Andhra University College of Science and Technology
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1931 |
| Chancellor | Governor of Andhra Pradesh |
| Vice-Chancellor | G. Nageswara Rao |
| Principal | Prof. P. Rajendra Prasad |
| Students | 2106 |
| Location | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Nickname | AU |
| Website | https://andhrauniversity.edu.in/scicol.html |
Andhra University College of Science and Technology is a constituent college of Andhra University established in 1931.
History
The College was started in 1931 as the combined Colleges of Arts, Science and Technology. In later years the combined colleges were bifurcated in the year 1966, with Prof. R.Ramanadham as its first principal.
Present
The college is the biggest constituent college of the University with 23 departments and organizing 50 courses covering the disciplines of Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences, Abstract Sciences etc. Five departments of the college viz., The departments of Physics, Geology, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology have special assistance programmes supported by the UGC. There are also research and training centers These centers are Centre for Marine Archaeology. Centre for Nuclear Techniques, Delta Studies Institute, the University Science Instrumentation Centre and Ocean Science and Technology Cell.
The college has a total strength of nearly 2106 students, 800 research scholars, 100 Teaching Faculty, 40 Assistant Professors (contract), 52 Guest Faculty and 176 administrative and supporting staff. It is the biggest constituent college of the University with a teacher to student ratio of nearly 1:12.
Schools and departments
The College of Science and Technology is made up of schools as follows:
School of Physics:
- Department of Physics
- Department of Nuclear Physics
School of Chemistry:
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Foods, Drugs and Water
- Physical and Nuclear Chemistry and Chemical Oceanography
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences:
- Department of Geology
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geophysics
- Department of Meteorology and Oceanography
School of Mathematical Sciences:
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Applied Mathematics and
- Department of Statistics.
School of Life Sciences:
- Department of Botany
- Department of Zoology
- Department of Marine Living Resources
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Human Genetics
- Department of Environmental Sciences
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Biotechnology
Research and Development Centres
- Delta Studies Institute
- Population Research Centre
- Centre for Nuclear Techniques
- Centre for Marine Archaeology
- Hydrology and Water Management with Rural Bias
- University Science Instrumentation Centre
Academics
The Courses offered in the College are:
Eminent alumni
- U. Aswathanarayana, Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India
- Trivikram Srinivas, M.Sc (Nuclear Physics), Film director