Andhra University was established in 1926

Andhra University

Andhra University
Established	1926
Type	Public
Vice-Chancellor	S V Sudhakar
Dean	M. Ch. Shiva Prasad
Location	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.andhrauniversity.info

Andhra University or Andhra Viswa Kala Parishad located in Visakhapatnam, north east coastal Andhra Pradesh, is one of the older premier universities in India with a broad focus. It was established in 1926 and shared affiliating responsibilities with Madras University in the initial years.  

Vice Chancellors

It was headed by Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy as the Vice-Chancellor from 1926 to 1931 and in a further second term from 1936 to 1949. It was headed by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in the interim period from 1931 to 1936.

• Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy (26-04-1926 to 31-07-1930)
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (01-05-1931 to 19-05-1936)
• Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy (20-05-1936 to 07-12-1949)
• Vasireddy Sri Krishna (08-12-1949 to 16-06-1961)
• A. L. Narayan (17-06-1961 to 30-06-1966)
• K.R.Srinivasa Iyenger (30-06-1966 to 29-11-1968)
• Lankapalli Bullayya (30-11-1968 to 12-12-1974)
• M. R. Apparow (13-12-1974 to 12-12-1980)
• Avula Sambasiva Rao (13-12-1980 to 14-11-1983)
• Koneru Ramakrishna Rao (05-06-1984 to 23-03-1988)
• K.V.Ramana (24-03-1988 to 23-03-1991)
• Maddi.Gopalakrishna Reddy (18-09-1991 to 15-09-1997)
• R.Radhakrishna (22-04-1998 04-03-2001)
• Yadla.China.Simhadri (03-04-2002 to 02-04-2005)
• L.Venu Gopal Reddy (06-05-2005 to 03-05-2008)
• Beela Satyanarayana (20-06-2008 to 19-06-2011)
• S.V. Sudhakar (19-06-2011 to till-date)

Infrastructure

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 in the university 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 center in law by University Grants Commission.

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

The university campus has 19 hostels for men and 4 hostels exclusively for women that accommodate more than 4,300 students. Residential accommodation of 340 units of staff quarters is available on the university campus. The university also has three Health Centres, a homeopathy dispensary, three guest houses, a faculty club, an open air theatre and a campus school for the children of university staff.

AU Colleges

• Andhra University College of Arts and Commerce (Estd. 1931)
• Andhra University College of Engineering (Estd. 1955)
• Andhra University College of Engineering for Women (Estd. 2010)
• Andhra University College of Law (Estd. 1945)
• Andhra University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Estd. 1951)
• Andhra University College of Science and Technology (Estd. 1931)
• Andhra University School of Distance Education (Estd. 1972)

Campuses outside the university

It has established campuses outside Visakhapatnam to meet demand for post-graduate education. Campuses are located in Etcherla, Srikakulam district, Kakinada, East Godavari district, Tadepalligudem, West Godavari district and Vizianagaram. An earlier campus at Guntur City, established in 1967, became Acharya Nagarjuna University in 1976. Adikavi Nannaya University is formed in 2006 taken the affiliated colleges from East and West Godavari districts.

Affiliations

There are 575 affiliated colleges spread across five districts under the territorial jurisdiction of Andhra University. The enrollment in undergraduate courses is more than 76,000 and in PG Courses more than 20,000 students. The University is supported by about 860 teachers and more than 2500 non-teaching and technical staff.

Agricultural Biotechnology

The course was started in 2004 and has been successfully running with good placement record relatively. The course runs under the Department of Botany with well provided teaching faculty. Scope for finding a job with this course is much higher compared to other applied subjects like Biotechnology, Microbiology and Biochemistry. The curriculum includes basic as well as diverse areas related to agriculture and biotechnology as well. These include Biostatistics - taught by M. V. Subba Rao, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics - taught by K. Uma Devi and few other papers include Seed Technology, Plant Breeding, Plant Metabolic Engineering, Genetic Engineering etc. The students are well guided for entrance exams like CSIR and GATE.

