Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU)
Acharya Nagarjuna University is a public University, and one of the largest universities in the region of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in Nagarjuna Nagar, on the Northern part of Guntur City, a major centre of learning in the country.
The university is an outgrowth of a Post-Graduate Centre of Andhra University, which was established in 1967 at Nallapadu area of Guntur and then relocated to Nambur/Kaza area on the east of the city. The Centre gained affiliating university status in 1976, and opened with ten post-graduate courses. The university is named after Acharya Nagarjuna, the pro-founder of the Madhyamaka path of Mahayana Buddhism.
| Established: | 1976 |
| Chancellor: | N D Tiwari |
| Vice-Chancellor: Registrar: | Prof. Y.Raja Haragopal Reddy Prof. Viyyanna Rao K |
| Location: | Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Website: | www.nagarjunauniversity.ac.in |
A new college for engineering and technology (ANU Engineering College) is currently being setup in the main campus of the University.
Departments:
* Department of Aquaculture
* Department of Biotechnology
* Department of Chemistry
* Department of Political Science & Public Administration
* Department of Sociology
* Department of Economics
* Department of Telugu & Oriental Languages
* Department of Zoology
* Department of Botany
* Department of Commerce & Business Administration
* Department of Adult Education
* Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Technology
* Department of Environmental Science
* Department of Geology
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Physics
* Department of Rural development
* Department of Social Work
* Department of Statistics
* Department of Women's Studies
* Centre for Scientific Socialism
* Centre for Buddhist Studies
Contact:
Nagarjunanagar - 522 510,
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Phone Number: 293189 / 293190 / 293 263086365748332
Email: ragh@india.com
Vice Chancellor:
Tel: 0863 2293238(O)2333930(R
Fax: 293378
Registrar:
Tel: 0863 2293269, 2323257(O)(R)
Fax: 293378, 2293320