Acharya Nagarjuna University - [ANU]

About College

Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU), Guntur was established in 1976 by the former President of India, Sri Fakruddin Ali Ahmed.

• This University since then has grown into a large university with 39 academic departments, including several self-financed courses.
• It is one of the major universities in the country covering many colleges and institutes of districts in the region.
• Its jurisdiction was extended to three districts now having over 450 affiliated colleges offering under-graduate, Engineering, Education, post-graduate, Law, Pharmacy and oriental languages courses.
• Today University has 39 post-graduate teaching-cum-research courses on the campus, while 71 affiliated colleges offered P.G. courses.
• Act 43 of 1976 of A.P. State Legislature set up the Acharya Nagarjuna University
• It was renamed Acharya Nagarjuna University by the A.P. Universities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004
• A Post-Graduate Centre in Guntur was started in 1976

Acharya Nagarjuna University – Research Centres:-

University Colleges:

• Anu College of Arts Commerce & Law
• Anu College of Sciences
• Anu College of Physical Education & Sports Sciences
• Anu College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Anu College of Engineering & Technology
• Anu College of Architecture and Planning
• Anu College of Architecture and Planning

Extracurricular activities:

• Plantation
• Health awareness
• Community Development
• Environmental Protection
• Personality improvement
• Water harvesting
• Literacy campaign
• Communal Harmony
• Campaign against social evils
• Patriotism

Extension Work:

• The National Service Scheme programme involves students in community work with social utility.
• The Adult Education programme promotes adult literacy, health awareness, environmental consciousness, population education etc.

Facilities:

Library: The Library centrally located with an independent and spacious building consisting of 4 floors including basement hall with total user space of 3000 square meters.

The rich collection built over a period of about three decades has some rare reference materials and several important journals. The annual budget is about 65 Lakhs in 2009-10 of which subscription towards periodicals alone is about 45 Lakhs. The total holdings of the library exceeds 1, 23,200 documents.

Hostel:

• There are three hostels, each better than the other
• A maximum of 650 students can be put up in these hostels
• The Indira Priyadarsini Ladies Hostel can accommodate 370 female students
• There is a separate hostel for the scholars also. 100 scholars can be accommodated here without any hassles.

Computer Centre

• There is an up-to-date Computer System
• It is well equipped with quality software, systems, machines and all other relevant infrastructure

Scholarships:-

A wide variety of scholarships and financial aid packages are being provided for the students of this university. These take off almost 10-20% of a student’s normal expenditure and make it possible for him/her to pursue his/her courses at a very nominal cost