Hyderabad: It is a great privilege to speak to you all on the eve of my completion of two years
in the office as the Vice Chancellor of this prestigious Technical University in this country. I thank the state Government particularly Hon’ble Chief Minister of the State Sri. Kaluvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao garu for giving me an opportunity to lead this first ever Technological University in the country which has been in the forefront during the last fifty-one years (1972-2023) in providing quality technical education of relevance in the State and the country by facing challenges and promoting the pedagogic vision for future needs at global level.
On this significant day I express my joy and happiness to Inform you that to a major extent I have achieved most of my self-set goals and objectives in transforming this University with the collective hard work and commitment of the Faculty, Nonteaching staff and the students.
Specially I thank from bottom of the heart to each individual faculty, non-teaching staff for joining me to work tirelessly in hard times in imparting quality education to build knowledge and give a definite direction to the technical education of the state for which this University was established.
I started my journey as the Vice Chancellor of this University by focusing on various urgent reforms need in Academic, administrative and financial sectors.
The following are the reforms initiated and completed in the last two years.
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS:
1. Introduction of Pre-Auditing system
The very survival of any Institution depends on its financial health assessment which
tells us whether an institution is “living within its available resources.” primary
reserve, viability, net income, and return on net assets etc., After going through the
financial statements I have realised that the expenses of the University outpace the
revenue creating tension and friction in financial transactions of the University. It
was also noticed that the normal practice of Internal and external financial audit
procedures is absent. This has resulted in syphoning the money through different
routes. In order to arrest the wastage and undesired expenses. So, it has been
decided that the University conducts both pre-audit and post-audit for all financial
payments before and after making payments. All bills should be carefully scrutinized
and see that the bills conform to the norms prescribed by the UGC and State
government. Pre-audit section has been created for examination of vouchers,
contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions
before they are paid for and recorded. All financial controls have been brought into2
the control of Finance officer and the Registrar. This step has helped in saving
substantial amount to the University Ex checker.
2. Mini-library and study places in girls’ hostels
Like never before, mini-library and study rooms facilities have been created in girls’
hotels.
3. Establishment of New Constituent colleges at district centres
Started JNTUH college of Engineering at SIRICILLA, a JNTUH college of Pharmacy at
Sultanpur and JNTU College of Engineering at Wanaparthi in the last two year.
4. Golden jubilee celebrations
The Inauguration of JNTUH Golden Jubilee Year 2021-2022 was heralded by erecting
Golden Jubilee Pylon by Her Excellency Governor of Telangana state & the
Chancellor of JNTUH Dr. (Smt.) Tamilisai Soundararajan on 3rd Oct. 2021.
5. NIRF Ranking of the University
The University is ranked 76 in the Engineering Stream of NIRF Rankings 2022.
6. Governance of Autonomous Colleges
In the last two years JNTUH has allowed more than twelve Affiliated colleges to
become Autonomous. Proposals of 5 more colleges have been forwarded to UGC for
approval. By the beginning of the new Academic year the strength of autonomous
colleges under JNTUH jurisdiction will grow to 60 colleges making JNTUH having a
greater number of Autonomous Engineering in the country.
7. Reforms in Examination systems in Autonomous Colleges
Significant reforms have been introduced in Autonomous colleges examination
system, which has resulted in plugging unfair examination systems prevailed in
Autonomous colleges bringing uniform examination pattern in all the colleges a like.
8. Reforms in Affiliation processes of Affiliating Colleges
The University is accountable to the society in maintaining high academic standards
in its University and Affiliated Colleges. In order to improve the quality of Technical
Education, JNTUH has developed a clear and transparent method of Affiliation
Procedure, and implemented it through online. A separate portal has been launched
in public domain for updating information of all the affiliated colleges from time to
time, which is authenticated by the Director, Academic Audit Cell of the University.
The Fact-Finding Committees visit the affiliated colleges regularly and affiliation is
accorded to colleges which fulfill all the norms and regulations of the university and
AICTE.
9. Curbing the use of fake PhD certificates by the affiliating College Teachers
In the past JNTUH plagued with allegations that some of the faculty members have
submitted fake Ph. D certificates to join as the faculty members of private
affiliating Engineering colleges. Taking this matter seriously JNTU has introduced3
three step verification process of Ph. D certificates submitted by the faculty in
the last two years, which resulted in complete eradication of such cases. After
introducing these steps to day JNTUH is free from such cases.
10. Creating new Infrastructure facilities
There were not enough conference rooms available in this University with modern
emanates to conduct conferences and seminars etc. Keeping this in view University
has developed two ultra-modern seminars cum- conference halls namely Golden
Jubilee Conference Hall and J-Hub Even centres with a seating capacity of 1020 and
250 respectively.
11. Swimming pool
Recognising the importance of Physical well-being of the students, staff and faculty
it has been decided to open the swimming pool which was not put into use since its
construction 7 years back. Now the pool is renovated and kept ready for use. This
facility be thrown open by Hon’ble Education Minister Smt. Sabitha Indra Reddy on
25th of this month.
12. New Sports Facilities:
Two walking track and one court each for basket ball and Tennis are planned and will
be brought to use in one months’ time.
