SSBN Degree College
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Sri Sai Baba National Degree College is an autonomous degree college located in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh (A.P.), India. It is a Government Aided College also known as Sai Baba College.The College, named after Sri Shiridi Sai Baba, was established in October 1981 under the aegis of the Anantapur District National Education (ADNE) Trust, Anantapur founded by Sri Sirivaram Adinarayana Rao in 1942.
History
[edit]This co-educational Institution was inaugurated by Sri Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy, the Minister for Education, Government of A.P. In October 1981, this Institution was started with B.Purnachandra Rao as the Special Officer and Sri P.Konappa Sastry, an advocate, as the Correspondent. S.V. University, Tirupati granted affiliation at the first instance for six years and approved the courses offered. To start with, there were 500 students, limited staff, and a few courses spread over the faculties of History, Economics, Commerce, Political science, Botany, Zoology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The first All Association Day was celebrated in February 1983. The first NSS unit was also started during this period, and G.L.N. Murthy, Reader in Commerce, was the first Programme Officer. In 1984, K.V.S. Prasad assumed the office of Principal-in-Charge and Sri K.S.Jayaram was the pro tem Correspondent. Prasad was appointed principal in 1992. Sri P.L.N. Reddy, who had been a correspondent for both the High School and Junior College for two decades, took the charge from Jayaram as the correspondent of the Degree College in 1985.
Prasad, the first principal, served for two decades. There was a rapid expansion of buildings year by year with required infrastructure and increase in the intake of the students. Self-financing courses and multidisciplinary courses in B.Sc. (Microbiology, Biochemistry, Electronics and Computer Sciences) and B.Com. (Computer Applications) were introduced. IGNOU Study Centre, offering higher academic qualifications to employees, was started in 1988 with strength of 50, which later increased significantly, offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses and diploma and certificate courses. Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, granted the college permanent affiliation in 1987. In 1988 the affiliation of the College was changed from S.V. University, Tirupati to Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur. The A.P. government admitted the college to grant-in-aid in 1990. In January 1992, the institution was admitted under Sec. 2(f), and Sec.12 (b) of the U.G.C Act, 1956. PG Diploma in Computer Applications and M.Sc. (IS) were introduced in 2001. K.Nirmalamma, the first female principal, assumed office in July 2002.
Provision
[edit]The College offers self-financing courses.