Grandhi Varalakshmi Venkata Rao Institute of Technology - [GVIT], Bhimavaram

Grandhi Varalakshmi Venkatarao Institute of Technology (GVIT), was established in 2008 by NRIs Mr.Suresh Grandhi and Mrs. Swapna Grandhi from Atlanta USA. It is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

• It is established in 10.28 acres of land and having 1.64 lakhs of Sq. infrastructure built up area 
• Mr.Suresh Gandhi is a Project Manager in COREECS, Atlanta, USA who has vast experience in Software Industry in both in India and Abroad
• Mrs.Swapna Gandhi is a Senior Software Engineer, and has rich experience in Education Software
• It is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTUK), Kakinada
• Nearest railway station Bhimavaram Town or Bhimavaram Junction
• Also direct road transport to College from Vempa Road, Tundurru,and also Bhimavaram and the College is located at Vempa Road, Tundurru

Research:

Centre for Bioinformatics Research & Software Development (CBRSD) has been established on Campus-

• Funded and collaborative research projects in the area of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Data Mining, Production Engineering.
• Financial support for the students and faculty to publish their work in good national and international journals / conferences.
• Research projects “FUNGRep: Database of Microsatellite Repeats from Fungal Genomes” (Co-Developed by IASMA Research Centre, ITALY).
• Research Project "Development of an Algorithm & Computational Analysis of Triplet Repeats in Human Genome" under FAST TRACK Scheme sent to Department of Science & Technology (DST), India.

Collaboration:

• Collaboration with Development and Maintenance of ChloroMitoSSRDB - IASMA Research Centre, ITALY
• Bioinformatics Software Development - Development of various repeat detection tools & webservers - IMEx, MICAS, CDFD, Hyderabad
• International journals like
  • Resource of Microsatellite Repeats from Prokaryotic Genomes. Database
  • In Press.International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 72
  • International Journal of Advanced Research in Artificial Intelligence, Vol 2
  • Organelle genomes for evolutionary genomics. DNA Research,  Oxford University Press, SCI Journal
• International Conferences: 19th International Conference on Management of Data (COMAD 2013), at Gujarat, India

Placements:

Extra-curricular:

• AGASTYA-Computer Science Engineering Students Association
• VISWA-Electrical and Communication Engineering Students Association
• ELECSPIRE-Electrical Engineering Students Association
• MEDHA-Mechanical Engineering Students Association
• NSS (National Service Scheme)-Youth For Emergency Interventions Education
• SECURE-Students Engaged Coin Utility for Rehabilitants to help the disadvantaged people

Facilities: