Vol. XIV : No. 2 ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY PUBLICATION JULY - SEPTEMBER 2012

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEEChief Patron : Prof. K. Viyyanna Rao, Vice-Chancellor, A.N.U.Patrons : Prof. Y.P. Ramasubbaiah, Rector, A.N.U.

Prof. R.R.L. Kantam, Registrar, A.N.U.Prof. T. Uma Maheswara Rao, Principal, ANU College of Arts, Commerce & LawProf. A.V. Dattatreya Rao, Principal, A.N.U. College

Chief Editor : Prof. K. Ratna Shiela Mani, Dept. of English, A.N.U.Editorial Board : Prof. M.V. Ram Kumar Ratnam, Centre for Mahayana Buddhist Studies; Prof. G.V.S.R. Anjaneyulu, Dept.

of Statistics; Prof. M.V.S. Koteswara Rao, Dept. of Political Science & Public Admn.; Dr. R. Siva RamaPrasad, Dept. of Commerce & Business Admn.; Dr. P.V. Krishna, Dept. of Zoology & Aquaculture; Dr. B.Karuna, Dept. of English; Dr. K. Sumanth Kumar, Dept. of Zoology; Dr. Saraswathi Raju Iyer, Dept. ofSociology & Social Work; Dr. S. Murali Mohan, Ambedkar Chair; President , ANUTA; Finance Officer I/c;President, Vikasa, ANU,

E-mail : shiela.newsletter@gmail.com

36th FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATIONS

Acharya Nagarjuna University celebrated its 36th Foundation Day with great pride and jubilation onSeptember 11, 2012 in the H.H. Deichmann and Dr. S. John David Auditorium. The university wore a festivelook with staff, students, research scholars and invitees thronging the Auditorium.

Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor Prof. K. Viyyanna Rao outlined the progress of the universityfrom its humble origins in 1975, as a P.G. Centre of Andhra University. He said that the university is now rankedamong the best in the country serving the academic needs of Guntur and Prakasam districts. The Vice-Chancellor thanked educationists, philanthropists and social activists, who had played a role in moulding theuniversity. Focus would be placed on quality and independent research, he said.

Continuing the annual tradition, the university conferred Pratibha Puraskarams on eleven eminentpersonalities from various fields. Awards / Prizes were also conferred on teachers for their research activitiesand on colleges / students for best performance in various categories.

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Date Particulars3-7-12 “Status of Women in India-Gender Gaps” by Centre for

Women’s Studies4-7-12 CDE Advisory Committee meeting

CDE Core Board of Studies meetingB.B.M. Board of Studies meeting in committee room

6-7-12 Inauguration of ‘Technonote-2012" at PVP SiddharthaInstitute of Technology, Kanuru

8-7-12 Distribution of Note books, clothes at Aakurathi PardhaSaradhi, Prakrithi Charitable trust, Gudivada

9-7-12 Seminar at Siddhartha College, VijayawadaFelicitation function to Prof. G.Prasad by the old students& scholars

11-7-12 Meeting with the CE, ACE, Coordinator, PG Principal,Science College, Dean, Natural Science, Heads-Botany,Microbiology, Zoology, Aquaculture, Biotechnology,Biochemistry, Environment Sciences arranged by Prof.KRS Sambasiva Rao

12-7-12 Book release function of Dr. Swaroopa Rani, MahayanaBuddhist Studies.Meeting with the 6 colleges Principals with OSD,Registrar, Rector on anti-ragging

13-7-12 National seminar on “Life style & Health, Management”at Bapatla College of Arts & Science, BapatlaReleased B.Pharmacy Results

16-7-12 Meeting with Central Purchasing Committee17-7-12 Meeting with Arts, Science & Physical Education

Principals and Women & Boys hostels, ANU18-7-12 Inauguration of workshop at IBM dept.

Dr. Pinnamaneni Narasimha Rao Endowment Lecture byDr. I.V.Rao, NTR Health UniversityBoard of Studies meeting in Commerce Meeting onResearch Guidelines sub-committee

19-7-12 Meeting with NSSMeeting with VIKASA Body20-7-12 Cash Award Ceremony of Physical Education

CDE Advisory Committee meeting in committee room21-7-12 5th Prof.Y. Radhakrishna Memorial Lecture by Prof.

Ayyappan Meet with the FarmersMeeting with NUTAMeeting with the Autonomous collegesin committee room

23-7-12 “Pharma Genetics” The Seminar-2012 at Nirmala Collegeof Pharmacy, Mangalagiri

24-7-12 Meeting with Cooperative Society newly elected bodyMeeting with NUTA; Sports Board MeetingBuilding committee meeting

Prof. K. Viyyanna Rao, Vice-Chancellor

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S ENGAGEMENTS26-7-12 SC to AS meeting27-7-12 to 31-7-12 Interviews for the Posts of Associate

Professors/Asst. Professors/ Lab Technicians inEngineering, Physical Education, Architecture andPharmaceutical Science colleges

1-8-12 Inaugural function of workshop on ExperimentalPharmaceutical college, at CHIPS, GunturSeminar on “Ambedkar Ideology” at Students’ Centre

2-8-12 Lecture Programme by Dr. Ravi Sinha, on “MutantModernities, Socialist Futures”

3-8-12 NSS ProgrammeMeeting on Anti-Ragging, Collector, S.P. & District Judgeattended

7-8-12 Job-Mela at ANU, Prof. KC Reddy was Chief GuestReview of utilisation of unspent balances on XI PlanGeneral Development Scheme

9-8-12 Finance Committee meeting at HyderabadExecutive Council meeting at Hyderabad

11-8-12 VIKASA National Executive Meeting14-8-12 Workshop on “Employmentability Skills” by the HRD

DepartmentMeeting of Principals of affiliated colleges of Gunturdistrict, ANU at A.C. College, Guntur

15-8-12 66th Independence Day celebrations at Open Air Auditorium16-8-12 Meeting of Principals of affiliated colleges of Prakasam

district, ANU at PG Centre, Ongole18-8-12 Meeting of the pending offices and staff dealing with

different accounts CPC meeting22-8-12 Meeting at Hyderabad on “Best Teacher Award”23-8-12 A.P. Science Academy Meeting at Deichmann hall

Meeting on Abhyudaya Mahila College, GunturFoundation Day Committee meeting at Deichmann hall

24-8-12 Meeting at K.L.C.E., Vaddeswaram25-8-12 NUTA meeting;Meeting at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada26-8-12 Freshers day at Nalanda Degree College, Vijayawada

Prathibha Puraskarams by the Guntur Co-operative Urban Bank27-8-12 Inauguration of Seminar at Montessori College, Vijayawada

Attended Mother Theresa function at Students Centre28-8-12 Valedictory function at C.R.Reddy College, Eluru29-8-12 All Deans, Board of Studies meeting in Committee Room30-8-12 Retirement function of Mr.Mallikharjuna Rao by Officers’

Association3-9-12 NSS Meeting in Committee Room

Retirement function of 3 members at Vikasa Bhavan4-9-12 Eye Awareness programme – conducted by Sankara Eye

Hospital, PedakakaniMeeting on 36th Foundation day inCommittee RoomMeeting at Open Theatre by the YSR students

5-9-12 Meeting with Commerce faculty; Meeting with IBMCake cutting function of NUTAIntroduction class to newly appointed Engg., Pharmacy& Architecture staffTransplanted saplings in ANU campus

6-9-12 & 7-9-12 Meeting at UGC-Southern Regional office,Hyderabad

9-9-12 Inauguration of Indian Society for Cultural, OperationFriendship at NGO Kalyana Mandapam, Tenali

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In keeping with its tradition, the University presented Puraskarams to eminent personalities for their contribution to Society in their respective fields.

Dr. A. Tejovathi Literature

Dr. I. Rama Subba ReddyMedicine

Sri Kukatlapali JayarajSocial Service

Sri Challa Sambi Reddy Social Service

Dr. T. V. RaoSocial Service

Sri Chitturi GopichandMimicry Arts

Sri Patibandla Ananda RaoTheatre Arts

Dr. M. Gopala KrishnaMedicine

Sri Ch. Hari BabuConsumers Service

Dr. V. Singa RaoTelugu Language Preservation

Sri Shaik Abdul Hakeem JaniPress

Cultural activities on Foundation Day

FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATIONS

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Among those who participated in the function werethe Rector Prof. Y.P. Ramasubbaiah, the Registrar Prof. RRLKantam, the Principal of the College of Arts, Commerce &Law Prof. T. Uma Maheswara Rao, the Principal of theCollege of Sciences Prof. A.V. Dattatreya Rao, the Principalof the College of Engineering & Technology Prof. P. Siddaiah,the Principal of the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences Prof.A. Prameela Rani, the Principal of the College of Architecture

& Planning Prof. G. Babu Rao, the Vice-Principal of theCollege of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, Dr. PPSPaul Kumar, the Officer on Special Duty Prof. Z.Vishnuvardhan, the President of NUTA Prof. P. VaraprasadaMurthy, the Secretary of NUTA Dr. G. Rosaiah, the Presidentof VIKASA Sri B. Pulla Rao and the Secretary of VIKASA SriB. Rajasekhar. The Dean, College Development Council,Prof. G.V. Chalam was the Convener of the 36th FoundationDay Celebrations.

TEACHERS CONFERRED AWARDS / INCENTIVES1. Best Research Paper Published In International Journal-

Science & Technology

(a) Prof. P. Siddaiah, College of Engineering & Technology

(b) Dr. Rajeswari Jinka, Dept. of Bio-chemistry, ANU Campus

Best Research Paper Published In International Journal-Arts, Commerce And Law:

(a) Prof. K. Ratna Shiela Mani, Dept. of English, ANU Campus

(b) Dr. K. Madhu Babu, Dept. of Economics, ANU Campus

2. Best Research Paper Presented In An InternationalConference Abroad -Science & Technology

Dr. S. M. Khasim, Dept. of Botany & Microbiology, ANUCampus

Best Research Paper Presented In An InternationalConference Abroad - Arts, Commerce And Law.

Dr. P. Johnson, College of Physical Education & SportsSciences, ANU Campus.

3. Best Research Paper Published In National Journal -Science & Technology:

Mrs. A. J. V. Radhika, College of Engineering & Technology.

4. Best Research Paper Published In National Journal - Arts,Commerce And Law.

a) Prof. R. Saraswathi, Dept. of English, ANU Campus

b) Dr. Saraswati Raju Iyer, Dept. of Sociology and Social Work,ANU Campus.

Felicitations were offered to Joint Registrars for thedistinguished services rendered to the University: Sri V.Manikyala Rao and Sri G. Venkateswara Rao

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS TO AFFILIATED COLLEGES

1. Best Laboratory Award(a) First Prize : J. K. C. College, Guntur(b) Second Prize : J. M. J. College, Tenali.

2. Best Library Award(a) First Prize : SDMS Kalasala, Vijayawada(b) Second Prize : J.K.C. College, Guntur.

3. Best Eco-Friendly College:(a) First Prize : SDMS Kalasala, Vijayawada(b) Second Prize : J. M. J. College, Tenali.

4. Best Performing College in the University Exams Results:Degree College with Not Less Than 1000 Strength(a) First Prize : S. S. N. Degree College, Ongole(b) Second Prize : G. H. M. R. & M. C. M. R.