Distinctions

Andhra University is the first university in India to offer an under graduate programme from 1957.

Kala Prapoorna

The honorary doctorate degree of ‘Kala Prapoorna' (Sangha Seva) may be given in the Faculties of Engineering and Kala Prapoorna (Krishi) in the Faculty of Agriculture, ‘Kala Prapoorna' (Sangeeta), (Natya), (Nataka), (Chitra) or (Silpa) in the Faculty of Fine Arts and ‘Kala Prapoorna' (Sahitya) in the Faculty of ‘Oriental Learning'.

Awardees

This is the list of Kalaprapoorna Awardees taken from the 83rd Annual Report of Andhra University of 2008-09.

• Vedam Venkataraya Sastry (1927)
• Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma (1937)
• Kapisthanam Desikacharyulu (1937)
• Sripada Krishnamurthy Sastri (1937)
• Tata Subbaraya Sastry (1937)
• Chellapilla Venkata Sastry (1938)
• Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty (1938)
• Jayanthi Ramayya Pantulu (1938)
• Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao (1938)
• Vikram Deo Varma (1941)
• Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham (1943)
• Tripura Venkata Surya Prasada Rao (1943)
• Chilukuri Narayana Rao (1947)
• Vaijjhal Chine Seetharamaswamy Sastri (1947)
• Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1950)
• Rajah Meka Venkatadri Appa Rao (1953)
• Rajah Nayani Venkata Ranga Rao (1953)
• Rajah Ravu Venkata Kumar Mahipathi Surya Rao (1953)
• Vavilla Venkateswara Sastrulu (1955)
• Kasi Krishnacharya (1964)
• Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1964)
• Gidugu Venkata Sitapathi (1965)
• Peri Venkateswara Sastri (1968)
• Gurram Jashuva (1969)
• Tummala Sitarama Murty (1969)
• Boyi Bhimanna (1971)
• Kondaviti Venkatakavi (1971)
• P. Satyanarayana Raju (1971)
• S. T. G. Varadachary (1971)
• Vadlamudi Gopalakrishnayya (1971)
• Duvvuri Venkataramana Sastry (1972)
• Kondur Veera Ragavacharyulu (1972)
• Atamakuri Govindacharyulu (1973)
• Nidudavolu Venkatarao (1973)
• Puripanda Appala Swamy (1973)
• Abburi Ramakrishna Rao (1974)
• Gnanananda Kavi (1974)
• K. V. N. Appa Rao (1974)
• Kotha Satyanarayana Chowdary (1974)
• Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (1974)
• Dasaradhi (1975)
• Devulapalli Krishnasastri (1975)
• G. Jogi Somayaji (1975)
• G. V. Chalam (1975)
• Kotagiri Venkata Krishna Rao (1975)
• Nagabhushanam (1975)
• Namburi Durwasa Maharshi (1975)
• Oruganti Narasimhamurthy Sastry (1975)
• P. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna (1975)
• P. Sivashankara Swamy (1975)
• A. Ramesh Chowdary (1977)
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1977)
• Avasarala Anasuya Devi (1977)
• K. Satchidananda Raut Roy (1977)
• Moturi Satyanarayana (1977)
• Rayaprolu Subba Rao (1977)
• Vedula Suryanarayana Sarma (1977)
• C. Narayana Reddy (1978)
• Gottipati Brahmayya (1978)
• Mullapudi Thimmaraju (1978)
• N. T. Rama Rao (1978)
• Nayani Subba Rao (1978)
• N. Venu Madhav (1978)
• Paidi Lakshmayya (1978)
• Pasala Suryachandra Rao (1978)
• R. V. M. G. Rama Rao (1978)
• Ravi Narayana Reddy (1978)
• Ravuri Venkata Satyanarayana (1978)
• S. Pinakapani (1978)
• Tenneti Hemalata (1978)
• Utukuri Lakshmikantamma (1978)
• Vinjamuri Siva Rama Rao (1978)
• Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao (1980)
• Nataraja Ramakrishna (1980)
• Ravuri Bharadwaja (1980)
• Vempati Chinna Satyam (1980)
• Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry (1982)
• Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy (1982)
• Vemparala Suryanarayana Sastry (1982)
• Ammula Viswanadha Bhagavatar (1984)
• Challapalli Chitti Babu (1984)
• Manchala Jagannadha Rao (1984)
• Pandit Gopadev (1984)
• Arudra (1985)
• Inturi Venkateswara Rao (1985)
• Kosaraju Raghavaiah (1985)
• L. V. Prasad (1985)
• Peddinti Anantha Venkata Lakshmi (1985)
• Sheik Chinna Moulana (1985)
• Dasari Narayana Rao (1986)
• D. Y. Sampath Kumar (1986)
• K. Satchidananda Murthy (1986)
• Cheria Ganapathi Sastry (1988)
• Dara Appala Narayana (1988)
• Janapati Varalakshmi (1988)
• Bapu (artist) (1990)
• C. S. Naidu (1990)
• D. Sanyasi (1990)
• Domada Chittabbayi (1990)
• E. V. Chinnayya (1990)
• Korukonda Subba Raju (1990)
• Rao Gopala Rao (1990)
• Trupuraneni Venkateswara Rao (1990)
• Ganapatiraju Atchutarama Raju (1993)
• Peesapati Narasimha Murty (1993)
• Pothukuchi Sambasiva Rao (1993)
• Tadepalli Venkanna (1993)
• A. Paidi Raju (1997)
• C. Kanakamba Raju (1997)
• G. B. Rajendra Prasad (1997)
• K. S. Tilak (1997)
• P. Suseela (1997)
• Turlapati Kutumba Rao (1997)
• Kongara Jaggayya
• K. V. Gopalaswamy
• Konidala Chiranjeevi (2006)
• Ghattamaneni Krishna (2008)
• Jaladi Raja Rao (2008)
• S. P. Balasubramanyam (2009)

