PB Siddhartha College of Arts & Science, Vijayawada

Campus Location: Vijayawada

Located in News, 21 Jan 2022: Siddhartha College Establishes Centre Of Excellence In AI., About, Parvathaneni Brahmayya Siddhartha College of Arts & Science is the first offspring of "Siddhartha Academy of General & Technical Education". In the year 1975, the college was started with 200 students and 15 faculty members with B.A. and B.Com. programmes. From this modest beginning, the college has emerged as one of the premier institutions of higher learning in the State, with the strength of 3080 students and 116 faculty members for the year 2018-19. The college is offering B.A., B.Com., B.Com.(Hons.) Accounting & Finance, B.Com. (Hons.) Tax Procedures & Practice, B.Com. (Computer Applications), B.B.A., B.B.A., (Business Analytics), B.C.A. and B.Sc. programmes with Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Electronics, Statistics and Chemistry. B.Sc. (Hons.) Computer Science and Diploma in Yoga Education (DYEd). PG programmes are M.A.(English), M.Com., M.B.A., M.C.A., M.Sc. programmes with Mathematics, Chemistry, Computer Science and Physics. The programme B.Sc.(Mathematics, Statistics & Data Science) is introduced in the academic year 2019-’20. The college has well-furnished classrooms, well-equipped laboratories, fully-fledged Botany & Zoology museums, resourceful library and reading room, English Language laboratories, a very big Indoor Stadium, 32-station multi-gym, e-class rooms, media point, webinar hall, skill centre, boardroom and a large playfield. It has a good tradition of academic discipline and, above all, the full coordination of a philanthropic group of members of the Management. The college has been enjoying full academic autonomy since the academic year 1988-89. It has experienced and competent faculty. The academic programmes are continually updated. Keeping its tradition of up-gradation of programmes according to the changing needs, the college introduced 'Choice Based Credit System' from the academic year 2005-'06., Ours is the first college in the jurisdiction of Acharya Nagarjuna University to get accreditation at 'A' level by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bengaluru. The jurisdiction of the college was shifted to Krishna University, Machilipatnam from the academic year 2009-‘10. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has conferred the status of “College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)” on our college. NAAC reaccredited our college at the level ‘A+’ with 3.32 points on 4 point scale. The college works for a minimum of 90 instructional days in each semester., Though Vijayawada grew as one of the major cities in Andhra Pradesh with accelerated trade, commerce, industry and political enlightenment, there were very few educational institutions of repute four decades ago. Hence the idea of establishing a premier educational complex had been incubating in the minds of the philanthropic elite of Vijayawada for a long time which materialized into concrete reality in 1975 through the synergy of 250 educated and visionary people drawn from different noble professions to establish the “Academy of General and Technical Education.”, Siddhartha College, later renamed as Parvathaneni Brahmayya Siddhartha College of Arts & Science, is the first institution to have been started by the Academy in 1975, with 200 students and 15 faculty members. The UGC and Acharya Nagarjuna University, the Parent University in the jurisdiction of which the college operated granted 'autonomy' to undergraduate courses in the year 1988. From this modest beginning, the college has emerged as one of the premier institutions of higher learning in the State, with a present strength of 2,798 students and 114 faculty members. The UGC has recognized our college with potential abilities to attain high standards in teaching, research and extension activities leading to excellence. This facilitates the college to design, develop and deliver chosen academic programmes. Students trained in this college will be outstanding in their abilities – curricular, extracurricular activities and ethical values. The holistic education imparted in this institution enhances the academic abilities along with character making every student perfect. In its long journey of more than forty years, a number of restructured, vocational and post-graduate courses were started and thousands of students graduated in Arts, Sciences, Commerce and Management. It is always believed – knowing one's self is the greatest skill in the path to perfection. Excellence by itself does not mean perfection. It is only a cause in perfection. Following this tenet, it is thought that introspection is a necessity and hence the college went for the re-accreditation by the NAAC, since the journey for perfection should go on farther and forever., OUR VISION, The vision of P.B. Siddhartha College of Arts and Science is to impart holistic, realistic and futuristic education by which character is formed, the strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded and by which one can stand on one’s own feet. We envision our educational journey guided by questions, research, reflections and discovery individually, collectively, and continually strive to transform, improve learning outcomes and advance educational achievement., OUR MISSION, Our mission is to teach, serve, and engage in scholarship. We teach our students to be critical thinkers and lifelong learners. We prepare professionals who improve student learning, promote diversity, make informed decisions, engage in collaborative endeavours, maintain professional and ethical standards, and become change agents in their workplaces. We engage in scholarly work that informs the profession and we serve the educational community by providing applied scholarship.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.