Rangaraya Medical College

Rangaraya Medical College is one of the old and premier Government Medical colleges in Andhra pradesh, established in 1958 and is located in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is affiliated to Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences.HistoryDr. Datla Satyanarayana Raju and Dr. M. V. Krishna Rao had been dreaming of starting a private medical college to cater to the students of coastal Andhra Pradesh, and particularly Godavari districts. They founded and registered the Medical Education Society on 16 April 1958. The objects were of promoting Medical Education, Research and Relief through voluntary effort. They started collecting donations assisted by I. Joga Rao, P. V. N. Raju, K. Chandra Rao, A. Perisastry, B. Venkata Raju and P. R. Hari.Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad of Sri Mullapudi Venkata Rayudu Memorial Educational Trust of Tanuku, offered a donation of Rs. 500,000. Hence the college was named after his late brother-in-law Sri. Pendyala Ranga Rao, Zamindar of Dommeru. He became the Vice President of the Society. Sri Kotamarthi Venkanna gifted 61/2 acres of land, now called Kotamarthi Park. Sri Draksharama Choultry Trust gave a donation of Rs. 50,000 towards construction of a Lecture Hall.Rao Venkata Kumara Mahipati Surya Rau, the Maharaja of Pithapuram leased the Palatial Orphanage buildings. Two Lecture halls and a Dissection hall were newly constructed. The Rangaraya Medical College was inaugurated on 17 November 1958 by Sri. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. One hundred students were admitted in the first year. Their teaching work was initiated on 15 August 1958 by late Dr. V. S. Krishna, Vice Chancellor of the Andhra University. The idea was conceived on feb 24 by Col.D.S.Raju n his associates. The society was formed on 16 April, the first lecture was delivered by Dr. Moturu Bhanu Sankar Prasad on sept 17.