History
Aims & Objectives
Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education, better known as Siddhartha Academy, came into being in the year 1975 with a Corpus Fund of Rs.25 lakhs (Rs.2.5 million) through the efforts of 250 Life members drawn from different walks of life having a philanthropic bent of mind. This was registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act in the same year.
The main objective of the Academy is establish and run educational institutions offering education at all levels in the fields of general, technical & professional education. The Academy started its strategic mission of spreading education in Vijayawada in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. The establishment of Siddhartha Educational Institutions followed by the establishment of other educational institutions in the last 28 years transformed this city into one of the major educational centres. As India’s second largest Railway Junction and as one of the biggest Agro Commodity Trading Centre’s and as the commercial hub Krishna region, Vijayawada has become the first important place after formation of new State of Andhra Pradesh.
In the State Today, Siddhartha Academy is running 18 Educational Institutions, three colleges offering Intermediate (+2) and Degree (Under Graduate) courses for men and women along with a Post Graduate Centre (Graduate Programmes), two schools one of which is fully residential, two Engineering Colleges, a Medical College, a Dental Colleges, a Nursing College, a Nursing School, a college of Law, a college of Education (B.Ed), a college of Pharmaceutical Sciences and a college of Hotel Management & Catering Technology. All Siddhartha Institutions are duly approved by respective Central and State Governments and other concerned bodies.
The other colleges under the control of Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education
- Parvataneni Brahmayya Siddhartha Degree College of Arts & Science with Junior College
- Parvataneni Brahmayya Siddhartha College of Arts & Science, Post Graduate Courses
- Veeramachaneni Paddayya Siddhartha Public School
- Velagapudi RamaKrishna Siddhartha Engineering College
- Sri Durga Malleswara Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala with Junior, Degree & Post-Graduate Colleges
- Y.V.Rao Siddhartha College of Education
- Smt. Velgapudi Durgamba Siddhartha Law College
- KCP Siddhartha Adarsh Residential Public School
- KVSR Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Prasad V. Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology
- AG & SG Siddhartha Arts & Science College, Vuyyuru, Krishna Dist. with Degree and Junior Colleges
- Siddhartha Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology
- Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation
- Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha School of Nursing
- Drs. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences
- C. Shobhanadri College of Nursing