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KU Newsletter July 20061

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Prof. V.S.Prasad, Director, NAAC addressing the workshop on“Quality Assurance in Higher Education.“ Prof.G.Damodar,UGCCoordinating Officer, Prof.V.Gopal Reddy, Vice-Chancellor and

Prof.T.Bhaskar Rao, Dean, College Development Council are on the Dais

Editorial BoardChief Editor: Prof. G. DamodarEditors : Prof. S. Ram Reddy

Dr. M. RajeshwarMr. V. Krishnama Charya

emails : [email protected]@yahoo.com

website: www.kakatiya.ac.in

Mrs. & Dr. Lakireddy Hanimi Reddy of California donating Rs. one crore tothe Vice-Chancellor, Prof.V.Gopal Reddy for the construction of Auditorium

in Kakatiya University. Sri B.Vinod Kumar, Member of Parliament,Hanamkonda, is also seen

Greetings. I am glad tomeet you through thismaiden newsletter whichshowcases the activities ofthe university. Theuniversity has crossedmany milestones in

pursuit of higher education.In this IT era, we have to change our

outlook and orientation. I have beenemphasizing the need for equipping thestudent community with the tools ofeffective communication to prepare forcompetitive examinations as well as tomould themselves to the needs of theindustry. In this direction, the Centrefor English Language Training (CELT) hasbeen established. Placements are beingheld regularly on the campus.

I feel that there is an imperative needto acquaint the teachers and thestudents with the latest trends inteaching and learning process. Thecampus networking established recentlyfacilitates them to have free access tohundreds of research journals. Plans areunderway to bring about paperlessoffice.

It is high time that the university hada big auditorium of its own. Eversince Itook charge, I have been planning for itand succeeded in motivating Dr.Lakireddy Hanimi Reddy to donate Rs.1.0 crore for its construction. Sri B.VinodKumar, Member of Parliament,Hanamakonda has allocated Rs. 20lakhs for the auditorium. The Universityhas allotted Rs. 1.5 crore in its budgetfor this purpose. The rest will bemobilized from alumni, NRIs andphilanthropists.

I seek the support and cooperationof all sections of the society in shapingthe University a centre of excellence.

(Prof. V. Gopal Reddy)


University at a Glance Kakatiya Universitywas established onAugust 19, 1976 byupgrading the erstwhilePost Graduate Centre ofOsmania University.This historical eventsignified the fulfillmentof a long cherished

aspirations of the people of Telangana and heralded a newera in the realm of higher education catering to the needs ofthis region. Eversince its establishment, the University hasbeen making great strides in achieving academic excellenceand is accredited with B+ grade by the NAAC in 2002. In1988, the jurisdiction of the University that was confined toWarangal municipal area was expanded to the four districtsof Warangal, Karimnagar, Khammam and Adilabad ofNorthern Telangana region. The University that started withonly four departments has now 24 departments situated onthe campus. At present, the University has a network ofeleven constituent colleges and 412 affiliated colleges. It hasits Post-graduate Colleges at Nirmal, Karimnagar,Godavarikhani, Subedari (Hanamkonda), Khammam andKothagudem in addtion to the main campus atVidyaranyapuri, Warangal. Kothagudem School of Mines hasbeen upgraded to the status of University EngineeringCollege.

Kakatiya University is now offering programmes inEngineering, Pharmacy, Law, Computer Science, BusinessM a n a g e m e n t ,Education, Science,Arts, Commerce,Oriental courses inthe University,constituent andaffiliated colleges. Inaddition to this, theUniversity isoffering a largenumber of programmes under distance mode through Schoolof Distance Learning and Continuing Education (SDLCE).

The University is vibrant with research activities carryingthe projects sponsored by various funding agencies. Anamount of Rs. 243.00 lakh has been received from agenciessuch as UGC, CSIR, DST, DBT, AICTE, DRDO, MHRD,Planning Commission, ICSSR and ICHR for various researchprogrammes. The Department of Science and Technology,New Delhi, has identified the Departments of Botany,Chemistry and Pharmacy under FIST. The UGC has identifiedthe Departments of Botany, Pharmacy and Economics at theDRS level under SAP. Besides faculty, about 65 researchscholars are pursuing their research programmes in sciencefaculty. Apart from these, there are 28 Project Fellows/Associates working under the Major Research Schemessanctioned by different agencies. About thirty facultymembers visited foreign countries on academic and researchassignments last year.

Giving utmost priority to the student services, theuniversity has established NET Coaching Centre for SC/STstudents, SC/ST Coaching Centre for Entry into Service,Student Welfare Centre, Placement Cell, Indoor GamesComplex, Yoga Centre and Gymnasium for their all rounddevelopment. The Music Club, Science Club, Forum for SocialStudies, Industry-Institution Interaction Cell, Tribal Museum,etc., are contributing their might in this direction.

The University has a spacious Central Library with a richcollection of 1,50,000 titles in addition to 25,000 back volumesof research journals.The Centre forWomen’s Studies isinvolved in projectsstudying the issuesrelated to thewomen, while Dr.B.R. AmbedkarStudies Centre hastaken up the task ofspreading theideology of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar in rural areas.

To impart communication skills in English to the publicin general and university students in particular, the Centrefor English Language Training (CELT) was established withall modern infrastructural facilities with the financialassistance from UGC. APSCHE and NRIs are coming forwardto provide financial aid to strengthen this programme.

Realising the importance and impact of IT in highereducation, all the university, constituent colleges,departments were brought under Campus Networkproviding round the clock INTERNET facility. With this,now, the researchers have the facility to access about 4,000research journals through INFLIBNET and UGC INFONETprogrammes.

