Andhra University is a

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located in

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, India. It was established in 1926. It is graded as an A++ institution by NAAC receiving a score of 3.74 on a scale of 4.

History

King Vikram Deo Verma, the

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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

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(prosperity) and

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

Rankings

Andhra University was ranked 1201–1500 in the world by the ''

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'' of 2023 and 401–500 in Asia. The

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of 2023 ranked it 501–550 in Asia. It was ranked 41 in India overall by the ''

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'' in 2024 and 25th among universities. NIRF also ranked the Andhra University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences 34th in India in the pharmacy ranking.

NAAC accreditation

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accredited Andhra University as A++ grade in 2023, one of three university that year to receive the grade. The university received a CGPA score of 3.74 and the A++ status will be sustained for seven years till 8 November 2030.

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 * Neeli Bendapudi, 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 laureate * Undurti Narasimha Das, immunologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate * Kunchithapadam Gopalan, geochronologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate * Chennupati Jagadish, applied physics 1977–1980,

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* 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 * 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, space physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate * C. R. Rao, statistician,

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laureate * 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

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* B. L. K. Somayajulu, geochemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate * Adusumilli Srikrishna, organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate * Duvvuri Subbarao, economist and former

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Governor * Ravi Vadlamani, chartered accountant * Srinivasan Varadarajan, chemist and

awardee

References

External links

Official website
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