Mohan Babu University (MBU) is a

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located in

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. Established in 1992, formerly known as Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Institutions and currently as Mohan Babu University since January 2022, it consists of nine schools, offering academic programs at Undergraduate (UG), Postgraduate (PG), and

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courses in engineering,

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and

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, agricultural, paramedical, commerce, media and film-academy based focused courses.

History

Mohan Babu University was established in 1992 with UGC-Colleges with potential for excellence status under the CPE scheme by the UGC,

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and also the institution is approved by

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Campus

MBU campus is situated in a 100-acre (40 ha) site located beside the Tirupati-Madanapalle national highway 71, and is about 19 kilometers (11.8 mi) from Tirupati bus-stand and 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) from Tirupati railway station and 32.9 kilometers (20.4 mi) from

Tirupati Airport Tirupati Airport is a domestic airport serving Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. It is situated in Renigunta, a suburb of Tirupati. It is away from National Highway 71 (previously NH-205), from Tirupati and from Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala. His ...

Tirupati district Tirupati district () is one of the twenty-six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Andhra Pradesh state. The district headquarters is located at Tirupati city. Tirupat ...

Administration

The main officers of the university are Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor (VC), Registrar, Pro-Chancellor. Dr. M Mohan Babu is the Chancellor of the university, Nagaraj Ramrao is the vice chancellor and K. Saradhi is the Registrar of the university, and

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is the Pro-Chancellor of university.

Schools

Mohan Babu University has nine schools on its campus, which includes the following constituent schools: *School of Engineering and Technology *School of Computing *School of Commerce and Management *School of Paramedical and Health Sciences *School of Liberal Arts and Sciences *School of Art and Design *School of Agriculture *School of Media Studies *School of Film Academy

Rankings

The MBU Institutions participated in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022 and secured 165th Rank and also placed in the band excellent in ARIIA(Institute id: ARI-C-26929) rankings 2021 under the Private or Self Financing Technical Institutes category.

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