The university has held its flag high in the domain ofSports and Games at national level competitions. Ourstudents have displayed brilliant performance and won AllIndia Inter-University Gymnastic Championshipconsecutively for three years, achieving a hat-trick. It hashosted the Inter-University National Youth Festivalsponsored by the Association of Indian Universitiessuccessfully.


Vice-Chancellor Prof. V. Gopal Reddy and Registrar Prof. S.Jagannatha Swamy withCMU team Mrs. Monica Rao, Liaison Outreach, Deans Dr. Karen I.Adams and

Dr. Marvis J. Lary

MoU with Central MichiganUniversity, USA A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed between KakatiyaUniversity and Central MichiganUniversity (CMU) USA to extendmutual cooperation in academics andresearch on March 3, 2006. The MoUwould help to improve the quality ofsyllabi of various courses such as MBA,

Mathematics, Life Sciences, Chemistry,Education, Computers and InformationTechnology apart from impartingquality education to the KU students byCMU at a nominal tuition fee.

CMU Team visits KU

Central Michigan University (CMU)team visited Kakatiya University onMay 17-18, 2006 to identify the specificareas of mutual cooperation and to enterinto MOU for conducting master,research and post doctoralprogrammes. The team consisting ofCMU Outreach Liaison Mrs. MonicaRao, Deans Dr.Karen I.Adams and Dr.Marvis J. Lary visited Commerce &Business Management, Education,Chemistry, Biotechnology andUniversity College of PharmaceuticalSciences to study the course structure,syllabus and research facilities availablein the University. The UniversityAlumni in the USA, on behalf of theUniversity, has contributed a matchinggrant of $10,000 for faculty exchangeprogramme between the universities.The team interacted with the faculty andauthorities at length. The students ofKakatiya University will be highlybenefited with the MOU, according toCMU outreach liaison Mrs. Monica Rao.She said that they are excited with thefacilities, faculty and the researchcarried out by the University.

Endowment LectureSpirituality is a Live Force

– Prof. Chakraborty

Former professor of Kolkatta IIMand founder Convener of ManagementCentre for Human Values, Prof. S.K.Chakraborty delivered the Silver JubileeCommemoration Third EndowmentLecture on “Spiritualized Management– A Utopia ?” organized by theDepartment of Commerce & BusinessManagement on February 14, 2006.Prof. Chakraborty asserted thatspirituality is an important aspect inevery walk of life and management isno exception. He opined thatspirituality is a live force and isbecoming popular in the managementfield for the last few years. Heillustrated with examples howspirituality influenced people like SBIformer Chairman R.K.Talwar, Godrejand others in managing their business.He observed that spirituality is beyondthe conception of scientific reasoning.He said Indian ethos teach ethical andmoral values and spirituality inmanagement is not a utopia. “Values arematter of conviction and notcalculations,” he said. He regretted overthe degenerating of values and urgedparents to take lead in making everyhouse to become a nursery ofspirituality. Vice-Chancellor Prof.V.Gopal Reddy presided over theprogramme.

Social activities under taken by theNational Service Scheme broughtlaurels to the University at the nationallevel. Consecutively for the fourth time,the University NSS Unit topped in thecountry in blood donation. CreatingAIDS awareness in the rural areasunder “AASHA” is yet anotherprogramme that received specialappreciation from the StateGovernment. It is a testimony to theUniversity’s commitment to the socialservice.

The University has strong alumniassociations with branches abroadsupporting the developmentalprogrammes taken up by theUniversity. Recently the NRIs in theUnited States of America havelaunched a website(www.kakatiyulu.org) and mobilized$10,000 as corpus fund. PharmacyAlumni is contributing a sum of Rs. 30lakh for the construction of AlumniBlock.

In an effort to give impetus to theeducational, research and facultyexchange programmes with foreignuniversities, the University is keen tohave Memorandum of Understandingwith Universities having commoninterest. As a part of it, it has enteredinto MoU with Central MichiganUniversity, USA in March, 2006 to carryout mutual exchange of students,researchers and faculty. Some moreuniversities are evincing interest inmaking tie up with the University foracademic programmes.The NTHCo.Ltd., Japan has an MoU with theDepartment of Microbiology.

The University celebrated its SilverJubilee year in 2001 and is poised toachieve greater academic excellencewith dedication and commitment in theyears to come.


Prof.V.Gopal Reddy, Vice-Chancellor withthe counterparts of Andhra, Nagarjuna &

Sri Krishnadevaraya Universities

VC’s visit to AustraliaVice-Chancellor Prof. V.Gopal

Reddy attended the Conference ofExecutive Heads of the Associationof Commonwealth Universities atAdelaide, Australia from April 9-12,2006. He has also a presented a pa-per entitled “The Role of a Univer-sity in an Economically BackwardRegion – The Experience of KakatiyaUniversity in India" in the ProfferedPapers Session in which he identifiedthe nineteen healthy principles toimpart better higher education.

Vice-Chancellor Prof. V.Gopal Reddy addressing the 21st Academic Senate

21st Academic SenateThe 21st Academic Senate of

Kakatiya University was held on March28, 2006. It unanimously approved thebudget of Rs. 5183.66 lakh with a deficitof Rs. 45.09 lakh for the financial year2006-2007. Vice-Chancellor Prof.V.Gopal Reddy presided over themeeting. Prof. G.V.Bhavani Prasad,Member, Executive Council, presentedthe university budget estimates. It isestimated that the receipts of theuniversity would be Rs.5183.66 lakh

from the state government and internalresources including the opening balanceof Rs. 416.82 lakh. The estimatedexpenditure presented for the next yearis Rs. 5228.75 lakh. This expenditureincludes Rs. 3801.32 lakh for salaries ofteaching and non-teaching staff,pension, contingencies, Rs. 1427.43 lakhcontingencies, examinations,developmental activities and capitalexpenditure.

