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{{Short description|Public university in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Andhra University
 | image                  = Andhra University logo.png
 | caption                = Crest of the University
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 | motto                  = ''Tejasvi nāvadhītamastu'' (from the ''[[Aranyaka#Taittiriya Aranyaka|Taittiriya āraṇyaka]]'' of the [[Yajurveda]], 8.0.0)
 | mottoeng               = "May the Divine Light illuminate our studies."
 | established            = {{Start date and age|1926}}
 | founder                = [[Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy|Sir C. R. Reddy]]
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]]
 | chancellor             = [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh]]
 | vice_chancellor        = G. P. Rajasekhar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/iit-kharagpur-professor-g-p-raja-sekhar-appointed-as-the-vice-chancellor-of-andhra-university/article69234993.ece|title=IIT Kharagpur professor G. P. Raja Sekhar appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University|date=18 February 2025|accessdate=22 February 2025|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
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 | city                   = [[Visakhapatnam]]
 | state                  = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
 | country                = India
 | campus                 = [[Urban areas|Urban]]
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 | other_name             = AU
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 | website                = {{URL|andhrauniversity.edu.in}}
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 | accreditation          = NAAC (A++)
 | affiliations           = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
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{{Infobox India university ranking
|QS_A_2024=651-700|THE_W_2024=1501+|THES_A_2024=501-600|NIRF_O_2024=41|NIRF_U_2024=25
|NIRF_E_2024=90|NIRF_P_2024=34}}'''Andhra University''' is a [[public university]] located in [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India. It was established in 1926 by the Andhra University Act, 1925 (Madras Act II of 1926).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The-AP-Universities-Act-1991.pdf |url=https://www.andhrauniversity.edu.in/filestorage/The-AP-Universities-Act-1991.pdf |access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The-University.pdf |url=https://ia601506.us.archive.org/20/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.201823/2015.201823.The-University.pdf |access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref> It is graded as an A++ institution by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]], receiving a score of 3.74 on a scale of 4.

== History ==

King [[Vikram Deo Verma]], the [[Maharaja]] of [[Jeypore]], [[Orissa]] was one of the biggest donors of the university. He donated lands and two million rupees for the establishment of the university which was set to be shifted elsewhere by the education authorities due to lack of funding.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bayya |first=Venkatesh |date=26 June 2019 |title=Andhra University to celebrate 150th birth anniversary of Maharajah Vikram Deo |newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/au-to-celebrate-150th-birth-anniv-of-maharaja-vikram-deo/articleshow/69949545.cms}}</ref> Furthermore, he provided {{INR|1}} lakh annually to the university, an approximate figure of {{INR|17}} lakhs between 1930s - 1940s.a<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/maharaja-vikram-deos-birth-anniversary-observed/article31948345.ece|title = Maharajah Vikram Deo's birth anniversary observed|newspaper=The Hindu|date= 29 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/andhra-university-donors-park-fails-to-draw-funds/articleshow/57300058.cms|title = Andhra University donor's park fails to draw funds|newspaper=The Times of India|date= 23 February 2017}}</ref> The liberal king was conferred an Honorary Doctorate degree from the university. The Jeypore College of Technology and Science in Andhra University was founded by Maharajah Vikram Deo.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|author=Mahalik, Nirakar|year=2013|title=Vikram Dev Verma|url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2013/nov/engpdf/66-68.pdf|journal=Odisha Review|pages=66–68}}</ref>

== University emblem ==
The university emblem was designed by Sri Kowta Rammohan Sastri with the guidance of [[Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy]]. The rising sun represents the university itself and the radiating light rays representing its faculties of study. The lotus is the seat of [[Goddess Lakshmi]] (prosperity) and [[Saraswati]] (knowledge). The swastika is the symbol of benediction. An ocean is the vast region of knowledge. The two serpents represent the seekers and custodians of wisdom.<ref>{{cite book|author=Andhra University Golden Jubilee Celebrations (1926–76) Souvenir|title=The Andhra University Emblem: What it signifies|publisher=Andhra University|location=Waltair|page=v}}</ref>
[[File:Andhra University Visakhapatnam.jpg|thumb|Andhra University, Visakhapatnam]]