Degree College, Guntur

PG Colleges with not less than 200 strength(a) First Prize : University Colleges, ANU Campus(b) Second Prize : T.J.P.S. College, Guntur

Professional UG College with not less than 500 strength(a) First Prize : R.V.R. & J.C .College of

Engineering, Guntur(b) Second Prize : Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla

AWARDS TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS(a) Best Speaker (English)First : Mr. Jigme Lhendrop. (M.B.S I Year), ANU campus

(b) Best Speaker (Telugu)

First : Ms. K. Naga Triveni (MJMS I Year), A.N.U. Campus(c) Best Paper Writer (English)

First : Mr. T.Sheben Dorji (M.B.S. I Year), A.N.U. CampusSecond : Mr. Chentshering (M.A. History II Year), A.N.U.Campus

(d) Best Paper Writer (Telugu)First : Mr. B.Venkata Ramana (M.A. Economics I Year), ANU CampusSecond : Mr. K.K.C. Satish Babu, (M Sc., Nanotech. III Year),

ANU Campus

BEST MAINTAINED HOSTEL ROOMS1. Boys’ Hostel:First Prize : Room No.317 Vasista Engg. Boys Hostel,

B. Tech (Mechanical) III year1. M Srikanth 2. N V Phani Krishan 3. S Suresh

Second Prize: Room No. 108 Ashoka Boys HostelM A (English) I year

1. I. Ravi Kumar 2. K. Chanti 3. U. Nageswara Rao

2. Women’s Hostel (Indira Priyadarsini Hostels)First Prize : Room No. 420, Indira Priyadarsini Extension – II

B Pharm II Year1. K Divya 2. K Monika 3. P Bhavitha4. M Padma 5. B Sri Lakshmi

Second Prize: Room. No. 233, Indira Priyadarsini Main BlockM B A(IB) II Year

1. K Monika2. B B Sravani Lakshmi3. K Rani

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SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM

Dr. K.R.R. Mohan Rao Centre for ScientificSocialism had organized a lecture programme as part ofits Occasional Lectures Series, on August 02nd, 2012.Dr. Ravi Sinha of Lucknow, who was trained as a theoreticalphysicist and obtained Doctoral degree from M.I.T,Cambridge, USA, delivered a lecture on the theme MutantModernities, Socialist Future on August 02nd, 2012 in theUniversity. This programme was presided over by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.V. Rao.

ENDOWMENT LECTURES

Dr. Pinnamaneni Narasimha Rao Endowment Lecturewas delivered by Dr. I. Venkateswara Rao, M.D., Vice-Chancellor, NTR Health University, Vijayawada on 18th July2012 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Campus. TheEndowment was delivered on the topic ‘Incretin Hormonesin the Management of Diabetes Mellitus’. Prof. K. V. Rao,Vice Chancellor, presided over the meeting, Prof. Y.P.Ramasubbbaiah, Rector, Prof. R.R.L. Kantam, Registrar,Prof.T.Uma Maheswara Rao, Principal ANU College of Arts,Commerce and Law, Dr. Prameela Rani, Principal ANUCollege of Pharmacy and members of faculty and studentsof Pharmacy and Science attended the Lecture.

Prof.Y.Radhakrishna Memorial Endowment Lecture wasdelivered by Dr.S.Ayyappan, Secretary, Department ofAgriculture Research & Education and Director General,Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi on 21st

July 2012 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Campus. TheEndowment Lecture was delivered on the topic ‘Fish ForAll’. Prof. K.V. Rao, Vice Chancellor presided over themeeting. The Rector, the Registrar, the Principal ANUCollege of Arts, Commerce and Law, the Principal, ANUCollege of Science and members of faculty and Studentsof Science and Pharmacy attended the Lecture. Prof.K.RSambasiva Rao, Chairman, BOS, Zoology andBiotechnology coordinated the lecture. An interactionsession with the aqua farmers of this region was conducted,so that the problems pertaining to the aqua farming can bebrought to the notice of Dr. S. Ayyappan.

10-9-12 Review of Foundation Day arrangements11-9-12 36th Foundation Day celebrations12-9-12 Felicitation function by contractual teaching staff13-9-12 Meeting with the Yoga Service Centre, for outgoing I batch

students; Meeting with Principals of all the B.Ed. colleges15-9-12 Chief Guest at Welcome function of students by St.

Paul’s College of Education, Giddalur17-9-12 Students function of Commerce & MBA Dept.

Freshers day by Engineering college students18-9-12 Meeting at Deichmann hall regarding Students problems

of the campus college21-9-12 Meeting with the American Consulate22-9-12 UGC XII Plan meeting; Freshers Day function at Sports Hostel

China students programme at Engineering collegeFreshers Day function at English Dept.

23-9-12 Meeting at Vijayawada by “Akhila Bharata SanthiSangheebhava Sangham”

24-9-12 NSS – State level Awards FunctionCDE Core BOS Meeting25-9-12 SFI – Students Function

Meeting with Chairpersons, PG BOS in committee room26-9-12 Department of Telugu – National Seminar on

“Samskrutandhra neeti Kavyalu” – InaugurationANU Officers Retirement meetingSC to AS Meeting

27-9-12 Inauguration of classes at Engineering collegeCAS promotion – K.Gangadhar, Dept. of Computer Science

28-9-12 APSCHE meeting at Hyderabad29-9-12 AP Akademi of Sciences - Prof. Y.Nayudamma

Endowment Lecture to be delivered by Dr. Gullapalli N.Rao, Director, LV Prasad Eye Institute, HyderabadVIKASA – Employees Retirement function

30-9-12 “Pustaka Pradarshana” by Prajasakthi at M.M. College,VijayawadaShastyabdhi purti celebrations of Galla Mohana RaoMeeting of Lions Club at Vajram’s Residency.

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Prof. R.R.L. Kantam, Dept. ofStatistics, was appointed asRegistrar of the university on 22-6-2012. He took over the charge on 1-7-2012 consequent upon thesuperannuation of Prof. G. Prasad.Prof. Kantam formerly served as Co-ordinator IQAC, Coordinator ofInternational Students Cell andCoordinator of Regional JKC. Prof.Kantam is an ardent researcher anda dedicated teacher.

FACULTY NEWS

VISIT ABROAD

Dr. P. Johnson, College of Physical Education & SportsSciences visited London, to attend Pre-Olympic Congressseminar organised by the International Sports Associationduring July 24-25, 2012.

Prof. R. Saraswathi, Dept. of English, wasappointed as Vice-Principal of the UniversityCollege of Arts, Commerce & Law on July 1,2012.

Prof. T. Uma Maheswara Rao,Department of Commerce & BusinessManagement, was appointed as Principalof the University College of Arts,Commerce & Law on July 1, 2012.

Prof. E.Srinivasa Reddy, Department ofCSE, was appointed as the Principal,University College of Engineering andTechnology on September 25th, 2012.

Prof. C. Rambabu was appointed as Vice-Principal, University College of Sciences, ANU on05-07-2012.

Dr. P.P.S. Paul Kumar was appointed asPrincipal I/C of ANU College of PhysicalEducation & Sports Sciences in July 2012.

Prof. T. Uma Maheswara Rao, Principal, UniversityCollege of Arts, Commerce & Law, ANU, was nominatedas Dean, Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies,ANU, on 1-7-2012.

Prof. A. Subrahmanyam, P.G. Dept. of Legal Studies &Research, was nominated as Dean, Faculty of Law, ANUon 16-7-2012.

Prof. P. Siddaiah, Department of ECE, was appointed asthe Dean, Faculty of Engineering, on September 25th, 2012.

Prof. K. Ratna Shiela Mani, Dept. of English, wasappointed as Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell(IQAC) on 28-9-2012.

Prof. N. Vijaya Ratnam, Ex-Programme Coordinator, was con-ferred the Best NSS ProgrammeCoordinator Award on the occasionof NSS Foundation Day Celebra-tions on September 24, 2012.

RESEARCH PROJECTMajor Research Project worth Rs. 5,15,000, was

granted by the U.G.C. to Dr. D. Venkateswara Reddy,Assistant Professor, Department of History, AcharyaNagarjuna University, Ongole Campus, Ongole in August2012 for a project entitled “PERSPECTIVES OFBUDDHISM IN PRAKASAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRAPRADESH - A CRITICAL STUDY”.

Dr. Saraswati Raju Iyer, Dept. of Sociology & Social Workis a reviewer for Social Work Around the World V: Buildingthe Global Agenda for Social Work and Development, Editedby Nigel Hall, International Federation of Social Workers(IFSW) Publications, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2012 (ISBN-13 978-3-9522396-0-5).She is also Reviewer for Journal of School Social Work,Chennai, Vol. IX Issue 03, August 2012 Issue on The SchoolTriad, (ISSN: 0976-3759).Dr. J. Madhu Babu, Dept of Journalism & Mass Commu-nication, has the rare honour of his Ph.D. thesis beingplaced in the Library of the Indian Parliament in New Delhi.His research was on the topic “Newspapers and NaxaliteMovement”.

Prof. B. Re. Victor Babu,Department of Statistics, receivedthe “Andhra Ratnam Award-2012”on 20th July, 2012, by the ArpitaCultural and Social VoluntaryOrganization, Regd. No.436/2001,at Visakhapatnam - 48. Andhra Pradesh.

Prof. G.V.S.R. Anjaneyulu, Dept. of Statistics, wasunanimously elected as E.C. Member for “Indian Societyof Probability and Statistics” for 2013-2014. He was alsonominated as Member of Advisory Board of InternationalJournal of Management, Statistics and Social Sciences,Pakistan.He is also the Editorial Board Member for the InternationalJournal of Mathematics and Statistics (IJMS), USA.

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BEST TEACHER AWARDS 2012The following teachers received the Best Teacher Awards for the year 2012 from the A.P. State Government –

Prof. C. Narasimha Rao, Prof. K.R.R.Mohan Rao Centre for Scientific Socialism, ANU and Prof. C. Rambabu, Dept. ofChemistry, ANU. In a function arranged on the eve of the Teachers’ Day on September 5, 2012, they received theawards from the Deputy Chief Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Prof. C. Narasimha Rao Prof. C. Rambabu

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ‘SAMSKRUTANDHRA NEETI KAVYALU’

A UGC National Seminar on SamskrutandhraNeetikavyalu was organized by the Department of Telugu& Oriental Languages on 26th and 27th September, 2012.Prof. T. Uma Maheswara Rao, Principal, University Collegeof Arts, Commerce & Law presided over the inangural

Session of the National Seminar, Prof. K.V. Rao, Vice-Chancellor graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Prof.P. Varaprasada Murthy, Head of the Department andDirector of the Seminar explained the objectives of theSeminar in detail. Prof. R. Sri Hari, Ex-Vice-Chancellor ofDravidian University, Kuppam, delivered the keynoteaddress. 100 delegates presented their papers on Teluguand Sanskrit Neetikavyas in Eight parallel technicalsessions. The Registrar Prof. R.R.L. Kantham presidedover the Valedictory Session and Prof. M. MadhusudanaRao, Dean of Humanities, graced the occasion as the Guestof honour. Prof. K. Sambasiva Murthy, Dean, Faculty ofEducation from Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur,delivered the Valedictory address.

SEMINAR ON SRI GURAJADA APPA RAO of the great poet and social reformer Late Sri GurajadaVenkata Appa Rao. Prof. P. Varaprasada Murthy, Head ofthe Department and Director of the Seminar, said that thisseminar was arranged with the co-sponsorship of Sri PottiSri Ramulu Telugu University. Hyderabad. Prof. T. UmaMaheswara Rao, Principal, University College of Arts,Commerce & Law, graced the occasion as the Chief Guestand released a book entitled “Kanyasulkamlo Hasyarasam”composed by Dr. G. Sambasiva Rao. Prof. S. Gangappadelivered the key-Note address highlighting the contributionof Sri Gurajada Appa Rao to Telugu Literature. Twotechnical sessions were arranged in which 30 delegatespresented their papers. Prof. G. S. R. Krishna Murthy, Head,Dept. of Sahitya, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati,delivered the Valedictory address.

