was registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act in the same year. The Academy says that its main objective is "to establish and run educational institutions offering education at all levels in the fields of general, technical & professional education". [6]
As of 2024, Siddhartha Academy is running three Intermediate (10+2) Colleges, three Degree Colleges (offering Non-Technology UG & PG courses), a Deemed to be University, two Engineering Colleges, a Medical College, a Dental College, a Pharmacy College, two Nursing Institutions, a Law College, a College of Education (offering B.Ed courses), a Hotel Management College, and two Schools. [6]
The institution is located on 24.05 acres (97,300 m2) of land in Kanuru on the outskirts of Vijayawada city, at a distance of about 8 km (5.0 mi) from the city center, on the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam Highway (NH 65).
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