The college was established in the year 1997 by Maharaj Alak Narayan Society for Arts and Sciences (MANSAS). MANSAS was established in 1958 by the erstwhile Raja Saheb of Vizianagaram, (Late) Dr. P V G Raju. It offers KG to PG level education in Arts, Sciences, Engineering and Management across 13 Institutes. Maharaj Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj College of Engineering is one of the 13 institutes.
Faculty is the biggest strength of the college. It has engaged 182 full time committed teaching staff with most of them having highest academic qualification in their respective fields with more then 30 Ph.D holders to cater the needs of U G and P G students. Faculty members guide the students to harness their complete academic potential. The college regularly invites eminent professionals from industry and academia to share practical experience with the students and staff.
The college has state-of-the-art Labs which host equipment costing Rs 10 Crore. The college is spread on a lush green 43 Acre campus and has more than 3 lac sft built up area. The college boasts of its library extended over 12000sft area adorning an enviable collection of books around 50,000 volumes and 12,000 titles along with a huge number of National and international Journals of various disciplines. It has also extended the facilities of Digital Library with membership through INDEST-AICTE and also facilities ASME, IEEE transaction etc, and 4Mbps leased line internet.
The college has moved forward from a humble beginning with 4 departments and 200 students in 1997 to a current regular intake of 774 students. It offers Bachelors Degree in Civil, Chemical, Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Electrical & Electronics, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering. It also offers Postgraduate courses in Engineering, Management and Computer Applications. The college has churned out many university rankers and gold medalists and its alumni are spread across the globe. Many alumni are holding key positions in Government, MNCs, Education & Research Facilities and Private sector of India.
Its students bagged University Gold Medal in the branch of Mechanical engineering from its first batch (1997-2001) itself, furthering the record of glorious success; it has also bagged University Second Rank in Mechanical engineering branch by two of its second batch students (1998-2002), apart from securing All India 3rd Rank in GATE-2004 for Chemical Engineering. Adding a feather in its cap of glory, the college bagged University Gold Medals in EEE branch from its 2001-2005 batch and Chemical Engineering 2002-06 batch.
Regular compliance with norms has earned the college a Permanent Affiliation by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kakinada. All eligible Departments which are more than seven years of age have been accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The college commitment to process, quality and academic excellence has been rewarded by “Rated Grade-A” by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission (UGC). The college is due to apply for a ‘Deemed to be University’ status by the UGC.
Recognitions and Rewards
Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India has given a research grant of Rs 39 Lacs for the academic year 2009-10.
AICTE, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has sanctioned an Entrepreneurship Development Cell with an initial funding of Rs 7 lacs.
The college is recognized as a Business Incubator Center by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India.
Askar Microns of Mysore, Parametric Tech Corporation of Bangalore, Zeus Numeric of Mumbai are some Indian Companies that have an MOU with college extending training and research facilities to students and staff.
The college has excellent rapport with major MNCs in the IT Industry. The college has been accredited by TCS and the college hosts placement drives annually by TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Sonata and many other IT and non-IT companies ensuring placement to 90% of eligible students seeking employment in India.
The college is undertaking has consultancy/ Research projects from AICTE, DST, and Govt. of A.P etc.
Maharajah Alak Narayan Society of Arts and Science [MANSAS] is an Educational Trust founded by Dr. (late) P.V.G Raju, Raja Saheb of Vizianagaram in the hallowed memory of his father Maharajah Alak Narayan Gajapati with a view to confound socio-academic inequalities in the Vizianagaram principality executing a trust deed on 12-11-1958 duly established Maharajah’s College and other educational institutions in and around Vizianagaram. The Trust is a charitable one published under Section 6 a (1) of A.P Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowment Act 30 of 1987 and registration properties were approved by the Assistant Commissioner, Endowment Department Anakapalli in his R.Dis.No.B 4/4025/72,dated 19-5-1973.The object of the Trust is to manage the properties of educational institutions under it and to promote and advance the cause of education in general, besides awarding scholarships to deserving students enabling them to undergo special training in science and industries in and out of India. The Trust has made an uncompromising contribution to the nation by presenting the stalwarts like Sri V.V. Giri, former President of India, Prof. Swami Gnanananda, a renowned nuclear scientist, Major K.V.Krishna Rao and many more. The Trust presently houses 13 Educational Institutions offering the disciplines of science, humanities education, law, management, pharmacy and engineering leveling from elementary to post graduation.
Dr. P.V.G.Raju, Raja Saheb of Vizianagarm, is a man saving his soul by righteousness, virtuousness and with humanism. He is a prince turned democrat and a democratic prince. He believes in a principle that mere accession to throne may not make one a prince or a ruler but only when one is true to one’s conscience in providing the proletariat the spirit to sustain, the power to prosper and the needs to lead a socially comfortable life. He strictly conformed to his principle and it does reflect in his philanthropic works. Despite his feudal background, he has chosen socialism and unswervingly strained his nerves to realize his cherished dreams or eradicating socio-economical inequalities to build a culturally, socially, economically and academically strong nation. He is such a noble personality that well before the idea of abolition of estates gained the momentum, he pleaded the government to abolish estates even without paying any compensation to the holders and became the first Indian ruler of this kind. As a part of realizing his socialistic ideals, he endowed almost all his properties to the educational trust MANSAS founded in the hallowed memory of his father Maharajah Alak Narayan Gajapathi who incorporated in the place of the traditional motto of Vizianagaram estate –‘ever loyal’, his own motto of real independence lies in virtual obedience or submission to one’s own conscience. He cherished to establish a Tribal University in the vicinity of Vizianagaram besides establishing Medical and Engineering colleges to make it an epicenter of education. Conscious of his heritage ‘Noblesse Oblige’ he endowed the trust with almost all his properties worth hundreds of crores in the present value.
Besides his philanthropic work, Dr. Raju is deeply and equally interested in the working of ‘atma’ as well as ‘atman’ –as a true disciple to his spiritual mentor, the saint Swami Gnananda and elevated himself to the heights of Rajarishi.
Maharaj Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj College of Engineering strives to become a center par excellence for technical education where aspiring students can be transformed into skilled and well-rounded professionals with strong understanding of fundamentals, a flair for responsible innovation in engineering practical solutions applying the fundamentals, and confidence and poise to meet the challenges in their chosen professional spheres.
The management believes imparting quality education in an atmosphere that motivates learning as a social obligation which we owe to the students, their parents/guardians and society at large and hence the effort is to leave no stone unturned in providing the same with all sincerity. Towards that end, the management believes special focus has to be on the following areas:
Vijayaram nagar campus,
Chintalavalasa,
Vizianagaram-535005
Ph-08922-241199, 241039
E-Mail: principal@mvgrcel.com
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