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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

DEPARTMENTAL PROFILE

Of all human endeavors the founding of a centre of learning which is aimed at civilizing the people and there by enriching their cultural heritage is perhaps the most rewarding. Way back in 1914A.D, the decision taken by the then Madras Government to provide educational facilities to the people of Ceded Districts was an event of Historic significance. Ones this region had seen the glorious days of Vijayanagar Empire. Due to some Historical forces that were at play the region became backward and neglected. But with the inception of ceded districts college In 1916 a new chapter was opened .The aspiring youth of the region could look forward to the fulfillment of their cherished desire to resuscitate the broken tradition of enlightenment left behind by the vijayanagara rulers

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT

From the inception of the college the department of History is functioning In the beginning History was start in combination with English Literature Logic And Telugu Literature as the time passed Department of History assumed most important place among the other subjects new sections were started with the fallowing combinations 1). History, Philosophy, English Literature. 2).History, Political science, Telugu Literature. 3).History, Political science, Hindi Litrature.4) History, English Literature, Communicative English. Subsequently when Telugu was made as medium of instruction all the above mentioned groups were offered in Telugu medium. At present the department offers the following Combinations (it caters to the need of a most 2000 students ). 1. History, Literature and Communicative English. 2) History, Telugu Literature and Political science.3) History, Hindi Literature and Political science.4) History, Journalism and Public Administration 5. History, Economics and Political science (Both Mediums). 6.Archaeology, History, and Economics(2017-18 onwards).

P.G. Course of History started in the academic year 2013-14 with different specialization papers.

EMINENT TEACHERS ON THE ROLES OF THE DEPARTMENT :

Many eminent teachers were part of this department. They have played an important role in the public life of Anantapuramu town and they have left great impressions on the careers of number of students. The following are a few among the significant personalities.

S.NO.	NAME OF THE EMINENT TEACHERS	ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE
1	Dammerla Venkata Rao	Renowned painter and author of Number of books
2	R.Sreenivasa Raju	A noted Historian
3	Dr.Y.Gopal Reddy	Authored many books on Andhra History, was prominent member of IAS study circle at Hyderabad
4	Dr.G.Pullaiah	Authored a book on AP History
5	Y.Ramachandran	Eminent educationist who rose to become the principal of the college
6	M. Ganga Raju	A teacher of great reputation played a prominent role in the town
7	A.Chandrashekhar	Former Principal, Human Rights Activist
8	Dr. R. Subbaiah	Principal, Madakasira

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EMINENT STUDENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

S.NO.	NAME OF THE EMINENT STUDENT	ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE
1	Avadhanam Ramesh	Distinguished-educationalist and author of many books
2	K.V.Narasappa	Former Cabinet Minister in AP Government
3	K.Chennabasappa	Former Member of AP Legislative Assembly
4	A.Venkatarami Reddy	Former Member of Parliament
5	K.M.Saifullah	Former Member of Parliament
6	K.Ramakrishna	Former member of Legislative Assembly
7	C. Vishwanath	IAS
	PRK.Reddy	IPS
	C.Y. Ramachandran	Principal
	C.V. Subbareddy	Principal
	Y.Prabhakar Chowdary	Present member of Legislative Assembly, Ananthapuramu
	Dr.N.Rangaswamy	Present principal of this college

 

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT

• Staff meeting is conducted at the end of every month.
• Review the targets along with review of results of SEM wise.
• Discuss the measures to be taken for the improvement of performance of students, like remedial coaching, debates, seminars, workshops etc.
• Identification of the students who have not performed as expected and to give special coaching to such students.

FUTURE PLANS:

We aim to provide upward mobility to each student so that he improves his

• Confidence levels
• Interactive skills
• Exposure and accumulation of information

We want to provide not only emotional support and encouragement, but also provide material resources and information necessary to face the present day world.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Padmavathi, In-charge of the Department and In-charge for the PG Course and also Chairman Board of Studies for UG & PG. Member in Hostel Committee, Women empowerment cell, counselor for II^nd J1Ph and in different committees.
2. Anantha Reddy, Member in BOS for UG, In-charge of Departmental Library, Counselor for I^st G2, Member in different college level committees
3. K. Sudhakar, In-charge of Journalism Department, Member in BOS for UG & PG, Member in different college level committees and Secretary, GCTA, Rayalaseema Region, NSS PO and counselor for G1A(Archaeology).
4. Narayanaswamy, In-charge of the department records and counselor for I^st M1J

INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES

The department has excellent infrastructure for the growth and development of the students intellectually and physically. Department provides from its Library latest books to the students. It also keeps itself in touch with latest trends in the subject by regular contacts with University development

 

UG LEVEL: SUBJECT TAUGHT 2016-17

S.NO	NAME OF THE TEACHING STAFF	SUBJECT	CLASS
1	N.Padmavathi	1. History and Culture of India From Earliest to 600 A.D. 2. Early Medieval Indian History and Culture(600-1526) 3. Late Medieval and Colonial History of India 1526-1857 4.Social Reform Movement and Freedom Struggle (1820-1947) 5. Environmental Studies	1 & 2 SEM 3 & 4 SEM I SEM
2	K.Anantha Reddy	1. History and Culture of India From Earliest to 600 A.D. 2. Early Medieval Indian History and Culture(600-1526) . Age of Rationalism and Humanism.The World Between 15th and 18th Centuries 3	1 & 2 SEM V SEM
3	Dr K. Sudhakar	1.Age of Rationalism and Humanism.The World Between 15th and 18th Centuries 2. Principles and Methods of Archaeology 3. Conservation	V SEM I SEM II SEM
4	M.Narayanaswamy	1. History and Culture of India From Earliest to 600 A.D. 2. Early Medieval Indian History and Culture(600-1526) 3. Late Medieval and Colonial History of India 1526-1857 4.Social Reform Movement and Freedom Struggle (1820-1947)	I and II SEM III and IV SEM
5	B.Ganapathi Naik	1.Age of Rationalism and Humanism-The World Between 15th and 18th Centuries 2. History and Culture of Andhra from Sathavahanas to 1857 A.D.	V and VI SEM

