Government Arts College, Rajahmundry
Government Arts College now known as Government College (Autonomous) is one of the Oldest Colleges in India. It is located on the banks of River Godavari in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established as a School in 1853 and upgraded to a College in 1885.
Profile
The Government Arts College was started as a District school in 1853 and was upgraded as a Provincial school of Madras Presidency in 1868. It was made as College in 1885. It was affiliated to University of Madras in 1891. It was reaffiliated to Andhra University in 1926. Autonomous status to this college was granted by University Grants Commission during the academic year 2000–01. The college was accredited with 'A' grade by National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) in 2004.
Principals
The list of successive Principals:
- E. P. Metcalfe (1877–1896)
- E. W. Middlemast (1896–1903)
- Mark Hunter (1903–1909)
- O. J. Couldrey (1909–1919)
- C. J. Wilkinson (1919–1921)
- N. R. Krishnamma (1921–1924)
- R. M. Statham (1925)
- W. C. Douglas (1925)
- H. C. Papworth (1926)
- W. B. Brierley (1926–1929)
- A. Chakravarthi (1930–1931)
- M. S. H. Thompson (1931–1932)
- T. K. Venkata Raman (1932–1934)
- D. S. Sarma (1935–1938)
- T. Suryanarayana (1932–1934)
- C. D. S. Chetti (1942–1944)
- K. Satyanarayana (1945)
- C. D. S. Chetti (1945)
- M. Karamchand Wade (1946)
- K. P. G. Menon (1947–1948)
- K. Satyanarayana (1948–1949)
- K. V. Punnaiah (1949–1953)
- T. Varundhara (1953–1954)
- V. Habibullah (1954–1955)
- T. U. Chako (1955–1956)
- A. S. Tyaga Raju (1956–1958)
- Lakshmi Narayana Rao (1958–1959)
- K. Rajamannar (1959–1960)
- K. V. Punnaiah (1956–1958)
- S. Raghavachar (1959 1960)
- Md. Nadimullah (1969)
- V. Habibullah (1969)
- Md. Nadimullah (1970–1973)
- V. Satyanarayana Murthy (1974–1976)
- K. S. R. Sarma (1976–1977)
- R. S. Sudarshanam (1977–1981)
- D. Seshagiri Rao (1981–1983)
- K. Purushotham (1983–1986)
- K. S. R. Sarma (1986–1988)
- Md. Nadimullah (1970–1973)
- S. V. Raghavendra Rao (1990–1993)
- V. S. Ratna Kumar (1990–1993)
- B. Martin Luther (1995)
- C. Somayajulu (1996)
- G. Appa Rao (1996–1999)
- D. D. Reddy (1999)
- B. Venkateswarlu (2000–2001)
- M. Viswanadham (2002)
- P. Krishna Mohan (2004)
- N. Ramakrishnaiah (2007–2009)
- G. Samuel Moses (2010–present)
Academics
Departments
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Botany
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Economics
- Department of English
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geology
- Department of Hindi
- Department of History
- Department of Library Science
- Department of Management Studies
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Physical Education
- Department of Physics
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Sanskrit
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Telugu
- Department of Zoology
- department of chemistry
Courses
- Bachelor of Arts
- Econonmics, History, Political Science
- Economics, Statistics, Commerce,
- Geography, History, Political Science
- History, Philosophy, English Literature
- Economics, Statistics, Computer Applications
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Science
- Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
- Mathematics, Physics, Electronics
- Mathematics, Physics, Geology
- Mathematics, Chemistry, Geology
- Mathematics, Economics, Statistics
- Botany, Zoology, Chemistry
- Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry
- Geography, Geology, Computer Science
- Mathematics, Physics, Computers
- Mathematics, Statistics, Computers
- Zoology, Microbiology, Chemistry
Eminent Alumni
This is list of the Alumni of this prestigious College arranged alphabetically:
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