Former name | Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Institutions |
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Motto in English | Dream. Believe. Achieve. |
Type | Private University |
Established | 1992 | as Vidyanikethan Educational Institutions and currently as Mohan Babu University since 2022
Accreditation | [1] |
Academic affiliations | UGC AICTE-CII |
Chancellor | Mohan Babu |
Vice-Chancellor | Nagaraj Ramrao[2] |
Address | |
Language | English |
Website | mbu |
Mohan Babu University (MBU) is a private university located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.[3] Established in 1992, formerly known as Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Institutions[4] and currently as Mohan Babu University since January 2022,[5] it consists of nine schools, offering academic programs at Undergraduate (UG), Postgraduate (PG), and Ph.D courses in engineering, liberal arts and basic sciences, agricultural, paramedical, commerce, media and film-academy based focused courses.[6]
Mohan Babu University was established in 1992 with UGC-Colleges with potential for excellence status under the CPE scheme[7] by the UGC, New Delhi, India and also the institution is approved by AICTE.[8]
MBU campus is situated in a 100-acre[9] (40 ha) site located beside the Tirupati-Madanapalle national highway 71, and is about 19 kilometers (11.8 mi) from Tirupati bus-stand and 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) from Tirupati railway station and 32.9 kilometers (20.4 mi) from Tirupati Airport, Tirupati district.
The main officers of the university are Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor (VC), Registrar, Pro-Chancellor.[10] Dr. M Mohan Babu is the Chancellor of the university, Nagaraj Ramrao is the vice chancellor and K. Saradhi is the Registrar of the university, and Vishnu Manchu is the Pro-Chancellor of university.[11]
Mohan Babu University has nine schools on its campus, which includes the following constituent schools:[12]
The MBU Institutions participated in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022 and secured 165th Rank[18] and also placed in the band excellent in ARIIA(Institute id: ARI-C-26929) rankings 2021 under the Private or Self Financing Technical Institutes category.[19]