13. Weather Station
Weather station donated by City University of New York has been installed and was
inaugurated on 28 September 2022 the data generated from the station is shared
with various organizations.
14. Digital Class rooms and e-content Studio
Classrooms are undergoing a fundamental change all over the world. Digital
classrooms are changing the way, teachers are teaching, and students are learning.
In today’s age of internet, smart phones and other gadgets, digital classroom is only
a logical step in the field of knowledge-sharing and dissemination, therefore
University has developed a number of Digital Classrooms and an e Content Studio.
15. Implementation of Career Advancement Scheme.
Steps have been taken to promote faculty under career advancement scheme.
Almost 83 faculty members have been benefitted and promoted to next stage. Today
JNTUH has around 25 Sr. Professors.
16. Implementation of Government G.Os in giving financial benefits to Asst.
professor working on contract basis.
In order to see that Asst. Professors working on contract basis are provided with
proper remuneration without any kind of exploitation all relevant G.O s of the
government have been implemented.
EVENTS CONDUCTED IN LAST TWO YEARS
1. An All-India Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Universities offering
Engineering and Technology Programs was held during 8 – 9 April 2022.
The event had in-depth discussions on what more can be added to the present
structure and changes to be implemented in the institutions to scale up its
infrastructure and other education logistics to achieve excellence. Experts from
various universities in India and policy makers voiced their concerns and offered
suggestions. The deliberations of the conference were brought out as a policy
document to shape the future of technical education in the country. The conference
provided guidelines and way forward for the implementation of curriculum reforms
in the context of interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary and applied approaches to
knowledge and also emphasized on the importance of framing the curriculum to
align the current latest knowledge requirements and in line with the industry needs.
The role of science and technology in leveraging inclusive innovation and the need
of continuous reforms in the affiliation, examination and evaluation to suit the
current technological changes in the country were discussed.
The event was attended by the Vice-Chancellors of Technical Universities, Pro-Vice-
Chancellors, prominent academicians and academic administrators from all over
India. A total number of 150 delegates attended the programme. The broad areas
discussed during the conference were Curriculum, pedagogy, and student support;
Universities for Technology Innovation; Academia and Industry Interaction; Best
practices in Technical Education – Financial sustainability of Universities; Affiliation,
Examinations and Evaluation Systems; Governance of autonomous Institutions – Role
of Universities.
2. French Cultural Night
JNTUH has organised a cultural night with dance performance by French dance
troupe ELECTRIK BLANKCA LI on 11th May 2022 as a part of BONJOUR INDIA2022 and
JNTU Golden Jubilee year celebrations.
3. International Conference on Innovations in Engineering and Technology (ICIET-
2022)
This was organized as a part of the Golden Jubilee year of Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University Hyderabad during 15-17 September 2022. This conference
is organized by integrating seven departments of Engineering, viz., Civil Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering Electrical and Electronics
engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and
Engineering and Chemical Engineering. This conference is a landmark event of
JNTUH, Hyderabad.
4. Joint Boards of Studies Meetings
These were conducted during 19 th – 21 st May 2022 to revise the syllabi of all UG,
PG programs as per CBCS & AICTE Model Curriculum from the Academic Year5
2022-23. The joint BoS meeting also aimed for the successful implementation of
various aspects of National Education Policy-2020 by critically going through the
academic regulations, introduction of multiple exit policy, minor courses in IoT, to
enhance the employability skills of the students.
2. CONVOCATIONS:
1. For the Year 2021-22
The University Convocation for the year 2021-22 was held on 26-02-2022. Hon’ble
Chancellor of JNTUH Dr. (Smt.) Tamilisai Soundararajan was present. Doctor of
Honoris Causa was awarded to Dr. S. Chandrasekhar, Secretary, Department of
Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.
2. For the Year 2022-23
The University Convocation for the year 2022-23 was held on 18-03-2023. Hon’ble
Chancellor of JNTUH presided over the convocation. Doctor of Honoris Causa, was
awarded to Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Padma Vibhushan awardee, and
Chancellor of Central University of Rajasthan and NIIT University, Rajasthan.
ACADEMIC INITIATIVES
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Hyderabad has presented some
head turning policies in Technical Education courses such as BTech, M. Tech, B
Pharmacy, Pharmacy and other technical courses. Following the framework designed
by AICTE for multiple entry and multiple exit (MEME) options in four-year B Tech
programmes, in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the
varsity has decided to implement the procedure of conducting 70 percent of courses
through offline classes and 30 percent online. The services of various IIT faculties
shall be availed for online teaching. The varsity took the various important decisions
such as
2. Diploma degree for two-year BTech
From 2022-23, BTech students opting to exit in the middle without completing the
Bachelors in Technology programme after two or three years will be given either a
diploma or a certificate. BTech degree certificate will be awarded to only those who
complete a full four years.
2. Dual Degree Programs
For the first time in the Telugu states, JNTU has introduced dual degree course, to
facilitate students do B. Tech along with BBA (Data Analytics) course. As several
companies prefer inducting youth with additional skills for IT jobs and others,
students will have better recruitment opportunities if they can complete both the
engineering and administration courses simultaneously.
