JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

INSTITUTIONAL CASE STUDY: JNTUH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,

HYDERABAD

SECTION ONE: Unique context, mission, size and shape

JNTUCEH was established in 1972 and is an constituent and autonomous college of JNTU
Hyderabad. One of the First Preferred Colleges in the State of Andhra Pradesh offering 6 UG
Programmes, more than 20 PG Programmes, and Ph.D in all basic Disciplines of Engineering. The
Placement Record is 100% for UG and more than 60% for PG programmes. More than 50%
faculty are Ph.D holders. The University offers its consultancy services to several Government
and Industrial Organisations. All Engineering Departments are accredited by NBA.

Enrolments:
The college offers 6 regular four-year UG (B.Tech.) Programmes in Engineering as follows with
intake of 60 each:

• Civil Engineering Department

• Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department
• Mechanical Engineering Department
• Electronics & Communications Engineering Department
• Computer Science and Engineering Department
• Metallurgical Engineering Department

All these B.Tech. courses are approved by AICTE and accredited by National Board of
Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi. The admission to these B.Tech. courses is based on A.P. State
level entrance examination EAMCET.

The Engineering departments of the College offer the following 2-year Regular PG (M.Tech.)
programmes of 25 intake:

• Civil Engineering Department (Structural Engineering, Geo-Environmental Engineering )

• Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department (Power Electronics, Electrical Power
Engineering)
• Mechanical Engineering Department (Thermal Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing
Systems)
• Electronics & Communications Engineering Department (Digital Systems & Computer
Electronics, Systems & Signal Processing)
• Computer Science and Engineering Department (Computer Science, Information Technology,
Master of Computer Applications)
• Centre for Energy Studies Department ( Energy Systems)
• Centre for Transportation Engineering (Transportation Engineering)

Apart from the above programs, the Basic Sciences departments of the college offer the
following P.G. (M.Sc.) Programmes with intake 18:

• Mathematics (Systems Theory and Computer Modeling)

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• Physics (Fiber Optics and Communication)

• Chemistry (Drugs & Pharmaceuticals)

The admission to all these Regular M.Sc. programmes is based on University Entrance
Examination.

The College is offering the following 3 year M.Tech./M.Sc. Part Time PG (PTPG) Programmes:

• Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering)

• Electrical & Electronics Engineering (Power Electronics & Industrial Drives,Electrical Power
Engineering)
• Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Systems)
• Electronics & Communication Engineering (Systems & Signal Processing)
• Computer Science & Engineering (Computer Science)
• Centre for Energy Studies (Energy Systems)
• Centre for Transportation Engineering (Transportation Engineering)
• Physics (M.Sc. Fibre Optics and Communication)
• Chemistry (M.Sc. Drugs & Pharmaceuticals)

The admission to all these Part Time M.Tech./M.Sc. (PTPG) programmes is based on
entrance examination conducted by the University.

Yearly Enrolment: Undergraduates - 342, Post Graduates - 203, Doctoral - 120

• Degree levels: Bachelor, Master and Doctor
• Degrees granted: Undergraduates - 282, Master - 242, Doctor - 20 in the year 2009
• Teaching staff: Professor - 33, Associate professor - 42, Assistant Professors - 23, Lecturer 34

Organisational Structure:

