VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology


Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology is a private engineering college in Hyderabad, India recognized by All India Council for Technical Education and affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.
Undergraduate programs- CE, EEE, ME, ECE, CSE, EIE and IT in the institute are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation New Delhi, since 2008. The institute has Autonomous Status till 2028-2029 A.Y. granted by UGC.

Academics

Rankings

According to 2024 NIRF Rankings, VNRVJIET is ranked 151–200 in Engineering Category. As per Sakshi Education this college is ranked in top ten engineering colleges in Hyderabad.

Undergraduate

The minimum qualification for admissions is a pass in intermediate conducted by Telangana Board of Intermediate Education. Seats are generally filled in two categories namely, A and B. Category A seats are filled in through state level entrance exam, TG EAPCET. Category B seats are filled in through the NRI quota or based on other state or national level entrance exams. Diploma holders are enrolled into the second year of B.Tech. course to extent of 10 % of sanctioned intake based on merit in TG ECET, under lateral entry scheme. The college offers Bachelor of Technology degree programmes in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Automobile Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Business Systems, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Information Technology, and Mechanical Engineering.

Student life

Student Clubs

The Institute also has number of clubs ranging from Fine Arts, Music, Theatre, Dance, Classical Dance, Photography,Space club English Literary Club, Telugu Literary Club, Filmmaking, Social Responsibility Clubs,Robotics Club as well as NSS units.

Student Chapters

The institute has some active student chapters involved in certain activities. The following are the active student chapters: ACM Student Chapter, IEI Student Chapter, IEEE Student Chapter, ISOI Student Chapter, VSI Student Chapter, CSI Student Chapter, VGLUG Chapter, SAE Club, Fierce Formula India, ISTE Student Forum, IETE Student Forum, ASMS Student Chapter.
Four students of VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology have been named University Innovation Fellows following a six-week training conducted by the Stanford University, USA.

Athletics

The institute has a sports complex for use of students. It features a hardwood court for playing basketball or badminton, dedicated rooms for table tennis, cue sports, carroms, chess, gym with showers and locker (cabinet). The college is equipped with a common football and cricket ground, a basketball court, volleyball court. The institute students have won many national events. The college sports department conducts national level sports fest every year.

Controversies

2014 Beas River disaster refers to the 8 June 2014 drowning of 24 second-year engineering students and one tour operator from V.N.R. Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology of Hyderabad at the Beas River in Himachal Pradesh. The accident took place in the Thalout area of Mandi district and was the result of a sudden surge of river water released upstream from the Larji hydro electric project.