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JNTU proposes new courses

Staff Reporter

Kakinada: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kakinada has proposed the introduction of 12 Master of Technology (M.Tech) and two Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) courses in the 11th Plan.

Vice-Chancellor Prof. Allam Appa Rao has written to the Principal Secretary of Higher Education Asutosh Mishra seeking permission to start the new courses for ‘modernisation / improvement of academic ambience’.

The detailed project reports pertaining to the above proposals have already been sent to the Principal Secretary.

The proposed M.Tech courses are: Environment and Watershed Management, Infrastructure Engineering and Construction Management, Modern Power Drives, Advanced Insulation Systems, Agricultural Engineering, Energy Systems, Signal Processing and Communications Technology, VLSI and Embedded Systems, Advanced Computer Systems and Technologies, Information Technology, Bio-Technology and Bioinformatics.

B.TECH: The new B.Tech courses are Metallurgical Engineering and Petrochemical Engineering. In addition to the above P.G/U.G courses, MBA (Technology Management) and Master of Science (Materials) have been proposed.

The Vice-Chancellor has also proposed setting up of Centreres of Excellence (physical facilities) in the Departments of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Civil Engineering (CE).

Earlier this week, the JNTU, Kakinada has introduced M.E (Nuclear Engineering) course with renowned scientist J.S. Rao as the programme advisor. It’s the first University to start that course in Andhra Pradesh.

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