Institution Profile:

      A.G. & S.G. Siddhartha Arts & Science Degree College, Vuyyuru was established in 1975 by the Adusumilli Gopalakrishnaiah Technological Association on the request of many farmers of the area growing sugarcane with the support of local philanthropists and sugarcane growers of the area. Subsequently, "Velagapudi Ramakrishna and Sugarcane Growers Educational and Welfare Society” was formed to obtain financial support to the institution. The KCP Management which was looking after the institution found it difficult to support it any longer because their attention was confined to industries and hence they approached Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education, Vijayawada, a well known Society that started and has been running more than a dozen educational institutions eversince the year 1975 to take over the Degree and Junior Colleges into their fold through a process of amalgamation of their Society with Siddhartha Academy. Accordingly, the institution has come to be managed by Siddhartha Academy with effect from May 2001. The college is located in an independent campus of more than 13 acres in the centre of the town in ideal surroundings.

Courses Offered:

      The Degree College enjoys permanent University affiliation in the following courses except temporary affiliation for B.Sc. Computer Science

Eligibility:

      A pass in Intermediate Course or its recognized equivalent by Acharya Nagarjuna University. Strict Merit order will be followed in selection of students for admission, besides following the rules of Reservation Policy of Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Fee Structure:(Including various fee payable to University)

    Arts & Commerce: Rs.1,000/- + other fee of Rs.1060/- = Rs.2,060/- *

    Science (MPC) : Rs. 1,000/- + other fee of Rs.1420/- = Rs.2,420/- *

    Science (BZC): Rs. 1,000/- + other fee of Rs.1600/- = Rs.2,600/- *

• As per government norms and rules, all fee concessions and scholarships will be extended to eligible students of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Listed Backward Classes, on application. Accordingly, reduced rates of fee (less than the shown above) will be collected from the students of the above categories. Students belong to Minority Communities will also be awarded Scholarships.

    Comp. Science: Rs.1,000/- plus other fee of Rs.6,500/- for Forward Castes and Rs.5,500/- for Scheduled Caste, Tribe and Listed Backward Classes.

Faculty:

      The Degree College is headed by a Principal, who achieved ‘Baton of Honour’ while he was NCC Officer at All India Level. The College has got 41 Teaching and 39 Administrative Staff to run the College on sound lines. Two Members of the Teaching Faculty hold ‘Ph.D’ and Three Members are having ‘M.Phil’ Degrees. The Librarian is doing Ph.D. on the thesis ‘The influence of Information Technology on the reading habits of the students in Degree College Libraries affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University, A.. - a Study’.

      The Office is supervised by an Administrative Officer with a Postgraduate qualification who is trained at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, a National Resource Institute promoted by Industrial Development Bank of India and other financial sector giants and supported by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, and he is awarded Certificate of Appreciation for his utmost commitment and sincerity.

Accommodation and Infrastructure:

      The unique feature of the College is dress-code. The Teaching Staff must wear full-sleeves white shirt tucked in on any colour trousers on all working days of the College without any exemption. The boy-students must wear khaki-trousers and white-shirt, and girl-students must wear white-blouse, green upper-cloth with green-full skirt. The students are permitted to attend the College in civil dress on Saturdays only.

      The Degree College has got sufficient accommodation and provides all necessary facilities to 762 students and the Faculty. This is a co-education College, with 403 boys and 359 girls (who constitute more than 47% of the total student-population). These students hail from more than 50 villages in and around Vuyyuru. More than 14 spacious class rooms are exclusively meant for Degree College. A three-storeyed RCC Main Building with diamond shaped steps radiates its beauty, courting jealousy. The class rooms in the asbestos-roofed and ventilated Building are provided fans to make the teaching and learning a pleasant experience. An imposing newly constructed Library Building accommodates more the 100 students-readers at a time and houses nearly 14,000 books. It stores costly books of reference for enrichment and refinement of the knowledge of Lecturers and Students.

      The students are provided with facilities in Physical Education Department. The existing 400-meter pucca-track is permitted to be used by walkers from the general public also, in addition to conducting rural games and sports by the existing high-schools on the College premises. The Mini-Gymnasium is an added attraction.

      The Laboratories of Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Computer Science are fully equipped to meet the demand, even for more extra admissions made to accommodate students of mettle.

Achievements:

      Having started with a Platoon strength of 55 boy-students in NCC, we have obtained permission for an increased strength of 150 students, raising its status to a Full Company. The N.C.C. Unit is looked after by an NCC Officer of Captain rank. Six (6) students participated in the Republic Day Parade at Raj Path, New Delhi from our College. One student received President’s Medal also at the Republic Day Parade in the year 1991-92. Seven (7) students participated in Basic Leadership Camps in different years, and two (2) students received ‘Gold Medals”. Besides, the N.C.C. students received appreciation for their pro-active involvement in social activities - Rallies for Communal Harmony, Peace March, for voluntary blood-donation, working as Volunteers in Traffic Control, Adult Education, Aids Awareness Programme, Government-sponsored Janmabhoomi Programmes many times.

      The College has got three (3) Units in N.S.S. (National Service Scheme) and one belongs to girl-students with a total intake of 300 students - 100 students in each unit. The NSS Volunteers involved in ‘Divi Seema’ Cyclone and removed dead bodies along with the non-government organizations.

Future Plans:

      The College with all strengths and achievements is preparing for submission of proposals for getting accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous Body of the U.G.C. The Master Plan of Growth in all directions, as being envisaged, will be displayed soon.