Sri Krishnadevaraya University

Infobox_University
name = Sri Krishnadevaraya University


motto =
established = 1981
chancellor =sri N.D.Tiwari
vice_chancellor= Prof. Rama Rao Athota
city = Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
country =
students =
type = Public
campus = Rural
affiliations = UGC
website= [http://www.skuniversity.org www.skuniversity.org]

Sri Krishnadevaraya University is a public university in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, founded on July 25, 1981. The University is named after a patron of learning and the arts, Sri Krishnadevaraya, of the Vijayanagara empire of the 16th century.

History

The University is an offshoot of the erstwhile Postgraduate Centre of Sri Venkateswara University started in 1968. Subsequently in 1976, the S. V. U. Postgraduate Centre attained autonomous status. In 1987, with a capital outlay of Rs. 1.2 crores, Sri Krishnadevaraya Institute of Management was started with funding from the UGC. In 1988, the University which was originally a unitary, residential institution, became a full-fledged affiliating University. Yet another landmark in the history of the University is that the Postgraduate Centre at Kurnool under the jurisdiction of Sri Venkateswara University was made over to Sri Krishnadevaraya University in 1993. Thus the University has an academic history of 33 years.

Campus

Situated in rural environs in an extensive campus of over convert|500|acre|km2 of land, the University has ample scope for development as also an infrastructure which includes a University Science Instrumentation Centre, a Computer Centre, a Health Centre, a Gymnasium, an Outdoor Stadium, an Auditorium and adequately built up space to accommodate departments of studies, laboratories, hostels, and housing for the staff, teaching and non-teaching.

External links

* [http://www.skuniversity.org Sri Krishnadevaraya University Official Website]

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