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Acharya Nagarjuna University
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Established	1976
Type	Public
Chancellor	N D Tiwari
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Y.Raja Haragopal Reddy
Location	Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Campus	Rural
Affiliations	UGC
Website	http://www.nagarjunauniversity.ac.in

Acharya Nagarjuna University is a relatively new public University compared to premier institutions like Andhra University, just coming out of its infancy, though compared to some other private and public funded universities in the region it is old, and one of the largest universities in the region of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in Nagarjuna Nagar, on the Northern part of Guntur City, a major centre of private funded colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

[edit] History

The university is an outgrowth of a Post-Graduate Centre of Andhra University, which was established in 1967 at Nallapadu area of Guntur and then relocated to Nambur/Kaza area on the east of the city. The Centre gained affiliating university status in 1976, and opened with ten post-graduate courses. The university is named after Acharya Nagarjuna, the pro-founder of the Madhyamaka path of Mahayana Buddhism.

[edit] Campus

In addition to its main campus, the university also maintains two post-graduate centres in Nuzvid, Krishna District and Ongole, Prakasam District. A total of 44 courses are offered at the three locations. The university affiliates the post-graduate programmes of 292 Colleges/Institutes in Guntur, Krishna, Prakasam and other districts of Andhra Pradesh. Acharya Nagarjuna University offers a special MBA programme that meets the current industry standards, following signing of partner programs deal with Central Michigan University

Exchange Programs

The university is also most notably known for its international exchange programs. Various seminars and symposia takes place within the university to promote international education and research activities on a regular basis.

[edit] College of Engineering

Main article: ANU Engineering College

ANU is one of the very very few Universities any where in the world that doesn't have its own "Engineering College", especially true when compared to top ranked Indian Universities.

A new college for engineering and technology is currently being setup in the main campus of the University ^[1]. This is one of many engineering colleges in the Guntur region, but the first one to be managed completely by the Government. AICTE has visited the campus and completed the inspection to award grants and other recognition purposes to asses if it meets the minimum criteria. Some colleges are known to be just degree mills, world over, in the absence of a governing body or due to lack of enforcement of regulations.

[edit] Departments

Department of Aquaculture

Department of Biotechnology

The Centre for Biotechnology at Acharya Nagarjuna University was established in year 1994, inaugurated by the then Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Dr.C.R.Bhatia. The centre is offering two academic programs, M.Sc. (Biotechnology) and M.Tech. (Biotechnology) and also offering research degrees leading to M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Biotechnology. A course on M.Sc. Medical Biotechnology is initiated as a combination program with NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada for the academic year 2007-2008.

Department of Chemistry
Department of Political Science & Public Administration
Department of Sociology
Department of Economics
Department of Telugu & Oriental Languages
Department of Zoology
Department of Botany
Department of Commerce & Business Administration
Department of Adult Education
Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Technology
Department of Environmental Science
Department of Geology
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Department of Rural development
Department of Social Work
Department of Statistics
Department of Women's Studies
Centre for Scientific Socialism
Centre for Buddhist Studies

[edit] Research Journals

Acharya Nagarjuna International Journal of Mathematics and Information Technology

Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ "New ANU Engineering college campus". Online edition of the Hindu. The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/23/stories/2009012350990200.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-23.

[edit] External links

Acharya Nagarjuna University Official Website

[New_ANU_Engineering_college-0] "New ANU Engineering college campus". Online edition of the Hindu. The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/23/stories/2009012350990200.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-23.

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