Andhra-Christian College

Infobox_University
name=Andhra Christian College
native_name=A C College

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latin_name= COLLEGIUM ANDHRA CHRISTIANUS
motto=Latin: ET COGNOSCETIS VERITATEM ET VERITAS LIBERABIT VOS". English: And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free."
established=1885
type=College
chancellor=Bishop V. E. Christopher
principal=Smt. K. Elizabeth Manorama Bai (Day College)
students=
city = Guntur City
state = Andhra Pradesh
country = India
coor =
address = Sambasivapet, Guntur 522 001, India
campus=Urban
telephone =
affiliations=* Board of Intermediate Education, Abids, Hyderabad 500 001
* Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar 522 510, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
website=http://www.accollegeguntur.com
footnotes=Data as of October 2007

Andhra-Christian College, popularly known as AC College, is one of the oldest colleges in India. AC College is part of the educational enterprise of the Protestant churches. The College admits intermediate, under-graduate and graduate students and awards degrees through the Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar to which it is affiliated.

Saint George is the patron saint of this College. At the entrance of the college itself, the patron saint's image slaying the dragon is found.

Priests of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church administer the College.

Motto

In Latin, the college motto is ET COGNOSCETIS VERITATEM ET VERITAS LIBERABIT VOS which translates into English as ...And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free. [Saint John 8:32 [http://www.latinvulgate.com/verse.aspx?t=1&b=4&c=8] ]

History

It was established in 1885 in Guntur City, one of the first colleges in India to offer graduate programs. Missionaries of the Protestant traditions established the College as part of their educational endeavour.

The then United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) through Rev. Fr. John Christian Frederick Heyer (known as "Father Heyer") established the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church on July 31, 1842 [Luther Richardson, Kolluri, Rev., Towards Self-Reliance, p. xi, Editorial by Rev. Dr. D.V. Daniel]

Administration

Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) through its Board of Education administers the College.

The College consists of three entities, viz.,

* Day College
* Evening College
* College of Law

Courses offered

Intermediate

Pre-University or Intermediate courses are offered by the College. The College is affiliated to the Board of Intermediate Education, Hyderabad, a regulatory authority for pre-university courses in Andhra Pradesh.

The following are the course combinations available:
* Biology, Physics, Chemistry
* Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
* History, Economics, Commerce
* Civics, Economics, Commerce

Graduate programmes

* Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

* Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Post-Graduate programmes

* Master of Arts (M.A.)
* Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Notable Alumni

A few of the notable alumni include:

Business
* Dr. K. Anji Reddy

Education
* Dewan Bahadur T. S. Paulus [T.S. Paulus served as Principal and was also War Advisor to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru [http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_II_LS_62.pdf] ]

Film
* Sobhan Babu

Literature
* Jandhyala Papayya Sastry, a famous poet who wrote Pushpa Vilapam

Politics
* Sri Bhavanam Venkataram
* Sri Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
* Sri N. G. Ranga
* Sri NT Rama Rao

Theology
* Rev. Dr. P. Victor Premasagar
* Rev. Dr. B. V. Subbamma [The Story of Serampore and its College [http://www.mergingcurrents.com/book.php?BookSKU=133] IV^thedition 2006, Appendix VI, "pp. 177-179"]
* Rev. Dr. Dass Babu [Rev. Dr. Dass Babu is a disciple of Premasagar [http://www.mergingcurrents.com/book.php?BookSKU=2223] ]
* Rev. Dr. N. V. Luther Paul [Dr. Luther Paul presently heads a Seminary in Hyderabad [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Christian_Theological_College] ]

References

;Notes

;Further reading
* cite journal
author=Luther Richardson, Kolluri, Rev.
title="Towards Self-Reliance : A historical survey of the programmes and efforts of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1927-1969", Published by Christopher and Kanakaiah, Vijayawada
year=2003
volume=
issue=
url =
* cite journal
author=Senftleben, Martin
title="Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh." Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
year=1992
volume=I
issue=
url =http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis1.pdf
* cite journal
author=_______________,
title="Influences of Hinduism on Christianity in Andhra Pradesh." Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
year=1992
volume=II
issue=
url =http://www.drmartinus.de/bio/de/thesis2.pdf