Auroras Scientific Technological Research Academy, Hyderabad

About Auroras Scientific Technological Research Academy, Hyderabad

Aurora’s Scientific Technological & Research Academy, popularly known as ASTRA, is located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. The institute was established in 1989. Since then, the institute has been playing a vital role in imparting technical education in the state. It is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. ASTRA is sponsored by Aurora Educational Society. The college offers B. Tech and M. Tech courses in computer science, information technology and electronics & communication engineering as well as Masters in Business Administration and Computer Applications.

In 1989, Ramesh Nimmatoori laid the foundation of Aurora’s Scientific Technological & Research Academy. The college was initially started with four departments - Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics and Electronics, with an intake of 62 students. In 1993, two new departments were added – Biological Science and Commerce and in 1995, the college started offering MBA and MCA as well. In 1998, Aurora established the engineering college in a wide spread area of 600 acres. Today, ASTRA has set a benchmark in the field of technical education in Andhra Pradesh.

Aurora's Scientific Technological & Research Academy, previously Santh Samarth Engineering College was established by The Ravi Rishi Educational Society in the year 2000. A marathi linguistic minority institution, located at Bandlaguda only 13 KMs from Koti and 14 KMs from Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad, offers quality engineering education to the marathi speaking people in particular along with students of other communities in general.

It first commenced with the departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Information Technology to offer B.Tech Program and the department of Humanities and Sciences to cater the needs of the B.Tech curriculum. It is dedicated to the cause of promotion of quality education. It is registered in the form of a Public Society, and has representation from various related segments of the society, e.g., educationists, technical specialists, administrators, social workers etc. to ensure overall healthy development of the activities undertaken.

The basic philosophy of the institute can be summed up as to be a centre of learning, excelling in academics, which imparts state of the art knowledge to its students, encourages staff and students to actively take up research and development activities and to be an agent of promotion of ethical values to its students and staff and thus serve the society. Towards this end, the institute has gone far ahead of just class room teaching and vigorously introduced activities like student seminars, guest lectures by experts in different fields, mini-projects by students in part of their summer vocation, adjunct courses in recent developments etc. to name a few. The institute also actively encourages its teaching and supporting staff to acquire higher qualifications and supports them while they do so. This is done with a view to enhance the quality of educational activities in the institute. As a result of this, the institute can boast of a very percentage of staff with Post Graduate and Ph.D. qualifications. The college is located in the land admeasuring 22 acres just 5 km away from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.