Andhra University College of Engineering

Andhra University College of Engineering, also known as AU College of Engineering, is an autonomous college and extension campus of the Andhra University located at Visakhapatnam, India. It is the first Indian institution to have a Department of Chemical Engineering. History The Andhra University College of Engineering was established in 1955 as the Department of Engineering by Prof. Devaguptapu Seethapathi Rao (Electrical) and Prof. Kalavapudi Krishnamacharyulu (Civil Engineering) under the administrations of Vice Chancellor V.S. Krishna and further support by Vice Chancellor A L Narayana. Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering were the main branches in the department at this time. Prof. D. Seetahpati Rao (Electrical) also headed the Department of Engineering until 1966, supported by senior professors K. Krishnamacharyulu (Civil), Prof. P.V.B. Bushana Rao (Mechanical), Prof. M.S. Raju, and Prof. L.B.K. Sastry (Electrical), and Prof. Venkateswaralu (Chemical), and Prof. T. Venugopal Rao (Mechanical). In 1960, the Department of Engineering was shifted to the present North campus spread over . The Department of Chemical Technology, instituted in 1933, was shifted to the same campus in 1962, ading to the existing engineering branches. In 1966, the Department of Engineering was converted into the College of Engineering (Autonomous), and became a constituent of the Andhra University.