M.Sc. (Geography)

Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering is established in the year 1959. During the past 61 years, it has become a premier technological institution in India due to the untiring efforts of the faculty and students.   At its inception, the College offered three conventional disciplines of Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering, leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering. Subsequently, new courses were introduced both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, in tune with the changing needs and scenarios in the field of technical education. At present, the College is offering 4- year B.Tech programmes in Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical and Computer Science & Engineering. B. Tech programs in Civil, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communications, Mechanical and Computer Science & Engineering have been accredited for the period 2019-2021 by the NBA. In addition to B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D. courses are offered in all these branches. Some of the M.Tech programs are also accredited by the NBA.   The College is run on democratic lines with decentralization of administration giving prominence to collective decision making. The Principal is assisted by the College Academic Council where the Principal, the Vice-Principal Warden and the Heads of all the departments are the members formed at the department level with the Head of Department as the Chairman. Further, every department has a lot of committees participating in decision making at the Department level. Each academic discipline has a Board of Studies to take care of the curricular aspects. The College has extensive building accommodation comprising lecture and seminar halls, e-class rooms, drawing halls, administration and office accommodation. Faculty rooms, laboratories and workshops for different departments. Other infrastructure includes a College Computer Centre, adequate facilities are available for games and sorts activates including separate Gymnasium for boys and girls. The curriculum is of good standard and updated at regular intervals to incorporate the current technological trends. The standard of instruction. The faculty are highly experienced and qualified. They are up to date in teaching, research and consultancy. The institution has a strong tradition of conducting tests and examinations in the best possible manner. The assessment of students has always been fair, reliable and trustworthy.   Many International/National Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and other Continuing Education Programmes have been organized by various departments. In each department, Technical Associations exist with students as office-bearers along with faculty advisors. Seminars, quizzes, guest lectures, group discussions, educational tours are some of the programmes undertaken by the Associations. National level technical paper presentation contests for students are being organized. The mega annual cultural event Rhapsody speaks of the inherent talents in the engineering students. Students are encouraged to participate in cultural activities conducted by other Colleges and they regularly bag Prizes. . NSS, NCC, Environmental club are functioning effectively to inculcate social commitment. Thus, the College provides a scope for the overall personality development of the students.   The performance of students in competitive examinations like Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Indian Civil Services, Indian Engineering Services (IES), Common Admission Test (CAT) is quite impressive. The Placement Cell functions effectively and the students are placed in reputed companies and organizations.   The alumni of this College have been occupying apex positions in the organizations of repute both in our Country and abroad. The success of this institution is based on continuous maintenance of quality in technical education and a crystal clear vision for the future.

The University is offering a full range of post-graduate programs in Arts, Sciences, Law,  Management, Education, Physical Education, Engineering and Pharmacy disciplines besides many graduate programs.. From a humble beginning of one College with six departments, the University has now grown into the second largest University in Andhra Pradesh having five constituent Colleges viz. College of Arts, College of Sciences, College of Commerce, Management & Computer Science and College of Engineering accommodating 52 departments offering 88 programs.  S.V. University was selected under Category – I University with Graded Autonomy status as one of the top 10 Universities in India by University Grants Commission (UGC). The University is also selected under RUSA component 4 for Rs.100 crore. Under this program Centres of Excellence in (i)Nano & Micro Satellite (ii) Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (iii)Material Sciences (iv)VLP Technologies (v) Herbal Drug Development (vi) Psycho & Bio Sciences (viii) Water Resources and (ix) Bio Energy, are established. University is having a National facility UGC-SVU center for MST Radar Applications selected under Centre for Potential of Excellence in a particular area (CPEPA) by UGC, New Delhi and awarded  with Centers for Advanced Study (UGC-CAS), Based on research output university was awarded  DST-PURSE  program.

Several departments have received Special Assistance Programmes (SAP) from UGC, New Delhi FIST program from DST, New Delhi to improve infrastructural facilities. Most of the faculties are receiving research grants from various National and International funding agencies like UGC, DST, DBT, CSIR, ICMR, ICSSR, BRNS, ISRO, MNES, MoES, MoEF, DRDO and foreign institutes such as UNESCO, UK-DFID, ICRISAT, European Commission Programme ERASMUS MUNDUS. Utilizing these impressive funding, the faculty of the University have proactively interacted with Industry, Academic and Research Institutes at National and International level and entered into collaborative research agreements through MoUs (Memorandum of Understating) to conduct research work in frontier areas of National & International importance.

The students belonging to socially and economically backward communities and get State and Central Government Welfare Scholarships. Fellowships and Scholarships are also offered to research students of the campus by the University and also by the UGC, CSIR, DAE, ICMR, ISRO, ICAR, ICPR, ICHR, ICSSR, DST, DRDO, SRNS and Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.

The University central library is the major resource centre that provides information for research students and faculty. It provides unlimited access to the UGC INFONET e-resources and e-journals through UGC INFONET Digital Library Consortium. Besides the addition of latest books related to both teaching and research in the main library, most of the departments have developed departmental libraries by utilizing the grant from the University or from special assistance received from funding agencies like UGC, DST, etc. A Digital Library for PhD Theses submitted to the University has been designed using DSpace, an Open Source Software developed by HP and MIT, USA. 3,000 PhD Theses have been digitalized and uploaded to the Shodhganga database. This gives easy access to the PhD theses and research documents.

The University provides residential facilities to Graduate, Post Graduate Students research scholars, Post-Doctoral fellows and other researchers in the hostels specially earmarked for them on the campus. Summer fellows, research associates, visiting scientists and faculty from other universities and academics are also provided accommodation in the university guest house. The university campus is completely Wi-fi connected. The university provides computer and uninterrupted internet facilities for research students, fellows as well as to the faculty on the campus. Direct internet facility and common internet hubs are set-up near the hostels and quarters on the campus to provide internet access at free of cost.

To further enhance the status of the University and to compete with the top Universities at National and Global level through continued development during 2019-2020, additional Buildings for E-Class Rooms, Establishment of Incubation Centres, On-line Examination System/expansion of Laboratories to meet the requirements of new Courses are on the pipeline. Besides meeting the infrastructure facilities of Office, Cultural Centre and world Class Gymnasium and Sports facilities are available. Digital Library, Wi-Fi Connectivity, Networking, Smart Campus, Air-Conditioned Auditorium, Development of Greenery and State of the modern art furniture in classrooms, faculty rooms, offices, Guest House and Auditorium are under progress.

Besides strengthening the existing curriculum, new Courses are being planned under MERU program.