A one day Regional Seminar was organized on15-09-2012 in commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary

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The 66th INDEPENDENCE DAY celebrations were held in the University Campuson 15th August 2012 with patriotic fervour. Prof. K.V Rao, Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity, hoisted the National Flag and delivered the Independence Day message.All the members of the teaching staff, non-teaching staff, research scholars andstudents participated in the Indepen-dence Day celebrations.

66th INDEPENDENCE DAY

Ms. Anna Z. Kephart, Fraud Prevention Managerand Ms. Anuradha Selvarajan, Fraud InvestigationSpecialist, from the US consulate, Hyderabad, visited ANUto interact with the university officials in respect of institutingnecessary measures for arresting the trend of Fakecertificates. The team is visiting universities, sensitizingthem to take appropriate measures in issuing certificates,such as Marks Lists, Provisionals, consolidated Marks listsand Original Degrees. They also explained careeropportunities in the US.

VISITORS TO THE UNIVERSITY

Sri K.S. Lakshmana Rao, MLC, was appointed asMember of the Advisory Committee of the NSS Cell of theUniversity on September 5, 2012.

MLA’S VISITDhulipalla Narendra Kumar, Ponnur MLA, vis-

ited the university on 14-9-2012. He promised to cooper-ate with the university to ensure its progress. Later theMLA presented tricycles to two differently abled students.

VISIT OF FOLK ARTISTS TO A.N.U. CAMPUS About 60 senior Telugu Folk Artists visited A.N.U .Campus on 8th August, 2012 . Prof. P. Varaprasada Murthy,Head, Dept. of Telugu & O.L. and Prof. R.R.L. Kantam,Registrar, were present. The artists exhibited the rare andrich, valuable skills of ancient Andhra Pradesh. Prof. G.Krupachary, Retired Professor, Dept. of Telugu & O.L.,mentioned the greatness of folk arts. A large number ofResearch Scholars and P.G. Students participated in thisevent.

VISIT OF STATE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER

State RTI Act explained procedural aspects of the RTI Act.

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPSThe following research scholars have been awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowships from the UGC in July; Dr. N. Babu

(Economics), Dr. K. Mahendra Kumar (Economics), Dr. G. Srinivasa Rao (Law), Dr. D. Mukkanti (History) It is a matterof pride that out of 65 candidates who got the fellowship in the country, 4 of them belong to our university. This is also thefirst time that ANU scholars got the postdoctoral fellowship.

An AwarenessProgramme about RTIact was organised inANU on 23-7-2012. TheChief Guest Sri VijayaBabu, Commissioner of

VISIT OF U.S.CONSULATE TEAM

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TEACHERS’ DAYNagarjuna University Teachers’ Assocaition (NUTA)

organized the Teachers’ Day celebrations on the 124th BirthAnniversary of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan on September 5,2012. The Vice-Chancellor Prof. K. Viyyanna Raoaddressed the faculty on the occasion outlining the valuesof a good teacher.

The birthday celebra-tions of Mother Teresa wereheld on 27th August, 2012, atStudent’s Bhavan of ANUorganized by the Association ofPhysically Handicapped ofANU. Prof.K.V.Rao, Vice-

The 117th birth anniversary of thegreat poet, Navayuga KavichakravarthiSri Gurram Joshua was celebrated inthe Department of Telugu & OrientalLanguages on 28th September, 2012.Prof. P. Varaprasada Murthy, Head of theDepartment, applauded the richcontribution of Sri Joshua to TeluguLiterature. Faculty, Research Scholars

and a large number of P.G. students participated in thisfunction.

Chancellor, ANU graced the function as Chief Guest andother officials of ANU also participated. During thisprogramme cash awards were distributed to the poor PHstudents.

TELUGU LANGUAGE DAYTelugu Language Day was celebrated on 29-08-

2012 marking the 149th birth anniversary of Late Sri GiduguRama Murthy, who fought for the propagation andpromotion of Vyavaharika Telugu. Prof. K.V. Rao, Vice-Chancellor graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Prof.P. Varaprasada Murthy, Head of the Dept., presided overthe meeting. Faculty, Research Scholars and P.G. studentsparticipated in this function.

HINDI DAYThe Department of Hindi organized Hindi Day

celebrations in a fitting manner. The Chief Guest SriN.K. Prasad, Divisional Manager of South CentralRailway and Sri Chiranjeevi, Vijayawada RailwayDivisional Hindi Officer, spoke of the significance oflearning the Hindi language. Prof. T. Uma MaheswaraRao, Principal of College of Arts, Commerce & Lawpresided over the function.

ENGINEERS’ DAY CELEBRATIONS

University College of Engineering and Technologyorganized Engineers’ Day Celebrations to mark the 152nd

birth anniversary of Mokshagundam Visweswaraya on15th September 2012. The Chief Guest Sri Yuvaraj, JointCollector, Guntur, said that Engineers are the buildingblocks of the country and great men like Dr.MokshagundamVisweswaraya are an inspiration and motivation to theyoung generation. Prof. R.R.L.Kantam presided over thefunction. Prof.A.V.Dattatreya Rao, Principal, ANU; Prof.P.Siddaiah, Principal of ANUCET; Prof. E.Srinivasa Reddy,Vice-Principal of ANUCET addressed the students.

COMMEMORATION OF SPECIAL DAYS

LIBRARIAN'S DAY

The National Librarian's Day was celebrated inAmbedkar Memorial Library on 11-08-2012 on the BirthAnniversary of Dr. S.R. Ranghanathan, Father of LibraryScience in India.

Prof. K. Viyyanna Rao, Vice Chancellor, was the ChiefGuest of the function. Prof. Y.P. Rama Subbaiah, Rector,Prof. R.R.L. Kantham, Registrar and Prof. Z.Vishnuvardhan, Officer on Special Duty were the guests ofHonour. Prof. K. Somasekhara Rao, Department of Li-brary and Information Science, Andhra University,Visakhapatnam, was the Chief Guest.

150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SRI GURAJADAThe 150th Anniversary of Sri Gurajada Appa Rao was

celebrated in a fitting manner by the Dept. of Telugu in theuniversity campus.

117th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SRI GURRAM JOSHUA

MOTHER TERESA’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

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Awareness Programme on “EnvironmentalProtection”

Department of Lifelong Learning organized anAwareness Programme on “Environmental Protection” inMorning Star Degree College at Phirangipuram of GunturDistrict on 3rd August 2012.

Dr. A.V.S.S. Swamy, Faculty from the Dept. ofEnvironmental Sciences, ANU, was the resource personfor the programme. He explained in depth the differentcauses of pollution and the way in which youngsters canmake efforts to protect the environment. CollegeCorrespondent Mr. M. Sundarababu, Principal Pulla Reddy,Department staff Mrs. P. Pushpa Rani, Mr. M.V. Ramana,and Mr. Rajasekhar participated in the programme. Morethan 300 students got benefited by this programme.

Orientation Programme on “Capacity BuildingDepartment of Lifelong learning organized an

Orientation Programme on “Capacity Building “ to the JSSand ZSS volunteers of Guntur district on 29th and 30th August2012 in Dr. H. H. Deichmann Auditorium, ANU. Prof. T.Umamaheswara Rao, Principal of ANU College of Arts,Commerce and Law, inaugurated the OrientationProgramme. Addressing the volunteers he said that theknowledge acquired through such orientation programmesneed to be transmitted to the grassroots level to achievebest results.

55 JSS and 20 ZSS volunteers of Guntur districtparticipated in the orientation programme. Resource personsfrom within and outside the University were invited to covervarious aspects like, Literacy Movement, Impact of Govt.Programmes on vocational activities in rural areas, StressManagement and Meditation, Communication, DomesticViolence Act, Youth Empowerment & Development, andEnvironment Protection

The whole programme was coordinated and presidedover by Prof. P. Syama Thrimurthy with the support ofdepartment staff Mrs. P. Pushpa Rani, Mr. M.V.Ramana &Mr. Sivaiah and with the cooperation of JSS Director Mr. P.Srinivasa Rao.

Prof. K. V. Rao, Vice Chancellor of ANU was the ChiefGuest for the valedictory function. Addressing the volunteers,Prof. K.V. Rao said that only 17% of the literates are enrolling

in universities for higher education. Hence, we still have togo a long way to achieve 100% literacy in the country andenrollment in the universities. Later, all the 75 volunteersreceived certificates from Prof. K. V. Rao, Vice-Chancellor,ANU.

Training Programme in Skills Development –“Fabric Painting”

Department of Lifelong Learning organized a OneMonth Training Programme in “Skills Development”.motivated the students to join other skills developmentprogrammes. On the request of the students of ANUEngineering College, “Fabric Painting” was selected fortraining. Mrs. M.V. Rama was the resource person for thetraining. More than 30 Engineering students and 10 studentsfrom other departments had undergone training.

Prof. R.R.L. Kantham, Registrar of ANU, was the ChiefGuest for the valedictory programme held on 7th September2012. Addressing the learners, Prof. Kantam said that alltypes of skills need to be acquired by youngsters in theirstudent days. This will not only help them for employmentbut will also help to become self-sufficient.

Prof. P. Siddaiah, Principal of the ANU College ofEngineering & Technology, examining the exhibits presentedby the students, said that such training programmes helpthe students in bringing out the hidden talent in them. TheTraining Programme was coordinated by Prof. P. SyamaThrimurthy with the support of Departmental staff Mrs. P.Puspha Rani, Mr. M.V. Ramana and Mr. Ch. Sivaiah. Prof.R.R.L. Kantham and Prof. P. Siddaiah gave away thecertificates to the students in the valedictory programme.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISHThe following papers were presented in the 7th International and43rd ELTAI Conference at Velammal Engineering College, Chennaiduring July 19-20, 2012.

Prof. K. Ratna Shiela Mani: “Second Language LearningStrategies: A Study of Noun Phrase Errors”.

Dr. B. Karuana: “Short Story as an Effective Tool in TeachingLanguage Skills in an ESL Context.”

DEPARTMENT OF HINDIThe following papers were presented in the UGC National Seminaron Important Literary Forms and Trends in Indian Languages afterIndependence conducted by Department of Oriental Languages(Hindi, Telugu & Sanskrit) Andhra Loyola College (Autonomous),Vijayawada, during 24th & 25th August 2012. Dr A.C.V. Ramakumar: “Nagarjun ki Kavithaom mi vyangya”.Dr K. Sri Krishna: “Swathantrothar hindi natak ki pravruthiya”.Dr K. Sri Krishna: Delivered a lecture on “National Integrationand the Role of Hindi Language” organized by the Department ofHindi, AG&SG Siddhartha Degree College of Arts & Science,Vuyyuru on 12th September 2012 on the eve of “Hindi Day”Celebrations.

DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND MASSCOMMUNICATION

Dr. K. John Babu: i) Presented a paper on “Mahatma Gandhi: AMass Communicator and Journalist” at the seminar on Gandhirama2012: A Feast of Ideas and Festival of Art, held at Jawaharlal NehruUniversity (JNU), New Delhi, organized by Indian Council ofPhilosophical Research (ICPR), during 17-22 August, 2012.

ii) Delivered a lecture on “Cultural communication and SocialResponsibility” in Orientation Training for NSS Programme Officersconducted in Andhra University Campus, Visakhapatnamorganized by NSS Regional Training Centre of Andhra Universityon 23 July 2012.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICSDr. B. Satyanarayana: Presented a paper on “On intuitionisticfuzzy implicative hyper BCK-ideals of hyper BCK-algebras” at theNational Conference on Mathematical and ComputationalSciences, organized by Department of Mathematics, AdikaviNannaya University, Rajahmundry, A.P, during July 6-7, 2012.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIOLOGYDr. Allu Gowrisankar Rao: i. Presented a paper on “Corruptionand the Meaning of Life: A Gandhian Perspective” at the NationalSeminar on Mahatma Gandhi; The Current Scene of Corruption inthe Country at Gitam University, Visakhapatanam during 28th to30th August 2012.

ii. Presented a paper on “Social Accountability in Mahatma GandhiNational Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) – A Study”in the International Conference on Public Policy and Governance– 2012 (PPG - 2012) held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalorefrom 04 – 07 September 2012.

Dr.Saraswati Raju Iyer: Delivered a lecture on “UnderstandingCommunity Dynamics” at the Orientation Programme to the JSS& ZSS Resource Persons on Capacity Building organized byDepartment of Lifelong Learning, on 29-08-2012.

SEMINARS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

DEPARTMENT OF TELUGU & ORIENTAL LANGUAGES

Prof. P. Varaprasada Murthy: i. Delivered extension lectures on“Editing of Sanskrit ancient manuscripts & Research Methodology”at the workshop organized by Sri Ramanandacharya SanskritRajasthan University, Jaipur on 30th and 31st July, 2012.

ii. Presented a paper on “Significance of Annamacharya’sSamskruta Sankeertanalu” and presided over a technical sessionin the National Seminar jointly organized by Govt. DegreeCollege, Chebrole , Guntur Dist. and T.T. D., Tirupati on 29-09-2012.

Prof. G.Y. Prabhavathi Devi: i. Presented a paper on“Koonalamma Padala Vaisishtyam” in the U.G.C. National Seminaron Important Literary Forms and Trends in Indian Languages afterIndependence organized by Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawadaon 24th & 25th August 2012.

ii. Presented a paper on “Gurajada SanghasamskaranaKavitwam” at the Regional Seminar on the Occasion of GurajadaJayanti (150th) organized by Dept of Telugu, ANU, on 15-9-2012.

iii. Presented a paper on “Vemanakavitwam Ga rhasthya DharmaPrabodham” in the U.G.C. National Seminar on SamskrutandhraNeethi Kavyalu organized by Dept of Telugu, ANU on 26th & 27th

September 2012.

ANU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Dr. Y. Suneetha: (i) Addressed the JSS & ZSS Resource Personsin Orientation Programme on Capacity Building organized byLifelong Learning Department, ANU, during August 29-30, 2011.

(ii) Attended a workshop on English Teaching Strategiesorganized by Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities,Tirumala Engineering College, Narasaraopet, during 7-8September 2012.

Sumalatha D: Attended a workshop on English TeachingStrategies organized by Department of Applied Sciences &Humanities, Tirumala Engineering College, Narasaraopet, during7-8 September 2012.

Ch. Radhika: Presented a paper on “Gender Mainstreaming:Issues and Challenges” at the National Seminar organized byC.R.Reddy Autonomous College, Eluru, on 3-9-2012.

P. Dhana Lakshmi: Attended a One Day Workshop on MAT LabStimulation conducted by Mathworks, Vijayawada on 13September 2012.

D. Akhila John: Attended a One Day workshop on MAT LabStimulation conducted by Mathworks,Vijayawada on 13September 2012.

A.N.U COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCESP. Rohini: i. Participated in workshop on Pharmacovigilance -The Future Aspects organized by St.Ann’s College of Pharmacyon 16th July 2012.ii. Presented a scientific poster on “Dissolution rate enhancementof a poorly soluble drug using water soluble carriers” at RIPEorganized by JNTUH during 17-18 August 2012.iii. Presented a scientific poster on “Impact of sucrose esters onDissolution rate of Fenofibrate” at Seminar organized byJoginepally Bhaskar College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad on 8-9-2012.

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRYProf. C. Rambabu. (i) 2012. “Shape controlled synthesis of bariumcarbonate microclusters nanocrystallites using naturalpolysachahride- Gum Acacia”. Am. J. Material Science, 2:1, 5-13(ii) 2012. “Activity Coefficients and Excess Gibbs Energies forBinary Mixtures of N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone with Some SubstitutedEthanols”. J. Chem. Engg. Data. 57:5, 1412-1416(iii) 2012. “A validated stability indicating UPLC assay methodsand degradation behaviour of raltegravir potassium”. Int.J.Pharm.Res. 4, 4035-4049.(iv) 2012. “Spectrophotometric analytical study for charge transfercomplex formation of cefepime”. Int. J.Pharmacy andPharmacuetical Sci. 4:1, 417-418.(v) 2012. “Visible Spectrophotometric methods for the Determinationof Irbesetran in pharmaceutical Formulations”. Int. J. Pharmacyand Pharmaceutical Sciences. 4:3, 87.(vi) 2012. “Development and validation of stability indicating reversephase liquid chromatographic method for the assay of famotidinein bulk and formulations”. Rasayan J.Chem. 5:2, 250-255(vii) 2012. “A new isocratic RP-HPLC method development for theassay of granisetron HCl in dosage For Rasayan”. J.Chem. 5:2,229-233.(viii) 2012. “Assay of naratriptan hydrochloride in pharmaceuticalformulations by RP-HPLC method”. J.Pharm. Research, 5:5, 2627-30.(ix) 2012. “Development and validation of RP- HPLC method forsimultaneous estimation of amlodipine besylate and benazepril HClin tablet dosage forms”. Int.J. Current Pharmaceutical Research,4:3, 80-84.(x) 2012. “Development and validation of RP-UPLC method forsimultaneous estimation of abacavir sulphate and lamivudine incombined dosage forms”. Int.J.Chem.Tech. Research. 4:3, 939-944.(xi) 2012. “Vapor - Liquid Equilibria and Excess Molar Volumes ofN-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone with 2-Alkoxyethanols, Fluid Phase”Equilibria, 336, 52-56.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERINGDr. R. Satya Prasad, B.Reddiah, Lakshmi Sridhar.M andRajasekhar.K. 2012. “A Critical review and empirical study onsuccess of risk management activity with respect to scrum”.Engineering Science and Technology: An International Journal, 2:3, June, 467-473.Dr. R.Satya Prasad, V.V.Jaya RamaKrishnaiah, K.Ramchand HRao. 2012. “Entropy Based Mean Clustering: A EnhancedClustering Approach”. The International Journal of ComputerScience & Applications (TIJCSA). 1:3, May, 1-9.Dr. R.Satya Prasad and R.R.L.Kantam. 2009. “Detection ofReliable Software- A Comparative Study of Three Distinct FailureSituations”. ANU Journal of Engineering and Technology. June, 96-108.Dr. R.Satya Prasad, Lakshmi Sridhar.M, B.Reddiah andRajasekhar.K. 2012. “Agile Cloud Computing”. EngineeringScience and Technology: An International Journal. 2:3, June, 399-402.Dr. R. Satya Prasad and D.Haritha. 2011. “Discovery of ReliableSoftware using GOM on Interval Domain Data”. International Journalof Computer Applications, 32:5, October, 7-12.

Dr. R. Satya Prasad, Lakshmi Sridhar.Mand B.Reddiah. 2011.“Distributed Agile Development: Practices for building trust in teamthrough Effective communication”. International Journal ofComputer Science and Security (IJCSS), 1: 3, 1-8.

Dr. R. Satya Prasad and Bhanu Prakash.B “Essentials of ImageSteganalysis Measures”. Journal of Theoretical and AppliedInformation Technology. © 2005 - 2010 JATIT, 1-9.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICSDr. K.Madhu Babu. 2012.”Foreign Direct Investment in India-AnExplanatory Study”. International Journal of Scientific Research-Indexed with International ISSN Directory, Paris, 1:2, July, 35-38.Ahmedabad-Gujarat. (India). (ISSN \ NO.2277-8179)

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISHProf. R. Saraswathi. 2011. “The Game of Art and the Game ofLife: a Study of Luigi Pirandello”. Sri Venkateswara UniversityJournal of English Studies. December.Prof. K. Ratna Shiela Mani. 2011. “The Narrative Point of Viewin Raja Rao’s The Serpent and the Rope”. Literaria 1:2, 25-36.

DEPT. OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONDr. K. John Babu. 2012. “Ethics and Mass Media: A PhilosophicalPerspective”. IJMER (International Journal of MultidisciplinaryEducational Research), Dept. of Philosophy, AU, Visakhapatnam,1:3, August, 25-29. (ISSN 227-881).

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICSK.P.R. Rao, K.Siva Parvathi, Md. Mustaq Ali. 2012. “Coincidencepoints of hybrid functions on cone metric spaces”. Gazi UniversityJournal of Science. 25:3, 655-659.

K.P.R.Rao, G.N.V.Kishore and K.A.S.N.V.Prasad. 2012. “Aunique common fixed point theorem for two maps under ø – Öcontractive condition in partial metric spaces” MathematicalSciences (A Springer Open Journal) 6:9, 1-4.

K.P.R.Rao, K. Bhanu Lakshmi, Zead Mustafa and V.C.C.Raju.2012. “Fixed and related fixed point theorems for three maps inG-metric spaces”. Journal of Advanced Studies in Topology. 3:4, 12-19.

K.P.R. Rao, G.N.V. Kishore and Kenan Tas. 2012. “A uniquecommon triple fixed point theorem for hybrid pair of maps”. Abstractand Applied Analysis. Article ID 750403, 9 pages.

B.Satyanarayana, R.Durga Prasad and D.Ramesh. 2012. “Onintuitionistic fuzzy commutative hyper BCK-ideals”. InternationalJournal of Algebra and Statistics. 1, 110-119.

Saleem Abdullah, Naveed Yaqoob, B. Satyanarayana andS.M.Qurashi. 2012. “Direct product of intuitionistic fuzzy H-ideals of BCK- algebras”. Int. J. Algebra and Statistics. 1, 8-16.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICSK. Sreekanth M. Kondaiah, D. Sravana Kumar, D. Krishna Rao.2012. “Excess Acoustical and Volumetric Properties andTheoretical Estimation of Ultrasonic Velocities in Binary LiquidMixtures of2-Chloroaniline with Acrylic Esters at 308.15 K”. JSolution Chem . 41, 1088-1102 (Springer Publisher).

Ch. Rajyasree, P. Srinivasa Rao, P.M. Vinaya Teja, A. RameshBabu, S. Yusub, D. Krishna Rao. 2012. “Structural impact of ironions on BaBiB04 glasses: Spectroscopic and dielectricinvestigations”. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 358, 2597-2605(Elsevier Publisher).

Ch. Rajyasree, D. Krishna Rao. 2012. “Spectroscopic propertiesofRBiB04 (R = Ca, Sr) glasses doped with Ti02”. Journal ofMolecular Structure. 1033, 200-207 (Elsevier Publisher).

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P. Srinivasa Rao, P.M. Vinaya Teja, A. Ramesh Babu, Ch.Rajyasree, D. Krishna Rao. 2012. “Influence of molybdenum ionson Spectroscopic and dielectric properties ofZnF2-Bi203-P205glass ceramics”. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 358 , 3372-338 l (Elsevier Publisher)

K. Sreekanth, M. Kondaiah, D. Sravana Kumar, D. Krishna Rao.“Influence of temperature on thermodynamic properties of acid-base liquid mixtures- An ultrasonic, volumetric, and viscometricstudy”. J Therm Anal Calorim. DOI 10.1007/s 10973-011-2131-3.

