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The Beginning

The Akkineni Nageswara Rao College, started as "The Gudivada College" in 1950 is the result of the munificence and zeal for higher education of the people of Gudivada Taluk and of the neighbouring taluks in Krishna District. Situated in a rich agricultural area midway between Vijayawada and Machilipatnam and connected by road, rail and canal with the leading towns and villages in the district, Gudivada has always been a centre of great cultural and political activity and its citizens have played a prominent role in the life of the nation generally and in particular of Andhra Desa. But the lack of a seat of higher learning was actually felt, and to meet this need a strong committee of local leaders was formed early in 1950 and an appeal for funds was made over the name of the following: Sri Parvataneni Venkataratnam (President), Sri Uppalapati Veerabhadra Rao (Treasurer), Sri Kaza Venkataramaiah (Secretary), Sri Vemulapalli Ramabrahmam (Joint Secretary) and Sarvasri Vadde Sobhanadri, Lingam Venkata Krishnaiah and Upadrasta Papanna Sastri as members.

Inauguration of the college

The College Organising Committee approached the authorities of the Andhra University in April, 1950 with the request that permission might be given to start the institution and has it affiliation to the university. The Inspection Committee appointed by the university visited Gudivada in May 1950 and reported in favour of granting the affiliation. The College was formally inaugurated under the name 'The Gudivada College' by Prof. V.S. Krishna, B.A. (Oxon), Ph.D. (Vienna), Vice-Chancellor of the University, on July 6, 1950 at a public meeting over which the Hon'ble Sri B. Gopala Reddy, Finance Minister, Government of Madras, presided. It was temporarily located in a fine building on the main road. The Secretary of the Organizing Committee, Sri Kaza Venkataramaiah became the Correspondent of the College.

LOGO

The motto of the College is TEJOBHAVATU (Let there be light) inscribed in the logo of the College. The goals and mission of the college also reflect this motto. Since the goal of education is to keep oneself informed and enlightened, the college has been striving to spread the light of knowledge in all directions.

Important Events

  • 1951: Biology, Physics and Chemistry group was opened and 94 students were admitted.
  • 1952: The College was raised to First Grade and B.A. and B.Com. Classes were opened.
  • 1953: B.Sc. class with Zoology (Main) and Chemistry and Botany (Subsidiaries) was opened. Civics and Indian Administration were offered as optional subjects in the Intermediate Programme, and in arts groups classes were opened in Sanskrit for Intermediate and in Hindi for B.A.
  • 1957: The Pre-University Programme was opened with eight combinations of optional subjects.
  • 1958: The Three-year Degree Programmes were started in the college, thus making our institution conforms to the national pattern of collegiate education.
  • 1959: Owing to a generous donation from Akkineni Nageswara Rao, noted Cine-Hero, the College was renamed as Akkineni Nageswara Rao College from April 1959.
  • 1960: The Tenth College Day was celebrated at the new site, on the present campus.
  • 1969-70: In accordance with a new pattern of education, the college started the new 2-year Intermediate Programme.
  • 1971-72: A new pattern of degree Programme (called New Scheme) with Main and Ancillaries was started with Telugu as the medium of instruction.
  • 1974-75: Starting of M.Com. Programme, thereby becoming the fourth affiliated colleges in Andhra University area to have the privilege of offering instruction at the postgraduate level.
  • 1975-76: The College celebrated its Silver Jubilee. Sri J. Vengala Rao, Chief Minister inaugurated the celebrations, which was attended by many other distinguished people.
  • 1984: Sri Yerneni Govindaiah Junior College building was completed on the eastern side of College.
  • 1985: The Foundation Stone for the Post-Graduate wing was laid.
  • 1991-92: Keeping the ever-growing importance of Computer Sciences and Electronics two new restructured B.Sc. Programmes, one with Electronics, Physics and Mathematics combination and another with Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics, were started.
  • 1992-93: The Post-Graduate Department was shifted to the new building.
  • 1993-94: Expansion of academic facilities are the order of the day and in keeping with this trend the college started the M.B.A. Programme.
  • 1994-95: The M.Sc. in Mathematics was started in the academic year. Foundation stone for the Post-Graduate Block II was laid by the then Chairman of UGC Prof. G. Rami Reddy.
  • 1996: Construction of the Men's Hostel completed.
  • 1998-99: The M.C.A., M.Sc. (Computer Science), B.C.A. and a new stream in B.Sc. Programme with Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science were started.
  • 1999-2000: B.Ed. Programme was started during the academic year under the same Management in a sister institution, A.N.R.College of Education.
  • 2000-2001: Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Information Systems and Computer Applications (P.G.D.M.I.S.C.A.) The first UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on "Impact of Privatisation of Higher Education without Government Participation" on 10-11 November, 2001.