Mrs AVN College, Visakhapatnam

Campus Location: Visakhapatnam

Located in Mrs A.V.N. College has the unique distinction of being one of the select few colleges serving admirably the educational and cultural needs of South India in general and Andhra Pradesh in particular. Very few colleges in our country can boast of having produced a richer and more variegated alumni than this 140 year old institution. The first and foremost Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman passed out of this institution. Sir C.V.Raman's bronze bust was installed on the 4th of April, 1991 and unveiled by Sri V.P.Rama Rao, IAS, Former Chief Secretary., Other distinguished students were Sonthi Ramamurthi, ICS, Sri B.S. Sarma, Member of Viceroy's Executive Council in the twenties, Sri Vepa Ramesam, High Court Judge, Madras, Padma Bhushan Dwaram Venkata Swami Naidu, Sri Tenneti Viswanadham, Prof. B. Rama Chandra Rao, Ex-Vice Chairman, UGC, Sri S.V. Rangarow, Alluri Seetharama Raju, Dr M. Gopala Krishna Reddy, Former Vice-Chancellor, Andhra University, Padma Vibhushan Prof. C.R. Rao., Founded in 1860 as a school, this premier institution grew with the support of the public especially the zamindars of that time. It gained status of a High School in 1886 with a European Head master, Mr E. Winckler, who became the Principal in 1878 when it was elevated to the status of a college named Hindu College. Other Principals who succeeded him were Messers H.H. Anderson, R.S. Sheppard, W. Ramaiah, P.T. Srinivasa Iyengar were responsible for high standing of the College. But the financial position was unsatisfactory. Here, providence played its benign hand and the fortunes of the college changed for the better when in 1892, Ankitam Vekata Narsinga Row, a celebrated and munificent landlord endowed a handsome amount of Rs one lakh, 11 acre site and a huge building, besides a building grant of Rs 15,000 in memory of his beloved wife. The College thus came to be known by her name Mrs. A.V.N. College ever since., Mrs A.V.N. College was founded in the year 1860 in the form of a school. This premier institution was nurtured with the support of the Public especially with the zamindars of the time. It became a High School in 1886 with a European Head Master, Mr. E. Winckler who later became the Principal of the College, which started to be known as Hindu College in the year 1878. Mr E. Winckler was succeeded by many illustrious Principals who dedicated their services for Mrs A.V.N. College. Following is a mention of persons who served the Mrs A.V.N. College in the office of Principal, The College is also contributing to the development of co-curricular activities such as NCC and NSS. There are many occasions when the college students excelled their counter parts in youth festivals and won laurels. Mrs A.V.N. College, the premier and century old institution has installed the Bronze bust of Sri A.V. Narsinga Row, the founder of the College in December, 1993 during the Founder's Day celebrations and paid tributes to its Founder, whose magnificent, matchless donations and broad vision were responsible for the establishment of this institution which has produced and is still producing eminent citizens in all walks of life., This College has obtained permission from Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad to introduce B.Sc (Bio-Technology, Bio-Chemistry, Chemistry), B.Com (Vocational), B.A. (Maths, Economics, Statistics) in the academic year 2002-2003 and B.Sc, Maths, Electronics and Computer Science during this academic year 2003-2004., The College received the required permission to start M.Com in academic year 2002-2003 and M.Sc Applied Mathematics during the academic year 2003-2004. The present Correspondent Smt A. Indrani Jaggarow's untiring efforts and motivation is behind the all-round development of this institution.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.