M. Kondaiah, K. Sreekanth, D. Sravana Kumar, D. Krishna Rao.“Volumetric and Viscometric Properties ofPropanoic Acid inEquimolar Mixtures ofN.N-dimethyl Formamide + Alkanols at T/K5 303.15. 313.15. and 323.15.” J Solution Chem DOI 10.1007/s10953-012-9898-0 (Springer Publisher)

T.G.V.M. Rao, A. Rupesh Kumar, B. Hanumantha Rao, N.Veeraiah, M. Rami Reddy. 2012. “Optical absorption, ESR, FT-IRspectral studies of iron ions in lead oxyfluoro silicate glasses”.Journal of Molecular Structure. 1021 (2012) 7–12 (An Elsevierpublication, published from Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

A. Rupesh Kumar, T.G.V.M. Rao, N. Veeraiah, M. Rami Reddy.2012. “Fluorescence spectroscopic studies of Mn2+ ions in SrO-Al2O3-B2O3-SiO2 glass system”. Optical Materials, 10.1016/j.optmat.2012.09.008. (An Elsevier publication, published fromIreland).

N. Ch. Ramesh Babu, M. A. Valente, M.P.F. Graça, G. Naga Rajuand N. Veeraiah. 2012. “Low temperature dielectric dispersionand electrical conductivity studies on Fe2O3 mixed lithium yttriumsilicate glasses”. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 358, 3175–3186 (An Elsevier publication, published from Amsterdam, TheNetherlands).

C. Filipic, A. Mogus-Milankovic, K. Srilatha, N. Veeraiah. 2012.“Polaronic behavior of MnO doped LiI-AgI-B2O3 glass”. Journal ofApplied Physics, (An American Institute of Physics (AIP) Journal)112, 073705.

M. Chandra Shekhar Reddy, B. Appa Rao, M.G. Brik, and N.Veeraiah. 2012. “Emission characteristics of Dy3+ ions in leadantimony borate glasses”. Applied Physics B – Lasers and Optics,108, 455–461(A Springer-Verlag Publication, published fromGermany)

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIOLOGYDr.Saraswati Raju Iyer. (i) 2012. “Living Conditions in UrbanSlums of India: Need for Improvement”. Urban Slums and Poverty”.New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., (ISBN 978-93-5056-127-0).(ii) 2012. “Human Resource Management for Non-GovernmentalOrganizations”. Human Resource Development Issues, Challengesand Strategies. Hyderabad: Paramount Publishing House, (ISBN978-81-922783-3-9).V.Prakasini & Dr.Saraswati Raju Iyer. 2012. “Urban Poverty”.Urban Slums and Poverty. New Delhi: Discovery Publishing HousePvt. Ltd., (ISBN 978-93-5056-127-0).Santhi Priya & Dr.Saraswati Raju Iyer. 2012. “Urbanization andIts Impact on Environment”. Water Sanitation and Health in UrbanAreas. New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., (ISBN978-93-5056-130-0).Dr. Allu Gowrisankar Rao. (i) 2012. “Practice of Social Work inRapid Urbanization”. Growing Urbanization – Challenges andStrategies. New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., (ISBN- 978-93-5056-087-7).

(ii) 2012. “Inclusion Policies in Alleviation of Urban Poverty – ASocial Work Perspective”. Social Exclusion and Social Work:Strategies and Intervention”. New Delhi: Commonwealth PublishingHouse Pvt., (ISBN – 978 – 81-311-0429-3).

(iii) 2012. “Social Accountability in MGNREGA” in the Proceedingsof the International Conference on Public Policy and Governance(PPG 2012). Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2, 83-87 (ISBN:978-93-82062-60-8).

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICSR.R.L.Kantam, V. Ramakrishna, & M.S.Ravikumar. (i) 2012.“Software Reliability Growth Model Type- I Generalized Half LogisticDistribution”. Proceedings of National Conference on Mathematical& Computational Sciences, 138-141.

(ii) 2012. “A New Software Reliability Growth Model”. MathematicalSciences International Research Journal, 1:1, 272-278.

R.R.L.Kantam, B.Sriram, & V.Srinivas. 2012. “Estimation in SomeExponential Distribution”. Mathematical Sciences InternationalResearch Journal, 1:3, 988-1008.

R.R.L.Kantam, B.Sriram, & A.Suhasini. (i) 2012. “ANOMProcedure for Exponential, Gamma Variate”. MathematicalSciences International Research Journal, 1:3, 1009-1021.

(ii) 2012. “Reliability Test Plans: Exponentiated ExponentialDistribution”. Mathematical Sciences International ResearchJournal. 1:3, 1022-1032.

B.Srinivasa Rao, & R.R.L.Kantam. (i) 2012. “Extreme ValueCharts and Analysis of Means (ANOM) based on HLD”.International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 29: 5,501-511.

(ii) 2012. “Mean and Range Charts for Skewed Distributions – AComparison Based on Half Logistic Distribution”. Pakistan Journalof Statistics, 28:4, 437-444.

G.Srinivasarao, & R.R.L.Kantam. 2012. “Two Stage Estimationin Log - Logistic Model”. Pakistan Journal of Statistics, 28:3, 331-339.

Ch. V.V.S. Surekha and Prof. B. Re. Victor Babu. 2012.“Construction of Measure of Rotatable Central Composite Designs”.International Journal of Agriculture and Statistical Sciences, 8:1, 1-6.

Prof. B. Re. Victor Babu and Ms. K. Rajyalakshmi. 2012. “RobustSecond Order Slope Rotatable Designs Using Pairwise BalancedDesigns”. Open Journal of Statistics, 2, 319-327.

DEPARTMENT OF TELUGU

Prof. G.Y. Prabhavathi Devi. 2012. “Adikavi Nannaya AnuvadaReeti”. Srujana. M.M. Kalasaka, Vijayawada, July, 106-111.

ANU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Ch. Radhika. 2012. “Racism in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on American Studies. Dr. D.Devanathan (Ed). Vol.1. Chennai: Annamalai University (ISBN No:978-81-900-5353-6).

Dr. Y. Suneetha. 2012. “Beauty as Detriment for Female Identityin Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’”. Prof.M.A.K.Sukumar (ed.).Sri Venkateswara University Journal of English Studies. 11, (ISSN:2230-7923).

The following papers were published in Perspectives on QualityEnhancement in Higher Education. K.Sandhya &VVN RajendraPrasad (ed.), (ISBN: 978-81-8387-536-3).

Dr. Y. Suneetha & D. Sumalatha, 2012. “ESP Based Writing Skillsfor Engineering Students”. 315 -320.

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S.Kanya Kumari, 2012. “Successes and Challenges ofIncorporating Soft Skills into Curriculum”. 321-325.Dr. Y.Sudha Rani. 2012. “Innovative Techniques towards QualityEnhancement in Library Information Science Education”. 66-72.

A.N.U COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Dr.A.Prameela Rani. 2012. “Determination of MemantineHydrochloride by spectrophotometry using anionic dyes-Bromothymol blue and Solochrome black T in bulk and tabletdosage forms”.Chemical Sciences Journal, Aug.Mr.D.Ravi Sankar Reddy. 2012. “ADAPT-Adipokines as drugtargets for adverse effects of adipose tissue”. Journal of Chemicaland Pharmaceutical Sciences. 5:3, 84-91, Sep.Mr.D.Ravi Sankar Reddy. 2012. “Microwave Chemistry: NovelSynthetic Methodology”. Journal of Chemical and PharmaceuticalSciences. 5:3, 92-97, Sep. (ISSN: 0974-2115).

Dr.K.Vijay. 2012. “Peptide micro array production on a solidsupport and its applications”. Research Journal of Pharmacy andTechnology. 5:8, July.

K.Sujana & Dr.A.Prameela Rani. 2012. “New validated UV-Spectrophotometric Method for the determination of Telmisartanin bulk and dosage form”. Research Journal of Pharmacy andTechnology. 5:9, 1209-1212, Sep. (ISSN 0974-3618).

M.Gayathri Ramya. 2012. “Simultaneous Estimation ofRabetrazole and Diclofenac Sodium in Combined Dosage formby UV Spectroscopy”. International Journal of Research inPharmacy& Chemistry, II: 3, July.

R.Chandra Sekhar Reddy. 2012. “Protective effect ofCissampelos pareira Linn. on Paracetamol Induced Nephrotoxicityin male Albino rats”. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical,Biological & Chemical Sciences, 3:3, July-September.

AMBEDKAR MEMORIAL LIBRARY* An amount of Rs. 55,00,000/- was allocated, from the UGC XII Plan General Development Assistance as Ist

Installment towards purchase of Books and earmarked 10% of the Grant towards stacking and furniture, to the Librariesof the following Department/Colleges, vide proceedings of the Vice-Chancellor No.ANU/UGC/XII Plan/GDA/Allo/2012,dt. 14/11/2012.

S.No Name of the Library Total Grant Amount to be Amount to beAllocation for Allocated for Allocated forpurchase of purchase of Stacking &Books Rs. Books (90% of Furniture

total grant) Rs. (10% of totalgrant) Rs.

I. Ambedkar Memorial Library 10,00,000/- 9,00,000/- 1,00,000/-a) University College of Arts 10,00,000/- 9,00,000/- 1,00,000/- Commerce & Law

b) University College of Sciences 10,00,000/- 9,00,000/- 1,00,000/-

c) University College of Physical Education 2,00,000/- 1,80,000/- 20,000/-

d) Research Centers 5,00,000/- 4,50,000/- 50,000/-

II University College of Engineering & Tech. 5,00,000/- 4,50,000/- 50,000/-

III University College of Architecture & Planning 5,00,000/- 4,50,000/- 50,000/-

IV University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences 5,00,000/- 4,50,000/- 50,000/-

V ANU P.G.Centre Library, Ongole 3,00,000/- 2,70,000/- 30,000/-

Grand total Rs. 55,00,000/- 49,50,000/- 5,50,000/-

* UGC Sponsored National Seminar in Library Science was organized for two days on the Topic: “Developing a FullyFledged Digital Library System” in Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada on 16th & 17th November, 2012 in associationwith Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Prof. K.Venkata Rao, Librarian, Acharya Nagarjuna University presented a paper titled: “Information andCommunication Technology and Access to E-Resources under UGC- N-LIST Programme: A Survey of DegreeCollege Library Users in Chennai.”

Book DonationsProf. P.R.Mohan Rao, (Retd), Department of Botany, Acharya Nagarjuna University has donated 159 Books toUniversity Library.

Prof. Y. Ranga Reddy (Retd), Department of Zoology, Acharya Nagarjuna University has donated some Issues of- Zoological Studies, an International Journal from Vol.No.42, 2003 to Vol.50, 20.

