Kakatiya University
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కాకతీయ విశ్వవిద్యాలయం | |
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| Motto | Marching Towards Academic Excellence |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1976 |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof.R.Sayanna |
| Location | , , 18°1′41.08″N 79°33′6.89″E / 18.0280778°N 79.5519139°E |
| Campus | Rural |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | Kakatiya University website |
Kakatiya University is a public university located in Warangal in the Indian state of Telangana.
The university offers about 120 programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the faculties of arts, science, commerce and business management, social sciences, education, engineering and pharmaceutical sciences with constituent and affiliated colleges spread over four districts of Telangana. The faculties include 248 teaching staff and 622 non-teaching staff.
Academics
The university has a network of eleven constituent colleges with twenty-eight departments. During 2011-2012, enrollment of students for under-graduate programs was around 90,000 in the 2004-2005 school year, according to the university's own website, while it was 8,000 for post-graduate courses. About 850 research scholars are registered for PhD programs in different departments.
For the first time in Telangana, postgraduate in-service science courses for teachers and government employees, M.L.I.Sc and MCJ, diploma in mimicry, certificate course in communication skills in English, M.Sc. (Environmental Science), B.tech and M.Sc. (Psychology) have been made available.
The university also promotes individual and collective research by faculty and scholars.
Vice Chancellors
| SNo. | Name of VC | Tenure from | Tenure to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Venkata Ramiah | 20 Aug 1976 | 19 Aug 1979 |
| 2 | Jafar Nizam | 20 Aug 1979 | 19 Aug 1982 |
| 3 | T. Vasudev | 20 Aug 1982 | 18 Aug 1988 |
| 4 | Jafar Nizam | 26 Oct 1988 | 25 Oct 1991 |
| 5 | K. Jayashankar | 11 Dec 1991 | 09 Dec 1995 |
| 6 | Y. Vaikuntham | 21 Jan 1995 | 19 Jan 1998 |
| 7 | Vidyavati | 06 May 1998 | 05 May 2001 |
| 8 | Chandrakant Kokate | 10 Jan 2001 | 27 Sep 2004 |
| 9 | V. Gopal Reddy | 11 Oct 2004 | 10 Oct 2007 |
| 10 | N. Linga Murthy | 12 Nov 2007 | 10 Dec 2010 |
| 11 | B. Venkat Rathnam | 18 May 2011 | 17 May 2014 |
| 12 | R. Sayanna | 25 July 2016 |