Andhra Pradesh is situated on the south eastern coast of India and is the fourth largest Indian state in area . The state comes fifth if we compare its population with other Indian states. Andhra being a major producer of rice having produced over 77% of rice in the year 2006. Hyderabad is the capital city of this state. The state is placed in second place for its largest coastline with a distance of about 972km with Gujrat coming int eh first place with the largest coastline.
Educational scenario in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh is one of the well developed states of India and a hub of many prestigious educational institutes. There are many experienced and learned lecturers and professors who design the curriculum of the various courses offered in Andhra universities. There are numerous schools which offer quality education for primary and secondary classes whereas there are few schools which provide free education for children living below poverty line. The schools of Andhra follow the 'central educational board ' curriculum while some schools follow the 'state educational board' curriculum. The universities of Andhra has produced many brilliant luminaries of India and offer free scholarship for meritorious students to help them pursue higher education.
Famous Universities in Andhra Pradesh
# Andhra University
It is one the oldest educational institutions of the country and first educational institution which offers residential facility for pursuing post graduate training and research. The Andhra University was formed by the Madras act of 1926. Our former president Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was one of the Vice Chancellor of this university. There are a wide range of programs which Andhra University offers to its students like Nuclear physics, Instrumentation engineering, marine engineering, naval architecture. Other educational programs include Tourism management, Journalism, Human Resource Management, International Business etc. However there are M.Tech programs in Engineering college which include Technology Forecasting, Radar and Microwave Engineering, Coastal Harbour Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering and many more.
# University of Hyderabad
The University is situated in GachiBowli in Hyderabad is spread over 2300 acres of land. It was selected as the member of 'International Council for Distance Education', 'Association of Indian Universities' and 'Association of Commonwealth Universities' . There are numerous institutes under this university which offer PG courses and Research Programmes.
# Kakatiya University
The Kakatiya university is located at Warangal in Andhra Pradesh. The university affiliates 340 colleges and offers 120 courses in arts, commerce, business, science, social sciences, law , engineering and pharmacy. The university offers various engineering courses like Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, Computer Science Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. There are doctorate degrees offered by the university in various fields. The university has introduced various Master degree courses in Library and Information Sciences, Psychology and Journalism and Mass Communication, Environmental Sciences, Diploma in Mimicry and Certificate in English Communication. There are various other courses in distance learning offered by the Kakatiya University.
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