Parvathaneni Brahmayya Siddhartha College of Arts & Science, Vijayawada

Siddhartha College, later renamed as, Parvathaneni Brahmayya Siddhartha College of Arts & Science, is the first institution to have been started by the Academy in 1975, with 200 students and 15 faculty members. The UGC and Acharya Nagarjuna University, the Parent University in the jurisdiction of which the college operates granted 'autonomy' to undergraduate courses in the year 1988. From the modest beginning, the college has emerged as one of the premier institutions of higher learning in the State, with a present strength of 2,798 students and 114 faculty members. UGC has recognized our college with potential abilities to attain high standards in teaching, research and extension activities leading to excellence. This facilitates the college to design, develop and deliver the chosen academic programmes. Students trained in this college will be outstanding in their abilities – curricular, extracurricular activities and ethical values. The holistic education imparted in this institution enhances the academic abilities along with character, making every student perfect. In its long journey of more than fourty years, a number of restructured, vocational and post-graduate courses were started and thousands of students graduated in Arts, science, commerce and management. It is always believed-knowing oneself is the greatest skill in the path of perfection. Excellence does not mean perfection. It is only a cause in the perfection. Following this tenet, it is thought that introspection is a necessity and hence the college went for the re-accreditation by the NAAC, since the journey for perfection should go on farther and forever. Ours is the first college in the jurisdiction of Acharya Nagarjuna University to get accreditation at 'A' level by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore. The college has been shifted to The Jurisdiction of Krishna University, Machilipatnam in the academic year 2009-‘10. University Grants Commission has conferred the status on our college “College with Potential for Excellence”. Recently the NAAC reaccredited our college at the level 'A' with 3.23 on 4 point scale. The college believes in the axiom 'Enter to learn, leave to serve' and live as 'Siddharthian‘. Our college is the centre of soft skills, study skills, memory skills, career clues and media matters. The Post Graduate centre of the college has a total student strength of 708 and faculty strength of 32. The students of the PG. courses have the additional facilities of special instruction in language skills as well as soft skills leading to their better performance not only at the Universities' examinations but also at the interviews conducted for various academic and administrative positions. The M.B.A., & M.C.A. are the outstanding departments helping students to achieve coveted ranks at the University examinations and also excellent placement opportunities in their lives. The courses have a special research cell recognized by the University where a number of teachers of our institution as well as other institutions pursue research leading to M.Phil. and Ph.D. Degrees. Our faculty members are guiding research scholars leading to award of M.Phil. and Ph.D. The faculty members of P.G. Centre are well qualified to take up quality ducation in continuous process for the welfare of the students. P.G. Centre is well equipped with physical infi'astructure, updated library, and quality of teaching learning process. The students are trained to meet the needs of the competitive world through various programmes such as life skills, soft skills, special workshops, personality development programmes, seminars etc. All these aspects are of paramount importance in providing the quality of education offered by our institution.