The total expenditure on 12constituent colleges of the university isestimated to be Rs. 1858.90 lakh.Further, an amount of Rs.25.34 lakh wasallocated to the libraries of all thecolleges put together and Rs. 11 lakh forsubscription to research journalsexclusively to the Central Library. Anamount of Rs. 1.0 lakh was provided forpublication of journals to encouragequality research work. Further thebudget allocation for ResourceMobilization Cell is increased to Rs. 1.00lakh.

An amount of Rs. 150 lakh isallocated for the construction ofauditorium, and Rs. 25 lakh for theSchool of Management. As a part ofacademic development, Rs. 2 lakhs hasbeen allocated to Seminars and Rs. 3lakh to the Central Michigan UniversityFaculty Exchange Programme. Further,an amount of Rs.6.77 lakh has beenearmarked for Games and Sports andRs.5.00 lakhs for improving facilities inuniversity hostels, besides Rs.35.00 lakhfor common mess. For maintenance ofGuest House Rs. 7.5 lakh has beenallotted, Rs. 6.5 lakh for maintenanceof Health Centre, Rs. 713.50 lakh forconducting University Examinations,Rs. 5 lakh for Employees’ Welfare, Rs.8 lakh for Employees Provident FundScheme and Rs. 1445.55 lakh formaintenance of buildings was alsomade available in the budget. Further,revenue to the tune of Rs. 1403.53 lakhis estimated from the School of DistantLearning & Continuing Education.

Release of ICET 2006 Results: (From left) Dr.S.Upendra Sastry, Dr. A.Seetaram, Sri Kota Appi Reddy, Univeristy ExecutiveCouncil Members, Prof. V.Gangadhar,ICET Convenor,Prof. V.Gopal Reddy,Vice-Chancellor, Prof. K.C.Reddy, Chairman,APSCHE, Hyderabad, Registrar Prof. S.Jagannatha Swamy,Dr.V.Sudhakar Reddy, Univeristy Executive Council members


Attitude towards Women should Change : Prof. D.N.TripathiThe two day UGC-SAP National Seminar on “Moving towards Gender

Equality – India’s Experience“ was held on January 20 - 21, 2006 at theDepartment of Economics. Attending the Inaugural Programme as Chief GuestICHR Director Prof. D.N. Tripathi said our attitude towards women shouldchange. Though they are biologically different from men, if given cooperationthey would excel in all fields. In the current era of globalization, women arepresented as commodities and values are neglected.

President of A.P. Lady Entrepreneurs Association Mrs.K. Rama Devi,delivered the keynote address on “Gender Inequalities in India – Tasks Ahead.“Despite special laws enacted to promote gender justice, the status of womencontinues to be a cause of concern across the globe. Today as we stand at thebeginning of the 21st Century, we are still unable to boast of a society wherethere is a total gender equality. Sharp decline in juvenile sex ratio, high gendergap in literacy levels, increasing incidence of crime against women are majorfactors of concern. Education is key to empowerment. Empowering womensocially, economically and politically would add to economic growth and overalldevelopment, she added.

Dr. N. N. Dutta Award

Dr.D.R.Krishna,Professor ofPharmacy, KU,has beenawarded the Dr.N. N. DuttaAward for theo u t s t a n d i n gresearch paper at

the Indian Pharmacology SocietyConference held in Chennai. Prof.Krishna received a Gold Medal and aCash Prize of Rs. 5,000. His paper hasbeen selected for the award from amongmore than 300 research paperspublished in Indian Journal ofPharmacology in 2004. The paper titled“Role of Oxidative Free Radicals inOrganophoshorous InsecticidePoisoning“ is the result of research workcarried out by Prof. D. R. Krishna withProf. T. Surender of Kakatiya MedicalCollege and Research Scholar Mr VidyaSagar.

and that are new to Japan. The NTHCo., Ltd. pays US$ 20,000 a year to theUniversity. The Co-ordinating Officer,UGC Unit will monitor the programme.

UGC-SAP International collaborationThe Botany

Department ofthe Universityunder SAPprogramme ofUGC enteredinto MoU withM u r d o c hU n i v e r s i t y ,

State Agricultural Bio-TechnologyCentre, Perth, Australia.Prof.K.Jaganmohan Reddy andDr.B.Digamber Rao of the departmenthave been invited to work with Prof.M.G.K.Jone, Director and Dr.RaviTiwari at Murdoch University for aperiod of three months in the areas ofplant biotechnology and molecularstudies in Rhizobium respectively. TheUGC has sanctioned financial assistanceto the extent of Rs. 2.0 lakh. This is thefirst department in the country toreceive funds for international exchangeprogramme from UGC for colloborationwith foreign institutions. Theprogramme is coordinated by Prof.Sadanandam, Coordinator for SAP.

Library & Information ScienceDepartment Established

The Department of Library &Information Science has beenestablished on the campus with Mr O.Bhuvan Kumar, Assistant Professor, asits Head. The University has beenoffering CLISc, BLISc programmesthrough the distance mode since 1989.Post-Graduate Course in LibraryScience(MLISc) was introduced inregular mode on the campus in 2004.

Telangana Study CentreThe UGC, New Delhi, has

sanctioned an amount of Rs.35.00 lakhto the University to establish TelanganaStudy Centre and the Department ofEconomics, KU has been identified asthe Nodal Centre for this purpose. Theuniversity constituted AdvisoryCommittee with the Head, Departmentof Economics as Director, Dr. M. AshokKumar of the Department of Economicsas the Member-Convenor and theHeads of Arts and Social Sciencesdepartments as members of theCommittee to look after the centre.

