Pragati Engineering College sponsored by Gayatri Educational Society (Approved by AICTE & Affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad) is established in the year 2001 in a lush green campus near Peddapuram, E.G.Dt. A.P. The college is located at about 25 km from Kakinada Town and 35 km from Rajahmundry connected by ADB Road. The nearest Railway station is SAMALKOT Jn, which is about 10 km from the college.
The college is started by the academic visionary Dr.Paruchuri Krishna Rao M.Sc, PhD supported by Sri. M.V. Haranatha Babu M.Sc, M.Phil as Director; and to whose credit a chain of educational institutions (Pragati Institutions) were started in coastal Andhra Pradesh.
The college offers UG and PG courses in the following Engineering branches
1. Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE)
2. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
3. Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)
4. Information Technology (IT)
5. Mechanical Engineering (ME)
6.M.tech Computer Science
7 .MCA
