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Welcome to ASDGDCW


The institution has dedicated itself to the service of society by educating students and preparing professional educators for all levels. It is one of the premier institutions in the area.

We have a long history of excellence and repute and have a solemn commitment to address ourselves vigorously to the needs arising from a dynamic and rapidly changing society by aligning ourselves to the requirement of the new age of teaching, conducting research, disseminating new knowledge and developing application for existing knowledge. We also believe in preparing life-long learners who are able to apply their knowledge in a cross cultural and diverse society.

The College offers M.Com Self finance course from 2016-17 batch with 30 seats and it also offers M.A. (Telugu). In addition to the P.G. Course several Certificate courses, Skill Development Diploma and Training courses are offered in collaboration with Govt. organizations and NGOs. Jawahar Knowledge Centre(JKC) of the College is imparting training for employability batch-wise all through the year and organizing Campus Drives. The College is receiving funds from RUSA and UGC for construction of additional rooms, upgrading existing structures and to establish e-classrooms, labs etc. ASDGDC W (A), Kakinada is the only Government College for Women for having Autonomous Status and for offering Home Science course in Coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh. Admissions are done through Online mode from the academic year 2020-21 0nwards. Hostel facility is available both on the campus and in the near vicinity of the College.

Annavaram Satyavathi Devi Government Degree College for Women, Kakinada was started with the motto: ‘Sthree Vidya Pravardhatam’ – ‘Women Education Shall Prosper’. The idea came up with the inspiring words :

“A Man’s education being the education of an Individual,

a Women’s education is the education of a Family”

~ Mahatma Gandhi

The college made a humble beginning in the year 1962 with the efforts of the eminent women personalities of the town who constituted into a committee called ‘Women’s education society of Kakinada’. The committee handed over the college to the Annavaram Devasthanam Trust in the year 1963 and it was managed by the Trust Board for about five years. Subsequently, in the year 1968 the college was taken over by the Govt.of Andhra Pradesh. In the year 1996 the college was bifurcated into Junior College and Degree College. Then onwards it has been named as ‘A.S.D.Govt. Degree College for Women, Kakinada’. The institution is in a prime location of Kakinada town with campus area of 7.75 acres connected with good transport facility.

The College has 21 classrooms and 11 well equipped laboratories. A computerized library has around 40,000 books. It has 48 faculty working to support the principal. The strength of the college is 1028. The college offered 07 conventional courses, 02 Self-finance courses, 03 Market-Oriented cousres and 01 vocational course of Arts, Commerce and Sciences in UG till 2022-2023. From the Academic year 2023-24 onwards, Several Under Graduate Honours programmes were introduced in the college following the NEP 2020. As per that, the college offers several Honours programmes with Majors in B.Sc.(Mathematics),B.Sc.(Computer Science),B.Sc.(Physics),B.Sc.(Chemistry),B.Sc.(Botany),B.Sc.(Zoology),B.Sc.(Home Science),B.Com(General),B.Com(Computer Applications), B.Com(Digital Marketting), B.A.(Economics),B.A.(Political Science).

Post Graduation Programmes like M.A.(Special Telugu),M.Com.,M.Sc.(Chemistry),were offred in our College. In addition to the P.G. Courses, 60 Certificate courses, Skill Development Diploma and Training courses are offered in collaboration with Govt. organizations and NGOs. Jawahar Knowledge Centre(JKC) of the College is imparting training for employability batch-wise all through the year and organizing Campus Drives. The College is receiving funds from RUSA and UGC for construction of additional rooms, upgrading existing structures and to establish e-classrooms, labs etc. Along with their curriculum, students will be benefitted through many certificate based skill enhancement programmes like TCS-ION, IIT-Mumbai Spoken Tutorial, IBM P-Tech and CISCO Certification courses. Students were encouraged to complete MOOCS Courses offered through Coursera, Udemy,Infosys Springboard etc.,