Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam
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Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Sri Padmavati University) is a women's university in Tirupati
Tirumala - Tirupati
Tirupati is a major pilgrimage city located in the Chittoor district and seventh biggest city of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located at the foothills of the Eastern Ghats at a distance of south of Hyderabad, the capital of the state, east of Bangalore, and north of Chennai.Tirupati is famous...

, Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It was established as a state University by the Andhra Pradesh legislature in 1983, named after the goddess Sri Padmavati
Alamelu
Alamelu also known as Alamelmanga and Padmavati , is a Hindu devi. Believed to be a form of Lakshmi, the Hindu devi of wealth and good fortune, Alamelu is the consort of Sri Venkateshwara...

, the consort of Lord Venkateswara. The university has approximately 3,000 students.

Overview

The campus of Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam covers 138 acres (56 hectares) located in a semi-urban area at the foot of the sacred Tirumala Hills. Funds for the development are received from UGC and State Government.

It is a State University admitting students from all three regions of Andhra Pradesh namely Rayalaseema, Telengana and Coastal Andhra. The University was established with the objective of promoting professional education for women so as to make them self reliant and able citizens of the country.

The University has established linkage with foreign universities and national organisations. The most notable ones are:
  1. Staff development programme with the Department of Education, Loughborough University
    Loughborough University
    Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...

    , UK with financial assistance from the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education and the British Council through the overseas Development Administrative Programme.
  2. Women Entrepreneurship Development with the Department of Business Management and Entrepreneurship, Université de Montréal
    Université de Montréal
    The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

    , Canada.
  3. An exchange programme with Chinese Government for the promotion of research in Sericulture
    Sericulture
    Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. According to Confucian texts, the discovery of silk production by B...

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Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam is a Unitary University with 16 departments having 52 programme options: 5 postgraduate diploma
Postgraduate diploma
A postgraduate diploma is a postgraduate qualification awarded typically after a bachelor's degree. It can be contrasted with a graduate diploma...

, 4 undergraduate, 16 postgraduate, 14 M.Phil. and 14 Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...

 programmes. The university satisfies the mission of providing professional education to women of Andhra Pradesh to make them self reliant. The practice of giving remedial teaching to the academically weaker students and the organisation of pre-examination coaching to backward community students are undertaken by the University to promote equity.

Among the most notable features of the University is the introduction of new courses that have a great demand in the job market such as MBA in Media Management, Integrated (5 year) course in Bio Technology, Bachelor of Physical Education and BioInformatics. The University also offers courses in Distance Education mode.

The University is accredited with 4 stars by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.-History:NAAC was established in 1994 in...

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Prof. G. Sarojamma has been appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam in February, 2008. Prof.Manjuvani is the Registrar.
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