Dadi Veerunaidu College

Anakapalle is a big commercial Town with considerable population. Many of the students could not have university education without going to Visakhapatnam, Kakinada and Vizianagaram. To provide education facilities for the students of this town and nearby places and to meet the demand for admission and to provide real education and maintain good standards in educational institutions Former Cabinet Minister and Oppoisition Leader of Legislative Council in A.P., Sri Dadi Veerabhadra Rao came forward to establish a trust called “ The Sarada Educational Trust” in March 1993. The aims of the trust is to start colleges both for general education and technical education and to open hospitals, to provide medical aid to the needy. Sri Dadi Veerabhadra Rao garu is the Honorary Chairman of the trust.

The first in the series is Dadi Veerunaidu College. This college is the brain child of Sri Veerabhadra Rao garu, a worthy grand-son of a worthy grand-father Sri Dadi Veerunaidu garu on whose name the college has been established in August 1993. Sri Veerunaidu garu served the people of Anakapalle for over 40 years in the capacity of Municipal Counsellor and Municipal Chairman.

Under the chairmanship of professor K.C.Reddy, the then professor of Economics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnm a team of affiliation committe visited the college and satisfied with the facilities available and the Vice-Chancellor was pleased to grant affiliation to start this Degree College with a number of combinations in B.Sc., and B.A., Degree Courses with effect from 30-08-1993. Thus, the Dadi Veerunaidu College came into existence from August, 1993 with a student strength of 120 and with 11 Lecturers. Sri K.Narasimha Rao retired Principal of A.M.A.L.College was appointed as Principal of this College.

The College offered instructions in the following groups

• Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
• Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science
• Mathematics, Physics and Electronics
• Bachelor of Business Management.

In 1995 Chemistry, Botany and Zoology group was started. Later Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Mathematics, Electronics and Computer Science , Chemistry, Bio Chemistry and Bio technology Combinations are opened in B.Sc., Degree and B.Com., Computers and B.Com., General Degree Course and Master of Computer Applications, M.Sc.,(Computer Science), M.Sc., Physics and M.Sc., Organic Chemistry were started at Post – Graduate level.

The following are the other institutions run by the Management.

• Dr.Sarvepalle Radhakrishnan Junior College
• Dadi Satyanarayana College of Education
• Dadi Institute of Engineering and Technology

Under the able administration of the young, enthusiastic, dynamic and untiring Chairman Sri Dadi Ratnakar the college is progressing in all directions.