K G Prasada Rao A N R College of Education

The KG Prasada Rao - Akkineni Nageswara Rao College of Education is the sister institution of the Akkineni Nageswara Rao College, Gudivada. The Akkineni Nageswara Rao College is the result of the munificence and zeal for higher education of the people of Gudivada Taluk and of the neighbouring taluks in Krishna District lead by local visionaries consisting of Sri Parvathaneni Venkataratnam (President), Sri Kaza Venkataramaiah (Secretary), Sri Uppalapati Veerabhadra Rao (Treasurer), Sri Vemulapalli Ramabrahmam (Joint Secretary) and Sarvasri Vadde Sobhanadri, Sri Lingam Venkata Krishnaiah and Sri Upadrasta Papanna Sastry as members. The original Degree College was formally inaugurated under the name "The Gudivada College" by Prof. V.S.Krishna, B.A., (Oxon), Ph.D. (Vienna), the Vice-Chancellor of the Andhra University, on July 6 th, 1950. In 1960 the college moved to its present premises consisting of 23.43 acres of fertile land donated by Philanthropic villagers of Pedaparupudi and Bhushanagulla. Sri Akkineni Nageswara Rao and the admirers gave a donation of a lakh of rupees, and the college was named as " Akkineni Nageswara Rao College ". The Akkineni Nageswara Rao College celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1976. Sri Jalagam Vengala Rao, the then Chief Minister of A.P. was the Chief Guest of the function. The Akkineni Nageswara Rao College celebrated its Golden Jubilee in the year 2000. Sri Nara Chandra Babu Naidu, the then Chief Minister of A.P. was the Chief Guest of the function along with other prominent leaders of the country.