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The following are the newly recruited Staff in theUniversity College of Engineering & Technology1. Ch.D. Uma Shankar, Assistant Professor, ECE

2. K.S. Raja Sekhar, Assistant Professor, ECE

3. B.S. Naga Kishore, Assistant Professor, ECE

4. K. Lakshmi Bhavani, Assistant Professor, ECE

5. G.Padma Ratna, Assistant Professor, ECE

6. B. Bhaskara Rao, Assistant Professor, ECE

7. Mrs. M. Usha, Assistant Professor, ECE

8. P. Yugandhar Reddy, Assistant Professor, CSE

9. U.Satish Kumar, Assistant Professor, CSE

10. D.Chandra Mouli, Assistant Professor, CE

11. I.NagaPrasanthi, Assistant Professor, CE

12. P.Bapeswara Rao, Assistant Professor, CE

13. K. Sandeep Kumar, Assistant Professor, CE

14. D.Venkateswara Rao, Assistant Professor, CE

15. V. Uma Maheswari, Assistant Professor, EEE

16. R. Guruswamy, Assistant Professor, EEE

17. V. Dega Rajaji, Assistant Professor, EEE

18. Ch.Punya Sekhar, Assistant Professor, EEE

19. B.Jyothsna Rani, Assistant Professor, EEE

20. P.Narendra Mohan, Assistant Professor, ME

21. B.Purna Chandra Sekhar, Assistant Professor, ME

22. Md.Touseef Ahmad, Assistant Professor, ME

23. K. Sreedevi, Assistant Professor, ME

24. B.Vijaya Prakash, Assistant Professor, ME

25. T. Suseela, Assistant Professor, ME

Inaugural and Orientation ProgrammeAn Inaugural and Orientation programme for 1st year

students of University College of Engineering andTechnology was held on 27th Sept., 2012. The Chief Guestwas Sri R.K.Ravi Krishna, Urban S.P., Guntur, Prof.Buddudu, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati;Prof.Srinivasa Rao, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam; Prof.Avadhani, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam; Prof. VinayKumar, Jawaharlal Nahru Technological University are thespecial guests while Prof. K.V.Rao, Vice-Chancellor, ANUpresided over the function. He said that professionalcolleges like Engineering, Architecture and Pharmacy wereestablished with the aim to provide quality education for thebackward and poor students.

Prof. P. Siddaiah, Dean, Faculty of Engineering,announced that all the 300 seats have been occupied in thefirst counseling itself. Prof.E.Srinivasa Reddy, Principal ofUniversity College of Engineering and Technologymentioned that four innovative stepwise plans of action areessential for the success of any Engineering student.Prof.Y.P.Ramasubhaiah, Rector, ANU; Prof. R.R.L.Kantam,

Register, ANU; Prof. Z.Vishnuvardhan, OSD, ANU; Prof. A.V.Dattatreya Rao, Principal, ANU; Prof.Y.V.Reddy, formerPrincipal of ANUCET addressed the students.

NSS Unit, University College of Engineering &Technology

NSS Unit, University College of Engineering &Technology conducted 10 days Special Camp at AcharyaNagarjuna University during 26-07-2012 to 04-08-2012.About 74 NSS Volunteers and Program Officer Ch. RaviKumar participated in the Special Camp.

Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.Viyyanna Rao inauguratedthe Special Camp “Youth for Better Environment” and theguests of honor were Prof.Y.P.Rama Subbaiah, Rector; Prof.R.R.L. Kantam, Registrar; Principal Prof. P.Siddaiah;Dr.K.Sumanth Kumar, Co-ordinator NSS; Vice PrincipalProf.E.Srinivasa Reddy. Bush cutting was done around theEngineering College premises and at Indira PriyadarsiniWomen’s Hostel. Also 500 saplings were planted in andaround the ANU College of Engineering & Technology.

NSS Volunteers of University College of Engineeringand Technology participated in NSS State awardsfunction conducted on NSS Foundation Day (24th

September) at ANU Campus. Kum.Sowndarya, II/IV B.Tech.EEE Dept. performed a classical Dance in NSS State AwardsFunction.

ANU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

OBITUARYSri G. Haranadha Babu, Senior Assistant (Retd.)

died of illness on 15-8-2012.

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NSS ACTIVITIES (JULY-SEPTEMBER, 2012)Training of Trainers (ToT) for Programme Officers of NSS Special Camp by the NSS Units of Pharmacy and

Engineering Colleges of ANU campus

The NDRF personnel gave live demonstration aboutrescue operations to be carried out and precautionarymeasures to be taken. They also displayed the equipmentused during the emergency situations of natural disasters.The resource persons of the training programme were drawnfrom staff of NDRF of the rank of Assistant Commandants;108 service of District Medical & Health Office of Guntur;Deputy Superintendent Police of Home Guards of Gunturdistrict, and Sri D.Roshan Kumar, Project Director, SEEDS,Guntur. The objective of the training programme was toestablish Emergency Response Units (ERU’s) at all the 300NSS Units under jurisdiction of ANU. The NSS Cell of theANU is the only university having ERU’s at NSS Units.

The NSS Cell, ANU, organised one day TrainingProgramme on 19th July, 2012 on “Strengthening LocalResponse Networks for Disaster Risk Management /Reduction in Andhra Pradesh – ToT on Disaster RiskReduction for Programme Officers of NSS Units” under thejurisdiction of NSS Cell, ANU. The programme went onsuccessfully with 104 participants (38 Programme Officers,NSS Units, Volunteers NSS Units and NDRF Personnel) forthe establishment of Emergency Response Unit (ERU). The10th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)Commandant Mr.Prashant Dhar was the Chief Guest andProf. K.Viyyanna Rao, Vice-Chancellor of ANU presided overthe inaugural programme. The entire programme wascoordinated by Sri Sanjeev Peethala, State DRM Coordinator,Project Concern International (PCI) and Dr. K.SumanthKumar, Programme Coordinator, NSS Cell ANU.

The NSS Units of Pharmacy and Engineering Collegesof ANU campus organized a special camp from 27th July - 4th

August. In this programme clean and green; plantation of1600 saplings of different varieties was carried out at thepremises of their respective campuses with the view ofdeveloping NSS gardens. During the programme, the NSSvolunteers allotted half a day for cleaning the premises ofWomen’s hostel of ANU by removing all unwanted plantsand debris and demolished the snake-pits. The inauguralas well as valedictory programme were graced by the Vice-Chancellor Prof.K.Viyyanna Rao; Prof. R. R. L. Kantam,Registrar; Prof. Z. Vishnuvardhan, OSD; Prof. G. V. ChalamDean, CDC; Prof.Siddaiah, Principal, University EngineeringCollege, Prof.Prameela Rani, Principal University PharmacyCollege, Dr.K.Sumanth Kumar, Programme Coordinator, NSSCell; Mr. Ravi Shankar Reddy, Programme Officer of NSSUnit of University Pharmacy College, and Mr.Ravi Kumar,Programme Officer of NSS Unit of University EngineeringCollege.

‘Vanamahotsav’The Govt. of AP declared August 31st as the day for

Vanamahostav. The NSS units of ANU campus observedthe Vanamahostav day by planting more than 1800 saplingsof different varieties. Prof.K.Viyyanna Rao, Vice-Chancellor;Prof.R.R.L.Kantam, Registrar; Prof.Siddaiah, Principal,University Engineering College; Prof.Prameela Rani,Principal, Pharmacy College; Dr.K.Sumanth Kumar,Programme Coordinator, NSS Cell; Dr.Satyanarayana Raju,Beautification I/c, ANU and other officials participated in themega plantation programme.

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‘PRAKRITHI MITHRA’ - Cultural Awareness ProgrammeThe NSS Cell organised “PRAKRITHI MITHRA” a

cultural awareness programme on 14th August at theDr.H.H.Deichmann & Dr.S.John David Auditorium, ANU. In

Lakshmana Rao, MLC, Guntur; Sri. G. Gokul Krishna, YouthOfficer/Head, NSS Regional Office, Hyderabad,Sri.P.Ramachandra Rao, State Liaison Officer, Hyderabad,Dr.N.A.D.Paul, TOC Coordinator, Andhra University; SriA.Jagannadha Rao, Finance Officer; Dr.K.Sumanth Kumar,Programme Coordinator, NSS Cell, ANU; Prof. N.VijayaRatnam, former NSS Co-ordinator; Mr.Roshan Kumar,Director, SEEDS, and other members includingrepresentatives of NGO and NSS participated in the meeting.The committee formally gave approval for most of the agendaitems such as Annual Report of 2011-12, expenditurestatement for the year 2011-12, annual budget, NSS Cellweb site (www.nssanu.org) etc.

University level meeting of Programme Officers ofGuntur and Prakasam Districts

The NSS Cell organized NSS Programme officers’meeting for Guntur and Prakasam districts on 3rdSeptember,2012 for NSS units, ANU. The meeting was presided overby Prof.K.Viyyanna Rao, Vice-Chancellor ANU.Dr.K.Sumanth Kumar, Programme Coordinator, NSS Cellapprised the members of the tasks and targets for the year2012-13, calendar of activities (action plan) for colleges andalso emphasized the importance of timely submission ofreports and stressed the importance of effectiveimplementation of calendar of activities. He also made it clearthat in case of failure to implement the activities at theirrespective NSS Units, the units will be declared as sick andwill be allotted to other colleges.

State Level NSS Awards Function-2012 andNSS Foundation Day Celebrations

The NSS Cell organized State Level NSS AwardsFunction- 2012, the first of its kind, in the university campuson 24th September, 2012.

The function was presided over by Prof.K.ViyyannaRao, Vice-Chancellor of ANU and graced by SriK.S.Lakshmana Rao, MLC, Guntur and Krishna teacherconstituency; Prof.Y.P.Rama Subbaiah, Rector;Prof.R.R.L.Kantam, Registrar; Prof. Z. Vishnuvardhan, OSD;Sri. G. Gokul Krishna; Youth Officer/Head, NSS RegionalOffice, Hyderabad, Sri P. Ramachandra Rao, State LiaisonOfficer, State NSS Cell, Hyderabad; Dr.N.A.D.Paul,Coordinator (Trg.), TOC, Andhra University; Dr.K.SumanthKumar, Programme Coordinator, NSS Cell, ANU; andProf.N.Vijaya Ratnam, Ex- Programme Coordinator, NSSCell, ANU.

The function was celebrated in a jubilant mannerwith the participation of more than 1200 NSS volunteers, intraditional dress, drawn from different NSS Units under thejurisdiction of ANU, Programme Officers of ANU’s jurisdiction,apart from the participation of Programme Coordinators ofNSS Cells of different universities, and 15 members of StateLevel NSS Award winners under different categories. Theprogramme was started with the hoisting of NSS Flag byProf. K.Viyyanna Rao Vice-Chancellor, ANU followed by

the programme 200 NSS volunteers drawn from the differentcolleges of Guntur city were given training on “Environmentalcultural awareness”. The programme was organized alongwith National Green Corps (NGC) as part of bringingawareness about the International Conference onBiodiversity, scheduled in the month of October at Hyderabad.The Project Officer of NGC Mr. Sharath Babu, Project Officer,National Green Corps, Hyderabad and his cultural teamorganized the programme and taught the NSS volunteers toconduct the cultural awareness events to educate peopleabout the environment. The programme also gave directionto establish PRAKRITHIHA MITHRA’s teams at the NSS unitsto perform environmental awareness programmes

Celebrations of Independence DayThe NSS Cell of ANU coordinated the Celebrations

of Independence Day on 15th August in Dr. SarvepalliRadhakrishnan Open Air Auditorium of ANU. 350 NSSvolunteers (8 Programme Officers, NSS Units and VolunteersNSS Units) from 8 colleges, rendered services during thefunction.

Meeting of University Advisory Committee for NSS Cell, ANUA University level NSS Advisory Committee meeting

was held on 3rdSeptember, 2012 for NSS Cell, ANU. The

Vice-Chancellor Prof.K.Viyyanna Rao, ANU, Chairperson ofAdvisory Committee and members viz Prof.R.R.L.Kantam,Registrar; Prof. Z. Vishnuvardhan, OSD; Sri K.S.

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NSS song sung by NSS volunteers. As a mark of peace,national integration and communal harmony, several pigeonsand balloons were also released by the dignitaries. A photoexhibition displaying the activities of NSS Cell and NSS Unitsof ANU was inaugurated by Sri G. Gokul Krishna, YouthOfficer/and Head, NSS Regional Office, Hyderabad.

