• Response: The teaching-learning Process: – The institution reviews its teaching-learning processes, structure, and methodologies of operations and learning outcomes at periodic intervals. The institution reviewed and found the different gaps in the Teaching learning process. The gaps are: Skill development courses such as communication skills, soft skills, and technical skills. Human values and professional ethics Focused courses on Entrepreneurship Theme-based projects MOOC courses certification. The above gaps are filled through introducing new subjects such as Skill development courses for improving the communication skills and soft skills for the enhancement of placements of students, initially as value-added courses and later on as credit courses. During the current academic year 2020-21, Technical skills were introduced to the students of the third and fourth year with the active involvement of external resource persons in areas such as SalesForce, Basic and Advanced Programming skills, application packages for modeling and analysis, Building infrastructure management, IoT, etc., to improve their opportunities for placement in the subsequent years. A course on Human Values and Professional ethics at the second and third-year level is introduced in tune with the vision statement which spells out the need for human values. A Course on “Principle of Entrepreneurship” is introduced at the UG level. In continuation to this course, one open elective is introduced to train the students to nurture a startup company. through a collaboration with National Entrepreneurship Network(NEN) Students who have joined under the CBCS scheme are required to take up theme-based projects in the sixth semester. Students are required to obtain a certification before completion of the course from leading agencies such as NPTEL, Course era, etc. as per their choice. Faculty are also advised to undertake a certification course in each semester through leading agencies such as NPTEL, Course era, etc which will reinforce the lifelong learning skills. Faculty are advised to make a presentation of any refereed Journal paper, to the rest of the faculty in the department in the presence of an external expert to become proficient in technical knowledge and research methodology. Faculty are also advised to collect the question papers of the reputed institution and provide solutions to enable them to improve their knowledge as well as question paper setting pattern. All the faculty members prepare an academic plan well in advance before the commencement of classwork for the courses. Every faculty member maintains a course file for each course being taught.                                         
• Class Review Committee meetings are held with students to know the progress of course coverage, pedagogy practices, and efficacy of the teaching-learning process. The Lecture record of all the faculty members is reviewed monthly to ensure uniform coverage of the syllabus as per the Lesson Plan. The internal question papers are audited regularly in the department. Course end feedback is collected from all the students on the content, coverage, and evaluation of answer scripts for each course. The ICT facilities are reviewed from time to time for their improvement. Learning outcomes The institute switched over to outcome-based education and prepared course outcomes, program outcomes, and program-specific outcomes for all the programs. The programs got accredited under an outcome-based approach. The Course Objectives prepared during 2013 were reviewed again every year and have been modified ensuring the components of performance, condition, and criteria. Course end feedback and program exit feedback are collected from the students to improve upon the course content, its delivery mechanism, and the evaluation system. Attainment calculations are made for each course at the end of the semester and in turn, the Program Outcomes are mapped and evaluated. These assessments are useful for offering the course with necessary improvements as required for the next semester.
• The Vision, Mission, and Quality Policy of the Institution are all oriented towards the holistic development of the student, which is evident during admissions. CMR ENGINEERING COLLEGE (A) is the most preferred college and almost 70 % of the seats are filled from the top 10% of Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) qualified students. The Institution’s focus has been to impart quality education coupled with the overall development of the students. To achieve this, the Institution encourages students to participate in various activities:
• Social Cause through NSS: This unit started in 2012 undertaking the causes of the underprivileged sections of the society such as orphans, street children, and elderly people. This unit also undertakes awareness activities like health & hygiene and educating children in the slums, teaching life skills to help them to lead a better life. ‘CMR NSS Unit’ also provides career guidance to students in government schools and colleges by conducting classes based on their area of interest.
• The objective of the ‘CMR NSS Unit’ is to render services to the needy by conducting the following activities:-
• Education awareness
• Services to Old age homes and Orphanages
• Awareness on Environment 
• CISCO Networking Academy: To be in sync with the exponential demand for skilled engineers, CISCO globally started collaborating with the finest of the fine Engineering colleges and CMR CISCO Academy is an offshoot of CISCO’s pursuit of knowledge-seeking partners. CMR ENGINEERING COLLEGE associated with Cisco in the year 2016, to empower students with problem-solving skills and transformative technologies. CMR ENGINEERING COLLEGE’s CISCO academy with the constant support of Management has flourished progressively in terms of aggressive training and crusading to upskill the student on par with international standards. CMR ENGINEERING COLLEGE CISCO Academy is committed to continuing the legacy of quality, inspiration, and widening the horizons of thinking.
• NPTEL/MOOCs Courses: To develop self-learning skills, students are encouraged to obtain a certification in online courses before completion of the program from reputed agencies such as NPTEL, Coursera and to enhance academic knowledge on the latest topics, faculty are encouraged to complete one MOOC for each semester. During the A.Y 2020-21, 2025 Faculty members and Students have completed NPTEL certification courses. The institution secured 4 Silver and 1 Gold certifications.
• Incentive on completion of NPTEL/MOOCs certification course:
• 1.100% examination fee reimbursement for those who have passed and secured elite plus gold and second top 2% position in registered candidates in that course and one-time incentive of Rs. 2,000/-.
• 2.75% examination fee reimbursement for those who have passed and secured elite plus Gold of the registered candidates in that course and one-time incentive of Rs. 1,000/-.
• Student Ranks Before becoming autonomous, our students consistently performed well in semester-end examinations and secured good ranks within the group colleges
• Ideation Club: The student chapter of the Entrepreneurship Development cell was established to help them to become entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneurship Cell is a manifestation of the efforts, ideas, dreams, and aspirations of not one but of many people who are associated with it. It was established to develop and nourish the latent entrepreneurial spirit which is inherent in every student to help them gain a broader and more importantly entrepreneurial perspective of looking at life in every situation thus empowering them to become Entrepreneurs. A course in Entrepreneurship is offered as a mandatory course for all the students, while advanced courses are offered in collaboration with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN).
• Aakriti: To inculcate the qualities of empathy, generosity, kindness, and charity, the Aakriti Club and NSS were initiated in our Institution. It is a student initiative to support their needy peers. The students voluntarily contribute and a matching amount is added by the Management and is distributed to the students in need.