== Faculties and departments ==
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*Andhra University College of Arts and Commerce (established 1931)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.andhrauniversity.edu.in/college/college-of-arts-and-commerce/arts-home|title=Andhra University {{!}} College of Arts & Commerce|website=www.andhrauniversity.edu.in|access-date=2019-10-04|archive-date=4 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004054740/http://andhrauniversity.edu.in/college/college-of-arts-and-commerce/arts-home|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Andhra University College of Engineering]] (established 1955)
*Andhra University College of Engineering for Women (established 2010)
*[[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College of Law]] (formerly AU College of Law)(established 1945)
*[[Andhra University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences]] (established 1951)
*[[Andhra University College of Science and Technology]] (established 1931)
*Andhra University School of Distance Education (established 1972)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.andhrauniversity.edu.in/admissions/school-of-distance-education|title=Andhra University {{!}} School of Distance Education|website=www.andhrauniversity.edu.in|access-date=2019-10-04|archive-date=4 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004050357/http://andhrauniversity.edu.in/admissions/school-of-distance-education|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== NAAC accreditation ==
[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] accredited Andhra University as A++ grade in 2023, one of three university that year to receive the grade.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Andhra University gets A++ NAAC accreditation |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/151123/andhra-university-gets-a-naac-accreditation.html |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref> The university received a CGPA score of 3.74 and the A++ status will be sustained for seven years till 8 November 2030.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=V. Kamalakara |date=2023-11-14 |title=Andhra University bags NAAC A++ |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/andhra-university-bags-naac-a/article67531370.ece |access-date=2023-11-14 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Devalla |first=Rani |date=2023-11-14 |title=AU gets accredited with NAAC A++ grade |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/visakhapatnam/au-gets-accredited-with-naac-a-grade-837543 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Notable alumni ==
{{alumni|date=December 2021}}
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=== Artists and writers ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
!Class year
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Lakshmi Nandan Bora]]
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|[[Assamese language|Assamese]] writer
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Talukdar |first=Jyotirmoy |date=2021-06-04 |title=Lakshmi Nandan Bora: A Stalwart Of Assamese Literature Who Will Remain Forever Young |url=https://thewire.in/culture/lakshmi-nandan-bora-obituary-stalwart-of-assamese-literature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913152356/https://thewire.in/culture/lakshmi-nandan-bora-obituary-stalwart-of-assamese-literature |archive-date=2022-09-13 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Wire}}</ref>
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|[[P. Lalita Kumari]]
|1972 MA
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]] writer
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feminist Volga Wins Sahitya Akademi Award |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2015/dec/18/feminist-volga-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-854985.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331200031/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2015/dec/18/Feminist-Volga-Wins-Sahitya-Akademi-Award-854985.html |archive-date=2022-03-31 |access-date=2022-09-13 |url-status=live |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ipsita Pati]]
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|Odia and Bollywood actress
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|-
|[[Trivikram Srinivas]]
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|Film director and screenwriter
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|-
|[[P. Susheela]]
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|Playback singer
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|}

