About

The College, named after Sri Shiridi Sai Baba, was established in October 1981 under the aegis of the Anantapur District National Education (ADNE) Trust, Anantapur founded by late Sri Sirivaram Adinarayana Rao in the year 1942. It is a voluntary organization comprising eminent persons from all walks of life, irrespective of caste or creed, all united in the sacred task of service to society in this backward and perpetually drought- affected area. The foremost aim of the Trust is to make quality education available to one and all at a very reasonable and affordable fee in the District in general and poor, underprivileged classes in rural and suburbs in particular. This august motto has been well served by all the successive Managements over the past six decades.

A Philanthropist, founder and great visionary, late Sri Sirivaram Adinarayana Rao started our Institution as an ordinary, elementary School in the year 1944. It was he, who actually put his heart and soul into the development of this Institution with his own meagre finance and limited resources. For many years, it remained a High School in thatched huts with very poor infrastructure facilities. Owing to the relentless, unstinted, and unceasing efforts of the successive Managements, this small Institution, in course of time, grew into a Junior College and later a Degree and PG College. Thus this small Institution has now grown into the gigantic edifice of a full blown Degree College, having PG Courses and imparting quality education through its Undergraduate Courses in Humanities, Commerce and Sciences. Thus, the long-cherished dream and desire of this backward region of Rayalaseema to have a premier educational institution in the private sector has been fulfilled.

This co-educational Institution had the unique honour of being inaugurated by Sri Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy, the then honourable Minister for Education, Government of A.P. In October 1981, this Institution was started under able stewardship of the Late Dr. B.Purnachandra Rao as the Special Officer and the Late Sri P.Konappa Sastry, an eminent advocate, as the Correspondent. S.V. University, Tirupati granted affiliation at the first instance for six years and approved the Courses offered in the Institution. To start with, there were 500 Students, limited Staff, and a few Courses spread over the different faculties of History, Economics, Commerce, Political science, Botany, Zoology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Under the leadership of the Correspondent and the Special Officer, the first All Association Day was celebrated in February 1983. In keeping with the motto of service to society, the first NSS unit was also started during this period and the Late Dr. G.L.N. Murthy, Reader in Commerce, was the first Programme Officer.