About Us

Fifty years ago, three stalwarts in the public domain, Smt Durgabai Deshmukh, Dr K.L.Rao and Dr C.Anna Rao, transformed their spirited vision and dream to reality in the shape of Sri Venkateswara College. Fired with the zeal of promoting the cause of education, the college was set up at New Delhi under the benign auspices of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh in 1961.

The foundation stone for the construction of a full-fledged building in the spacious 15 acres provided at Dhaula Kuan was laid on August 20, 1961 appropriately and auspiciously by Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's outstanding teacher, scholar and statesman. This year, the College celebrates its golden anniversary with August 2010 ushering in our fiftieth year of pioneering excellence in the field of education.

The TTD is an autonomous organization managing the affairs of Lord Balaji. While it maintains 12 temples and their sub-shrines, it employs about about 14,000 persons and runs charitable and educational institutions throughout the country. Though the initial objective of starting a college in Delhi was to cater to the educational needs of students hailing from the Southern states of India, this TTD institution soon outgrew its regional character. It has now become one of the most sought after co-educational colleges in India. The college has seen tremendous development since its inception. It began functioning modestly in a school building of the Andhra Education Society at Rouse Avenue, New Delhi with 273 students and 13 staff members and moved into its own spacious buildings in Dhaula Kuan in 1971.

From Principal's Desk

 Dear Colleagues (Teaching and Non-Teaching) and Students,
 It gives me a great pleasure in interacting with you all on the eve of commencing my responsibility as In-charge of this great  institution.
 It was a journey full of learning amidst meeting people from different parts of our country be it colleagues from teaching or  non-teaching and the countless number of students with whom I have had the opportunity to interact in my career of over three decades in  this college.
 I salute to all the great people who have laid the foundation for this institution, and the visionary thoughts of these people is always a  source to re-energise ourselves towards our common goal of excellence and discipline with which we achieve every milestone in this  direction. It reminds me the words of one of the founders of this college, Late. Dr. C. Anna Rao Garu, with whom I had the unique opportunity of interacting from my childhood, who always used to tell,” Strive for being a part of creating a great institution without aiming for your name to precede the institution, the growth of the institution would always make people to remember your name for having created such a wonderful institution and you become eternal”
Today, It gives me also an opportunity to remember those people who have captained this institution with their unique style in creation and the furtherance of “Brand Sri Venkateswara” in not only Delhi University but also Nationally, in the academic and other areas extending to educational administration. I would like to recall Late Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, a great person who was instrumental in laying a path to academic spirit in this college and the administrative acumen ship of Dr. A. Sankara Reddy, who were the principals of this college for around four decades together. Today, our college,can boast of several research projects which are funded by many government agencies in various Science, Literature and Social Sciences subjects.I would like to, place on record my appreciation to Dr. P. Hemalatha Reddy, our Principal who is retiring today after having served in this capacity for over eleven years, for her work in the organising and administering of these projects in our college.
I cherish the ever supporting management of our college and is thankful to the Chairman and members of our Governing Body to their suggestive interventions at every moment for the development of the college.
Friends, I am of firm belief that “Together we grow, only when we understand that each one of us is only complementing the other and not competing”. I salute to every one of you for being part of this great institution and solicit for your active participation in its growth.
Dr. S. Venkata Kumar
(Ag. PRINCIPAL)