Nimra Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) Ibrahimpatnam is an engineering college, located at Vijayawada on NH-09 Vijayawada-Hyderabad Highway. It is the first institute to offer Aeronautical Engineering in Andhra Pradesh. The college building is designed more than 200000 sq. ft. in area. NIST is approved by AICTE, New Delhi Institute is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University, Kakinada Departments: Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering Department of Computer Science & Engineering Department of Aeronautical Engineering Department of Business Administration Placement: Company Name/ Year 2009-10 2011-12 HCL Technologies -- 06 Purple Leap 03 -- Wipro BPO -- 02 Factset System Pvt. Ltd 02 -- Kotak Mahindra Bank -- 01 Coramandal 02 -- Badlueray Technology -- 01 Capital IQ 01 -- Alpontechno Soft Solutions -- 01 Mahindra Satyam 01 -- Professional Publisher -- 01 Wipro 01 --