Establishment of the Department: September – October 2003.
Faculty
                Prof. D. Ananda Naidu served the Department as its founder- Professor. Prof. P. Yenadi Raju, Professor of History (Retd.), earlier with the Sri Venkateswara University, joined this Department on 22 September 2007.
                Professor & Head:  Dr P. Yenadi Raju (Specialisation: Modern History)
             Associate Professor:
               1. Dr N. Kanakarathnam (Specialisation: Medieval Andhra, History and Cultural History of India)
                2. Dr P.C. Venkatasubbaiah    [Specialisation: Pre– Proto and Early Historic Archaelogy, Neolithic Cultures of Andhra, Settlement; Patterns and Rock Art and field Archaeology (Explorations and Excavations)]
                  3. Dr Aravind Kumar (Specialisation: Ancient and Medieval History and Art History of  India)
                  4. Mr E. Harshavardhan (Specialisation: Early Historic Settlements, Trade, Religion and 
                Art History of Andhra, History of Modern Andhra, History of Modern India)        
                  5. Dr D. Mercy Ratna Rani     (Specialisation: Ancient and Medieval History of India).
Research Output:
Name of the Faculty          Papers               Papers                  M.Phil/Ph.D                          Books
                                           Published              Presented
                                                               
Prof. P. Yenadi Raju                     50                       60                               06           04                           06
  (before joining this University)
Prof. D. Ananda Naidu*               4                         7                                - -             01                          - -
Dr N. Kanakarathnam                   5                       13                             
Dr PC.Venkatasubbaiah             16                       11                                - -            - -                           - -
Dr Aravind Kumar                       9                       22                                - -             - -                          - -
Mr E. Harshavardhan                   4                         9                                - -             - -                          - -
Dr D. Mercy Ratna Rani
* Left this University early this Year (2007).
Projects taken up by the Faculty
                1. Dr N. Kanakarathnam (The Traditional Knowledge system and Human Communication: A Case study of Dokkala Community), 2. Dr PC Venkatasubbaiah (Proto-Historic Investigations in the Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh), 3. Dr Aravind KumarTelugu Instriptions of Tamilnadu, and Morasanadu – A Cultural Study based on Inscriptional Evidence (UGC Major esearch project),          4. Mr E. Harshavardhan (Social Formations and Historical Transformation of a Dravidian Village, Kangundi, based on Oral History, and Dravidian Element in the Early Buddist Art in Andhra), 5. Dr (Mrs) D. Mercy Ratna Rani (History and Cultural of the Vaidumba  - Chiefs)
Courses offered
              (a) P.G. Course – II year M.A. in History, Archaeology and  Culture: The M.A. course includes papers related to the recent trends in historical studies which have logical,  chronological and cultural continuity. The papers being offered in four semesters are as under.
               (b) Five Year Integrated M.A. in History: Since the Academic Year 2006 -07 the Department has been offering a Five year Integrated M.A. Programme, the number of students at the admission stage being 25.
                (c) Research Programme: In the Research Programme 10 students registered for M.Phil/ Ph.D. in the Department
Conferences Organised
Perspectives of South Indian History and Culture – 2004

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