GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) RE-ACCREDITED WITH ‘A’ GRADE by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) (CGPA 3.09 Points) RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM. Estd. 1853 PROSPECTUS OF B.A., B.Com., B.Sc., COURSES 2016 - 2017 website : e-mail: www.govtcollegerjy.org
[email protected] NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants commission Certificate of Accreditation The Executive Committee of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council on the recommendation of the duly appointed Peer Team is pleased to declare the Government College (Autonomous) Rajahmundry, Dist. East Godavari, affiliated to Andhra university, Andhra Pradesh as Accredited with CGPA of 3.09 on four point scale at A grade valid up to November 29, 2016 NAAC Date : November 30, 2011 Director EC/57/RAR/28 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE Government College, Rajahmundry started functioning as a Zilla school in 1853 and was upgraded as a Provin- cial school of Madras presidency in 1868. This was the beginning of the unbroken story of Government College, Rajahmundry which completed 160 years of its mammoth service in the field of Higher Education. It is the first and the oldest college in Andhra Pradesh. The high school classes were discontinued in 1885 and since then the college has remained exclusively as college for University classes. The College was affiliated to University of Madras in 1891. At the commencement of 19th century, the Government College at Rajahmundry was one of the only three graded Colleges maintained by Government in Madras Presidency, and the other two being the Presidency College at Chennai and the Kumbakonam College at Kumbakonam.