College

SBVR Agriculture College Building

 

One of its kind, Group of Educational Institutions in Rayalaseema, promoted by Badvel &  Sidhout Higher Education Committee (Est.1973) with an objective to offer meaningful and complete education for children of Badvel and in and around regions from  secondary level education to higher level education.

Late. Sri. Bijivemula Veera Reddy, (former Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister of united Andhra Pradesh) was the founder of the Badvel & Sidhout Higher Education Committee. The educational group not only focuses on academic excellence, but also works as window to the integral growth of this region as an interface between the campus and the public by partnering several welfare and development programs with a vision to build strong and sustainable society. At present this educational group is managed by Smt. K. Vijaya as President, Dr. K. Ravi Kumar Reddy as Vice President, K. Ritesh Kumar Reddy as Secretary, Dr. B. Ramalakshmi Reddy as Correspondent and Dr G. Raveendra Reddy as Administrative officer.

One of the major challenges before the Government of India (GoI) and State governments is agriculture and rural development as nearly 60% of rural population still dependent on agriculture and allied activities of their livelihoods. For rural people agriculture is a “way of life” which needs to be transformed to an “enterprise”. So as to earn a decent income and livelihoods. Requirement of trained man power/ human resources to conduct research and educate the rural people in general and farmers in particular.

The state Agricultural University “ANGRAU” in the state of AP is striving hard towards the said purpose by training the human resources. However, the constituent agricultural colleges of ANGRAU are not sufficient to produce enough man power. Hence, the government of newly formed state of AP has taken a decision to establish private agricultural colleges affiliated to ANGRAU. The SBVR Agricultural College is one of the Six private colleges affiliated to ANGRAU situated at Badvel in Kadapa (dist.) AP under the agies of Badvel & Sidhout Higher Education Committee during the year 2016-17 with mandate to train the required human resource to assist the government of AP to achieve its agricultural production targets by transforming agriculture from a way of life to an enterprise. The Act through which our college is affiliated is given in an amended Act by Andhra Pradesh government   on 2nd July, 2017 and issued dated 4th July, 2017 i.e., after one year of the start of the programme (The Hon’ble Governor of bifurcated A.P. Sri. Narasimhan Garu promulgated an ordinance) the amendment to the original APAU/ANGRAU Act 1964).

As per the Cir. Memo. No. 3764/SC/ 2016 dated 04-07-2016 of the Registrar, ANGRAU the following were communicated

  1. Government of Andhra Pradesh, Abstract, Ordinances- State- Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016-mPublication ordered as Andhra Pradesh Ordinance No. 1 of 2016.
  2. G.O. Ms. No. 44 dated 02-07-2016 of Law (F) Department issued by order in the name of Secretary to Government i/c,

Dr.P. Gidda Reddy took charge as First Associate Dean in November, 2015 and located his Office temporarily in a room in the building of the S.B.V.R Agricultural College. In 2018 Dr. M. Mallikarjun Reddy appointed as Additional Associate Dean. In 2019, December, Dr. P. Jayarami Reddy has taken the charge of Associate Dean. From 2019  to 2020 , Dr. P. Narasimhudu has taken the charge of Associate Dean 2020 to 2022 , Dr G.Chandra Sekhar Rao has taken charge of Associate Dean in 2022 to till date. The college was originally affiliated to Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur (Formerly Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University).

The SBVR Agricultural College, Badvel has sufficient faculty with required laboratory facilities to train 150 students of B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture every year. SBVR Agriculture College has taken onboard the qualified Assistant and Professors (Retired) and Associate Dean leading the institute from the front. The SBVR Agricultural College is presently situated in a 46.12 acres campus surrounded by Educational Institutes catering to the educational needs of the other students of the district. SBVR Agricultural College has acquired 110 acres of land with 5 acres of existing mango garden.

This land could be fully used for the practical purpose of the students to gain first-hand knowledge of various agricultural and horticultural operations through hands on experience mode. The qualified faculty is involved in teaching and demonstrating the knowledge and skills in various disciplines of Plant Sciences to Social sciences to make the students realise real rural life situations and eventually empathize with the rural farmers through facilitation to produce more at less cost of cultivation. Through our curriculum and experiential opportunities, SBVR Agricultural College develops leadership ability, civic responsibility, and curiosity in the students. Through our interactions with the farmers, SBVR Agricultural College makes invaluable contributions to an ever-increasing knowledge base. In all facets of our mission, SBVR Agricultural College honors the past, is engaged in the present, and helps shape the Future.