MoU with NTH Co. Ltd., JapanBased on the research work done by

Prof M.A. Singara Charya, the NTH Co.Ltd, Japan, came forward to have anMoU with the University. Accordingly,Prof Singara Charya supports theresearch to discover new activecomponents of plants such as heartdisease, cancer, and diabetics from theplants that are popularly consumed bythe Indian population as healthy foods

Mrs. K.Rama Devi delivering the keynote address. Prof. D. N. Tripathi, Director, ICHRaddressing the delegates. (From left) Prof. N. Linga Murthy, Prof. C. Sivaramakrishna Rao,

Prof. T. Papi Reddy, Prof. V. Gopal Reddy, Prof. Md.Iqbal Ali


Prof. B. Janardhan Rao Memorial Endowment LectureA two day workshop on “Agricultural Policies – Emerging Perspectives” was

jointly organized by the Department of Public Administration, Indian Institute ofPubic Administration Warangal Branch and Prof. Biyyala Janardhan Rao MemorialFoundation Trust on Feburary 27-28, 2006. While inaugurating the Workshop asChief Guest Vice-Chancellor Prof. V.Gopal Reddy said that farmers are to beuplifted as progress in agricultural sector leads to national development. Realisingthis factor, the AP government is concentrating on irrigation projects, he observed.Expressing concern over the suicides of farmers Prof. Gopal Reddy opined thatimmediate measures should be taken to avoid them. Delivering the keynoteaddress on the theme of the Work shop, Prof. K.Sivarama Krishna Rao saidagricultural policies should address the issues of providing greater institutionalsupport through institutionalized cheap credit to the marginal and small farmers.He also urged to ensure fair and remunerative prices for weaker players in theglobalized markets.

International Conferenceattended

Dr. S. Mahender Reddy, AssociateProfessor ofE d u c a t i o nattended theI n t e r n a t i o n a lConference on “ P r e p a r i n g Teachers for aC h a n g i n gContext” held in

London from May 3-6, 2006 andpresented a paper on “ The attitude ofteacher trainees towards computereducation at B.Ed.level” on UGC TravelGrant.

Matching Grant from UGCThe University has received a

grant of Rs. 25 lakh from the UGC inresponse to its proposals for thesanction of grant under the Schemeof Incentives for ResourceMobilization during the X Planperiod. This is a matching grantequal to 25% of Rs. 1.00 croremobilized from various sources likeMPLADS, District Administration,NRIs, State Bank of Hyderabad,Ministry of Social Welfare, etc. Thisgrant is being utilized for CELT sincethe activities of the CELT are ofimmense use to all the students of theUniversity. Prof. C.Sivarama Krishna Rao, Professor of Economics(Retd) delivering the keynote address

Campus InterviewsEmergency Management Research

Institute (EMRI) sponsored by SatyamGroup organized a two dayprogramme on April 20 & 21, 2006 forrecruiting Emergency MedicalTechnicians to work for 108 EmergencyService, The Wipro BPO conductedCampus Recruitment on May 22, 2006at University Arts & Science College,Warangal. About 60 students ofthe University Arts & Science Collegesecured jobs in the campus interviews.Of these 8 students were selected by Dr.Reddy’s Labs, 27 by EMRI, 4 by VJInfotech and one by MIDHNI.

Grant for Population EducationThe UGC has accepted the

proposals of the Department ofEducation for Population Studies.Under this scheme, the University hasreceived financial assistance to the tuneof Rs. 50,000.

Prof. K.C. Reddy, Chairman, APSCHE, Hyderabad, Sri Asutosh Mishra , IAS, PrincipalSeretary to Govt. at the inauguration of Campus Network

Campus NetworkThe University took up the UGC

project of Campus Network withGigabit Backbone Fibre Connectivityusing Optical Fibre Cable along with therequired infrastructure facilities withservers by Attentive Technologies,Hyderabad. The Network covers all the24 departments, administrative officesof the University Campus spread over2.5 kilometre radius and also theconstitutent colleges of Subedaricampus. The Campus Network was

inaugurated by Prof. K. C. Reddy,Chairman, APSCHE. The project isproviding internet connectivity of 1mbps bandwidth besides the 512 kbpsbandwidth by ERNET and UGC underUGC-INFONET program to the users. Itfacilitated all the users of the Universityto browse and download about 4000reputed journals being provided by theERNET. All the employees are providedwith email IDs for correspondence.Plans are in the pipeline for paperlessoffice.


CAS & TWAS FellowshipMr. Mamidala Praveen, Research

Scholar working under the supervisionof Dr N. Rama Swamy, AssociateProfessor of Botany was awardedChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)and Third World Academy of Sciences(TWAS) Postgraduate Fellowship tocarry out his final year research workin Shanghai Institutes for BiologicalSciences, CAS, China, under thesupervision of Prof. Zhang Hong-xia forone year. He was also awarded PostDoctoral fellowship subsequently.

Prof. T. Papi Reddy Nominated

Professor ofE c o n o m i c sT.Papi Reddyhas beenn o m i n a t e dmember of theG o v e r n i n gCouncil of thep r e s t i g i o u s

V.V.Giri National Labour Institute,NewDelhi. He is one among the 20 membersrepresenting the Central Government,Trade Union Federations, EmployeeOrganisations and eminent contributorsto the field of labour. He has beennominated by the Ministry of Labour,Government of India, for hiscontributions in the field of research onAgrarian Relations and labour.