The exclusive website (www.nssanu.org) of NSS Cellof ANU was officially launched by Prof.K.Viyyanna Rao,Vice-Chancellor along with the guests of honour.The speciality ofthis web site is that ANU is the only university in the stateand in south India having an exclusive website of NSS Cell.The website is a part of using information technology foreffective communication, transparency of usage of funds andmaintenance of online database of all activities of all the 300units under jurisdiction of ANU.

The state level NSS awards of 2012 were presentedto the award winners for their services rendered to NSS duringthe year 2011-12.The state Best Programme Coordinatorwas won by Prof.N.Vijaya Ratnam, Ex-ProgrammeCoordinator, NSS Cell, ANU. The celebration reached peakwith the organization of cultural programmes by different NSSUnits of ANU. The entire event was jointly organized by NSSRegional Centre, Hyderabad, State NSS Cell, Hyderabad andNSS Cell, ANU for which specific GO was also issued.

NSS Volunteer selections for West Zone Pre-RD ParadeCamp -2012

The NSS Cell conducted University level NSSVolunteers selections for West Zone “Pre-RD Parade Camp”at NSS Bhavan and also at sports ground of ANU on 26th

September, 2012. The quota allotted for NSS Cell is 3 maleand 4 female NSS volunteers for which 1:5 ratio of NSSvolunteers were called for selection trials. The selectionprogramme was well attended by 77 participants (10

Programme Officers, NSS Units and Volunteers NSS Units)drawn from NSS Units of 10 colleges. The entire selectionprocess was well coordinated by Sri K.C.Reddy, State YouthAssistant NSS Regional Centre, Hyderabad andDr.K.Sumanth Kumar, Programme Coordinator, NSS CellANU. Selection process was made as per the strict guidelinesof physical fitness standards laid down by the specificauthorities include Standard Height Measurement, 400meters running race, march-past, followed by personalinterview of the finalists.

Programmes attended by Programme Coodinator, NSSCell ANU

* Attended as chief guest for the Orientation Programmefor NSS volunteers of Maris Stella College, Vijayawadaon 4th August, 2012 and apprised the NSS volunteersof the activities of NSS.

* Attended as chief guest for the Sadbhavana Diwasorganized on 17th August by NSS Unit of ChalapathiInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lam, Guntur. Thesadbhavana pledge was conducted for the NSSVolunteers along with the Dr.N.Rama Rao, Principal,CHIPS, Sri Anjaneyulu, Secretary & Correspondent, SriRajanikanth, Programme Officer.

* Inaugurated the Eye Camp organized by NSS Unit ofB.H. Degree College for Women, Guntur with the supportof Vasan Eye care Guntur on 22nd September 2012.

* Attended as guest of honour for blood donation camporganized by NSS Unit of TJPS College, Guntur at thecollege auditorium on 29th September 2012. Theprogramme was graced by Smt. K.Sarada Devi, Addl.Joint Collector, Guntur, Mr. Ravindra, Programme officerand the College Management.

NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEESCO-OPERATIVE CREDIT SOCIETY LIMITED

Sri C.Seetharamaiah, Advocate Guntur conductedelections to the Board of Management of NagarjunaUniversity Employees Co-Operative Credit Society Ltd.No.I-2559 on 21st July, 2012 as per the rule of A.P.C.SRule and declared results as given below:

S No Name of the Member Designation1 Sri B.Narasa Reddy President2 Sri J.V.Krishnaiah Secretary3 Sri N.Tataiah Treasurer4 Sri Reddy Prakasa Rao Director5 Sri A.Gopalakrishna Director6 Sri A.Siva Prasada Rao Director7 Sri K.Subba Rao Director

The Term of the Office is Five Years From21-07-2012 to 20-07-2017.

ANU ONGOLE CAMPUSA Felicitation function was arranged to the Vice-

Chancellor Prof. K.Viyyanna Rao in the University affiliatedcolleges Principals’ meeting, in Ongole, Prakasam district,on 16-08-2012 at A.N.U. Campus, Ongole.

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Sl.No. Name of the Research Scholar Subject Name of the Guide

1 Kumar Abbaraju Vdn Chemistry Prof. MV Basaweswara Rao2 Bulusu Siva Sankara Rao Law Prof. Y. P. Rama Subbaiah3 Nanda Chiranjeevi Rao Law Prof. L. Jayasree4 Madhu Babu Kavala Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Chair Prof. N. Samuyelu5 Ravi Sankar Devalaraju Biochemistry Prof. P. V. V. Satyanarayana6 K. Srikanth Physics Prof. D.Krishna Rao7 V. Sree Ram Chemistry Prof. M.V. Basaveswara Rao8 Ch. Lavanya Devi Chemistry Dr. V. Jayantha Rao9 V. Chandra Prakash Computer Science & Engg. Prof. L.S.S. Reddy10 Anil Kumar D V S R Mathematics Dr. J. Venkateswara Rao11 P. Raghava Rao Physics Prof. N. Veeraiah12 N. Narasimha Rao Physics Dr. V. Ravi Kumar13 G. Peeraju Education Dr. P. Johnson14 M. Latha English Prof. R. Saraswathi15 Aravapalli Jayalakshmi Computer Science & Engg. Prof. I. Ramesh Babu16 M. Venkata Siva Prasad Computer Science & Engg. Prof. A. Vinaya Babu17 Ericherla Raju Economics Prof. B. Sambasiva Rao18 Prabhavathy Munagala Biotechnology Prof. B. Sashidhar Rao19 Sunil Raj Raga Biotechnology Prof. K. P. R. Chowdary20 Divi Jalaja Kumari Biotechnology Dr. B. Babitha21 Mandav Neelima Education Dr. G. Bhuvaneswara Lakshmi22 A.V. Ravi Kumar Physics Prof. N. Veeraiah23 A. Sai Hanuman Computer Science & Engg. Dr. A. Vinaya Babu24 A. Ranganath Education Dr. D. Bhaskara Rao25 Paladugu Parvathi Devi Scientific Socialism Prof. C. Narasimha Rao26 C L V Siva Kumar Law Prof. A. Subrahmanyam27 M. Neelima Rural Development Prof. C. Narasimha Rao28 S. Shaheen Taj English Prof. Raja Sekhar Patteti29 T. Raghavendra Rao Physics Dr. R V S S N Ravi Kumar30 Y R Ramesh Kumar Computer Science & Engg. Prof. A. Govardhan31 J V Shanmukha Kumar Chemistry Dr. D. Ramachandran32 D. Praveen Kumar Zoology & Aquaculture Dr. P. V. Krishna33 Chithajallu Rajyasree Physics Prof. D. Krishna Rao34 Chandragiri Venkata Reddy Physics Dr. R V S S N Ravi Kumar35 Krishna Pocha Biotechnology Prof. G. Devala Rao36 V V Padmavathi Zoology Prof.. V. Viveka Vardhani37 Edupuganti Venu Madhav Biotechnology Prof. G. Devala Rao38 Puppala Raja Babu Commerce & Management Studies Dr. B. K. Surya Prakasha Rao39 K. Siva Nageswara Rao Commerce & Management Studies Prof. S. Vijaya Raju40 K. V. V. Murali Someswra Rao Commerce & Management Studies Dr. K. V.N. B. Kumar41 Ankamreddi Rama Mohan Commerce & Management Studies Prof. G. V. Chalam42 Nulaka Srinivas Computer Science & Engg. Prof. Allam Appa Rao43 P. Raja Rajeswari Computer Science & Engg. Prof. Allam Appa Rao44 Thota Rama Rao Mathematics Prof. U. M. Swamy45 Vuyyuru Krishna Reddy Computer Science & Engg. Prof. L. S. S. Reddy46 Satyanarayana Annapareddy Mathematics Dr. J. Venkateswara Rao47 Y. Praroopa Mathematics Dr. J. Venkateswara Rao48 Kavitha Srigiri Biotechnology Prof. V. Rama Murthy49 N. Ratna Raju Law Dr. Annie John50 K. Shamim Basha Biochemistry Dr. S. D. S. Murthy51 M. Alivelu Chemistry Dr. P. Radha Krishna52 Pratapa Reddy Jakkam Statistics Prof. K. Rosaiah53 Ravi Kiran Kaja Chemistry Dr. K. V. Surendranath54 Veera Venkata Rao .S Chemistry Prof. C. Rambabu55 Elphine Prabahar A Biotechnology Dr. P. Vijayaraj Kumar56 Smitha . V. G. Commerce & Management Studies Prof. T. Umamaheswara Rao57 Srinivasulu Mavuru Sociology & Social Work Dr. M. Trimurthi Rao58 Sk. Khadar Baba Commerce & Management Studies Prof. T. Umamaheswara Rao59 N. Thyaga Raju English Prof. P. Raja Sekhar

RESEARCH DEGREES AWARDED DURING JULY - SEPTEMBER 2012Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED

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NON - TEACHING STAFF PROMOTIONSThe following Non-teaching staff members were promoted as follows during July-September 2012.

1. V.Koteswara Rao, Junior Assistant as Senior Assistant on 02.07.20122. G.Venkateswara Rao, Deputy Registrar as Joint Registrar on 01.08.20123. M.Savithri, Assistant Registrar promoted as Deputy Registrar on 01.08.20124. Ch.Usha Rani, Superintendent as Assistant Registrar on 01.08.20125. N.Bhagyalatha, Senior Assistant as Superintendent on 01.08.20126. Md.Bandageesa, Junior Assistant as Senior Assistant on 01.08.20127. Bh.Vijaya Lakshmi, Junior Assistant as Senior Assistant on 01.08.20128. M.Ennsamma, Junior Assistant as Senior Assistant on 01.08.20129. K.Sudhakar, Attender as Record Assistant on 29.08.201210. L.R.Prasad, Superintendent as Assistant Registrar on 03.09.201211. B.Rama Rao, Senior Assistant as Superintendent on 03.09.201212. S.Prasad, Senior Assistant as Superintendent on 03.09.201213. M.S.Koteswara Rao, Junior Asst. as Senior Assistant on 03.09.201214. B.Solman Raju, Record Assistant as Junior Assistant on 11.09.201215. M.Venu, Attender as Record Assistant on 11.09.2012

NON-TEACHING STAFF RETIREMENT

V. Pradeep,Joint Registrat 31-07-2012

The following Non-teaching staff retired from service on attaining superannuation during the period July-September 2012. The Non-Teaching staff Association (VIKASA) felicitated them.

R.R.K. MurthyDeputy Registrar

31-08-2012

S. Sankara RaoSenior Assistant

31-07-2012

K. Mary RazeenaSenior Assistant

31-07-2012

T. Mallikarjuna RaoAssistant Registrar

31-08-2012

Ch. SivaiahSenior Assistant

31-08-2012

V. Sekhara RaoDeputy Registrar

30-09-2012

The university places on record the valuable services rendered by them and wishes them a peaceful retired life.

