Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College was established in 1996 with an initial intake of 180 students to serve the cause of technical education in the backward region of Rayalaseema.

Today, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College is one of the largest, most admired and sought after Institutions in Andhra Pradesh.

During the 1960s, Dr. M. Mohan Babu inherited a passion for learning from his father, Narayana Swamy Naidu, who was a teacher and headmaster in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh.

He established SVET as a center for knowledge and academic excellence for people of all nationalities, origin, religious beliefs and social background.

SVET is the largest private institution in the Rayalaseema region and operates in collaboration with the Governments of India and Andhra Pradesh.

SVET offers dining, environmental services, housing, mail, scholarships, student employment, a resource centre, television, transportation, work-study information and copying facilities.

It includes contests and competitions, presentations, workshops, tech and non-tech quizzes, Sahiti Mantra, guest lectures, robotics, sport events, dance, singing, drama, painting and lot more.

It started in 2013 as an inter-college fest and has grown into a stage where pride is contested for, by about 50,000 students from across southern states, for 3 rewarding and fun-filled days.

SVET has a bibliography that comprises close to 69,000 titles, encompassing a range of periodicals like newspapers, magazines, fiction, literature, science and many more books of interest.

Students of Vidyanikethan are part of rich Extracurricular activities[17][18] that are designed to keep their mind, body and spirit in balance.