Center for Industrial and Scientific Consultany (CISC)(Formerly A.U. Development Centre)
- Name : Prof. C.N.V. Satyanarayana Reddy
- Designation : Director
Center for Industrial and Scientific Consultany (CISC) - Phone: 0891 2844118, 4119
- Email: cisc@andhrauniversity.edu.in
audevelopmentcentre@gmail.com
PROFILE
Andhra University has established Resource Mobilization Cell (RMC) following the guidelines of University Grants Commission in the year 1993 and later it is renamed as Andhra University Development Centre (AUDC) in the year 2001. Recently, it is renamed as Centre for Industrial and Scientific Consultancy (CISC) in the year 2018. CISC acts as facilitating agency to liaison between industry and faculty members of various departments of the university. The centre is headed by Director, CISC nominated by Vice-Chancellor, Andhra University.
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF CISC
- Monitoring consultancy activity of the university
- To generate Revenue for the university and to contribute for CORPUS fund
- Strengthening the links with Industry
- Motivating the Industries to contribute to the development of University through CSR grants
- Help university administration in identifying eminent engineers and scientists from Industry to appoint as adjunct/ chair professors and professors of practice
- Assist the academic departments for providing student internships and training, industrial visits and help students to work in industry oriented project works.
DEPARTMENTS OFFERING CONSULTANCY SERVICES
- Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Metallurgy, Marine Engineering, Geo-Engineering, Instrument Technology, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, Computer Science and Systems Engineering
- Marine Living Resources, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Zoology, Mathematics, Physics, Botany, Environment Science, Geology, Geophysics, Institute of Delta Studies, Statistics, Meteorology and Oceanography
- Social Work, Sociology, Commerce and Management, Anthropology, Psychology and Parapsychology, Fine Arts, Yoga, Economics
- Pharmacy
INDUSTRY INTERACTION
Centre for Industrial and Scientific Consultancy continuously puts efforts in spreading network with industries by offering consultancy and collaborative activities. The established links are being effectively utilized in supporting student training, Project works and campus placements and to arrange guest lectures by experts from industry, to expose the students to real life situations. CISC works as an interface between the industries and departments of the university and identifies mutual areas of Interest for consultancy, R&D and other collaborative activities. The centre uses its links with industry to enable university to enter into MoUs for mutual benefit.
AU Consultancy Policy
CONSULTANCY PROJECTS
- Consultancy projects handled during the financial year 2017-2018
- Consultancy projects handled during the financial year 2018-2019
- Consultancy projects handled during the financial year 2019-2020
- Consultancy projects handled during the financial year 2020-2021
- Consultancy projects handled during the financial year 2021-2022
- Consultancy projects handled during the financial year 2022-2023
- Consultancy projects handled during the financial year 2022-2023
OBJECTIVES
- To strengthen interaction of the university with industrial and commercial establishments through consultancy activities
- To mobilise resources for the university for development of infrastructure and student facilities
- To contribute to the corpus fund of the university
- To develop and promote training programmes to suit the requirements of trade and industry
- To manage the infrastructure facilities of the university for better utilization and resource generation
- To participate in the economic development of the region and the nation
- To encourage faculty members to actively involve in consultancy and generate the funds for development of the university
- To establish chairs in departments with support from industry
AREAS OF CONSULTANCY are as below:
- 1. Structural Designs of
I. High Rise Buildings
II. Highway Bridges
III. Chimneys
IV. Underground and Elevated Water Tanks
V. Industrial Structures
- 2. Geotechnical Investigations for High Rise Buildings, Bridges, Chimneys, Towers
- 3. Design of Pre Engineered Buildings
- 4. Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Structures
- 5. Non Destructive Testing of structural members
- 6. Analysis of Load Tests: Plate load tests, Pile Load tests, Pile Integrity tests
- 7. Design of retaining systems for supporting deep excavations
- 8. Groundwater Investigations
- 9. Monitoring of Ambient Air and Water Quality in and around Port Area
- 10. Testing of Geosynthetic materials
- 11. QA/QC of RCC and Steel Structures
- 12. Design of Engineered landfill for hazardous Wastes
- 13. QA/QC Monitoring of Landfills
- 14. Statistical Investigation
- 15. Socio-economic studies
- 16. Management studies
- 17. Studies on Coal, cement, Slag etc.