PG LEVEL: SUBJECT TAUGHT 2017-18

S.NO	NAME OF THE TEACHING STAFF	SUBJECT	CLASS
1	N.Padmavathi	.1 History of Ancient Indian Up to 650 AD 2.Hitory of Ancient India (650- I1200 A.D) 3.Leaders of Modern India 4, History of vijayanagara Empire	1 SEM IIsem I SEM
2	Dr. M. Nagendra	1.History of Modern Andra Pradhesh 2.Historiography 3. History of Modern world 1789-1919 4. History of Modern world1919-1980	III SEM
3	Dr K. Sudhakar	1.Historical methods 2.History of Applications in Tourism 3.History of Indian Archaeology 4..History of Indian Archaeology	1 SEM II sem II SEM
4	M.Narayanaswamy	1.History of ancient civilization of the world 2. History of Ancient civilization of the world	I and II SEM III and IV SEM
5	B.Ganapathi Naik	1,History of Modern East Asia (china) 1850-1950 2.History of Modern East Asia (Japan) 1850-1950	V and VI SEM
6	Dr. P. Hasseni	1.History of Medieval India 1200-1526 A.D 2.History of Medieval India (1526-1750 A.D) 3.History of Modern India 1757-1857 4.History of Modern India 1858-1950

TOURS/EXCURSIONs

• 100 Students participated in World Tourism Day celebrations at National Park on September 27, 2016 along with Smt. N. Padmavathi, In-charge, and Lecturers 1. Sri K. Anantha Reddy, 2. Dr. K. Sudhakar.

• On 2th November, 2016 conducted one day study tour under the leadership of Sri K. Anantha Reddy to Penugonda, Second Capital of Vijayanagara empire. 68 UG Students participated in this programme.

• On 11th November, 2016 conducted one day excursion under the leadership of Smt. N. Padmavathi, In-charge of the department, Dr. K. Sudhakar, Lecturer in History to Hemavathi, Capital of Nolambas, Rathnagiri Fort. 100 UG and PG students participated in this programme.
• From 23-09-2017 to 25-09-2017 conducted Historical tour along with 50 students under leadership of Sri.K.Anatha Reddy, Dr.K.Sudhakar, M.Narayana Swamy, M.Ganapathi Naik. The Places are Kanchipuram, Mahabalipuram, Pandicherry, Hoginekal water falls, Vellore and Thiruvannamalai in Tamilnadu.
• On the occasion of pappuri ramachari Jayanthi 122 anniversary celebrations conducted the dept of History on 8.11.2017 .A. Harinatha reddy , Grand son of Pappuri rAMACHAR sreedhar

Student- Profile-Entry level competencies-socio economic status, language Proficiency etc.

 

Course	Group	Category
		SC	ST	BC-A	BC-B	BC-C	BC-D	BC-E	OC	Total
B A	G1	25	07	17	11	nil	11	04	05	80
B A	G2	41	03	28	12	Nil	09	04	02	99
B A	I2	49	12	27	14	Nil	06	01	06	115	13	02	12	06
B A	J1PAH	13	04	13	10	Nil	07	04	03	54
B A	J2	14	01	10	06	Nil	02	01	03	37
B A	L1C	12	04	06	03	Nil	04	Nil	03	32
BA	G1A	13	02	12	06	Nil	03	Nil	01	36
Total		167	33	113	62	Nil	42	14	23	454

 

3. Changes made in the courses are programmers during the past 5 years and the contribution of the faculty to those changes.

 

• A., first year History semester wises syllabus
• A., Final year History has changed from Europe History to World History in 2010-11.
• Additional course introduced in B.A., (History, journalism, Public Administration )during 2008-09
• A., History introduced in the academic year 2013-14.
• CBCS system and Semester system introduced from 2015-16.
• College got Autonomous status from 2016-17 academic year.
• A. and PG first year History syllabus changed in 2016-17
• Additional course introduced in B.A ( Archaeology, History and Economics) during the year 2017-18

Result analysis for the last 3 years:-

YEAR	PAPER I			PAPER II			PAPER III			PAPER IV
	APPEARED	PASS	PERCENTAGE	APPEARED	PASS	PERCENT	APPEARED	PASS	PERCENT	APPEARED	PASS	PERCENT
2012-13	485	382	78.7	511	419	81.9	314	273	86.9	304	260	86.1
2013-14	493	366	74.2	442	359	81.2	324	282	87	323	316	97.8
2014-15	397	320	80.0	386	311	80.0	413	382	92	415	394	95
2015-16	351	310	88	377	361	96	350	340	97	390	390	100
2016-17	338	194	57.39	278	236	85s	371	343	92.45	371	355	95.68

5. Learning resources of the departments-Library computers laboratories and other resources

S.No	Details	Numbers
1	Computer system	1
2	Dept Library books	860
3	O H P	-
4	Charts	14
5	Models	2
6	Maps	10
7	Display Boards	2
8	Monumental photos on thermacoal sheets	25

 

Details of faculty development programmes and teachers who have been benefited during the past five years.

s.no	Details	No. of faculty Benefited
1	Ph.D (ongoing)	-
2.	M.Phil	01
3.	Ph.D	03
4.	Participated in national seminar	40
5.	Participated in International seminar	5

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13. Plan of action of the Department for the next five years.

• Starting Archaeology Mu
• Consultancy with department of history S.K. University & A.S.I. regional centre
• Student research activity in village level