Bandari SureshResearch Scholar in

PharmacyRecipient of AICTE

Fellowship

Maddi Srinivas RaoResearch Scholar in

PharmacySandwich Model Fellowship

Awardee

Vice-Chancellor Prof. V. Gopal Reddy releasing the Book The Expatriate IndianWriting in English. Dr. P. Shailaja, Prof. T. Vinoda, Prof. G. Narsimha Murthy,

Prof. Meera Manvi, OU, Dr.Ampashayya Naveen are on the dais

Fellowships Awarded

Book on "The Expatriate Indianwriting in English" released

Vice-ChancellorProf. V.GopalReddy released thebook titled TheExpatriate IndianWriting in Englishon April 30, 2006. The book wasedited by Prof. T.Vinoda and Dr. P.

Shailaja of the Department of English.The book was published in threevolumes by Prestige Publishers, NewDelhi. The book comprises 40 articlesin all including the proceedings of theSeminar on the same topic held inSeptember 2005 and an extensivebibliography. The book mirrors acomprehensive picture of the literatureof expatriate Indian writers.

Scholars visited KUDistinguished academicians like Dr.

Somdatta Mandal of Shanthinikethan,Prof. Manju Jaidka, Chandigarh, Ms.Ingrid Redcliff of UK., Dr. VadlamudiRao, Bangalore, Dr. K.I. VaraprasadReddy, Shantha Biotech, Hyderabad,Prof. S.K. Chakraborthy, FounderChairman of Management Centre forHuman Values, West Bengal, Prof.Obula Reddy, SKD University, Prof.Ravva Srihari, Former VC, DravidianUniversity, Kuppam and others havevisited the University recently inconnection with National Seminars,Conferences and other academicassignments.

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Hon'ble Chief Minister Dr. Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy releasing the bookRural Transformation in India : The Impact of Globalisation. Prof. K.C. Reddy,

Prof. V. Gopal Reddy, Dr. A. Vinayak Reddy, Dr. G. Bhaskar are also seen


Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Studies Centreestablished

The UGC, under the Epoch Makersof India Scheme, has released anamount of Rs. 8.20 lakhs for starting Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Studies Centre at theUniversity. Associate Professor of His-tory, Dr. G. Bhadru Naik, as its Direc-tor, the Centre was inaugurated on May6, 2006. The Centre’s activities includefield visits, extension lectures, work-shops and seminars on the philosophyof Dr Ambedkar. The Centre organiseda two-day National Seminar on“Ambedkar’s Vision of Dalit Uplift andits Contemporary Relevance” on May6-7, 2006.

The chief guest Prof. K.S. Chalam,Member, UPSC, addressing the del-egates exhorted the dalit intellectuals to

Prof. K.S.Chalam, Member, UPSC addressing the Seminar

News in Brief1 M.Phil. Programme in the

Department of Biotechnology wasinaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. V. Gopal Reddy and theRegistrar, Prof. S. JagannathaSwamy, on January 3, 2006.

2 A one week “Business FinanceFaculty Development Programme”was organized by the Departmentof Commerce & BusinessManagement of University Arts &Science College during January 4 -10, 2006.

3 The Women’s Study Centreorganized “SensitizationProgramme on MentallyChallenged Children” on January6,2006 at the University College ofLaw, KU.

4 Foundation stone was laid for theconstruction of the second floor ofIndustrial Pharmacy Building by VCon January 20, 2006 with anestimated cost of Rs.10.25 lakhs.

5. The Second Floor of InformaticsBuilding foundation stone was laidon February 25, 2006 with an outlayof Rs 23 lakhs.

6. A one-day Seminar on “WomenDevelopment in the Last 50 Years “was organized by the StudentsWelfare Centre on March 8,2006 at University Arts & ScienceCollege, Warangal.

7. A two-day National Seminar on“Purana Vangmaya Samalochana “by the Department of Telugu washeld on March 24 – 25, 2006.

8. A one-day UGC National Seminaron “Recent Trends in Plant Sciences”was held at the Department ofBotany on March 31, 2006.

9. A Computer Lab was inauguratedby Vice-Chancellor in theDepartment of Geology on April 4,2006.

10. A one-day Workshop on“Environmental Education in B.Ed.Colleges” was organized by theCollege of Education on April 27,2006.

11. A two-day M.B.A Students’ Meet“MAD SHOW 2006” was held at theDepartment of Commerce andBusiness Management, KU on April29 - 30, 2006.

12. A Computer Lab of the Centre forTelangana Studies was inauguratedby Vice-Chanellor on May 12, 2006.

draw abundantly from the writings ofDr. B.R. Ambedkar to fight for a caste-less and egalitarian society. The Vice-Chancellor Prof. V.Gopal Reddy pre-sided over the inaugural session. TheGuests of Honour include Dr. T.V.Narayana, Prof. J. Yellaiah and SriMallela Babu Rao, IPS. The KeynoteAddress was given by Prof. ShaikHassen Taj, Professor of Education,Bangalore University. Dr. G. BhadruNaik, Director of the Centre, explainedthe theme of the Seminar. About 200delegates from different parts of thecountry participated in the Seminar andpresented 42 papers on various topics.The centre intends to organize a shortduration course on “Dalit Problems:Ambedkar’s Philosophy and DalitMovements in India” from August toOctober, 2006.

Prof. V.Gopal Reddy, Vice-Chancellor releasing the book Astavakra Geetha byProf. A.Bhoomaiah. Prof. P.Jagannadham, Prof. Pullela Sree Rama Chandrudu,

Prof. S.Laxmana Murthy are also seen.

