Andhra University

Andhra University was established in 1926 by the Madras University Act to serve the entire linguistic region of Andhra as a residential teaching-cum-affiliating university. The institution has Sir C.R. Reddy as its founder Vice-Chancellor and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan as the second Vice-Chancellor.

H.H. Maharajah Sri Vikram Dev Varma Bahadur, the founding father of Andhra University

King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest donors of the University. He donated lands and two million rupees for the establishment of the University which was set to be shifted elsewhere by the education authorities due to lack of funding. [3] Furthermore, he provided ₹1 lakh annually to the University, an approximate figure of ₹17 lakhs between 1930s - 1940s. [4] [5] The liberal king also served as the vice-chancellor and was later awarded a Doctorate degree from the University. The Jeypore College of Technology and Science in Andhra University was founded by Maharajah Vikram Deo. [6]

Mir Osman Ali Khan, The Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, donated ₹1 lakh for the university.[7]

The university emblem was designed by Sri Kowta Rammohan Sastri with the guidance of Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy. The rising sun represents the university itself and the radiating light rays representing its faculties of study. The lotus is the seat of Goddess Lakshmi (prosperity) and Saraswati (knowledge). The swastika is the symbol of benediction. An ocean is the vast region of knowledge. The two serpents represent the seekers and custodians of wisdom.[8]

Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

The university is a campus dotted with 121 buildings for academic, administrative, and support services, with a plinth area of about 190,000 square metres (2 million square feet), and 324 staff quarters. The total area of the Visakhapatnam main campus is 422 acres. It serves the educational needs of five districts of Andhra Pradesh, namely Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam. Located on the uplands of Visakhapatnam, 'The City of Destiny', the university campus is scenic, with the Bay of Bengal on one side of it and on the other, the green Kailasagiri hill range.

The university contains two sections, the south campus and north campus. The south campus houses the Arts, Humanities and Sciences departments along with the administrative block. The north campus (established in 1962) comprises the Engineering College.

The university has four constituent colleges. The College of Arts and Commerce is the biggest constituent college with 28 departments offering 55 courses. The College of Science and Technology has 19 departments, which offers 44 courses. The College of Engineering has 16 departments involving in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The College of Law has been identified as an advanced centre in law by University Grants Commission.

The university has a school of distance education (started 1972) with 32 study centres across the state and a study centre at New Delhi.

The campus has 19 hostels for men and four hostels for women, that accommodate 4,300 students. There is residential accommodation of 340 units of staff quarters. The university has three health centres, a homoeopathy dispensary, three guest houses, a faculty club, an open-air theatre and a campus school for the children of university school.

• Andhra University College of Arts and Commerce (established 1931)[9]
• Andhra University College of Engineering (established 1955)
• Andhra University College of Engineering for Women (established 2010)
• Andhra University College of Law (established 1945)
• Andhra University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (established 1951)
• Andhra University College of Science and Technology (established 1931)
• Andhra University School of Distance Education (established 1972)[10]

The College of Engineering offers 80 courses in 15 departments. Courses include Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics & Communications, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Remote Sensing, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Nanotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering.

The College of Law offers LL.B. 3 years, LL.B. 5 years, LL.M. and PhD programmes.

Courses include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Geology, and Geography. The university teaches applied sciences like Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Human Genetics, Environmental Sciences, Geophysics, Geo-Engineering, Remote Sensing, Nuclear Physics, Meteorology, Oceanography, Nuclear Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry and Bioinorganic Chemistry.

Other courses are Plant Cytogenetics, Parasitology, Marine Fisheries, Entomology, Hydrology, Human Genetics, Ionosphere Studies, Petroleum Exploration Studies, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanoscience, Foods and drugs, and water.

The university offers courses in Business Management, Quantitative Economics, Criminal Justice, Meteorology & Oceanography, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Chemistry, Parapsychology, Genetics, Gemology, GeoEngineering, Petroleum Exploration, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Retail Management, Statistics and Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

Andhra University was ranked 1001+ in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020[12] and 351-400 in Asia.[13] The QS World University Rankings of 2020 ranked it 351-400 in Asia.[11] It was ranked 36th in India overall by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020[14] and 19th among universities.[15] NIRF also ranked the Andhra University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences 34th in India in the pharmacy ranking.[19]

Faculty members have PhD degrees acquired from institutes in India and abroad. The faculty strength is 500.

Broadband internet facility is available. There is a fingerprint attendance system.

• Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India
• Satya N. Atluri, Mechanical Engineering (1959-1963), recipient of the Padma Bhushan Award for 2013 in science & engineering
• Kambhampati Hari Babu, electronics and communications engineering, member of the 16th Lok Sabha[20]
• G. M. C. Balayogi, 12th Speaker of Lok Sabha
• Neeli Bendapudi, 18th president of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, US
• Jasti Chelameswar, judge of Supreme Court
• B. M. Choudary, inorganic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Undurti Narasimha Das, immunologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Kunchithapadam Gopalan, geochronologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Chennupati Jagadish, applied physics 1977–1980, Companion of the Order of Australia
• Pilli Alfred James, public administrator
• S. Rao Kosaraju, Computer Science (1959–1964), founder of the Kosaraju's algorithm, which finds the strongly connected components of a directed graph
• Kolluru Sree Krishna, geophysicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Ipsita Pati, Philanthropist and Bollywood Actress.
• K. Padmanabhaiah, former secretary, Ministry of home affairs, Government of India
• N. S. Raghavan, Electrical Engineering 1959–1964, co-founder of Infosys
• Anumolu Ramakrishna, former Deputy Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro and Padma Bhushan recipient
• B. L. S. Prakasa Rao, statistician, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate and National Science Foundation Fellow[21]
• Barry Ramachandra Rao, space physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• C. R. Rao, statistician, National Medal of Science laureate[22]
• G. S. R. Subba Rao, natural product chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao, Mechanical Engineering, founder and Chairman of the GMR Group, an infrastructure enterprise
• Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao, plant breeder, popularly known as the "father of hybrid sorghum", Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar recipient
• B. S. Daya Sagar, geoengineering (1988–1994), only Asian recipient of Georges Matheron Lectureship Award from International Association for Mathematical Geosciences
• B. L. K. Somayajulu, geochemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Adusumilli Srikrishna, organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Trivikram Srinivas, MSc (Nuclear Physics), film director
• Duvvuri Subbarao, economist and former Reserve Bank of India Governor[23]
• Varanasi Subramanyam, Indian Maoist politician
• Srinivasan Varadarajan, chemist and Padma Bhushan awardee

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