NIT Andhra Pradesh

IIC President
NIT Andhra Pradesh president.iic@nitandhra.ac.in

IIC Activities Overview

Expert Talks: More than 30
Smart India Hackathons: More than 10
Demo Day Exhibitions: More than 15
Awareness Programs: More than 20
3D Printer Based Prototypes: More than 12

Year-wise IIC Expenditure

2024–2025: More than ₹3 Lakhs
2023–2024: More than ₹3 Lakhs
2022–2023: More than ₹2.5 Lakhs
2021–2022: More than ₹2 Lakhs
2020–2021: More than ₹2 Lakhs

Innovation & Research Facilities

GPU Server
Compute Facilities
3D Printer
IoT Development Boards
Incubation Space

Major Achievements

Participated in Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2025, a national-level competition organized by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
NIT students secured 3rd Prize at the national level in Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2025.
Invited up to 10 ideas under Ignition Grant 2025, providing ₹1,00,000 support for each; in the first call, 6 teams were selected and sanctioned ₹1,00,000 each.
Associated with Ratan Tata Innovation Hub under the Andhra Pradesh State Government.
Secured exclusive incubation space of approximately 5000 sq. ft.
Collaborated with MSME Technology Centre, Visakhapatnam, conducting 20-day Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programs throughout the year—3 batches per quarter under outreach activity, including students from other institutes.
Established a 3D Printing Lab for skill-based training.
Developed exclusive discussion rooms and a seminar hall under IIC.
Establishing IoT Lab and High-Performance Computing.

Sucessfully conducted 6 Start-ups in collaboration with various organizations.

IIC Leadership & Committee

Name	Designation	IIC Role
Prof. N. V. Ramana Rao	Officiating Director	Chief Patron
Prof. G. Ravi Kiran Sastry	Dean (Research & Consultancy), Dept. of ME	Patron & Convener
Dr. T. Karthikeya Sharma	Associate Dean (International Students & Library Affairs) & Asst. Prof., Dept. of ME	President
Dr. G. Santhosh Kumar	HOD ME & Assistant Professor	Vice-President
Dr. E. Rajeswara Reddy	Associate Dean (Student Discipline – Clubs & Activities) & Asst. Prof., Dept. of BT	Vice-President
Dr. Sri Phani Krishna Karri	Associate Dean (Innovations, Incubations & Start-up Policies) & Asst. Prof., Dept. of EE	Coordinator
Dr. Shaik Mahabu Subhani	Assistant Professor, Dept. of CE	Member
Dr. Santhosh Kumar Behara	Assistant Professor, Dept. of DMME	Member
Dr. Amarendar Reddy M	Assistant Professor, Dept. of CHY	Member
Dr. Kuldeep Roy	Assistant Professor, Dept. of CHY	Member
Dr. S. Nagesh Bhattu	Asst. Prof., Dept. of CSE	Member
Dr. Sarada Prasanna Mallick	Asst. Prof., Dept. of BTH	Member
Dr. Krishna Chaitanya	Asst. Prof., Dept. of ECE & AD UG Examination Affairs	Member
Dr. Soumya Jose	Asst. Prof., Dept. of SoHM	Member
Dr. Tapas Paramanik	Asst. Prof., School of Sciences (Physics) & AD R&C (SSRI)	Member
Mr. T. V. Surya Prakash	Industrial Promotion Officer, District Industries Centre, East Godavari	External Expert
Dr. Naresh Yarramsetti	Asst. Prof., Dept. of ME, SVNIT Surat	External Expert
Dr. H. N. Das	NSTL Scientist, DRDO	External Expert
Dr. A. V. S. Siva Prasad	Asst. Professor, IIITDM Kancheepuram	External Expert
Dr. K. Venkata Krishna	Asst. Professor, CSE, IIIT Kurnool	External Expert
Prof. C. Krishna Mohan	Professor, Dept. of Computer Science	External Expert
Dr. Mrinal Bhowmik	Asst. Prof., NIT Manipur	External Expert
Prof. Baburao Kodali	Director, Navyuga Infotech & Professor and Head, DCSE, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam	External Expert
Mrs. Thammineni Swathi	President – Godavari Chamber of Commerce, Secretary – Lift NGO Organisation	External Expert
Mr. I Nikhil Satyakanth	Managing Director, Sri Nikhil Krishna Solutions	External Expert