Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa

Yogi Vemana University is situated in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, at Mittamedipalli village and Panchayat, about 15 km from Kadapa on the Kadapa-Pulivendla road, with its West Campus at Idupulapaya. The campus spans 450 acres. It was earlier part of Sri Venkateswara University and is named after Yogi Vemana, a Telugu poet, philosopher, and social reformer. The university has 15 departments offering postgraduate courses in 17 disciplines, including languages, humanities, physical and bio-sciences, human resources management, MBA, MCA, biotechnology, bioinformatics, geoinformatics, and earth sciences. Five-year integrated MSc courses in earth sciences and bioinformatics were introduced in 2007–08. The C.P. Brown Library, located in Kadapa, is part of the university and holds rare books, ancient documents, relics, and manuscripts dating to the 11th century. The university's engineering campus, YSR Engineering College, established in Proddatur in 2008–09 and renamed in 2010, offers Bachelor of Engineering degrees in six disciplines: Civil, Computer Science, Electronics & Communications, Information Technology, Mechanical, and Electrical & Electronics Engineering, along with Metallurgical Engineering. The university was ranked 92 among India's Top 100 Universities and holds a 'B' grade accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. Notable alumnus Rachapalem Chandrasekhara Reddy won the 2014 Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in Telugu.