Department of History

                  The Department of History was established in 1978. During the last 41 years the department has distinguished itself among the frontline departments in this collage. It started with a sanctioned strength of 80 students. Now we run English and Telugu mediums. History department has been assisting in the college administration in organizing almost every event and activity in the college, and also conducted two national seminars founded by UGC and ICSSR.  One ICSSR Minor Research   Projects ongoing in Department.  

     They will do research in the diverse fields of Indian History and also applied Major and Minor research projects.

         Department of history organized two National Seminars and one ICSSR Minor Research Project

• UGC Sponsored Two Days National Seminar On    “SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING - ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, BIODIVERSITY & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” July, 25th & 26th/07/2015
• ICSSR Sponsored One Day National Seminar On    “Welfare and Development Schemes In The Socio- Economic Development of Scheduled Caste people in India”.20^th  August, 2016.   
• ICSSR Minor Research Project “Analyzing tourism Potentials in Chittoor district with particular reference to Nature tourism”.

VISION

• To provide facilities for study in social, economic and cultural history of India
• To impart quality based education and maintain academic standards and excellence to achieve global competence
• Promotion of competitive awareness, inculcation of knowledge in Indian history.
• To cultivate creativity and innovation that leads to the prosperity through social responsibility.     

 MISSION

• To highlight the intellectual tradition and cultural heritage of India
• To provide conceptual knowledge of the subject with application and its day to day application.
• Enhancing the understanding of the subject through multimedia, ICT and AV aid.
• To Motivate and inspire the students to promote them into higher studies and research
• Extension of Departmental Library Facilities

SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans

Strength

• Efficient & Experienced  Faculty with   Good Skills
• Consistent good pass percentage.

Weaknesses

• The socio-economic background of many of the students
• Most of the students are of first generation
• Poor communication skills in English.

Opportunities

• Improving enrolment
• Improving the optimum usage of ICT in teaching learning
• Exploring the starting of new Job-oriented courses

Challenges

• Sustaining quality along with access
• More placements
• Generation of resources  for research facilities in the department

Future Plan

• To start multidisciplinary job oriented courses