=== Politicians, civil servants, and lawyers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Class year
!Notability
!References
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|[[Konamaneni Amareswari]]
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|Former Judge of [[Telangana High Court|Hyderabad High Court]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hon'ble Smt. Justice K. Amareswari |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/kaj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627195845/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/kaj.html |archive-date=2022-06-27 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kambhampati Hari Babu]]
|
|15th [[List of governors of Mizoram|Governor of Mizoram]] and former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] from [[Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Visakhapatnam]]
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Manish |date=21 April 2014 |title=Vizag's non-local 'localite' |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Vizags-non-local-localite/articleshow/34016778.cms |access-date=16 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623202044/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Vizags-non-local-localite/articleshow/34016778.cms |archive-date=2022-06-23}}</ref>
|-
|[[G. M. C. Balayogi]]
|
|12th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pandya |first=Haresh |date=2002-03-07 |title=Obituary: GMC Balayogi |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/mar/07/guardianobituaries.india |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613085710/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/mar/07/guardianobituaries.india |archive-date=2014-06-13 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Jasti Chelameswar]]
|1976
|Former Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hon'ble Sri Justice J. Chelameswar |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/jcj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703201105/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/jcj.html |archive-date=2022-07-03 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kothapalli Geetha]]
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|Former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] from [[Araku Lok Sabha constituency|Araku]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-24 |title=Araku MP Kothapalli Geetha launches Jana Jagruti Party in Vijayawada |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/araku-mp-kothapalli-geetha-launches-jana-jagruti-party-vijayawada-87185 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Madhu Gottumukkala|Dr. Madhu Gottumukkala]]
|
|Acting Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Madhu Gottumukkala {{!}} CISA |url=https://www.cisa.gov/about/leadership/dr-madhu-gottumukkala |access-date=2026-01-28 |website=www.cisa.gov |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Negeri Lencho]]
|2011 PhD
|Former Minister for Communication Affairs, Government of [[Ethiopia]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-03-23 |title=Centre for African studies to come up in Andhra university |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/230317/centre-for-african-studies-to-come-up-in-andhra-university.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328021822/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/230317/centre-for-african-studies-to-come-up-in-andhra-university.html |archive-date=2017-03-28 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Negeri Lencho {{!}} College of Humanities, Language studies, Journalism & Communication |url=http://www.aau.edu.et/chls/negeri-lencho/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311161651/http://www.aau.edu.et/chls/negeri-lencho/ |archive-date=2020-03-11 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Addis Ababa University}}</ref>
|-
|[[G. Ramanujulu Naidu]]
|1951
|Former Judge of [[Telangana High Court|Hyderabad High Court]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hon'ble Sri Justice G. Ramanujulu Naidu |url=https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/grnj.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627195919/https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/grnj.html |archive-date=2022-06-27 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}</ref>
|-
|[[Venkaiah Naidu]]
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|13th [[Vice President of India]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Manoj |first1=C. G. |last2=Mathew |first2=Liz |date=2022-08-07 |title=Venkaiah Naidu: The reluctant Vice-President who could have been more |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/venkaiah-naidus-sunday-profile-end-of-session-demitting-office-8075426/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807040858/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/venkaiah-naidus-sunday-profile-end-of-session-demitting-office-8075426/ |archive-date=2022-08-07 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[K. Padmanabhaiah]]
|
|Former [[Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary of India]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sri K. Padmanabhaiah |url=https://asci.org.in/sri-k-padmanabhaiah/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913131741/https://asci.org.in/sri-k-padmanabhaiah/ |archive-date=2022-09-13 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Administrative Staff College of India |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Raghu Rama Krishna Raju]]
|
|[[Deputy Speaker Of Legislative Assembly, GOVT OF AP] [Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha MP]] from [[Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Narsapuram]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha - Kanumuru, Shri Raghu Ramakrishna Raju |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5097 |access-date=2021-05-17 |website=[[Lok Sabha]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Pavani Parameswara Rao]]
|
|Senior Advocate at the [[Supreme Court of India]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-09-14 |title=Eminent jurist Pavani Parameswara Rao dead |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/140917/eminent-jurist-pavani-parameswara-rao-dead.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127070744/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/140917/eminent-jurist-pavani-parameswara-rao-dead.html |archive-date=2017-11-27 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Varanasi Subramanyam]]
|
|Maoist politician
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-09-26 |title=3 top Maoist leaders produced in court |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/3-top-Maoist-leaders-produced-in-court/article15002212.ece |access-date=2022-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401134316/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/3-top-Maoist-leaders-produced-in-court/article15002212.ece |archive-date=2019-04-01 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|}

