Andhra University (

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: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a

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located in

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

, India. It was established in 1926.

History

King

Vikram Deo Verma Maharajah Vikram Dev IV or Vikram Deo Varma (28 June 1869 – 14 April 1951) was the 25th king of the Solar dynasty, Suryavansh dynasty that ruled over Kalinga (historical region), Kalinga and later Kingdom of Jeypore, Jeypore Samasthanam under ...

, the

Maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...

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. Furthermore, he provided lakh annually to the university, an approximate figure of lakhs between 1930s - 1940s.a The liberal king was conferred an Honorary Doctorate degree from the university. The Jeypore College of Technology and Science in Andhra University was founded by Maharajah Vikram Deo.

University emblem

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 Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with '' Maya'' ("Illusion"). A ...

(prosperity) and

Saraswati Saraswati ( sa, सरस्वती, ) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. She is one of the Tridevi, along with the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati. The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a go ...

(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. Andhra University Visakhapatnam

Faculties and departments

*Andhra University College of Arts and Commerce (established 1931) *

Andhra University College of Engineering Andhra University College of Engineering, also known as AU College of Engineering, is an autonomous college and extension campus of the Andhra University located at Visakhapatnam, India. It is the first Indian institution to have a Department of ...

(established 1955) *Andhra University College of Engineering for Women (established 2010) * Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College of Law (formerly AU College of Law)(established 1945) * Andhra University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (established 1951) *

Andhra University College of Science and Technology Andhra University College of Science and Technology is a constituent college of Andhra University established in 1931. History The College was started in 1931 as the combined Colleges of Arts, Science and Technology. In later years the combin ...

(established 1931) *Andhra University School of Distance Education (established 1972)

Rankings

Andhra University was ranked 1001+ in the world by the ''

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'' of 2020 and 351–400 in Asia. The

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of 2020 ranked it 351–400 in Asia. It was ranked 36th in India overall by the ''

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'' in 2020 and 19th among universities. NIRF also ranked the Andhra University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences 34th in India in the pharmacy ranking.

Notable alumni

Artists and writers

Politicians, civil servants, and lawyers

Others

* Satya N. Atluri, Mechanical Engineering (1959-1963), recipient of the Padma Bhushan Award for 2013 in science & engineering *

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, 18th president of the

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, Kentucky, US, president elect of

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* B. M. Choudary, inorganic chemist,

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar OBE, FNI, FASc, FRS, FRIC, FInstP (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Indust ...

laureate * Sandhya Devanathan, Head of Meta India *

Undurti Narasimha Das Undurti Narasimha Das (born 1950) shortly Undurti N. Das and U. N. Das is an Indian clinical immunologist, endocrinologist and the founder president and chief executive officer of UND Life Sciences. Additionally, he serves as the Chief Medical Of ...

, immunologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate * Kunchithapadam Gopalan, geochronologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate *

Chennupati Jagadish Chennupati Jagadish (born 10 August 1957), an Indian-Australian physicist and academic, is the President of the Australian Academy of Science, and a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Australian National University Research School of ...

, applied physics 1977–1980,

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* Pilli Alfred James, public administrator *

S. Rao Kosaraju Sambasiva Rao Kosaraju is a professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University, and division director for Computing & Communication Foundations at the National Science Foundation.Kosaraju's algorithm In computer science, Kosaraju-Sharir's algorithm (also known as Kosaraju's algorithm) is a linear time algorithm to find the strongly connected components of a directed graph. Aho, Hopcroft and Ullman credit it to S. Rao Kosaraju and Micha Sha ...

, which finds the strongly connected components of a

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Kolluru Sree Krishna Kolluru Sree Krishna (born 1958) is an Indian marine geophysicist and the chief scientist at the National Institute of Oceanography, India. He is known for his studies on the evolution of the Indian Ocean and is an elected fellow of all the thre ...

, geophysicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate * N. S. Raghavan, Electrical Engineering 1959–1964, co-founder of Infosys * Anumolu Ramakrishna, former Deputy Managing Director of

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and

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recipient * B. L. S. Prakasa Rao, statistician, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate and

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Fellow *

Barry Ramachandra Rao Barry Ramachandra Rao (21 November 1922 – 24 September 2005) was an Indian space physicist and the vice chairman of the University Grants Commission of India. Known for his pioneering research in radio physics, Rao was a Member of Parliament of ...

, space physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate *

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, statistician,

National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social scienc ...

laureate * G. S. R. Subba Rao, natural product chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate *

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao is a mechanical engineer, billionaire industrialist, the founder chairman of GMR Group, a global infrastructure developer and operator based in India. Started in 1978, GMR Group is now present in 7 countries, active in ...

, Mechanical Engineering, founder and Chairman of the

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, an infrastructure enterprise *

Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao (5 September 1927 – 27 July 2016) was an Indian geneticist and plant breeder, known for his efforts in developing hybrid varieties of sorghum, which earned him the moniker, the Father of Hybrid Sorghum. He was the v ...

, 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

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Award from

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B. L. K. Somayajulu Bhamidipati Lakshmidhara Kanakadri Somayajulu (1937-2016) is an Indian geochemist and a CSIR Emeritus Scientist at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. He is known for his studies on ancient and contemporary marine processes and is an elect ...

, geochemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate * Adusumilli Srikrishna, organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate *

Duvvuri Subbarao Duvvuri Subbarao (born 11 August 1949) is an Indian economist, Central Banker, and retired IAS officer. He was the 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India, served under Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. After stepping down from RBI, he was a Dis ...

, economist and former

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Governor *

Srinivasan Varadarajan Srinivasan Varadarajan (31 March 1928 – 11 May 2022) was an Indian chemist, civil servant, corporate executive and the former chairman of several public sector undertakings such as Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL), Petrofils C ...

, chemist and

awardee

References

External links

Official website
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