Governing Council

PRINCIPAL

CAC

Vice- Principal

Deputy
HODS O/I T & P RCO Vice -Principal DR O/I of Medical O/I of EDC TEQIP
Director, TEQIP
Hostels Officer Library Physical
Education
Staff Staff
AR
Staff
Wardens Library
Teaching Non- Academic OIEs AR
Staff Teaching Section Staff
Staff
Clerical & Staff
Office Accounts Ministerial
Clerical Clerical Supdt . Supdt . staff
& & NSS &
ministeria ministerial NCC
Clerical & Clerical &
staff staff
Ministerial Ministerial
staff staff
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SECTION TWO: Decision authority - who has authority to make what decisions
Enrolments: The UG admission is through EAMCET, the state wide common entrance
examination. New PG programmes in JNTUHCEH are identified in the thrust and emerging
areas by the departments. Proposals are submitted to the governing council and then to AICTE
for approval and are started on a self-supporting basis. The intake to these courses is as per
AICTE guidelines, and the fee structure is as fixed by the state government.
Staffing ratio: JNTUHCEH maintains the staffing ratio (1: 14) as per UGC/AICTE norms (1:15)
by recruiting faculty for all self supporting courses. The Institute gets its due share of the block
grant given to the university for the approved courses. Consequent upon rationalization of
faculty conducted by APSCHE, the institution is in the process of filling the vacancy positions.
Non-Teaching technical/supporting staff are recruited based on the approval of the Executive
Council.
Budget allocation: JNTUHCEH gets its share for the salaries of all its regular faculty from the
block grant given to the university. In addition, each department is assigned a budget
proportional to the number of students from the tuition fee account to be used for the
development of the Departments. The institution enjoys full financial autonomy in planning and
in spending the TEQIP amount without any limits with the approval of governing council. The
institute also receives research funding from DST, AICTE, Govt, etc.
Academic structures, curriculum, delivery and use of technology: The College is an
autonomous constituent college of the university and the academic structures and curriculum are
devised and revised from time to time by Boards of Studies (BOS) of all departments under the
broad guidelines on the credit structure and evaluation. The BOS constitutes of Head of the
Department, as Chairperson, Members- Chairperson University BOS, 2 senior Professors /
Associate Professors of the Concerned Department, 3 Members from – Industry, Premier
Educational Institutes like IITs, NITs,. The curriculum is delivered by Regular Classroom
teaching and augmented with standard online content like NPTEL and MIT-OCW, Satellite based
Virtual Classroom (IIT Bombay and NITTR Chandigarh), wherever possible as recommended by
BOS from time to time.
Quality assurance/standards (including assessment of student work and teachers performance:
A Student Feedback system is in place and the Heads of the Departments, analyze and ensure the
classroom performance of the teachers. In addition, self-assessment and expert evaluation of the
teacher is made at the time of implementing promotions as part of the Career Advancement
Scheme. Continuous evaluation of students during course work and feedback of their

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performance at national entrance tests and recruitment tests is reviewed by BOS to ensure
standards. The College and Departments are accredited by the apex Councils NAAC (A grade)
and NBA.
Links with industry and local communities: JNTUHCEH has established good industry links
and the relationship has been win-win always. Specialized PG programs in the disciplines of
Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering are designed for industry personnel. The
students carry out a compulsory Industry Oriented Mini Project at industries that are related to
the institute. FDP programs are conducted by the Industry on a regular basis to keep the faculty
(Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Academic Staff College). Many PG students, by way of internships, work
on real projects (for Motorola, Microsoft, CITD, ECIL). Industry personnel carry out Ph.D part-
time in all Engineering Departments. Consultancy services are given to Government and
Industrial Sectors through BICS (Bureau of Industrial Consultancy Services) unit of the
university.
Structure of the Governing board, recruitment and TOR of governor: The structure of the
Governing board consists of Chairman – Vice-Chancellor, JNTUH, Member Secretary – Principal
JNTUH College of Engg, Hyderabad, Members – Vice-Principal JNTUHCEH, Heads of all
Departments 6, Members from Industry and other Institutes – 3, UGC Nominee -1. The Principal
of the college is appointed by the Executive Council of the University and the Heads of the
department are appointed by the Principal. The term period of the committee is 2 years. The
details of the present body is given in Annex.1.

