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Sri Venkateswara University

Public university in Andhra Pradesh, India

Summary

Public university in Andhra Pradesh, India

Field	Value
name	Sri Venkateswara University
image	Sri Venkateswara University logo.png
image_size	200px
caption	Seal of Sri Venkateswara University
motto
mottoeng	"Wisdom lies in proper perspective"
established
type	Public
budget	(12th plan)
chancellor	Governor of Andhra Pradesh
vice_chancellor	Tata Narasinga Rao
city	Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
country	India
campus_type	Urban
campus_size	1000 acre
nickname	SVU
accreditation	UGC
website

Sri Venkateswara University (commonly referred as S. V. University or SVU) is a public state university located in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, India. The university is named after Lord Venkateswara, whose shrine is located in the city.

The university was founded in 1954 by the then Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu and Siram Govindarajulu Naidu as its founder vice-chancellor. The university campus covers a large area on land leased by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. It is located on the West side of Tirupati, surrounded by the other universities in the city, namely Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences and National Sanskrit University.

Affiliated colleges

Colleges that are affiliated belong to Tirupati district, Chittoor district, and some parts of Annamayya district.

College of Sciences

College of Engineering

Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering is an autonomous institution whose foundation was laid by the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, on 13 October 1959.

Department of Physics

The Department of Physics hosts one of the four national research facilities: a center for research using the MST Radar Facility at Gadanki, commissioned under the UGC.

Rankings

| Times Higher Education Asia World University Rankings_2025 = 601+ | QS World University Rankigs Asia_2025 = 581-600

Sri Venkateswara University was ranked 1201–1500 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2023 and 351–400 in Asia. The QS World University Rankings of 2023 ranked it 351-400 in Asia. The university was ranked 101-150 overall in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023, 60th among universities and 251-300 in the engineering ranking. The NIRF ranked the university between 201-300 in the engineering rankings in 2024.

Vice Chancellors

S. Govindarajulu, 1954–1964
Y. C. Vaman Rao, 1964–1969
Jagannatha Reddy, 1969–1975
K. Sachidananda Murthy, 1975–1978
M. Santappa, 1979–1980
M. V. Rama Sarma, 1980–1984
G. N. Reddy, 1984–1987
S. V. J. Lakshman, 1988–1991
P. Jayaram Reddy, 1991–1994
R. Rama Murthi, 1994–1997
Kolakaluri Inoch, 1998–2001
P. Murali, 2001–2004
S. Jayarama Reddy, 2004–2007
C. Ratnam, 2008–2008
N. Prabhakara Rao, 2008–2011
W. Rajendra, 2012–2015
A. Damodaram, 2015–2018
V. V. N. Rajendra Prasad, 2019–2019
K. Raja Reddy, 2020–2023
V. Srikanth Reddy, 2023–2024
Ch. Appa Rao, 2024–2025
Tata Narasinga Rao, 2025–present

Notable alumni

N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and president of Telugu Desam Party
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and former Union Cabinet Minister
Prem Reddy, cardiologist and a major owner of Prime Healthcare Services
Raj & DK, filmmaking duo
Ramachandra Naidu Galla, industrialist and founder of Amara Raja Group
Ranganath, Telugu language actor
Vakkantham Vamsi, dialogue writer, screenwriter, and director in Telugu cinema
Muzaffar Ali, Indian Filmmaker
T. N. Manoharan, former chairman of Canara Bank

References

[http://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversitylist.aspx?id=1&Unitype=2 UGC.ac.in State Universities, Andhra Pradesh]
(9 October 2025). "Andhra Pradesh Governor Abdul Nazeer appoints Vice-Chancellors for five universities".
(2 September 2018). "Strive for further development of varsity, Vice-Chancellor exhorts staff".
"5th Phase of Equipment Procurement under TEQIP Scheme".
[http://www.ugc.ac.in/orgn/national_facility.html#radar UGC National Facilities]
Patra, B Suraj. "NIRF India".
"NIRF Ranking 2024".

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