Government (K.R.K) Degree College, Prakasam

K.R.K. Govt. Degree College, Addanki, is one of the oldest and reputed institutions in

Prakasam Dt. Andhra Pradesh, India.

This college was established on 20th December, 1984 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to

cater the needs of the students of this area. It is situated on the hillocks of

Singarakonda in the outskirts of Addanki, Prakasam Dt. With beautiful landscape.

Addanki is a famous historical and pilgrim shelter. The “First Telugu Inscription” was

traced out during the archeological excavations. The famous temple for Hindu God Lord

Prasannanjaneya is situated here.

Addanki is a backward area and most of the people here depend on agriculture. The people of

this area had to send their children for pursuing higher studies at distant places like

Ongole,Narsaraopet and Guntur. In the year 1982 people of Addanki felt the need of a degree

college, Some prominent personalities like late Sri Karri Veeraghavaiah, Sri Katta Rama

Koteswara Rao and some other likeminded people formed a committee with Sri Kari

Veeraraghavaiah as convener and because of the unstinted efforts of the committee,

Government accorded permission for starting a Government Degree College at Addanki in 1984.

Sri Katta Rama Koteswara Rao, a farmer has generously donated an amount of Rupees 2 lakhs

as corpus fund for the establishment of the college and the college is named after him by

the Government. Permission was accorded to open a Government Degree College at Addanki by

the Government of Andhra Pradesh vide G.O.Ms.No.509 Education Department Dt. 28-11-1984.

The College was affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University. This College was recognized by

the University Grants Commission Act under 2(f) and 12(b) College was accredited at B+

level on 31-03-2007.