Kakatiya University


Kakatiya University is a public university located in Warangal in the Indian state of Telangana. It was most recently accredited with an "A" Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India on 12 September 2017. The university offers about 120 programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the faculties of arts, science, commerce and business management, social sciences, education, engineering and pharmaceutical sciences with constituent and affiliated colleges spread over four districts of Telangana. The faculties include 248 teaching staff and 622 non-teaching staff.

Academics

The university has a network of eleven constituent colleges with twenty-eight departments. During 2011-2012, enrollment of students for under-graduate programs was around 90,000 in the 2004-2005 school year, according to the university's own website, while it was 8,000 for post-graduate courses. About 850 research scholars are registered for PhD programs in different departments.
For the first time in Telangana, postgraduate in-service science courses for teachers and government employees, M.L.I.Sc and MCJ, diploma in mimicry, certificate course in communication skills in English, M.Sc., B.Tech. and M.Sc. have been made available.
The university also promotes individual and collective research by faculty and scholars. On 20 March 2018, UGC granted autonomy to 21 state universities including Kakatiya University. Many Endowment Lectures have been instituted at the University where scholars present papers. One such endowment lecture is that of Pilli Alfred James annual endowment lectures which has seen public administrators take a stand on new issues in their discipline.

Vice Chancellors

Name of VCTenure fromTenure to
K. Venkata Ramiah20 Aug 197619 Aug 1979
Jafar Nizam20 Aug 197919 Aug 1982
T. Vasudev20 Aug 198218 Aug 1988
Jafar Nizam26 Oct 198825 Oct 1991
K. Jayashankar11 Dec 199109 Dec 1995
Y. Vaikuntham21 Jan 199519 Jan 1998
Vidyavati6 May 19985 May 2001
Chandrakant Kokate10 Jan 200127 Sep 2004
V. Gopal Reddy11 Oct 200410 Oct 2007
N. Linga Murthy12 Nov 200710 Dec 2010
B. Venkat Rathnam18 May 201117 May 2014
R. Sayanna25 July 2016
B. Janardhan Reddy 24 July 2019

Notable Alumni