History

      Hindi studies in Andhra University were initiated due to the inspiration gained at the call of Mahatma Gandhi during the independence movement.  Due to the fore-thought of the academic  personalities  like   Dr. C.R.Reddi and the Syndicate Members like Sri. Lakkaraju Subba Rao Hindi subject was made compulsory as a second language at Graduation level for B.Com (Hons)  students in 1940. A Post Graduate Department in Hindi was established in August 1965 with 8 students in the Law College Building premises.  The intake has risen to 35 students now besides an admission of 400 students through distance mode.

Building

      A  separate building ‘Hindi Bhavan' was constructed in 1978 for Hindi Department, with the 3 lakhs grant received from the Government of Uttar Pradesh, one lakh donation from Philanthropist Sri. R.K.Saraaf, FACOR  in the name of his father Sriram Saraaf and one and half lakhs donation from Smt.(Late) Jayanti Venkata Lakshmi in the name of famous Telugu writer Kalaprapoorna Puripanda Appala Swami.  The founder Professor G.Sundara Reddi was responsible  to   get  the   grant  from  Uttar  Pradesh  Government  and  FACOR.  Where  as  Prof. S.M.Iqbal was instrumental in getting the donation from Smt. Jayanti Venkata Lakshmi for the construction of Puripanda Library Hall.   Dr. Y.Lakshmi Prasad was instrumental in obtaining a grant of one and a half lakh rupees from the M.P. funds of Sri M.V.V.S. Murthy, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for the Audio-Visual Equipment and in procuring other facilities for the department.

Faculty

      The Department faculty at present comprises of five Professors, one Associate Professor and  One  Assistant  Professor.    The department  had  the  fortune  of  having  a  galaxy  of scholarly   teachers   and   who   include   the   founder   Prof. G.Sundara Reddi  (Rtd.),          Prof. K.Raja Seshagiri Rao (Rtd.),  Prof. P.Adeswara Rao (Rtd.),  Prof. S.V.Madhava Rao (Rtd.),  Prof. S.M.Iqbal,    Dr. P.A.Raju (Expired),   Dr. V.Satyanarayana  (Rtd.),   Prof. K.Leelavati, Prof. S.Sesharatnam,  Prof. K.Sita Lakshmi, Dr. S.Pasupati Rao (Expired),   Prof. S.Surappadu,   Dr. Y.Lakshmi Prasad,    Dr. Syed Meharun   as    faculty    members    besides   other     staff   Dr. S.A.S.N.Varma (Research Scientist ‘C'),   Dr. K.V.L.Kameswari (Teaching Assistant) and Dr. K.Shanti (Research Associate),  Dr. V.Krishna  and  Dr. S.Sir Raju had served the department during 1990-1992 as Lecturers  for short period and left the institution.

      Three faculty members (Prof. P.Adeswara Rao,  Prof. S.M.Iqbal,  Prof. K.Sita Lakshmi) had been selected to teach abroad as visiting professors of Hindi by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.  Two Teachers (Prof. P.Adeswara Rao and Dr. Y.Lakshmi Prasad) have been awarded prizes by Central Sahitya Academy.  Many of the teachers have been honoured with national awards and honorary D.Litt., Degrees.  The teachers of the department have published more than 110 books in Hindi, Telugu and English.  Faculty Member  Dr. Yerlagadda Lakshmi Prasad has been conferred the title of ‘PADMASRI' by the Government of India.   He was also a  Member  of  Parliament  for  six  years during 1996-2002.   So far a total 110 PhD.,  Degrees  and  50  M.Phil.,   Degrees  have  been awarded in Hindi.

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