JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, ANANTAPUR

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, ANANTAPUR

The College of Engineering, Anantapur was started at Guindy, Madras in 1946 and shifted to Anantapur in 1948. The college was affiliated to Madras University during 1946-1955 and to Sri Venkateswara University during 1955-1972. In 1972, by an Act of State Legislature, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University was established at Hyderabad and the College of Engineering, Anantapur went into the fold of JNTU. In 2008, by an Act of AP State Legislature, JNTU was trifurcated into three independent universities viz., JNTU,Hyderabad, JNTU, Kakinada and JNTU Anantapur. The emblem of the university has a pink rose with a pair of leaves ensconced by a gear wheel . These are circumscribed by a border on which the name and palace of the university is inscribed. At the bottom its motto in Sanskrit ‘योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्’ (Verse 50, Chapter 2, Bhagavad Gita) meaning ‘Yoga is Skill in Action’ is written. The rose is symbolic of Jawaharlal Nehru, who wore a rose on his coat and the gear wheel symbolises interconnectedness; efficiency and precision; progress and advancement; synchronisation and timing and order and structure; engineering and technology.