M.PHIL. DEGREES AWARDEDSl. No Name of the Research Scholar Subject Name of the Research Guide1 K. Kalyani Chemistry Prof. V. Anuradha2 B. Tulasi Koteswari Bai Chemistry Dr. M. Sarath Babu3 A. Vijaya Kumar Ambedkar Chair Dr. P. Arun Kumar4 Ch. Durga Shyam Prasad Sanskrit Prof. P. Vara Prasada Murthy5 G. Sundaravalli Sanskrit Prof. P. Vara Prasada Murthy6 D. Rajani English Prof. P. Raja Sekhar7 K. Suresh Babu History & Archaeology Prof. P. Rama Lakshmi8 K. Udaya Lakshmi Chemistry Dr. B. Hari Babu9 G. Jagan Mohini Physics Dr. G. Sahaya Bhaskaran10 B. N. Padamavathi Mathematics Dr. N. V. Ramana Murthy11 R. Venkateswarlu Sanskrit Prof. P. Vara Prasada Murthy12 K. Vinuth H. R. M. Dr. B. Naga Raju13 A. Anuradha Mathematics Dr. J. Venkateswara Rao14 V. Tejeswara Rao Chemistry Prof. K. Rama Krishna15 Ch. V. Kameswara Rao Chemistry Prof. K. Rama Krishna16 K. Prameela Economics Prof. K. Raja Babu17 N. Suresh Chemistry Dr. G. Subramanya Sastry18 D. Varabrahmaji Chemistry Prof. M. Saratchandra Babu19 D. Kanaka Mahalaxmi Chemistry Prof. M. Saratchandra Babu20 T. Govinda Rao Chemistry Prof. M. Saratchandra Babu21 K. Kishore Babu Economics Prof. C. S. N. Raju22 B. Rajesh Microbiology Prof. M. Vijaya Lakshmi23 K. Santha Kumari Chemistry Dr. K. Prasada Rao24 K. Mary Chemistry Prof. M. V. Basaveswara Rao25 S. Mohan Chemistry Dr. K. Prasada Rao

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CENTRE FOR HRDANU Centre for HRD organized a placement

programme in the Department of MHRM in which NSLTextiles Limited, a well known company in Andhra Pradesh,conducted Campus Placements for the MBA students on19-09-2012. Out of 90 students who attended the interview,8 students were selected as Management Trainees.

Training Programmes:

ANU Centre for HRD organized a special Workshopon Employability Skills to all ANU College Students atDeichmann Auditorium, ANU on 14-08-2012. Dr.K.BalajiReddy, Director, MPES, AP, India, gave a Lecture.Prof.K.V.Rao presided over the function and Prof. R.R.L.Kantam, Registrar; Prof.Z.Vishnuvardhan, OSD;Prof.T.Umamaheswara Rao, Principal, College of Arts,Commerce & Law; Prof.A.V.Dattatreya Rao, Principal,College of Sciences, ANU and Dr.B.Nagaraju, Asst. DirectorCentre for HRD also participated in the programme.

HERBAL GARDEN

In connection with the Teachers’ Day Celebrationsheld on 5th September, 2012, a Plantation and MedicinalPlants distribution Programme was conducted by A.N.U.Herbal Garden. Prof. K. Viyyanna Rao, Vice-Chancellor,Prof.R.R.L. Kantham, Registrar and Prof. Z. Vishnuvardhan,O.S.D., participated in the plantation and distribution ofInsulin and Saraswathi Medicinal Plants to the Staff,Students and Research Scholars of A.N.U. Dr. G. Rosaiah,Department of Botany & Coordinator, Herbal Garden,organized this function.

ANU Centre for HRD conducted the Group-I &Group–II (APPSC) coaching classes for SC/ST/OBC andMinorities students from 03-09-2012 to 29-09-2012 in thefirst phase. The Vice-Chancellor Prof.K.V.Rao inauguratedthe programme and the Registrar Prof.RRL Kantamaddressed the students. 600 Students enrolled in thisprogramme. This Coaching programme took place from 3.45pm to 6.45 pm at Students Centre, ANU.

WOMEN’S GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL CELLThe Vice-Chancellor has constituted a Women’s

Grievance Redressal Cell on 24-8-2012 with Prof. L.Jayasree, Dept. of Law, ANU, as the Convener. The mem-bers are Dr. Y. Sunandamma, Dept. of Chemistry; ANU, Dr.N. Gitanjali, Principal, Government College for Women,Guntur; and Dr. J.J.L.R. Bharati Devi, P.G. Dept. of Com-merce, T.J.P.S. College, Guntur.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONALBUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Sri V. Sudhakar Babu, AP Treasury Joint Director gavea lecture Public Finance & Treasury Management on 12-07-2012. The Dept. of International Business Studiesorganized a Workshop on “Think on outside the Box” forwhich the Resource person was Prof. Balaji Reddy on 18-7-2012 & 27-7-2012.

An International Business Summit of IIMS Ahmedabadwas conducted on 16-8-2012 & 17-8-2012 Confluence2012. A Zonal workshop was held on 16th & 17th August,by the Department.

A Successful Entrepreneur Interaction was organizedwith International Business Studies Students by GrandhiSubba Rao, CEO, Crane Nut Powder.

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A.N.U COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCESFORTHCOMING EVENTS

UGC Sponsored National Seminar is scheduled to beorganized in the month of November.

National Pharmacy Week is going to be celebrated during3rd week of November at A.N.U. College of PharmaceuticalSciences.

STAFF APPOINTMENTSThe following staff are appointed in ANUCPS on contractual

basis during August 2012.1. K.Phani Kumar Asst. Professor2. P.Raghuveer ,,3. R.Chandra sekhara Reddy ,,4. G.Srikar ,,5. M.Gayatri Ramya ,,6. Sheik Masthanamma ,,7. Ch.Srujani ,,8. K.E.Pravallika ,,9. P.Ravi ,,10. K.Vijaya Kishore ,,11. D.Madhuri ,,12. D. Indira Lab Technician13. V .Sree Latha ,,14. K.V.Krishna Veni ,,15. T. Vijaya Bharathi ,,

The university held an Anti-Ragging Meet to cre-ate awareness among students about the evil of Ragging,on 3-8-2012. The Chief Guest Sri S. Suresh Kumar,Collector, Guntur District, explained to the students thatRagging is a crime which invites stringent laws and severepunishments, as formulated by the Supreme Court and theRaghavan Committee. Describing Ragging as inimical toa progressive society, he exhorted the students not to spoiltheir careers by indulging in it. The Vice-Chancellor Prof.K.Viyyanna Rao presided over the meeting. Along withuniversity officials were present Mrs. M. V. RamanaKumari, District Legal Services Authority Secretary andMrs. Annapurna Reddy, Additional Superintendent ofPolice (OSD). Students of the Department of Journalismand Mass Communication performed a skit on the menaceof Ragging.

The V.C. at Eye - Testing Camp.

An Eye Donation Awareness Programme wasorganized by Nagarjuna University Teachers’ Association,ANU, on September 4, 2012 in the campus. As part of theprogramme, a Free Eye Testing Camp was also conductedfor the sake of the faculty members. The Vice-ChancellorProf. K.V. Rao inaugurated the programme for whichDoctors and Surgeons of Sankara Eye Hospital,Pedakakani, Guntur provided the medical expertise.

EYE DONATION CAMP

CENTRE FOR WOMEN’S STUDIES

A workshop on Status of Women in India – Gen-der Gaps was organized by the Centre for Women’s Stud-ies on July 3, 2012, in honour of Prof. G. Prasad who retiredfrom service as Principal, College of Arts, Commerce & Lawand as Registrar I/c of ANU. The Inaugural address wasdelivered by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. K. Viyyanna Rao whileProf. Rekha Pande, Director, Centre for Women’s Studies,University of Hyderabad was the Resource Person. TheRector Prof. Y.P. Ramasubbaiah, the Registrar Prof. R.R.L.Kantam, the Principals of the University Colleges and Prof.K. Jyothi Viyyanna Rao participated in the deliberations. Dr.Y. Sunandamma, Director of the Centre organized the work-shop.

ANTI-RAGGING MEET

ADIEU

Prof. N. Samuyelu, Director of Dr.Ambedkar Chair and Prof. V. Viveka Vardhani,Dept. of Zoology and ANU, retired from servicein July and August 2012 respectively.

The university acknowledged theservices rendered by them.

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ANU COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORTS SCIENCES

Cash Award Ceremony for Meritorious Sports Persons 2011-12

The College of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, ANU conducted Cash Award ceremony on 20th July 2012for meritorious sports persons who brought laurels to the university in the South Zone / South-West Zone / All India Inter-University Tournaments and secured medals. Prof.K.Viyyanna Rao, Vice-Chancellor of the University, distributed Mementosand Cash awards to the following Meritorious Sports Persons for the academic year 2011-12. Prof.Y.P.Rama Subbaiah,Rector; Prof. R.R.L.Kantam, Registrar; and Prof.Z.Vishnuvardhan, Officer on Special Duty of ANU were the Guests ofHonour.

LIST OF AWARDEESAthletics (Women)1 K Anitha Devi CDE, ANU Campus, Nagarjunanagar All India Athletics - Bronze

Handball (Women)1 N Sri Kalpana B.S.S.B. College, Tadikonda South Zone Handball - Silver2 A Radhika B.S.S.B. College, Tadikonda South Zone Handball - Silver3 P Asha Venkat S.D.M.S.M Kalasala, Vijayawada South Zone Handball - Silver4 D Nagamani S.D.M.S.M Kalasala, Vijayawada South Zone Handball - Silver5 P Triveni St.Ann‘s Degree College for Women, Guntur South Zone Handball - Silver6 L Sivaranjani St.Ann‘s Degree College for Women, Guntur South Zone Handball - Silver7 K Govardhana University College of Physical Education, A.N.U South Zone Handball - Silver8 M Anthonamma University College of Physical Education, A.N.U South Zone Handball - Silver9 B Asha University College of Physical Education, A.N.U South Zone Handball - Silver

10 K Lakshmi Prasana University College of Physical Education, A.N.U South Zone Handball - Silver11 Sd Parveen University College of Physical Education, A.N.U South Zone Handball - Silver12 V Durga University College of Physical Education, A.N.U South Zone Handball - Silver13 M Pakeeramma V.S.R. & N.V.R. College, Tenali South Zone Handball - Silver14 D Naveena V.S.R. & N.V.R. College, Tenali South Zone Handball - Silver15 P Niveditha V.S.R. & N.V.R. College, Tenali South Zone Handball - Silver

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Release of Annual Inter-Collegiate Sports Calendar for the year 2012-13

Published by The Registrar, Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar, A.P. 522 510 Printed at Don Bosco Technical School Press, Ring Road, Guntur-7, Ph : 2350832

Acharya Nagarjuna University Sports Board meeting was held on 24th July, 2012 under the chairmanship ofProf.K.Viyyanna Rao, Vice-Chancellor. The Sports Board has approved the annual Sports calendar and the programme.

Forthcoming Inter-University TournamentsThe Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi has entrusted the responsibility of conducting the following

major Inter-University Tournaments to Acharya Nagarjuna University for the academic year 2012-13. The University isconducting these tournaments on the below mentioned dates:

Sn Name of the Tournament Dates

1. South Zone Inter-University Volleyball (Women) Tournament 28.10.2012 to 01.11.2012

2. South Zone Inter-University Kho-Kho (Men) Tournament 04.01.2013 to 08.01.2013

3. All India Inter-University Kho-Kho (Men) Tournament 10.01.2013 to 12.01.2013

Participation of M.P.Ed., students in Guinness World Record programme organized byDinnaz Fitness Studio, Hyderabad

Dinnaz Fitness Studio, Hyderabad organized Guinness World Record Programme for the longest (26 hours)aerobics class on 15.09.2012. Dinnaz Fitness Studio, Hyderabad invited the students and staff of University College ofPhysical Education & Sports Sciences to act as stewards. First & Second years M.P.Ed. students of University College ofPhysical Education & Sports Sciences attended the Guinness World Record Programme at Hyderabad. Dr.P.P.S.PaulKumar, Principal I/c, UCPESS & Dr.P.Johnson, Assistant Professor, UCPESS acted as leaders to the stewards.