Vijay Rural Engineering College

Vijay Rural Engineering College, also known as VREC, is a private engineering and polytechnic college established in 1997 in Nizamabad, Telangana, India. It is 8 kilometres (5 miles) away from Nizamabad railway station and 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) from Nizamabad Bus Station.The college is affiliated to JNTU Hyderabad and approved by AICTE, New Delhi.

Vijay Rural Engineering College
A Block, VREC
Address
Rochis Valley

Das Nagar-503003

Nizamabad
,
Telangana

India
Coordinates18°43′29″N 78°8′50″E
Information
TypePrivate Engineering College
Established1997
PresidentAmruta Latha
ChairmanK.Narender Reddy
PrincipalDr. P.sampath Rao
AffiliationJNTU Hyderabad
AcronymVREC
Websitevrecedu.org

History

VREC was established in 1997 with four branches of Computer Science Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering and Mechanical Engineering with a capacity of 40 seats per branch. The Department of Civil Engineering was established in the year 2012. It is managed by Ideal Education Society.

Campus
A Block houses B.Tech departments

The campus is divided into diploma (polytechnic) and undergraduate provision by A and B blocks respectively. Vijay College of Pharmacy is also situated in the VREC campus. The college has started JKC (Jawahar Knowledge Center) in 2006 and it is upgraded to JKC-Star Center. It is co-ordinated by Institute of Electronic Governance (IEG-Govt. of A.P). There are labs, workshops and computer centers within all the blocks of the college. There is a library and Information center in A block.

Academics

The college admits undergraduate and diploma students every year through the statewide TS EAMCET and Polycet exams. It offers B.Tech in multiple disciplines. The college used to offer M.Tech, Master of Business Administration (MBA) & MCA till 2015 (year clarification needed) but the admissions into all PG courses were revoked by JNTUH and AICTE.

Departments

Intake
Undergraduate and Diploma
[1]
BranchB.TechDiploma
Civil6060
Mech6060
EEE6060
CSE12060
ECE12060
Postgraduate
(admissions into all PG courses revoked by JNTUH)
BranchSeats
Power Electronics18
Machine Design18
Computer Science & Engineering18
ECE18
Web Technologies18
Cyber Forensics & Information Security18
MBA60
MCA

Extra-curricular activities

Fests

The college holds cultural fests every year and it is also open to the students belonging to other engineering colleges in Nizamabad district.

NSS
LEAD programme at VREC

NSS unit was established in the college in 2001. From the day of beginning, NSS unit was conducting various programmes. The main activities of NSS unit at VREC are blood donation camp, anti-ragging squads, medical camps in villages, environmental awareness and other LEAD programmes.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)

The NCC unit was inaugurated on 16 November 2013 by the commanding officer of NCC 12 (A) battalion, Col. Y S Pathania at Vijay Rural Engineering College. VREC is only college in the district that has set up separate NCC units for boys and girls.

Placement Cell

The training and placement cell was started with a vision to provide training to the students and to coordinate various training activities like soft skills, communication skills, aptitude and technical skills and certification programs like Infosys campus connect foundation program, DB2, Microsoft certification. It also provides career guidance to crack GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, GATE, GMAT and CAT.

Vijay Group of Institutions
  • Vijay Rural Engineering College(VREC), Manikbhandar, Nizamabad, established in 1997[2]
  • Vijay Institute of Technology and Sciences(VITS,VJAY),Kamareddy, established in 2004 (closed)
  • Vijay College of Education for Women,Mubarak Nagar,Nizamabad established in 2007
  • Vijay College of Engineering For Women(VCEW), Mubaraknagar, Nizamabad, established in 2009 (closed)
  • Vijay College Of Pharmacy(VCPN),Manikbhandar,Nizamabad,established in 2010
  • Srinivas Reddy Institute of Technology(SNRJ),Armoor,Nizamabad,established in 2001 (closed)
  • Vijay High School,Mubarak Nagar,Nizamabad,established in 1981.

Notes
  • Satya Phanindra Saibewar, a final year student of B.Tech at VREC, who represented the entire Telangana state was awarded the 'Best Leader Award' at the Yuva Summit-2015 held recently at Deshpande Foundation in Hubli of Karnataka. He received the award from the hands of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Infosis Narayana Moorthy.[3]
  • Inaugural Stone
  • VREC,B Block houses Polytechnic
  • Vijay College of Pharmacy
  • Workshop Labs
  • Former Principal B.R Vikram
  • Production Tech Lab

See also

References
  1. "Vijay Rural Engineering College - Vijay Group of Institutions : : : AMRUTHA LATHA.COM". amruthalatha.com.
  2. "List of Vijay Group of Institutions : : : AMRUTHA LATHA.COM". amruthalatha.com.
  3. P. Ram Mohan. "Engineering student wins best leader award". The Hindu.
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