About Overview

Sri Ramakrishna Degree College, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, sponsored by Sri Ramakrishna Education Society, was established in the year 1984 with a vision to

“Create environment that enable the students to transform into productive Citizens with Creativity and Competence”.

The mission to provide top class higher learning facilities at Nandyal, which has been, till then, was starving for a well-knit educational institution that could offer quality education in different faculties, led to the establishment of Sri Ramakrishna Degree College in 1984. The College was then affiliated to Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupathi and subsequently transferred to Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur due to reorganization of boundaries of these Universities by the State of Andhra Pradesh. Another round of the reorganization of the universities in the state of Andhra Pradesh has brought the college under the jurisdiction of the Rayalaseema University, Kurnool. Since its inception, the institution has been striving to set and surpass acclaimed educational standards. With the result, it became a name to reckon with by providing quality education through an environment conducive for both learners and facilitators.

Sri Ramakrishna Degree College has grown by leaps and bounds not only in introducing innovative courses, creating state of the art facilities, recruiting competent faculty but also in its status as an educational institution. It brought many academic laurels to the institution by securing many University ranks, distinctions and a very high ratio of first class students.

Having gained a decade’s rich experience in imparting quality education programs at the undergraduate level, a concerted effort was made to extend the same area of services at the Postgraduate level. And thus, Sri Ramakrishna Post Graduate College was established in 1994 under the aegis of Sri Ramakrishna Education Society offering MBA, MCA and M.Com (Professional) Courses.

The success in these courses not only gave us ample confidence but also motivated to embark upon extensive expansion activities in terms of adding additional infrastructure, faculty, and knitting together the threads of professionalism. As a result, the college added additional Post-Graduate courses, viz., M.Sc. (Computer Science), M.A. (English), M.Sc. (Electronics) and M.Sc. (Applied Mathematics and Mathematics), M.Sc. (Physics), M.Sc. (Electronics) and M.Sc. (Botany).

In recognition of its excellent services in the field of education the institution has received many Laurels from different quarters. During the year 1996, the College was admitted to grant-in-aid for some courses by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The college got a shot in its arm when the UGC granted autonomous status to it during the academic year 2005-06. The college has been certified as an ISO 9001: 2000 institution for its exceptional academic standards in the year 2005. Another feather was added to its cap, when the college was identified as a college with potential for excellence (CPE) by the UGC. Since 2005-06 the college has been functioning under autonomous status.

The Autonomous status conferred on the college gave academic flexibility and intellectual freedom to design its own curricula, of course with certain limitations. A challenging and comprehensive curriculum is to be framed for these advanced learners and it should pave the way for them to seek admission into the Premier Institutions of Higher Learning and equip them well to pursue further education with ease. It should supplement and complement their endeavour for occupying important public positions such as honest civil servants, competent professionals, committed experts, talented scientists and so on. In view of this, each department has modified the common core syllabus with functional orientation to the extent of not less than 20% in each subject to cater to the needs of higher education and employment.

The employability of the students demands not only academic skills but also physical stamina, aesthetic sensibility and soft & social skills. For the purpose our students are encouraged to participate in NCC, NSS, Sports & Games, intellectual activities such as debates & seminars and cultural activities such as poetry, music, dance and painting. They are given grades for their active participation in them and these grades are incorporated in their marks memos and certificates.

There are certain lacunae left in the routine course of the conventional curriculum. They do not build adequate career orientation and capabilities. We recognize the dire present need to fill in them. The Certificate Courses in Communicative English & Soft Skills, Translation Studies, Functional Telugu, Annam Acharya Literature, Communicative Hindi, Applied Mathematics, Computer Awareness, Food & Nutrition, Horticulture, Tourism & Travel Management, Human Rights, Journalism & Mass Communication and Tax Procedure are introduced in the academic year, 2005-06.

the College is re-accredited with “A” Grade by NAAC in the year 2015 witnessed the college crossing another land mark. The college went for NAAC accreditation in 2007 and in recognition of its exceptional standards the college has been accredited with ‘A’ Grade by the NAAC.