
To make a significant contribution to the evolution of a highly advanced technological society with profound human values by nurturing students with unparalled expertise and a high sense of ethics.
MissionTo offer a high quality professional education and training blended with a high sense of discipline and ethics to shape the students into people who can play an effective role in the development of a knowledge society and thereby striving to bring the light into the lives around them with human outlook.
Potti Sriramulu Chalavadi Mallikarjuna Rao College of Engineering and Technology (PSCMRCET) is a leading Autonomous Engineering College in Vijayawada, started in the year 2008, under the aegis of, more than hundred years old, Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Vissamsetti Venkataratnam Hindu High Schools Committee (SKPVVHHSC – Established in 1906), by a group of philanthropists belonging to Vijayawada. PSCMR College of Engineering and Technology offers B. Tech, MBA, M Tech and MCA programmes. Our institute was granted autonomous status in 2023, marking a major milestone in our academic growth and governance.
PSCMRCET aims to impart quality education supported by societal responsiveness fostering holistic development of its students. The mission of the college is to impart quality and value based technology and management education relevant to contemporary corporate and societal needs through continuous learning, societal responsiveness supported by strategic partnerships with industry and academia. At PSCMRCET education revolves around providing a multidimensional development programmes to its students ameliorating their interpersonal skills and corporate etiquette thereby resulting in accelerated professional growth. The college aspires to promote leadership through societal responsiveness and excellence in technology and management education.
With a Governing Body consisting of Three Former Vice Chancellors and representatives from I.T. and Core industries – The T C S, Infosys, H-Bots, Eurth Techtronics, Galaxe Solutions Inc., Efftronics, Govt. Water Resource Dept., Athena power, Price Water, Sesha Sai Knittings, Minerva Group of Hotels, PSCMRCET continues to be rated as one of the leading technical colleges in the capital region of Andhra Pradesh. The academic programmes that are offered in both Engineering and Management are highly regarded. The institute is known for imparting a high quality professional education and training in an atmosphere of discipline. All the stake holders work towards fulfilling this mission, shaping our students into people who can play an effective role in the development of a knowledge society. The college has been committed to the vision of making a significant contribution to a highly advanced technological society with profound human values by sending forth students as people of unparalleled expertise and a high sense of ethical values.
Beyond curriculum topics on niche technologies are being taken care of by inviting established expert resource persons from industry and academia. A.P. State Skill Development Council has conducted more than 151 such training programs in the last three years. That the college is committed to providing internships to all the students is evident from the fact the college received award from the AICTE for maximum number of internships in southern region through Internshala.
With an ardent commitment to help the student become a perfect wholesome personality, the College envisages a campus that promotes healthy interaction between faculty and students and among the students. We have a well structured student counseling system to meet the noble objective of teamspirit and co-operative learning. Extra and co-curricular activities are sincerely encouraged through different on campus clubs and committees. There is a PSCMR Toastmasters club, Chess Club, Roteract club, Music Club in addition to the student chapters of esteemed professional bodies like Institution of Engineers, Computer Society of India, Institution of Electronics and Tele-communication Engineers. Participation of students in Project expos, Hackathons, Research paper Submission, sports and games at inter and intra college level is highly appreciated and encouraged. Students are reimbursed with travel expenses and registration fee. All the activities on the campus are meticulously planned and executed by only the students under the mentorship of the experienced faculty. Teaching staff are sponsored to FDP's and Seminars and non-teaching staff too are sent to attend skill up gradation programmes with financial aid.
Vijayawada, the commercial and educational hub of Andhra Pradesh and the headquarters of NTR District, on the banks of the Krishna River and about 30 km from the Amaravati capital region. The city had a population of about 10.5 lakh in the 2011 Census, and about 14.9 lakh including its urban agglomeration. It is served by Vijayawada Junction, one of the busiest railway junctions in India, by NH-16 and NH-65, by a major inter-state bus terminal, and by Vijayawada International Airport at Gannavaram. Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru are reachable within a day, which widens internship and placement access for students.
Education ecosystem. Vijayawada and the adjoining Guntur–Amaravati belt form one of the densest higher-education clusters in the state. It includes several autonomous engineering colleges, management departments offering MBA programmes, Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, and nearby institutions such as KL University, SRM University-AP, VIT-AP, AIIMS Mangalagiri and RGUKT IIIT Nuzvid. This concentration supports academic collaboration, shared expertise, peer benchmarking and a strong competitive-examination culture for GATE, CAT, EAPCET, ICET and public-service recruitment.
Industry and economy. The local economy rests on trade, agro-processing, automobile and light engineering, power, construction and financial services. Autonagar is a large automobile and engineering cluster, while the Gannavaram–Mangalagiri corridor hosts IT campuses such as HCLTech and Tech Mahindra and is expanding with Amaravati development. Rice, spices, mango and aquaculture support food-processing units, the Dr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station anchors the power sector, and the city is a major banking, wholesale and healthcare centre.
Opportunities for engineering students. Computer science, information technology and electronics graduates find roles in software services, product firms, embedded systems, networking and analytics, both locally and in the larger hubs. Electrical graduates are absorbed by power utilities, automation and renewable-energy firms. Mechanical and automobile graduates find openings in Autonagar, manufacturing and thermal power. Civil graduates benefit from highway, housing and Amaravati infrastructure projects, and chemical and biotechnology graduates from food, pharma and process industries. Government and public-sector recruitment, higher studies and entrepreneurship remain additional pathways.
Opportunities for MBA students. Finance graduates are recruited by banks, NBFCs, insurers and advisory firms; marketing and sales graduates by FMCG, automobile, real estate and telecom companies; HR graduates by IT, manufacturing and healthcare organisations; and operations and supply-chain graduates by agro-processing, logistics and manufacturing units. Analytics, healthcare and agribusiness specialisations are growing, and the local trading community and startup ecosystem support entrepreneurship.
Government and ecosystem support. Students and institutions can draw on APSSDC skilling programmes, APIIC industrial parks, the AP Innovation Society, Startup India, the AICTE internship portal, NPTEL/SWAYAM, NATS and NSDC schemes, along with the regulatory framework of APSCHE and the affiliating university. NSS, NCC and rural outreach in Krishna and Guntur districts support extension and community-engagement requirements.