Sri Venkateswara University
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[Sri Venkateswara University], Tirupati was established in 1954, in the famous temple town of Tirupati, South India, the SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY is a standing testimony to the wisdom and foresight of Late Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, and to the munificence of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. Intended to fulfill the long felt educational needs and aspirations of the people of Rayalaseema, this University has been carefully nurtured and developed by eminent Vice-Chancellors such as Prof.S.Govindarajulu, Dr.V.C.Vamana Rao, Dr.D.J.Reddy and Prof.K.Satchidananda Murthy during its formative years.
Located in a sprawling thousand acre (4 km²) campus at the foot of the picturesque Seven Hills (Seshachala Hills of Eastern Ghats), the University has been emphasizing teaching and research programmes in different faculties right from its inception. The range of subject departments, courses and research programmes undertaken and promoted during the last 50 years reflect the Sri Venkateswara University's commitment to promoting socially relevant programmes the one hand and to catch up with frontier areas of research and training on the other. Starting with the basic science and social science departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Economics and Philosophy in 1954-55, the university today has over 40 subject departments including Biochemistry, Virology, Management, Home Science, Computer Applications, Computer Science, Electronic Space and Communication Engineering. The University offers more than 40 graduate and Post graduate programmes in all branches of humanities, social sciences, basic sciences, Engineering Management and in some of the frontier areas such as Environmental Studies, Atmospheric Science, Computer Applications, Computer Science and Engineering, virology, Biotechnology, Sericulture, Fishery Science Fashion Technology and Engineering Physics. Besides, the University has been offering M.Phil. and Ph.D. research programmes in almost every subject discipline.
Equipped with the most modem laboratory facilities and a very strong library resource system, the University has been conducting sponsored and funded research in several key areas such as Water Resource Management, Rural Sanitation, Low Cost Housing, Alternative Systems of energy, MST Radar Applications, Environmental Studies. A good deal of research activity of Sri Venkateswara University is a response to the problems of drought prone semi-arid Rayalaseema region.
The University has been a Centre for intellectual activities, growth of ideas and experimentation. A large number of outstanding scholars have been visitors of this University. Eminent persons like Dr.Sarvepalli Radakrishnan, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, His Holiness Sanaracharya, Sri P.V.Narasimha Rao, Dr.Shankardayal Sharma, Dr.Karan Siangh, Prof Nilhar ranjan Ray, Justice Ranganath Mistra, Dr.S.Gopal, Dr.H.N.Setna, Dr.HomiBaba and Prof.G.K.Menon visited this University and stimulated the academic activity at various points of time during the last 40 years
In the life of a University, 50 years is but a brief period, yet it is vitally important. It is during this stage that sound academic foundations are laid on which a lasting super structure can be built. The S.V.University has been successful not only in laying solid foundations but in completing the superstructure. The UGC, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, several funding agencies, University bodies, faculty and students have contributed to the successful development of the University which is well poised to take a big leap forward.
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