Centre for English Language Training (CELT)The Centre for English Language Training has been established as a part of

the Department of English to impart spoken English and communication skillsto the students of the University as well as the general public. It is offeringprogrammes like “Spoken English” for beginners, “Corporate Communicationand Soft Skills” for professionals, “Orientation Course in TeachingCommunication Skills” for teachers and “Grammar and Pronunciation“ forschool students. Dr. K. Purushotham, Associate Professor of English, is theDirector of the Centre. Plans are afoot for improving infrastructure facilities ata cost of Rs. 60 lakhs so as to expand the English Language Teaching activities.Mr. Jawahar Kesari, an NRI has donated Rs. 1.00 lakh for the centre’sdevelopment. The APSCHE has agreed to donate Rs 10-15 lakhs for theinfrastructure of CELT


International Seminar Attended

Dr. G. Bhaskar, Assistant Professorof Economics attended theinternational seminar organized by theDepartment of Forest Product andMarkets, Swedish University ofAgricultural Sciences, Uppsala,Sweden, May 8-11, 2006 and presenteda paper entitled “ Marketing of ForestProducts: Income and Employment

Perspect - An Analysis” on UGC Travel Grant.

Developmental Activities

The construction of the following structures is in progressduring the X Plan period with a total cost of more than Rs.7.64 crores.

From the Grants of UGC, New Delhi

The UGC, New Delhi, has approved the proposals ofthe university for taking up some buildings under thescheme of Special Development Grant for Universities inBackward Areas during the X Plan period.

(C = Completed; P = In Progress; T = To be taken up)(Rupees in Lakhs)

1. Extn.of Research Scholars Hostel on I F – C – Rs. 22.502. Extn.of Biological Science Bldg. on I F – C – Rs. 34.263. Extn. of Economics Bldg on I Floor – C – Rs. 11.284. Const. of Microbiology Bldg on I Floor – C – Rs. 16.005. Extn. of Chemistry Bldg. on the I Floor – P – Rs. 25.006. Extn.of University Guest House – C – Rs. 20.007. Renovation of Seminar Hall in Humanities Bldg. – P – Rs. 10.008. Renovation of the Senate Hall – P – Rs. 18.309. Renovation and compound wall construction – P – Rs. 30.00

(Rs.18 lakh from the UGC; Rs.12 lakh from DADF)10. Women’s Hostel under Spl. Scheme – C – Rs. 25.0011. Const. of Informatics Bldg on I Floor – P – Rs. 23.0012. Ext.of the Library Bldg. – T – Rs. 17.5013. Students Welfare & Placement Centre – T – Rs. 14.7514. Seminar Hall in Chemistry Bldg. – T – Rs. 08.95

From University Funds, MPLADS, etc.From the internal resources and self-finance courses,

buildings for Examination Branch and extension of Depart-ment of Bio-technology and Department of Microbiology, etcwere taken up. The construction of the following buildingswas commenced with university funds and/or MP-LADS,and the assistance given by District Administration.

(Rs. in lakhs)1. Moot Court on I Floor of Law College – C – Rs. 13.372. Gymansium & Health Centre Building at University Arts College – C – Rs. 27.903. Const. of Women Hostel and Addl. Classroom at UPGC, Godavarikhani – C – Rs. 17.504. I Floor and Hostel Bldg. at Nirmal – C – Rs. 35.005. Const. of I Floor at UPGC, Khammam – C – Rs. 25.006. Const. of I Floor over UPGC, KRNR – C – Rs. 25.007. Library Block at UPGC, Subedari – C – Rs. 09.008. Library Bldg. at Univ. College of Law – P – Rs. 26.509. Examination Branch Bldg. (Pariksha Bhavan) – P – Rs. 73.0010. Valuation Hall over Exam Branch – P – Rs. 60.8611. Const. of 100 Seater Boys Hostel Bldg. – P – Rs. 69.5012. Library Bldg. at UPGC, Karimnagar – P – Rs. 25.0013. Const. of I Floor over Principal's Office – P – Rs. 12.0014. Const. of II Floor over Humanities Bldg. – P – Rs. 18.5015. Pharmacy Alumni Block at KUC – T – Rs. 30.9516. Campus Networking Office on I Fl of UGC Unit – T – Rs. 10.0017. Sports Complex Dormitory – T – Rs. 21.0018. Building for CELT – T – Rs. 60.0019. Business School Building - T - Rs. 73.0020. University Auditorium - T - Rs.300.00

NSS National Integration CampA contingent of seven NSS women volunteers

participated in the National Integration Camp held atMadikeri of Kodagu District in Karnataka. The Camp wasorganized by Field Marshall K. M. Cariappa College duringJanuary 23 — 29, 2006. P. Chaitanya of KhammamPriyadarshini Degree College, M. Shailaja of Khammam Govt.Degree College for Women, A. Srilatha of Peddapally Govt.Degree College, K. Satyasri ofAdilabad Govt. Degree College,K. Rajitha of Nirmal Govt. JuniorCollege for Girls and M. Swathiof Warangal Govt. JuniorCollege constituted the team. Programme Officer G. RajaReddy accompanied them.

Smt. Surabhi Vani, daughter of former Prime Minister Late Sri P.V.Narasimha Rao and Sri S.Dayakar Rao (son-in-law)

handing over a cheque of Rs. 1.00 lakh to the Vice-Chanellor

PV Memorial Endowment Lecture Instituted

News from Constituent CollegesUniversity Arts & Science College1. The College got a donation of Rs. 50,000/- from

Podduturi Charitable Trust, Warangal, for DrinkingWater Coolers.

2. The college has gone for internet connectivity inconjunction with the university and all teachingdepartments, offices of the college are now connectedonline

3. A Language Lab with 30 systems is coming up at theCollege with the financial assistance from the UGC underthe Scheme of ‘College with Potential for Excellence’.