Courses Offered

Sl.No.	Name of the Course	Sl.No.	Name of the Course
U.G. COURSES		DIPLOMA COURSES
1.	B.A.	31.	Diploma in Music
2.	B.Com.	32.	Diploma in Urdu
3.	B.Sc.	33.	Diploma in Consumer Education
4.	B.Com (CSM)	P.G. DIPLOMA COURSES
P.G. COURSES
		34.	PG Diploma in Cooperation and Rural Studies
5.	M.A. English
6.	M.A. Hindi	35.	PG Dip. in Computer Programming & Applications
7.	M.A. Telugu	36.	PG Diploma in  Translation
8.	M.A. Economics	37.	PG Diploma in Environmental Studies
9.	M.A. History	38.	PG Diploma in Functional English
10.	M.A. Politics	39.	PG Diploma in Mgt. of Voluntary Organizations
11.	M.A. Pub. Admn.	40.	PG Diploma in Travel & Tourism Management
12.	M.A. Sociology	41.	PG Diploma in Consumer Education
13.	M.A. Philosophy	PROFESSIONAL COURSES
14.	MA/MSc Maths
15.	M.Com.
16.	M.A. Psychology		A) Technology courses
17.	M.Li.Sc.	42.	B.Tech (Chemical Engineering)
18.	M.Sc Physics	43.	B.E. (Civil Engineering
19.	M.Sc Botany	44.	B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
20.	M.Sc Zoology	45.	B.E. (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
21.	M.Sc Organic Chemistry	46.	B.E. (Electronics & Communications Engg.)
CERTIFICATE COURSES			B) Other Professional Courses
		47.	LL.M
		48.	M.B.A – Marketing (3 years)
22.	Certificate in Urdu	49.	M.B.A – Finance (3 years)
23.	Certificate in Linguistics	50.	M.B.A – HRM (3 years)
24.	Certificate in Office Automation and Accounting	51.	Executive MBA – Marketing (2 years)
25.	Certificate in  Office Automation  and Internet Technology	52.	Executive MBA – Finance (2 years)
26.	Certificate in Office Automation  and Multimedia Technology	53.	Executive MBA – HRM (2 years)
		54.	MHRM
COMPUTER COURSES offered in Hyderabadin collaboration with GLOBUS EDUCATION,  Hyderabad		55.	M.C.A.
27.	Dip. in QA and Software Testing	56.	Additional Methodology (B.Ed. & MA Education)
28.	Dip. in Data Warehousing
29.	Dip. in Mainframe Technologies
30.	Dip. in Web Application  with PHP / MYSQL

