Acharya Nagarjuna University

Acharya Nagarjuna University is a university in the region of Namburu, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of several major universities in the country, covering many colleges and institutes of districts in the region. It is located in Nagarjuna Nagar, Namburu, in the northern part of Guntur City, a major centre of learning for the state of Andhra Pradesh.The university is the outgrowth initiative of the post-graduate centre of Andhra University, which was established in 1967 in the Nallapadu area of Guntur, subsequently relocated to the Nambur/Kaza area in the east of the city. The centre gained affiliating-university status in 1976 and would open with ten post-graduate courses. The university is named after Acharya Nagarjuna, the founder of the Madhyamaka path of Mahayana Buddhism.Vice chancellors Rajaram new vice chancellor V. Balaiah (19-8-1976 to 19-8-1979) B. Sarveswara Rao (20-8-1979 to 08-02-1981) B. Swami (09-02-1981 to 09-8-1981) D. Bhaskara Reddy (10-8-1981 to 30-11-1982) K. Raja Ram Mohana Rao (30-11-1982 to 30-5-1986) G. J. V. Jagannadha Raju (30-5-1986 to 15-8-1988) D. Ramakotaiah (15-8-1988 to 15-8-1991) K. Penchalaiah I/c., (15-8-1991 to 20-12-1991) Y. C. Simhadri (20-12-1991 to 23-01-1995) S. V. J. Lakshman (23-01-1995 to 16-11-1997) P. Ramakanth Reddy I/c., (16-11-1997 to 23-9-1998) C. V. Raghavulu (24-9-1998 to 11-10-2001) D. Vijayanarayana Reddy (12-10-2001 to 30-11-2001) Chandrakanth Kokate FAC (01-12-2001 to 28-4-2002) L. Venugopal Reddy (29-4-2002 to 5-5-2005) V. Balamohanadas (6-5-2005 to 3-5-2008) Y. R. Haragopal Reddy (14-08-2008 - 14-8-2011) K. Viyyanna Rao I/C (From 15-8-2011) K.Viyyanna Rao (23-4-2012 to 23/4/15)k.r.s. I/C (From 24/4/2015) A. Rajendra Prasad,(from 19 January 2016....