Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam was established in 1983.The university provides an ideal atmosphere for the students.The campus is situated about 3 K.M away from the railway station and bus stand and is the only institution of higher learning in Andhra Pradesh devoted exclusively to women education.The University was established with the conviction that emancipation and empowerment of women can be achieved only through education. The University offers courses which serve the dual purpose of acadamic excellence with applied orientation.
Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (University for Women)was founded in the year 1983 by Sri N.T.Rama Rao, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, with the fervent desire to train women students as better builders of the Nation and to inculcate skills of leadership in all aspects of life.The University was established under the Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam Act of 1983,which has come into force on the 14 of April 1983.It was started with ten faculties and 300 students and twenty staff members. To day the University has a student population of 2700 and an academic staff 250. This year the University is going to have 59 courses at the post-graduate and undergraduate level and a good component of research. The campus of Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam is spread out in a lush green area of 138.43 acres. The University is situated at a distance of 3 km from the railway and bus stations of Tirupati.The campus has the necessary buildings to run its academic programmes and administrative machinery. There are separate buildings for Humanities and Sciences, University’s Administration, Central Library, University Auditorium, Sericulture Complex, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and also an independent building for Computer Science and Computer centre.
Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (University for Women) established in the year 1983 and accredited with four stars status by NAAC has given unparalleled service to Women’s Education in Andhra Pradesh, drawing on the great cultural traditions of the Country as well as keeping in tune with changing times, channels of employability and assuring quality education in teaching as well as research. We shall continue to produce graduates who are equipped to contribute to the intellectual social, political, moral and material development of the societies in which they are to live and recognize that the development of contemporary societies reflects diversity along side consensus and acknowledgement of the past as well as concern for innovation. We shall continue to undertake research, consultancy and other forms of service to local and regional communities, which will enrich our teaching and advance our quest for wisdom and truth. To fulfill our mission – “Emancipation of Women through Acquisition of Knowledge”, we have set major goals. These goals guide our planning strategies, which we review and update annually. We do our outmost to achieve each goal by safeguarding our established freedom to create an environment of excellence in teaching and research and by maintaining our status as a teaching institution of higher education in the region.
Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam,
Tirupati - 517 502,
Andhra Pradesh,
India.
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Registrar : 91-877-2284588
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