- 18. Microstructure analysis
- 19. Material testing and corrosion analysis
- 20. Underwater acoustics
- 21. Ship vibration studies
- 22. Environmental Risk Assessment studies
- 23. Water harvesting and quality studies
- 24. Environmental studies
- 25. Tracking and detection of submarines, ridges ,mines using sonar images
- 26. Autonomous under water vehicle design
- 27. Infrared signature analysis
- 28. Condition monitoring
- 29. Screw propeller design
- 30. Industrial Safety
- 31. Bioremediation
- 32. Marine Biological and Toxicological studies
- 33. Bulk drug synthesis
- 34. Spectral analysis of compounds
- 35. Biotechnological processes
- 36. Toxicity studies on animals
- 37. Development of Multi-lateration algorithm for obtaining 3 D positioning of emitters and determination of optimal distribution of sensors
- 38. Studies on Underwater radiated noise
PROMINENT CLIENTELE OF CISC are as below:
- 1. Visakhapatnam Port Authority
- 2. Naval Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam
- 3. Central Mining & Planning Design Institute, Ranchi
- 4. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay
- 5. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)– Vizag Steel, Visakhapatnam
- 6. Airports Authority of India, Visakhapatnam
- 7. Military Engineer Services (MES), Visakhapatnam
- 8. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Visakhapatnam
- 9. Gujarat Petroleum Corporation, Gujarat
- 10. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam
- 11. Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (Zonal Office), Visakhapatnam
- 12. Hindustan Zinc Limited, Visakhapatnam
- 13. Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam
- 14. Central Public Works Department
- 15. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), Bhubaneswar
- 16. National Thermal Power Corporation, Parawada
- 17. Indian Railways
- 18. Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES)
- 19. National Highway Authority of India
- 20. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Visakhapatnam
- 21. HINDALCO, Sambalpur, Odisha
- 22. Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA), Visakhapatnam
- 23. A.P. Police Housing Corporation, Visakhapatnam
- 24. A.P. Housing Board, Visakhapatnam
- 25. Roads & Buildings Department, Govt. of A.P
- 26. Panchayat Raj Department, Govt. of A.P
- 27. Irrigation Department, Govt. of A.P
- 28. A P State Medical infrastructure Development Corporation
- 29. L&T Ramboll Engineering Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
- 30. M/s INDOMER Coastal Hydraulics (P) Ltd., Chennai
- 31. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Chennai
- 32. M/s CAIRN India Ltd., Gurgaon
- 33. Ramky Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Visakhapatnam
- 34. Brandix Apparel City, SEZ, Atchutapuram, Visakhapatnam
- 35. FACOR ALLOYS, Garividi
- 36. Shri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Devasthanams, Simhachalam
- 37. Shri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Devasthanams, Annavaram
- 38. Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL), Hyderabad
- 39. NMDC, Visakhapatnam
- 40. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Visakhapatnam
- 41. APIIC, Visakhapatnam
- 42. M/s Global Entropolis Pvt. Ltd., Visakhapatnam
- 43. M/s Thermex Limited, Pune
- 44. Water Resources Department, Govt. of A.P.
- 45. Essar Steels, Visakhapatnam
- 46. Director General Naval Projects (DGNP), Visakhapatnam
- 47. Sheladia Associates, Visakhapatnam
- 48. M/s Garware Wall Ropes Pvt. Limited, Pune
- 49. Balman & Lawrie
- 50. AARVEE Associates, Hyderabad
- 51. EGIS India, Hyderabad
- 52. Tata Projects, Mumbai
- 53. Vijay Nirman Company, Visakhapatnam
- 54. Gayatri Projects, Bhubaneswar and Gawhati
- 55. Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL)
- 56. EGIS India Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad
- 57. National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Parawada
- 58. Garware Wall Ropes Pvt. Ltd., Pune
- 59. Dredging Corporation of India Limited, Visakhapatnam
- 60. A.P Housing Corporation, Hyderabad
- 61. A.P Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, Visakhapatnam
- 62. Bharat Dynamic Limited, Visakhapatnam
- 63. A.P. Township and Infrastructure Development Corporation (APTIDCO)
- 64. Adani Gangavaram Port
- 65. Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited (NCC), Visakhapatnam
- 66. Sarita Infra and Geostructures, Visakhapatnam
- 67. Re Sustainability Limited
- 68. GMR Airports and Infrastructure Limited
- 69. DIVIS Laboratories Ltd., Visakhapatnam
- 70. Coromandel International Limited, Visakhapatnam
- 71. INS Kalinga, Visakhapatnam
- 72. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Visakhapatnam
- 73. Petrofac India Limited
| Sr.no | Name | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Prof. K.C. Reddy | 18-07-1993 | 02-04-1997 |
| 2. | Prof. G.Subrahmanyam I/c | 03-04-1997 | 02-05-1998 |
| 3. | Prof. P. Rajendra Prasad | 27-05-1998 | 31-10-1998 |
| 4. | Prof. J.M. Naidu I/c | 01-11-1998 | 22-05-2000 |
| 5. | Prof. R. Rama Rao | 23-05-2000 | 04-06-2002 |
| 6. | Prof. S.V.Krishna | 05-06-2002 | 16-09-2002 |
| 7. | Prof. K. Radhakrishna Murthy | 17-09-2002 | 31-08-2005 |
| 8. | Prof. K. Madhu | 14-09-2005 | 30-05-2006 |
| 9. | Prof. K. Chandra Mouli | 31-05-2006 | 15-10-2008 |
| 10. | Prof. K. Venkatasubbaiah | 16-10-2008 | 02-11-2012 |
| 11. | Prof. S. Balaprasad | 03-11-2012 | 14-02-2013 |
| 12. | Prof. C.N.V.Satyanarayana Reddy | 15-02-2013 | 25-10-2017 |
| 13. | Prof. D.S.R. Murty | 26-10-2017 | 31-03-2021 |
| 14. | Prof. Yerramsetty Abbulu | 01-04-2021 | 08-08-2023 |
| 15. | Prof. V. Krishna Mohan | 09-08-2023 | 30-09-2023 |
| 16. | Prof. C.N.V.Satyanarayana Reddy | 16-10-2023 | Till Date |