Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies
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Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), also known as Andhra Pradesh - Indian Institute of Information Technologies (AP-IIIT), is an institute in Andhra Pradesh
, India
. The school was created by the Government of India, under the auspices of the then Chief Minister Sri. Rajashekar Reddy and chancellor Dr. Raj Reddy. It is located at Kadapa
, in the middle of a valley, and the area is referred to as Rajiv Knowledge Valley. There are branch campuses of the school in Baasara and Nuzvid
.
. A postgraduate M.Tech is offered in Computational Engineering
.
Each block consists of 12 rooms, and every room holds 23 students. This campus has six mess halls: three for each gender. There are four class blocks for students: Kappa, Omega, Mu, Lambda. Each block has 12 classrooms; every class room consists of 48 students.
The admissions for the academic year 2011-12 are in progress now. Earlier it used to be 2000 students for each campus, but now it is only 1000 students for each branch which would be 3000 in total. There are three messes for boys that are Yahoo, Google and MSN, and for girls Windows, Linux and ...
The construction of the new academic blocks has been finished, and all the laboratories are being used by the students extensively. Though there is no playground
, students still enjoy playing games because of the newly constructed basket-ball courts, shuttle courts. Students are trained in arts like music, dance, singing and many more.
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The school was created by the Government of India, under the auspices of the then Chief Minister Sri. Rajashekar Reddy and chancellor Dr. Raj Reddy. It is located at Kadapa
Kadapa
Kadapa , formerly Cuddapah, is a city in the south-central part of Andhra Pradesh, India . The city's name originated from the Telugu word "Gadapa" meaning threshold or gate...
, in the middle of a valley, and the area is referred to as Rajiv Knowledge Valley. There are branch campuses of the school in Baasara and Nuzvid
Nuzvid
Nuzvid is a mandal and municipality in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is 50 km from Vijayawada and 35 km from Eluru. This place is well connected by bus and rail. Nuzvid is well known for its mangos, which are exported world wide....
.
Academics
RGUKT provides an undergraduate six-year (three semesters per year) B.Tech program, which starts after 10th class. Engineering disciplines include Computer ScienceComputer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
. A postgraduate M.Tech is offered in Computational Engineering
Computational engineering
Computational science and engineering is a relatively new discipline of engineering. It is typically offered as a masters or doctorate program at several institutions...
.
Administration
There are 2000 people and 200 mentors at the university. Every student is given a laptop, and all students use the Internet as a resource. There are two projectors in each classroom. In this university, all courses are based on the NCERT syllabus and lessons are projected on screens. The first two years are intermediate, and the later four years are B.Tech. Classes start at 8:15 am and continue until 11:45, then 12:45 to 5:00 pm is dedicated to problem solving.Campus
The residential part of campus consists of four hostel blocks for boys, and four for girls. The boys dormitories are Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Eta. The girls dormitories are Theta, Rho, Delta, Sigma.Each block consists of 12 rooms, and every room holds 23 students. This campus has six mess halls: three for each gender. There are four class blocks for students: Kappa, Omega, Mu, Lambda. Each block has 12 classrooms; every class room consists of 48 students.
The admissions for the academic year 2011-12 are in progress now. Earlier it used to be 2000 students for each campus, but now it is only 1000 students for each branch which would be 3000 in total. There are three messes for boys that are Yahoo, Google and MSN, and for girls Windows, Linux and ...
The construction of the new academic blocks has been finished, and all the laboratories are being used by the students extensively. Though there is no playground
Playground
A playground or play area is a place with a specific design for children be able to play there. It may be indoors but is typically outdoors...
, students still enjoy playing games because of the newly constructed basket-ball courts, shuttle courts. Students are trained in arts like music, dance, singing and many more.