3. Minor and Honours Programs
The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (JNTU-H) has introduced
BTech (Hons) and BTech Minor degree programmes in emerging/multidisciplinary
areas from last academic year. As part of the scheme, students of the same or
another department can take the minimum additional credits in the range of 18-206
and get a degree with honours or minor from the same or another department.
introduction of honours/minor specialisation in emerging/multidisciplinary areas in
the undergraduate degree courses is to improve domain knowledge and
employability in conventional branches. The duration of all programmes is four
years.
4. Introducing Online Mode of Education
We strongly believe that the digital classrooms help us to bring down the cost of
education, produce and deliver quality lectures to the students and reach out to
maximum students who wish to pursue higher education. So number of Certificate
courses in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Science with Python
Programming, Blockchain Technology, Cloud DevOps have been introduced in online
mode. In addition, it is proposed to start post Graduate Programmes like MBA, MCA,
M.Sc (Mathematics) and others in online mode.
5. Regular B.B. A (Data Analytics) program
This program has been introduced in the campus from the Academic Year 2022-2023.
The course is designed such a way to integrate latest technological developments
and requirements as per the corporate, industry and business requirements.
6. Dual Degree Programmes
A new Dual degree program in BBA(DA) has been introduced in the university for the
benefit of Engineering and Pharma students un blended mode.
7. Academic Regulations were framed in line with National Education Policy 2020
with the following salient features:
• Registration of Academic Bank of Credits and Transfer of Credits.
• Implementation of Multiple Entry Multiple Exit Scheme.
• More weightage (40% of the total marks) and emphasis on Continuous Internal
Evaluation.
• Award of 2-Year UG Diploma Certificate/3-Year UG Diploma Certificate for
interested students from AY 2022-23.
• Inclusion of Field Based Research Project in B.Tech. II Year.
• Provision to enrol for Second Degree – BBA (DA).
• Initiated Transfer of Credits Program (for 40 credits) through “Industry-Ready
• Professional Training” leading to a Job was approved for IV B. Tech. I &
II Semester (ECE/EEE/CSE) students from VEDA IIT to JNTUH University /
affiliated /Autonomous – a new initiative was taken for improving job
opportunity in VLSI/Embedded area.
• Implemented Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
(SWAYAM) – Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), a programme initiated by
Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of
Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality from the academic year7
2018-19. The University allows students to register for Swayam-MOOCs
Courses as Professional and Open Electives and awards them Credits after
successfully obtaining the passing certificate.
8. Starting of New Courses
B.Tech. Courses in Computer Science and Design; B.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence
and Machine Learning; B.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science; B.Tech.
in Textile Engineering; M.Tech. Industrial Engineering and Management; Pharm
(Pharmacognosy) were introduced in the Academic Year 2021-22.
B.Tech. Biotechnology; B.Tech. Pharmaceutical Engineering; BBA (Data Analytics);
BBA (Data Analytics) as Second Degree in Blended Mode; M.Tech. Computer Aided
Structural Engineering; M.Tech. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence were introduced
in the Academic Year 2022-23.
Going to start BBA (Regular) in University College of Management (UCMH) from the
Academic Year 2023-24.
9. MoUs
The University has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with a number of
national and international research and academic institutions for mutual
cooperation in various aspects such as Student Exchange Programmes, Double
Degree Masters Programmes, Staff Exchange Program, Technology sharing etc. The
University offers collaborative academic programmes in the campus with the
following international Universities.
o Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden
o Central Michigan University (CMU), USA
o Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok
o Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA
MOUs
The University has signed 20 new MoUs and a total of 32 MoUs to promote academic
research, training and incubation.
10. “MEET THE ACHIEVER” Program8
11. JNTUH Innovation Foundation – JTBI funded by DST Nidhi scheme
This serves as a Launchpad for the Techno Startups and Aspiring Entrepreneurs at
various stages – Ignite, Ideate and Incubate to increase the number of successful
startups originating and developing in the region.
12. Idea Labs: supported by AICTE
AICTE has sanctioned the proposal submitted by the University under the scheme
IDEA Lab (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application Lab) with joint
contribution by AICTE and University.
13. Launching of Idea Accelerator program (IAP) 2021:
Idea Accelerator Program (IAP) 2021 has been launched on 27th March, 2021 to help
students with ideas and valid prototypes build startup. Six-month program
conducted on part time basis with combination of Lean Canvas, Agile methodologies
and applications of Design thinking process to convert their idea into startup.
UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY INTERACTION ACTIVITIES:
1. UIIC, JNTUH conducted A Mega Internship Fair-2021 in collaboration
with HYSEA and TASK on 30 th July 2021
2 UIIC, JNTUH has launched a Mega Internship Fair – 2021 on 7 th August 2021
3. The University Industry Interaction Cell (UIIC) organized a MEGA JOB FAIR on
18 -19th December 2021
4. A MEGA JOB MELA was held on 6 th December 2021.
5. Organized a Job Fair on 15th and 16th March 2022,
6. Organized a Mega Job Fair on 25 th and 26 th February 2023