SECTION THREE: Recent reforms to governance

Finance: Sanction of Departmental Budget from the Tuition Fee account proportional to the
student strength and the level of degrees offered by the Department since 2009. This has led to
the percolation of financial autonomy with increased budget allocation and delegation of
financial powers to the Department Level.
Academic: Credit and Grading System has been introduced for all the courses run by the
Institution from 2009 to enable transfer of credits across different universities Internationally.
This enables the student exchange and twinning programmes apart from global recognition and
equivalence of degrees offered by the Institutes. New PG M.tech/M.Sc Double Degree Programs
are started in the year 2009-10 in collaboration with Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
with equivalence of European Credits. Integrated Dual Degree Programs in five disciplines of
Engg with PG specialization in Engg/MBA are started in the year 2009 for students to acquire
specialized UG+PG Degree in an optimum time.
Three Centres of Excellence namely VLSI & Embedded Systems, E-Learning Solutions, Alternate
Energy Options stated to promote excellence in Research. These centres are proposed to work as
independent units with initial seed funds from the University and separate allocation of R&D
funding and manpower during the year 2009.

SECTION FOUR: Lessons for other institutions (in terms of the challenges that greater
autonomy and accountability presents
• Autonomy: The institution has full academic, financial and sufficient administrative
autonomy, being a constituent college of the University. In general, greater autonomy
promoted quick decision-making and increased the ownership of those closely involved in
Strategic Planning.
• Innovative Academic Programmes at UG level and PG level have been started.

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• Integrated Dual Degree Program leading to B.Tech + M.Tech/MBA has been started in the
year 2009.
• Interdisciplinary PG Program M.Tech (Embedded Systems) is offered jointly by ECE, CSE,
EEE departments.
• PG Programs in collaboration with industry- M.Tech (Mechatronics) with CITD, M.Tech
(Power Systems) with GE are started
• Networking Activities are initiated with industry and foreign universities
• Double Degree Programs M.Tech/M.Sc in three specializations (Software Engg, Signal
Processing, Telecommunication Systems) are offered in collaboration with Blekinge Institute
of Technology, Sweden.
• MoU has been entered with Foreign Universities, University of Udine, Italy, University of
Malaysia, Pehang, for faculty and student exchange.
• Nearly 52 of the 134 faculty members have attended Conferences and Presented research
papers during the period. 6 Faculty members received one month training abroad and
updated their Knowledge in the specialized areas beneficial to faculty and students.
• Formal and informal Networking was done rapidly with industries such as TCS, CITD, GE,
Wipro, C-DAC and other premier institutes University of Hyderabad, IITs and NITs.

• Autonomy and accountability promoted a healthy competition amongst institutions

and improvement of Quality Issues with internal and external evaluation.

ANNEX 1
PRESENT GOVERNING BODY
Dr. D.N. Reddy - Chairman
Vice-Chancellor
JNT University, Hyderabad
Dr. N.V. Ramana Rao - Member Secretary
Principal
JNTUH College of Engineering
Hyderabad
Dr. A.C.S. Kumar - Member
Vice-Principal
JNTUH College of Engineering
Hyderabad
Dr. Govindarajulu - Member
Dean
IIIT, Gachibowli
Hyderabad
Dr. N. Sarathchandra Babu - Member
Director, C-DAC
Hyderabad
Mr. U.J. Pandit - Member
Additional Secretary, SBTET
BRKR Bhavan
Hyderabad
Mr. P. Venkateswarlu - Member
Regional Joint Director of Technical Education
7th Floor, Gagan Vihar, Nampally

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Hyderabad
Dr. M.V. Seshagiri Rao - Member
Prof. & Head
Dept. of Civil Engineering
JNTUH College of Engineering
Hyderabad
Dr. M. Suryakalavathi - Member
Prof. & Head
Dept. of EEE
JNTUH College of Engineering
Hyderabad
Dr. M. Ashok Kumar - Member
Prof. & Head
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
JNTUH College of Engineering
Hyderabad
Dr. L. Pratap Reddy - Member
Prof. & Head
Dept. of ECE
JNTUH College of Engineering
Hyderabad
Dr. R. Kotaiah - Member
Prof. & Head
Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering
JNTUH College of Engineering
Hyderabad
Dr. G. Vijaya Kumari - Member
Prof. & Head
Dept. of CSE &
TEQIP Nodal Officer
JNTUH College of Engineering
Hyderabad
Smt. P. Bhramara - Member
Asst. Nodal Officer, TEQIP
JNTUH College of Engineering
Hyderabad