SRM University, Andhra Pradesh (SRM AP), also known as SRM University, Amaravati, is a

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located near Neerukonda village in

Mangalagiri mandal Mangalagiri mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Tenali revenue division and the headquarters are located at Mangalagiri town part of Mangalagiri Tadepalle ...

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a po ...

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 ...

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, in the area of the planned capital city

Amaravati Amaravati () is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the river Krishna in Guntur district. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone at a ceremonial event in Uddandar ...

. The university was established in 2017 by the SRM Trust through the ''Andhra Pradesh Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2016''. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate courses and

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programmes in engineering,

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and

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Academics

SRM University, Andhra Pradesh offers undergraduate, postgraduate courses and Ph.D programmes through its two schools, the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, launched in 2017, and the School of Liberal Arts & Basic Sciences, which was launched in 2018.

Leadership

The university is led by the president P. Sathyanarayanan, which serves in this position since its establishment in 2017. The inaugural

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(VC) of the university was

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who was appointed to this position in July 2018. Bharucha was replaced with Vajja Sambasiva Rao in 2020. In 2022, Manoj K. Arora took his place as VC.

Campus

SRM University board and Entry of SRM University Amaravati

The campus is designed by

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, an American architectural firm, and PTK Architects, an architectural firm based in Chennai, India. It has hostel facilities for about 1500 students and faculty, in five apartments.

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* {{Universities in Andhra Pradesh Universities and colleges in Guntur district Universities in Andhra Pradesh Educational institutions established in 2017 2017 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Private universities in India

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