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Demand for IIT/IIEST status for AUCE still alive
G. NARASIMHA RAO
Demand for establishing an IIT in the city or upgrading the Andhra University College of Engineering to the status of IIT or IIEST is pending for a long time and no effort is being spared by the administration or the locals to remind the Centre at frequent intervals of the need to have an institution of this status in the city.
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s announcement after his return from New Delhi late last week that IIT at Medak would start functioning in a few months only makes the locals more vociferous with their demand for a similar institution here. To ensure their quota of seats at the AUCE when it is upgraded as a National institution, the State Government asked the Union Ministry of HRD to allot 50 per cent of seats to AP candidates. The present number of seats available to the locals can be retained if the intake is doubled. The State Government also wanted the centre to allow the number to be doubled.
So far, there is no response to this proposal and one hopes the state Government pursues its proposal with the Centre and get the AUCE upgraded or a new IIT established here. Andhra University might be one of the oldest universities in the country and enjoys a good reputation but it is the only major educational institution in the north coastal Andhra region, which needs another major institution considering its backwardness.
Principal feted
Principal of AU College of Science and Technology P. Veerraju has been selected for the Best Teacher award by the State Government. On this occasion the faculty, research scholars, students and non-teaching staff of the department of which Prof. Veerraju is one of the founder members organised a warm and touching function to felicitate the senior teacher.
Prof. Veerraju put in a lot of effort to make the department a reputed one and many of its alumni are holding important positions in reputed Indian and foreign universities. All the present faculty members of the department have been his students. He has guided 16 scholars to their Ph.D.s and eight M.Phils. and published more than 150 scientific papers.
HoD G. Sudhakar, Chairman of Board of Studies G. Paddaiah, faculty members N. Lakshmi, V.L. Kalpana, M. Ramesh, Dharani Priya, D. Uday Kumar, Tulasi Mohan Kali, S. Sree Devi, P.G. Ramjee and others felicitated Prof. Veerraju.
Students help poor pupils
The teachers in making are already taking care of the pupils. First year students of M.A. (education) should be appreciated for their gesture of helping the poor pupils of a local school. Every student put aside a part of his or her pocket money for the Save Fund Box in the department and after pooling up some money they bought notebooks and pencils and gave them away to 60 poor pupils of GVMC Primary School in Peda Waltair.
HoD of Education Nimma Venkata Rao handed over the books and pencils to the pupils. Prof. Venkata Rao and Head Master of the school S.V. Ramana appreciated the students for nice gesture of sparing a part of their pocket money to help poor pupils.
Ashtavadhanam at AU
Andhra University organised an Asthavadhanam, the famous literary exercise of the Telugus that also requires a lot of command over the language and literature and also quality of putting questions and giving answers in a quick manner, on the occasion of the State Formation Day.
Vice-Chancellor L. Venugopal Reddy inaugurated the programme after HoD of Telugu E. Viswanadha Reddy welcomed. Peri Ravikumar introduced the Avadhani Madugula Nagaphani Sarma. Kondapalli Sudarsana Raju, K. V. Surya Rao, Rambhatla Nrusimha Sarma, U.T.S. Raju, B.V. Ramana Reddy, Sajja Mohana Rao, Meegada Ramalinga Swamy and B.V. Bangarraju acted as “Prachakas”.
Registrar P. Vijaya Prakash and others were present. The programme was witnessed by a large gathering of faculty, research scholars, students, literary lovers and others.
AU Prof. for Beijing meet
Coordinator of UGC Special Assistance Programme and a professor of philosophy P. George Victor has gone to Beijing to participate in the Beijing Forum 07. He is one among the two delegates invited from India for the meet being held on the theme, “harmony of civilisation and prosperity for all”. Prof. Victor is presenting a paper on “scholarly tradition and its universality”
Chairman of Board of Studies
Noted writer and critic Velamala Simmanna has been appointed as Chairman of Board of Studies (PG course) in Telugu of Andhra University for a three-year period. Prof. Simmanna is with the AU School of Distance Education and wrote 26 books, published more than 180 research papers and participated in more than 50 literary conferences and meetings. Among the many awards he received is the State Govenrment’s Basha Vishishta Puraskaram, presented to him by Chief Minister
recently.
Former VC remembered
The United Employees Union of AU organised a meeting to pay tributes to former Vice-Chancellor M. Gopalakrishna Reddy on his 75th death anniversary. Prof. Venugopal Reddy, Rector B. Satyanarayana and others recalled the services done by the late Gopalakrishna Reddy.
State Formation Day
The VMC Mahila Vidya Peeth celebrated the State Formation Day by organising a function in the college premises. HoD of History and Archaeology of AU K. Suryanarayana was the chief guest. Principal A. Nalini Kumari presided. Lecturers R. Uma Devi and B. Vijayalakshmi also spoke.
Blood donation
Many students of Dr. N.S. Kolla School of Business located at Gambhiram donated blood at a voluntary donation camp organised in the college premises. The camp was coordinated by Director of the school U. Babaji. Additional DMHO P. Rajendra Prasad and Blood Bank Medical Officer of Victoria Hospital for Women Sudha Rani along with their staff conducted the camp.
Title for Kalyan
R.V. Kalyan Sudarshan of Samata Degree and PG College won the doubles title in the All India Tennis Association’s under-18 ranking talent series tournament held at Rajkot (Gujarat) recently. He partnered with Jai Gandhi of Gujarat. Principal S. Vijaya Ravindra, physical director M. Lakshmayya, and others congratulated Kalyan on winning the title.
Selected for JNTU team
K. Thata Rao of Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology at Duvvada was selected to the JNTU’s team that will participate in the South Zone inter-university kabaddi tournament to be conducted by Periyar Univeristy at Salem.Principal A. Arjuna Rao, HoD of mechanical branch R. Vaikuntha Rao, Physical Director Ch. Rambabu and others congratulated Thata Rao.
Programme for SHGs
AU’s Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Centre for Women’s Studies and a local NGO Chaitanya Sravanthi organised a capacity building programme for members of SHGs. Prof. Venugopal Reddy inaugurated the three-day programme. Prof. Satyanarayana, Principal of AU College of Arts and Commerce J.V. Prabhakara Rao, Convenor of the Women’s Centre B. Ratnakumari, director of Chaitanya Sravanti Shirin Rehaman and others spoke.
Ph.Ds. awarded
Adari Kalyan Kumar has been awarded degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) by AU in inorganic and analytical chemistry for his thesis “some kinetic and mechanistic studies on oxidation of L-cystine and L-cysteine”. Prof. P. Vani was his research guide.
C. Mohan Kumar received Ph.D. in chemical engineering for his thesis “studies on production of acetylacholinesterase inhibitor by streptomyces geysiriensis”. He was guided by Prof. M. Narasimha Rao.
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