Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad

About College:

The Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology (GRIET) is located in the city of Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana. The institute was set up in the year 1997. Its campus covers a total area worth eighteen acres of land. The Gokaraju Rangaraju Educational Society has been behind the establishment of this institute. This said society was started by Dr. Gokaraju Ganga Raju, who is a noted politician having done much for the field of education. The GRIET is affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University- Hyderabad (JNTUH). This affiliation ensures the approval of the UGC (University Grants Commission). The technical courses in the institute are recognized by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education).

The college has also been accredited by both the NBA (National Board of Accreditation) and the NAAC (National Assessments and Accreditation Council), earning an A grade rating in the latter. A separate IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) has been created to this end, to ensure that all the terms of the NAAC are complied with. An AQAR (Annual Quality Assurance Report) gets generated to quantify the results. The GRIET has also paid a lot of importance to the broader social good. This is the reason that students studying here have participated in several central and state government schemes. Participation has been strong in schemes such as the NSS (National Service Scheme).

Courses are offered here at the Hyderabad- based Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology at both the UG as well as PG levels. At the undergrad level, B. Tech programmes in engineering are available for the areas of- Civil, Mechanical, Information Technology, Computer Science, Electrical & Electronics and for Electronics & Communication. At the master’s level, the courses get more technical. So, the M. Tech programmes are available for the areas of- Software Engineering, Structural Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, VLSI, Embedded Systems, Power Systems, Power Electronics and in Design for Manufacturing. Admissions to these programmes is via national and state- level recognized entrance exams. 

The TS EAMCET (Telangana State Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test) and the TSICET (Telangana State Integrated Common Entrance Test) work at the UG level, while the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) or TS PGECET (Telangana State Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test) are needed for the master’s level. Another area of much importance to the institute is entrepreneurship. This is why the Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) has been an active forum here. It helps develop the budding entrepreneurs among the students for the institute. Experienced trainers and entrepreneurs are invited to campus to deliver guest lectures and interact with those who have such business models. This cell is run by the Wadhwani Foundation. 

The entire academics at the GRIET is run by a cohort of seven departments, each with expertise in its own area. Six of these seven departments are for the areas in which the B. Tech degrees may be pursued in here. The seventh one is the Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities. This deals with the English language courses and the fundamental sciences of physics, chemistry and mathematics. The college is also a key facilitator of a Ministry of HRD initiative with the World Bank. It is a programme titled TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme). Research too plays a very important role, here at the Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology. 

For this purpose, the college publishes several journals on campus, each with its own mandate. One of them is Management Today. Another is International Journal of Advanced Computing, while the third is the International Journal of Advanced Materials Manufacturing & Characterization. A lot of its classroom sessions get recorded online. The college is also a signatory the Swayam initiative of the Government of India. Several research projects have also been anchored by the GRIET. A number of patents have been filed by the students and faculty members of the college. Some have even been granted. These have been divided from across the departments here. The Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology has also worked on a multitude of research projects. These have been generated by the various government and private bodies. 

Some such agencies or companies that have generated these projects include the likes of- Texas A & M, GHMC, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Akshaya Sola Panel, Energicomm, Meko Auto, Luminense, Reliable, SR Tooling Systems and a few more. The GRIET has also signed on a number of MOUs to help the students gain wider exposure. These MOUs vary from educational bodies to corporate houses as well. The University of Antwerp in Belgium, the SAP University Alliance, TCS, Cisco, Oracle Red Hat, IBM and the NSRC are among such collaborators. There are other such partner universities also from the USA, Spain, Lithuania and Turkey. All this has led to the NIRF (National Institutional Rankings Framework) placing the GRIET within the 151- 200 rank band among engineering colleges.