Narayana Engineering College, Nellore (NEC) is an engineering college in Nellore

Nellore

Nellore , is a city and headquarters of Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District, formerly Nellore district.And in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Ancient name of Nellore was "Vikrama Simhapuri"....

, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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, India

India

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, run by Narayana Educational Institutions. Established in 1998, NEC provides technical education offering both graduate (Masters) and undergraduate (Bachelors) courses in Engineering and Technology. NEC is affiliated with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad is a university, primarily focused on engineering, located in Hyderabad, India. Founded in 1965 as the Nagarjuna Sagar Engineering College, it was established as a university in 1972 by The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Act, 1972,...

 (JNTU). NEC has been ranked among the top 50 of all 550 engineering Colleges in Andhra pradesh.

History

From 1998, undergraduate courses offered are Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics, and Instrumentation Engineering. Courses in Electronics and Computers and in Bio-Medical Engineering were added later. As of 2010, NEC has a total intake of 480 students per year.

Campus

The campus is located north of the city of Nellore

Nellore

Nellore , is a city and headquarters of Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District, formerly Nellore district.And in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Ancient name of Nellore was "Vikrama Simhapuri"....

, 2 km from Muthukur Gate at the heart of the city, and occupies 35 acres (141,640.1 m²). The campus is mainly composed of three blocks A, B, and C. Block B, in the center, is the Main Block with the administration center.

Admissions

Students are admitted into the undergraduate programmes based on their score in the EAMCET

EAMCET

EAMCET, which stands for Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test, is an entrance examination required for admission to some engineering and medical colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Many other colleges offering graduation courses like BDS, B.Pharm., BSc., Pharm.D....

, a Common Entrance Test conducted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh

Government of Andhra Pradesh

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, and into the postgraduate programmes based on their GATE scores based on all India ranking. NEC offers the Bachelors in Engineering (BE) courses in:

• Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE)
• Computer Science Engineering (CSE)
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)
• Electronics and Computer Engineering (ECM)
• Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (EIE)
• Information Technology Engineering (IT)

The Masters in Technology (MTech) course is also offered for Computers, Electronics and Communication students. The college also offers Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Master in Computer Applications (MCA) courses through its department of management. Postgraduate courses offered by NEC are:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Engineering curriculum development

The college follows a 4-year duration (1 year + 6 semesters) with external mode of examination for B.E/B.Tech programmes and a 4 semester course for the M.E/M.Tech programmes according to the norms of the JNTU.

Departments

NEC has a study program offered through its departments:

• • Engineering departments
  • Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electronics and Computer Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Basic Sciences Departments
  • Physics and chemistry Department
  • Basic Engineering Department
  • English Department
  • Maths Department
  • Department of Management

Library

The central library has about 5000 titles and 45000 volumes, and subscribes to online journals. To help the poor students from Schedule casts and tribes, the college has an SC/ST book bank to provide text books for them.

Auditorium

The Visweswariah Auditorium has 600 seats, and facilities to support international conferences and college activities.

NECTS

NECTS is a college cultural festival organised by management and students in March–April each year.

Placements

The government of Andhra Pradesh has established DKC (District Knowledge Center) also called JKC (Jawahar Knowledge Center) in the state under the campus placement mission taken up by it, which is governed by Institute of Electronic Governance at the college campus and was inaugurated by the then chief minister Dr. Y S Raja sekhara Reddy. The college has received the Award of Excellence from the Chief Minister Dr. Y S Raja sekhara Reddy for securing the highest number of placements in Andhra Pradesh through JKC.