Adikavi Nannaya University (

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: ''Ādikavi Nannaya Viśvavidyālayamu'') is a

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located in

Rajahmundry Rajahmundry, officially known as Rajamahendravaram, is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and District headquarters of East Godavari district. It is the sixth most populated city in the state. During British rule, the District of Rajah ...

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. It was established on 22 April 2006 through the Government of Andhra Pradesh Act No. 28 of 2006. Adikavi Nannaya University---

It is named after

Nannayya Nannaya ''Bhattaraka'' (sometimes spelled Nannayya or Nannaiah; ca. 11th century) was a Telugu poet and the author of the first '' Andhra Mahabharatam'', a Telugu retelling of the Sanskrit-language ''Mahabharata''. This work, which is rendered ...

, the first attested author of a text composed in the Telugu language. The university attends to the educational needs of both Godavari districts. Currently, all seventy-four post-graduate institutes as well as the 403 degree colleges located within the aforementioned districts maintain their government-mandated university affiliation with Adikavi Nannaya University. These colleges were previously affiliated with Andhra University. The University also hosts four Constituent Colleges namely: University College of Arts and Commerce, University College of Education, University College of Engineering and University College of Science and Technology. Adikavi Nannaya University has extension campus at Kakinada and Tadepalligudem. The university initiated a program in

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and Petroleum Exploration, the first of its kind in Andhra Pradesh and one of the few in the country. In the second phase, keeping in view of the government policy of encouraging five-year integrated courses, the university designed and offered a new course in Mathematics and Computing, with the objective of providing trained programmes to the I.T. industry.

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Adikavi Nannaya University Website
Education in Rajahmundry Educational institutions established in 2006 2006 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Universities and colleges in East Godavari district State universities in Andhra Pradesh {{AndhraPradesh-university-stub

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