Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK) is established in the year 2008 vide ACT NO. 30 OF 2008 by the State of Andhra Pradesh.
The University grew out of the College of Engineering Vizagapatam founded by the Government of the composite Madras State in the year 1946.
Spread over a sprawling campus of 100 acres in the port city of Kakinada, the college became a constituent of JNTU, Hyderabad in 1972.
Subject to the trifurcation of the JNTU Hyderabad, it was notified as JNTUK Kakinada by the act of legislature in 2008.
The jurisdiction of JNTU Kakinada extends over districts of East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, and Prakasam.
The University has 159 affiliated colleges under the jurisdiction of 5 districts and offers Engineering & Pharmacy courses in Under
Graduate and Post Graduate Programs and also offers Management programs.
For the year 2024, JNTUK is conducting APEAPCET 2024 on behalf of APSCHE. JNTUK has a track record of successfully
conducting APEAMCET/APEAPCET for seven years consecutively, from 2015 to 2021 and APECET during 2013-14, 2022-23.
The following is the core team of APEAPCET 2024.