Keep pace with emerging technologies, SRU Chancellor urges students
SR University's Chancellor and leadership addressed new engineering students, emphasizing the importance of skill development and emerging technologies. The university reported strong placement statistics, including high-value internships and full placement in the agriculture department.
Why it matters
It reflects the growing focus on industry-aligned education and placement outcomes in the Indian higher education sector.
SR University Chancellor A. Varada Reddy urged students to keep pace with emerging technologies and continuously upgrade their skills to meet evolving professional demands. He was addressing an orientation programme for its new batch of first-year engineering students and their parents at the campus here on Monday.
Vice-Chancellor Deepak Garg encouraged students to embrace collaboration, peer learning and active classroom participation. Dean-Operations and Growth R. Archana Reddy highlighted the university’s support for careers, higher education and entrepreneurship, noting that the 2026 graduating batch secured more than 1,500 internships and 1,530 placement offers, including a highest package of ₹44 lakh per annum from Amazon. She also said the university achieved 100% placements in Agriculture. More than 5,000 students and parents attended the programme.
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