=== Others ===
* [[Satya N. Atluri]], Mechanical Engineering (1959–1963), recipient of the [[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)|Padma Bhushan Award for 2013]] in science & engineering
* [[Neeli Bendapudi]], 18th president of the [[University of Louisville]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], Kentucky, [[United States of America|US]], president elect of [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State University]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vizag's Neeli Bendapudi named first woman president of Pennsylvania University |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2021/dec/11/vizags-neeli-bendapudi-named-first-woman-presidentof-pennsylvania-university-2394237.html |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* [[B. M. Choudary]], inorganic chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Undurti Narasimha Das]], immunologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
* [[Kunchithapadam Gopalan]], geochronologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
* [[Chennupati Jagadish]], applied physics 1977–1980, [[Order of Australia|Companion of the Order of Australia]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raghavendra |first=V. |date=2016-01-28 |title=Scientist from A.P. wins Australia's highest civilian honour |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/Scientist-from-A.P.-wins-Australia%E2%80%99s-highest-civilian-honour/article14024662.ece |access-date=2022-09-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* [[Pilli Alfred James]], public administrator
* [[S. Rao Kosaraju]], Computer Science (1959–1964), founder of the [[Kosaraju's algorithm]], which finds the strongly connected components of a [[directed graph]]
* [[Kolluru Sree Krishna]], geophysicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
* [[C. M. Prasad]], psychiatrist
* [[N. S. Raghavan]], Electrical Engineering 1959–1964, co-founder of Infosys
* [[Anumolu Ramakrishna]], former Deputy Managing Director of [[Larsen & Toubro]] and [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient
*[[B. L. S. Prakasa Rao]], statistician, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate and [[National Science Foundation]] Fellow<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bose|first1=Arup|date=27 September 2010|title=The ET Interview: B.L.S. Prakasa Rao|journal=Econometric Theory|volume=27|issue=2|pages=373–411|doi=10.1017/S0266466610000319|s2cid=121673858|issn=1469-4360}}</ref>
* [[Barry Ramachandra Rao]], space physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Sumit |date=2015-09-24 |title=Teacher who spent his time with students |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/teacher-who-spent-his-time-with-students/article7688252.ece |access-date=2022-09-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* [[C. R. Rao]], statistician, [[National Medal of Science]] laureate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ww2.amstat.org/about/statisticiansinhistory/index.cfm?fuseaction=biosinfo&BioID=13|title=Statisticians in History – Calyampudi R. Rao|website=ww2.amstat.org|access-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704210128/https://ww2.amstat.org/about/statisticiansinhistory/index.cfm?fuseaction=biosinfo&BioID=13|archive-date=4 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[G. S. R. Subba Rao]], natural product chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
* [[Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao]], Mechanical Engineering, founder and Chairman of the [[GMR Group]], an infrastructure enterprise
* [[Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao]], plant breeder, popularly known as the "father of hybrid sorghum", Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar recipient
* [[B. S. Daya Sagar]], geoengineering (1988–1994), only Asian recipient of [[Georges Matheron Lectureship]] Award from [[International Association for Mathematical Geosciences]]
* [[B. L. K. Somayajulu]], geochemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
* [[Adusumilli Srikrishna]], organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
* [[Duvvuri Subbarao]], economist and former [[Reserve Bank of India]] Governor<ref>{{cite news|title=There can't be painless adjustments|url=http://businessworld.in/article/-There-can-t-be-painless-adjustments-/08-11-2014-54648/|access-date=1 October 2017|work=BW Businessworld|date=20 June 2008|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ravi Vadlamani]], chartered accountant<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://andhrauniversity.edu.in/|title=Andhra University &#124; Visakhapatnam|website=andhrauniversity.edu.in|accessdate=22 February 2025}}</ref>
* [[Srinivasan Varadarajan]], chemist and [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee
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== See also ==
* [[List of universities in India]]
* [[Universities and colleges in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Andhra University}}
*[http://www.andhrauniversity.edu.in/ Official website]

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