Location

The KLU is located in a 44 acre campus abutting Buckingham Canal, about 9 km. from Vijayawada railway station, at vaddeswarm, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Vijayawada is located on the banks of river Krishna in the State of Andhra Pradesh and is historically a cultural, political and educational centre, popularly known as ‘Vidyalawada’. The city is well connected by National Highways and Railways with Chennai (440 Km.), Hyderabad (275 Km.) and Vizag (385 Km.). It is a main junction for trains running from North to South India. We have daily flights to Vijayawada (Gannavaram Airport) from various airports like Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

History

KLEF is a pioneer in the field of Engineering Education and Research in private sector in the state of Andhra Pradesh. KLEF established Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering in the year 1980 affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University. The college became Autonomus in the year 2006 and from 2009 onwards it has become Deemed to be University.

Protagonists of the K L University

• Sri K. Satyanarayana     - Chancellor

• Sri K. Lakshman Havish   - Pro-Chancellor

• Mrs K. S. Kanchan Latha - Pro-Chancellor

• Dr. Gouranga Lal Datta    - Vice-Chancellor