SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh (SRMAP) is a

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located near Neerukonda village in Mangalagiri mandal of

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

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, in the area of the planned capital city

Amaravati Amaravati ( , Telugu language, Telugu: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Guntur district on the right bank of the Krishna River, southwest of Vijayawada. The city derives its name from the nearby his ...

. 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 Ph.D programmes in engineering,

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and basic sciences.

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. In 2018, a three-year BBA Programme was started under the aegis of the School of Liberal Arts and Basic Sciences (SLABS) at SRM University-AP. In 2020, an independent school of Business was created as the School of Entrepreneurship and Management Studies (SEAMS) with a BBA (Honours) Programme, MBA Programme in Data Science, Banking and Finance and a PhD Programme. In 2021, SEAMS launched a new MBA Programme specialising in Marketing, Finance and Human Resource Management. SEAMS was rechristened as the Paari School of Business with a BBA (Honours) Programme, MBA Programme, and EMBA programme in 2023

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 Jamshed Bharucha 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.

Centres of Excellence

To foster innovation, SRM University-AP hosts specialised Centres of Excellence, including: ● SRM-Amara Raja Centre for Energy Storage Devices ● Centre for Drone Technology ● Centre for Computational and Integrated Sciences ● Centre for Geospatial Technologies ● Centre for Consumer Research in India ● Centre of Excellence for Electronics Cooling (CoEEC)

Rankings

● Best Emerging University with Academic Excellence in India (Asia Education Summit and Awards 2023) ● SRM University-AP ranked 3rd best private university in Nature Index Ranking

● The Economic Times Best Brands Award (2022)

References

External links

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