Admissions are usually made during June – August of every year.  However, in case of BA, B.Com. and Certificate Courses, admissions are also made during January – March of every year.   Information and admission applications can be obtained from the Office of the School of Distance Education or from Study Centres as per notifications published from time to time.

  

S. No.	Name of the Course	FEES				Eligibility
		1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	Total Rs.
CERTIFICATION COURSE – SIX MONTHS DURATION
1.	Certificate in Office Automation & Accounting (English Medium)	2,200/-	--	--	2,200/-	Intermediate or equivalent or pass in the B.A. / B.Com. Entrance Examination conducted by SDE or other Universities under open system.
2.	Certificate in Office Automation & Multimedia Technologies (English Medium)	2,200/-	--	--	2,200/-	Intermediate or equivalent or pass in the B.A. / B.Com. Entrance Examination conducted by SDE or other Universities under open system.
3.	Certificate in Office Automation & Internet Technologies (English Medium)	2,200/-	--	--	2,200/-	Intermediate or equivalent or pass in the B.A. / B.Com. Entrance Examination conducted by SDE or other Universities under open system.
DIPLOMA COURSES
4.	Diploma in Consumer Education (Six Months)	2,000/-	--	--	2,000/-	Intermediate or equivalent or pass in the B.A. / B.Com. Entrance Examination conducted by SDE or other Universities under open system.
5.	Diploma in Music (Two years) (English Medium)	2,000/-	2,000/-	--	4,000/-	Candidate should have completed 15 years of age by 1st July of the year of admission.
POST GRADUATE  DIPLOMA COURSES
6.	PG Diploma in Co-operation and Rural Studies	3,300/-	--	--	3,300/-	In-service candidates working in cooperatives and allied institutions including non-officials with any Bachelor’s Degrree other than BFA and BA OL
7.	PG Diploma in Functional English	3,000/-	--	--	3,000/-	Any Bachelor’s Degree
8.	PG Diploma in Travel and Tourism Management	3,300/-	--	--	3,300/-	Any Bachelor’s Degree
9.	PG Diploma in Management of Voluntary Organizations	3,300/-	--	--	3,300/-	Any Bachelor’s Degree
10.	PG Diploma in Computer Programming & Applications	6,000/-	--	--	6,000/-	Any Degree other than BFA and BA (OL)
11	PG Diploma in Translation	2,450/-	--	--	2,450/-	Any Degree with Telugu as mother tongue or any Degree with Telugu as a subject of study
12.	PG Diploma in Environmental Studies	3,300/-	--	--	3,300/-	Any Bachelor’s Degree
13.	PG Diploma in Consumer Education (One Year)	3,300/-	--	--	3,300/-	Any Graduate
GRADUATE COURSES – 3 YEAR DURATION
14.	B.A.(Both English & Telugu Medium)	1,980/-	1,200/-	1,200/-	4,380/-	Intermediate / PUC or equivalent or pass in the B.A. / B.Com. Entrance Examination conducted by this School.
15.	B.Com (Both English & Telugu Medium)	2,480/-	1,700/-	1,200/-	5,380/-	Intermediate / PUC or equivalent or pass in the B.A. / B.Com. Entrance Examination conducted by this School.
16.	B.Com (Customer Service Management) (English Medium only)	10,000 + 10,000	10,000 + 10,000	10,000 + 10,000	60,000/-	Intermediate / PUC or Equivalent
