SVCET - The Top Engineering College of AP (Pride of Chittoor)

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering Technology (SVCET) Chittoor, anISO 9001 – 2000 certified institution established in the year 1998 ranked 1st among private engineering colleges in AP & 3rd among all colleges in South India.

In a comprehensive survey conducted by Business Digest, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore stands at the first position among the top 15 private Engineering Colleges in south India. R.V. college, Bangalore, Sri Venkateswara Engineering college, chittoor, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, and Chaithanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad stood at 2 to 5 positions respectively. SVCET has even outlead VIT this year


Here are the rankings of top 10 colleges in South India
1. PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
2. RV College of Engineering, Bangalore
3. Sri Venketeswara College of Engineering & Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
4. BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
5. Chaithanya Bharati Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
6. M S Ramaih Institute of Technology, Bangalore
7. Amrita Institute of Technology, Coimbatore
8. Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore
9. Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore10. SRM University , Chennai 


Here are the details of Earlier Rankings of SVCET
* 4th in AP & 46 th in INDIA ; Outlook Magazine 2010
* 4th in AP, 30 th in INDIA; CSR magazine 2010
* 3rd in AP; CSR Magazine, 2009


(with inputs from Chaitu, Melbourne)

Chittoor Municipal Corporation-APPROVED

HYDERABAD: The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department has approved up-gradation of three municipalities - Ongole, Chittoor and Khammam - one from the each region, into corporations.

The decision on up-gradation of the gram panchayats into municipalities is expected to take some time as it requires the Panchayat Raj Department to de-notify them as panchayats only if the proposals are backed by resolutions passed by the gram panchayats and supported by required documents.

As the procedures are completed and notifications are issued, 3 new municipal corporations and 8 municipalities are approved for now.

APOLLO HEALTH CITY- CHITTOOR (Final Land Allotment by AP Govt)

HYDERABAD, JUNE 16: 

Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, which met here on Thursday, has allotted 86 acres to Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (APIIC) for Apollo Hospitals' mega health park in Murukambattu in Chittoor

This is in addition to land allotted on 11 May. KGD Architects are undertaking the design work. They say that this 900,000 S.ft facility will be

"A self-contained medical community, the Apollo Mega Health City aims to set a benchmark in the realm of medical facilities not only in india, but worldwide. Modeled after faciilities such as Johns Hopkins, Stanford Medical University and Mayo Clinic, the Mega Health City contains various Colleges, R&D Labs, Hospitals and Housing."

APOLLO Scraps Medical College in CHITTOOR

Since  2008 APOLLO has been bickering about what to start in chittoor. Here is the timeline of the dilemma APOLLO is facing

18 Sep 2008: The Apollo Hospitals Group has decided to create a health knowledge city in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.-Mr Pratap C Reddy, executive chairman.


30 Jun 2010:  We are in the process of setting up  APOLLO REACH hospitals in Karaikudi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karimnagar and Chittoor, and plans of establishing more facilities across the country are already underway,”Dr Prathap C Reddy, chairman Apollo Hospitals


25 Dec 2010: A self-contained medical community, the Apollo Mega Health City aims to set a benchmark in the realm of medical facilities not only in india, but worldwide. Modeled after faciilities such as Johns Hopkins, Stanford Medical University and Mayo Clinic, the Mega Health City contains various Colleges, R&D Labs, Hospitals and Housing.- KGD Architecture India.

20 Jan 2011: APOLLO allotted 220 acres of land in Murukambattu by APIIC for for setting up an integrated health city with an investment of about Rs 100 crore providing employment opportunity for about 1,400 persons. It will have healthcare facility, educational and training institutes and a research centre.




28 Feb 2011: Apollo proposes to have medical colleges in Chennai, Madurai, Hyderabad and Chittoor. "We have land in all these places: - Preetha Reddy, MD of Apollo Hospitals


11 May 2011: APOLLO allotted additional 6.9 acres in murukambattu.




Now latest side step is that apollo wants medical colleges only in 3 places excluding chittoor.


5 Jun 2011: A master plan to set up three medical colleges at Chennai, Hyderabad and Madurai has been approved," - Sangita Reddy, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise executive director.




Though Dr Pratap C Reddy is committed to bring APOLLO to chittoor, we only  have to wait and watch how its going to shape up and what CHITTOOR is going to get.




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