School of Distance Learning & Continuing Education(SDLCE)Mimicry Course Started

The School of Distance Learning and ContinuingEducation (SDLCE) of the University has recentlyintroduced Diploma Course in Mimicry. It wsinaugurated by world renowned mimicry artist Dr. NerellaVenu Madhav.CIELL Established

Centre for Interactive English Language Laboratory(CIELL) has been established at SDLCE. It offersCertificate & Diploma Courses in English Language.

The School has also introduced Post Graduate ScienceCourses in Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology.

New Deans Assume OfficeProf N Satyanarayana, Department of Chemistry, took

charge as the Dean, Faculty of Science, Prof Ch. Bala Ramulu,Department of Public Administration, as the Dean of SocialSciences; Prof GV Bhavani Prasad, Department of Commerce,as the Dean of Commerce and Business Management andProf M. Rajagopala Chary, Department of English, as theDean of Arts.

Instant ExaminationInstant Examination for undergraduate failed candidates

was held on June 26, 2006 and the results were declared onJuly 4, 2006 in a recorded time of one week.

Ph.D. Degrees Awarded(1st January to 30th June, 2006)

01. K. Manjunath Pharmacy02. A. Shashidhar Kumar Chemistry03. V. Namratha Chemistry04. Mallam Naveen English05. U. Pavan Kumar Botany06. A. Venu Commerce & Business

Management07. S. Praveen Kumar Chemistry08. D. Hari Krishna Pharmacy09. C. Srinivas Reddy Pharmacy10. Gaviraj E.N. Pharmacy11. D. Ramabrahma Reddy Pharmacy12. T. Suresh Chemistry13. P. Narender Chemistry14. K. Govinda Chary Chemistry15. V. Maheshwar Commerce & Business

Management16. R. Chidananda Swamy Pharmacy17. K. Laxmi Rajam Economics18 M. Bhagavan Raju Pharmacy19. G. Naresh Reddy Commerce & Business

Management20. Vittal Rao. B. Zoology21. Y. Venkateshwarlu History22. S. V. Srinivasa Sastry Economics23. Sanjay K. Bari Pharmacy24. T. Jithender Rao Law25. B. Sakram Chemistry26. J. Vincent Vidyasagar Pharmacy27. G. Sreedhar Hindi28. K. Narasimha Rao Microbiology29. V. Rajeshwar Sharma Telugu30. D. Venkata Lakshmi English31. J. Malathi Microbiology32. Bhanoo Prem Kumar Economics

Newly Instituted Gold Medals

Every year 199 gold medals are being presented tothe students for their outstanding performance in variouscourses/subjects. Recently,two more gold medals havebeen instituted. The citations of the gold medals are:

1) Shri Nandagiri Anantha Raja Sharma Memorial GoldMedal shall be awarded annually to a candidate whosecures highest marks in aggregate in B.A.(Languages)– Sanskrit Medium of S.R. Sanskrit College,Vemulawada, Karimnagar District, Andhra Pradesh.

2) Shri Thokala Lakshma Reddy Memorial Gold Medalshall be awarded annually to a candidate who securesfirst division with highest percentage of marks in Paper-V: Land Laws including Ceiling of II Year of LL.B.Course.

ICSSR Hostel becomes functional

For scholars visiting Delhi: The ICSSR Hostel has nowbecome functional, situated in the ICSSR campus, Aruna AsafAli Marg, New Delhi, in the vicinity of Jawaharlal NehruUniversity. Accommodation is being provided to theresearch students and scholars at a reasonable rate, in theICSSR Hostel. The ICSSR Hostel provides a congenialatmosphere for students and scholars. Canteen facility isavailable to provide food to the visiting students at reasonablerates. For details contact Dr K.D. Gaur, AdministrativeOfficer. Fax: 011-26179836.

Sri Asutosh Mishra, IAS, Principal Secretary to Govt., addressing theWorkshop jointly organised by College Development Council and

Association of Kakatiya University Teachers (AKUT)


Release of University Diary & Calendar 2006 by the Vice-Chancellor

Kakatiya University Gymnastics Team that won the All India Championship consecutively for the third time

Colleges Newly Accredited by NAAC College Grade

1. University Arts & Science College,Warangal A2. Lal Bahadur College, Warangal A3. Kakatiya Govt. College, Warangal B++4. Pingle Govt.College for Women, Warangal B++5. SR & BGNR Govt. College, Khammam B++6. Govt. Degree College for Women, Khammam B7. SRR Govt. College, Karimnagar B++8. Govt. Degree College, Nirmal B9. CKM Arts & Science College, Warangal B++10. Govt. Degree College for Men, Adilabad B11. Govt. Degree College for Women, Karimnagar B+12. Govt. Degree College, Peddapalli B13. Govt. Degree College, Mancherial B14. JVR Govt. College, Sathupally B+

Honorary DAAD AdvisorThe German Academic Exchange

Service (DAAD) Germany hasawarded Prof. A. Sadanandam, Head,Department of Biotechnology,Kakatiya University, the title ofHonorary DAAD Advisor (2006-2009)for his outstanding commitment andleadership in promoting Indo-Germanrelations in Education and Research.At a felicitation ceremony at the

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany on 4th May, 2006the new German Ambassador to India, H.E; BerndMuetzelburg presented the Award to Prof. A. Sadanandam.He is also appointed as Visiting Associate at the InternationalPotato Centre (CIP), Lima, Peru under TWAS – UNESCOAssociateship. This appointment will be for period of threeyears and he is entitled to visit the Institute twice for a periodof 2-3 months each time.


Prof. V.Haragopal addressing the students at VIGNANOTSAV2006 of University Arts & Science College, Warangal.