17.	B.Sc.    * 500 EXTRA FOR COMPUTERS(English Medium only)Mathematics, Physics, ChemistryMathematics, Physics, ComputersMathematics, Computers, Statistics Mathematics, Economics, Computers	2,600/-	1,950/-	1,950/-	6,500/-	With the combination of Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics and Computers.  Intermediate / PUC or Equivalent with Physical Sciences and Mathematics.
POST GRADUATE COURSES – 2 YEAR DURATION
18	M.Com	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	B.Com / B.B.M
19	MA in English	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	B.A. / B.Com / B.Sc. / BFA / BA (OL) / BAL
20	MA in Hindi	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	BA / BCom / B.Sc. with Hindi as one of the subjects of study / Sahitya Ratna with POL.
21	MA in Telugu	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	BA / BCom / BSc or BA (Special) with Telugu as one of the Subjects of study or B.Sc (Home Sciences) with a maximum of 100 marks for each paper.
22	MA in History	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	BA (Pass or Hons.) OTBA BA (OL) with History as one of the subjects
23	MA in Economics	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	BA with Economics
24	MA in Politics	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	BA / BCom / BSc / BL / BCA / BGL / BAL
25	MA in Public Administration	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	BA / BCom / BSc / BL / BCA / BGL / BAL
26	MA in Sociology	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	Any Degree of Andhra University or equivalent thereto.
27	MA in Philosophy	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	Any Graduate
28	MA / MSc. Mathematics	2,625/-	2,175/-	--	4,800/-	BA / BSc with Mathematics as one of the subjects of study.
29	MA in Psychology	12,250/-	7,750/-	--	20,000/-	Any Graduate
30	MSc in Botany	12,250/-	7,750/-	--	20,000/-	BSC with Relevant Subject
31	MSc in Organic Chemistry	12,250/-	7,750/-	--	20,000/-	BSC with Relevant Subject
32	MSc in Zoology	12,250/-	7,750/-	--	20,000/-	BSC with Relevant Subject
33	L.L.M	7,000/-	5,000/-	--	12,000/-	BL or Equivalent there to
PROFESSIONAL COURSES (Technology) 4 YEAR DURATION
34	Additional Methodology (B.Ed. & MA Education)	5,000/-	--	--	5,000/-	B.Ed. Degree MA Education
35	BE Civil Engineering	25,000/-	20,000/-	20,000/-	65,000/-	Diploma with Relevant Subject
36	B.Tech Chemical Engineering	25,000/-	20,000/-	20,000/-	65,000/-	Diploma with Relevant Subject
37	BE Electrical & Electronics Engineering	25,000/-	20,000/-	20,000/-	65,000/-	Diploma with Relevant Subject
38	BE Electronics & Communication Engineering	25,000/-	20,000/-	20,000/-	65,000/-	Diploma with Relevant Subject
39	BE Mechanical Engineering	25,000/-	20,000/-	20,000/-	65,000/-	Diploma with Relevant Subject
PROFESSIONAL COURSES (Other Professional)
40	M.B.A. (Finance / HRM / Marketing)	15,000/-	10,000/-	5,000/-	30,000/-	ICET Rankholder with Graduation, passing SSC with Mathematics
41	Executive M.B.A. (Finance / HRM / Marketing)	20,000/-	10,000/-	--	30,000/-	In addition to eligibility criteria for 3-year MBA, minimum of two years in-service experience after graduation.
42	M.C.A.	15,000/-	15,000/-	15,000/-	45,000/-	ICET Rankholder with Graduation, passing Intermediate with Mathematics
43	MHRM	8,000/-	7,000/-	--	15,000/-	Any Graduate

 

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