Sanskrit

 History of Sanskrit Department

The Annavaram Satya Devi  Degree College for Women was established in the year 1962 under the Aegis of Holy Shrine, Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy vari Devasthanam, Annavaram at Jagannaickpur, Kakinada and later the college took over by the department of Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh. The department of Sanskrit was established in 1970.

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, a philosophical language in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and a scholarly literary language that was in use as a lingua franca in the Indian cultural zone. It is a standardized dialect of old Indo-Aryan, originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back toProto-Indo-IranianandultimatelytoProto-Indo-European. Today it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand. Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo-European studies.The corpus of Sanskrit literature encompasses a rich tradition of poetry and drama as well as scientific,technical, philosophical and dharma texts. Sanskrit continues to be widely used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals and Buddhist practice in the forms of hymns and mantras. Spoken Sanskrit has been revived in some villages with traditional institutions, and there are attempts at further popularization.

We offer a varied study programme of Choice based Credit System (CBCS) that provides students with a wide range of options to choose from. Department Library has many reference books and text books for the benefit of the students. The faculty members in the department are striving hard with an endeavor to bring better results. Even though the students are mostly from rural background they are very much enthusiastic in attending the classes and other Competitions Like Geita poetry recitation etc.The faculty of the Department encourage students to be literary skills by organizing various Workshops on Sanskrit literature. The students were encouraged to complete various MOOCs courses offered through NPTEL,SWAYAM etc.,

 Courses offered

   The language, ‘Sanskrit’ is offered as a Second language at UG level and the same is being  chosen by the students of all courses as their second language.

Details of the Faculty

Activities Taken Up by the Department

The department of Sanskrit  takes up regular teaching, Poetry recitation,seminars, assignments, monthly tests, group discussions, Spartha,Sloka patanum, debates   etc,.  as teaching practices. The department has adopted the modern teaching methods other that lecture method. For better understanding of topics covered through ICT and e- learning. By organizing Guest Lectures, the students were exposed to the lectures of eminent speakers from various colleges. The Department has taken active part in various Community outreach programmes such as creating awareness on Janmabhoomi-Maa Ooru etc.

Employment Opportunities

Choosing ‘Sanskrit’ as their language at UG level provides job opportunities in the Government departments like Archeological Survey; External Affairs; Tourism as Readers and translators; similarly students with Masters Degree can choose to teach as their profession.