Prof. V. Gopal Reddy, Vice-Chancellor laying foundation stonefor the Boys’ Hostel on the Campus

Boys Hostel Building

Foundation stone was laid for the construction of a boyshostel building by the Vice-Chancellor Prof.V.Gopal Reddy.The estimated cost of the proposed hostel building beingconstructed in 11,000 sq.ft area is Rs 62.0 lakh. The twostoried building will have 28 rooms to provideaccomodation for 74 students with recreaton room, war-den room.

Examination Reforms

The University has embarked on the following reforms torevamp examination system.

1. Photo scanned Hall Tickets to avoid impersonation.

2. An answer book-let of 36 pages is introducedavoiding issuance of additional answer sheets.

3. Bar Coded Answer Scripts for MBA students onexperimental basis.

4. Conduct of Instant examination in place of AdvancedSupplementary examinations.

5. Question Bank system for practical examinations.

6. Objective type test with OMR sheets for the entrancefor admission into PG courses.

SC/ST Coaching Centre for Entryinto Services

The SC/ST Coaching Centreestablished with the financial assistancefrom UGC started conducting RemedialCoaching for Civil Services PreliminaryExamination, 2006 in ten differentdisciplines under the Coordinatorship ofDr. P. Sambaiah. The Coaching Programwas inaugurated on February 13, 2006by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. V. GopalReddy. About 50 aspirants haveundergone coaching for the CivilServices Preliminary Examination, 2006.

NET Coaching CentreThe Coaching Centre for the SC/ST

Students for NET has been establishedto give intensive Coaching for the SC/ST students to prepare them forNational Eligibility Test (NET) ineighteen disciplines under theCoordinatorship of Dr. T. Manohar.About 200 students belonging todifferent disciplines took coaching toappear for the NET examination. M.Shanti Priya (Pub. Admn), P. Shyamlal(MBA), M. Shankaraiah (Telugu) andV. Nagaraju (Pol. Sc.) qualified the NETconducted in June and December 2005.

Award of CAS - TWAS Postgraduate FellowshipMr.K.Venugopal Rao, Research Scholar of Botany working

under the supervision of Prof. A. Sadanandam has beenawarded Chinese Academy of Sciences - Third World Academyof Sciences (CAS - TWAS) Fellowship to pursue researchprogramme in China for one year. The Fellowship is tenable atInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS underthe supervision of Prof. Zhen Zhu.

Prof. S. Jagannatha Swamy, Professor of Chemistry & Registrar receivingBest Research Paper published award 2005 from the Vice-Chancellor

instituted by Dr. D. Samba Reddy, NRI Scientist


TWAS – UNESCO Associateship

Prof. K. Jaganmohan Reddy, De-partment ofBotany has beenappointed as vis-iting associate atNational Centrefor Genetic En-gineering andBiotechnology,Thailand. Thisa p p o i n t m e n t

will be for period of three years and heis entitled to visit the Institute twice fora period of 2-3 months each time. Withinthe framework of this programme,Third World Academy of Sciences(TWAS) will cover the cost of round tripair ticket for both visits as well as pro-vide US $ 300 per month towards localexpenses. The host Institute will offerhospitality, accommodation and pro-vide the facilities for research work.

Vice-Chancellor Prof. V. Gopal Reddy addressing the students at the Univeristy CollegeSports Day 2006 (from left) Prof. Ch. Sanjeeva Reddy, Vice-Principal,

Dr. K. David, Secretary, University Sports Board, .Ms.Shobha Narayana, Arjuna Awardee,Prof. J. Yellaiah, Principal, Mr. B.Ravi Kumar, Former Captain, Indian Volley Ball Team

Dr. A. Seetaram, NSS Coordinator receiving memento from Hon'bleMinister for Health Sri K.Roshaiah for organising AIDS awareness

"AASHA" rallies

Students performing at the NSS UTSAV-2006University Level Youth Festival

For Research FellowshipsThe Helsinki Collegium for

Advance Studies is an independentinstitute of the University of Helsinkiwhich conducts cutting edgeresearch in humanities, socialsciences, law, behavioral sciencesand theology, promotesinterdisciplinary interaction, andsupports international researchcooperation. It invites applicationsfor 8 -12 researcher positions. Forfurther information and applicationform on line, please visit thewebsites: www.helsinki.fi/collegiumand www.nci.uu.se.

KUCET 2006

Prof. V. Gopal Reddy,Vice-Chancellor releasedthe results of KUCET2006 on 19th June, 2006.Of the 37925 candidatesappeared for the KUCET2006 for admission to 23courses, a total of 30180qualified. The results ofthe entrance tests foradmission to MA /MSc /MCom/ MHRM / MTM / M.L.I.Sc. / PG Diploma in Sericulture / ClinicalBiochemistry courses were announced in a record time of one week.


Cultural Prizes at National Level

Students of Kakatiya University bagged three prizes in

cultural events in the Inter-University National Youth Festival

organized by AIU at Kurukshethra University from Jan 15-

19, 2006. For their outstanding performance, they have won:

(1) First Place in Cultural Procession; (2) Third Place in Folk

Dance and (3) Fourth Place in Classical Dance. Earlier to

this, the University students participated in the South Zone

Youth Festival conducted by Association of Indian

Universities at Bangalore and won Overall Championship

in Dance and Second Place in Classical and Folk Dances.Popular Telugu Cine Music Director Sri Chakri at Vignanotstav2006 of University Arts & Science College, Warangal

Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Hon’ble Minister for Major Irrigation, Prof. V.Gopal Reddy, Vice-Chancellor,Smt. Neetu Prasad, Commissioner, Warangal Municipal Corporation, University NSS Coordinator Dr. A. Seetaram flagging off

AASHA – AIDS awareness rally.

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