Sri Venkateswara University
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| Motto | Jnanam Samyaga Vekshanam |
| Established | 1954 |
| Type | Public |
| Vice-Chancellor | N. Prabhakar Rao |
| Location | Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Campus | Rural |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www.svuniversity.in |
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, is a state university, which was established in 1954, in the famous temple city of Tirupati, South India, under the auspices of Late Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, and with support of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. The university was started with six departments: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Economics and Philosophy.
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[edit] Campus
With a sprawling campus of nearly 1000 acres (6 km²), one of the largest universities in India, and buildings of majestic beauty and architectural splendor (whose architect was the famous Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya), the university has eight constituent colleges. The university has 58 departments, wherein 71 postgraduate courses and several diploma and certificate courses are run with a total academic faculty strength of 400, 1500 non-teaching, and a student strength of 5000, including research scholars.[1]
[edit] Centers of learning
[edit] College of Engineering
Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering is an autonomous institution whose foundation was laid by the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, on 13 October 1959.[2] Since then, it has become a premier technological institution in India.[citation needed]
[edit] Centre for Studies in Peace and Non-violence
The general purpose of the centre is to study peace and non-violence in their widest contexts. The centre has collaboration with Gandhi Smriti and Darsan Samithi, New Delhi (Government of India); the International Centre for Gandhian Studies and Research, Government of India, New Delhi; Shiksha Mandal, Wardha, National Foundation for Communal Harmony, Government of India, New Delhi; and the University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.
[edit] Department of Law
The university has a department of law providing higher education in the field of law.
[edit] Department of Physics
The university has a separate Department of Physics. The department offers M.Sc. (two years), Integrated M.Sc. (five* years) in Physics, M.Tech (two years) in Energy Management, M.Phil and Ph.D programs. The faculty members are actively engaged in research in thrust areas of physics which include atmospheric physics, laser and integrated optics, condensed matter physics, electronics and solar physics.
The Department of Physics hosts one of the four national research facilities: a center for research using the MST Radar Facility at Gadanki, commissioned under the UCG.[3]
[edit] Department of Natural Sciences
This is the Natural Sciences department of the university.
[edit] Department of Library and Information Science
the Department of Library and Information Science was started in 1974 and has been preparing library and information science professionals for more than 30 years. The department offers Master's of Library and Information Science (two-year integrated course) under CBCS, with four semesters. Besides this the department also running a Doctoral degree leading to Ph.D. and M.Phil courses as full- and part-time.
The department is ahead in research and training in library and information science, having expertisation in fields of LIS. Admissions are done through an annual SVUCET test. The intake strength is 20, with five addition seats allotted under the self-financing scheme. The students get fellowships, scholarships, etc. Hostel facility is available to all the students. The reservation policy is followed as per the rules of the government of Andhra Pradesh.
[edit] Library
Sri Venkateswara University Library, started in 1955 to serve the needs of the students, researchers and teachers of the university colleges, has a membership of 6397. Housed in a spacious building with seating capacity for about 400 readers, the library has 25 professionals and 50 administrative and supporting staff. It has a total collection of 2,95,000 volumes which includes 35,000 bound volumes of journals and nearly 3500 theses and dissertations. It subscribes to 350 periodicals at an annual cost of 12 lakh of rupees, and its annual budget is nearly 56 lakh.
The library provides services such as lending of books, reference and bibliographic service, reprographic service. It has microfilm readers, audio-video systems, slide projector and public address system.
Special features are a fully equipped binding section and a small children's wing which was opened in the Gandhi centenary year 1969.
The library is gearing up for computerization and is participating in the INFLIBNET program.
The library has the honour of hosting the following national conference and seminars:
- ILA 18th Annual Conference in December 1969.
- INDAAL 2nd Annual conference in January 1980.
- UGC Seminar on use of Microforms and Space Management in Libraries in August 1984.
- IASLIC 16th Annual Conference in December 1987.
- Seminar on Staffing in University Libraries in March 1991.
- Seminar on Library Automation and Networking problems and Prospects in March 1996.
- UGC national seminar on "Digital Libraries and establishment of Institutional Repositories", 23–24 March 2007
[edit] Oriental Research Institute
Sri Venkateswara Oriental Research Institute was started in July 1939 by the management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams with a view that it should be a first-rate research and training centre with appropriate divisions for the study of Sanskrit and other languages of the Hindu religion and philosophy and of Hindu culture generally.
Under the management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, the Oriental Research Institute published 16 volumes of the Oriental Journal and about 64 books in Sanskrit (20), English (8), Telugu (19) Tamil (17) under the Sri Venkateswara Oriental Series, Sri Venkateswara Oriental Institute Studies and Sri Visistadvaita Sampradaya Granthamala. They covered the areas of Kosa, Dharmasastra, Vyakarana, scientific literature like Mathematics, Saiva, Vaikhamala and Pancaratra Agamas, Vedanta, Kavya, Stotra and Psychology.
The Bharatakosa by M.R. Kavi and the History of Sanskrit Literature by M. Krishnamachariar published by this institute have become indispensable basic tools of research in Sanskrit literature and literacy criticism. The Tenth All India Oriental Conference in 1940 and the Fourth Session of Sanskrit Vishva Parish at in 1955 were held in Tirupati under the auspices of the institute. It is a designated 'Manuscript Conservation Centre' (MCC) under the National Mission for Manuscripts.[4]
The library of the institute contains 16,948 manuscripts and 42,000 printed books. Each book in the is purchased selectively on consideration of its utility in the research activities of the institute covering all the fields of Indian tradition.
[edit] Computer centre
The S.V.U. Computer Centre was established during 1984 with the objects to provide services to the students, staff and research scholars. In a university, Computer Centre occupies a prime position. It is an active academic place, providing computater requirements for the university community and a place for software-development activities. It is a nucleus of Internet services. It is also undertaking teaching postgraduate and certificate courses.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Nara Chandrababu Naidu, former chief minister, A.P.
- Ramachandra Naidu Galla, Indian industrialist, the founder of the Amara Raja Group of companies
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