There are people who say, and then there are people who do. The harsh reality being, when it comes to women empowerment, the former outnumbers the later. Yet there are visionaries, who know what to do and how to do it. Education indeed has the power to change it all, to make the society realize that a woman is equal to a man in each and every aspect of life, be it education, be it professional life or be it family. This creates a dire need for educational institutions that support the 'Beti Padhao Beti Bachao' (Educate a girl child Save a girl child) movement launched by the central government and is determined to change the point of view of the patriarchal Indi­an society. Founded in 2008, Malla Reddy Engineering College for Women (MRECW) does not only stand testimony to the rising sta­tus of women in the country, but also helps them realize their true worth and the successful future they can have with the right op­portunity. Women Entrepreneur India engages in a conversation with Dr. Y. Madhavee Latha, Principal, MRECW in order to know more about the institute and the core philosophies it is governed by.

Tell us about the foundation story of the college and how the institution has grown over the years.

Institution was established in 2008 with intake strength of 300 and right now we have an intake of 1068. we have established the institution with a great vision visualizing a great future for the in­telligentsia by imparting state of the art technologies in the field of engineering and technology for the bright future and prosperity of the students and specially to offer world class training to the promising engineers and in this regard basically, we are empha­sizing in offering technical expertise to students through various certification courses apart from their regular academic course. We also have established several technical clubs in our col­lege related to all the trending technology areas wherein the students have hands on experience from experts in that particular technology, they can develop their own products as well and able to participate and perform good in Hackathons not just in India but worldwide.

Apart from the technical skill development, we also focus on the students' life skills. Here, we are into devel­oping their all-round personality that includes their soft­skills, Leadership abilities, attitude and communication abilities because we have several students coming in from rural areas, as our college is known for the security and safety and at the same time great skill development and settlement for students. All blended together, we are able to develop students who are globally competent. We work on developing the confidence in students. We start doing that right from the 1st year, where our students have to present technical seminars. Over the course of time, the students are able to overcome fear and by the end of first year, every girl is well versed in communica­tion skills as well as technology. Our efforts are always to reap benefits for the society at large. In this context we are trying to give a lot of confidence to all the women students that there is so much in store for them in fu­ture, a successful career is waiting for them. innovative abilities, softskills, communication skills, leadership qualities and attitude. all blended together, we are able to develop students who are globally competent. we work on developing the confidence in students right from the 1st year, through technical seminar presentations. our ef­forts are always to reap benefits for the society at large. in this context we are striving to build confidence in all the women students making them visualize their successful career.

What can you say us about the different cours­es that are offered by the college? Are there any extracurricular activities?

Currently, we are offering direct courses like Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Com­puter Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning), Computer Science and Engi­neering (Data Science), Computer Science and Engineer­ing (Cyber Security), Computer Science and Engineering (IOT), Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering. We also have PG level offering M.Tech programs in Embedded Systems and Computer Science & Engineering and we are also offering MBA programme. We offer our students CISCO certification courses through CISCO Networking Acade­my and Microsoft certification course through Microsoft Innovation Centre. We are the first women's campus in India to establish Microsoft Innovation Centre, Java Cer­tification through Oracle Corporation, Robotics Certifica­tion through Robotics Centre of Excellence, Cambridge Certification through Cambridge University Press and Pearson Certification.

“Apart from the technical skill development, we also focus on the students' life skills. here, we are into developing their all-round personality that includes their softskills, leadership abilities, attitude and communication abilities because we have several students coming in from rural areas as our college is known for the security and safety and at the same time great skill development and settlement for students”

What is the roadmap ahead for the college? Where do you see this institution in the years to come?

In the days to come, we want to be the best women's col­lege internationally. Right now in the entire Telangana and AP states, we are the one and only women's college to get all the accreditations and achievements like UGC Autonomous Institution, Accredited by NBA, Accred­ited by NAAC with ‘A’ grade, Band-Excellent National Ranking by Atal Ranking of Institutions for Innovative Achievements, Band-A (6th-25th) National Ranking by ARIIA, MHRD, Govt. of India, NIRF India Ranking by MHRD, Govt. of India, ISO 9001:2015 Certified, 2nd Ranked by CSR, AAA+ Rated by Careers 360, AAAA+ Rated by Digital Learning Magazine, Platinum Rated by AICTE-CII Industry Linked Institutes survey, National Ranking in Top 100 by Times News Magazine, National Rank­ing in Top 100 by Outlook News Magazine, 141 National Ranking by India Today, Recipient of several prestigious Awards like Best College of the year Award by Education Matters, College of the year Award by Times Cyber Me­dia, Best Engg. Colleges in Telangana & A.P State Award by global Education, Education Leadership Award by Dewang Mehta National Education Awards & Engineering Educators Award by Bradford University, U.K, A brand name for Academic Excellence achieving University gold medals every year & remarkably 16 University gold medals so far, a benchmark for placements with an in­credible tremendous placement success track with more than 97 percent placements, 5500 students placed so far, with highest package of 14.65 lakhs, International Offers and 8-10 offers for many students every year. The efforts of the great visionary management and well motivated, highly qualified and expertise faculty team under the able leadership of the Principal, are highly commendable in this regard. The institution is constantly in tune with the global industry requirements and develops innovative ability in students to design products and molding them into social­ly responsible world class engineers with great leadership abilities to meet the challenges of the future.

Dr. Y. Madhavee Latha, Principal, Mrecw, B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D, Mieee, Lmiete, LMISTE & MCSI

Malla Reddy Engineering College for Women (MRECW Autonomous Institution-The Women Empowerment world ) does not only stand testimony to the rising status of women in the country, but also helps them realize their true worth and the successful future they can have with the right opportunity.