DEPARTMENT OF TELUGU

                                                                                                                                     ESTABLISHED:1969

Overview

       The department of TELUGU started functioning from the establishment of S.G.S. ARTS COLLEGE T.T.D., Tirupati since 1969 as General Telugu for all the Degree Courses in first & second year and Special Telugu for B.A. HPT (TM) group three years.

LITERARY HERITAGE OF TIRUMALA TIRUPATI DEVASTHANAMS, TIRUPATI

       Telugu is a state language of Andhra Pradesh. Everybody who speaks Telugu knew that Tirupati is the famous temple city in Andhra Pradesh. Many centuries, Tirupati is the pilgrim and cultural centred city and the tradition is being carried out till today. Many Telugu poets visited Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.

       With all this cultural and literacy background, this Telugu Dept. has rich cultural heritage. The department is aware of its vision and mission the faculty who worked earlier in the department left undeletable impact on the personalities of the students. 

Previous HoDs of the department

Many eminent faculty members contributed their services for the benefit of students and department. 

• Sri K. Jayachandra Reddy      up  to 1993
• Sri T. Madhusudhana Rao      1993 - 1997
• Sri K. SrinivasuluChetti         1997 - 1998
• Sri M. K. Umapathi                1998 - 2000
• Sri K. Krishnama Naidu         2000 - 2002
• Sri P. Chandrasekhara Rao    2002 - 2007
• Dr. M. Madanna                     2007 - till date

The other faculty members have also contributed more for the benefit of the department

• Sri M. Narasimha Reddy         
• Sri M. Dharmaiah
• Sri S. Gangi Reddy

Many of the students were attracted towards teaching profession because of the influence of the above eminent faculty members of Telugu department.

Vision:

• To expos the students a glimpse of vast treasure of knowledge preserved in Telugu.
• To improve interest in the literature and cultural heritage of Telugu among the students, to promote the research culture in literature and language and to inculcate creative thinking and writing.
• To develop a sense of literary aesthetic appreciation in Telugu language. 
• To build life skills through value-based education and service-oriented programs.   

Outside the classroom:

• The students are advised to utilize the college library in their spare time, as frequently as possible.
  
• The students are exposed by involving them within the class room seminars and quiz programmes.
  
• The department gives guidance and encourage the students who appear for T.P.T. entrance examination and PGCET in various universities and other competitive examinations.
  
• The personal problems of the students are entertained and solved as far as possible.
  
• Faculty members actively participated in various college committees viz Time-Table, Examinations, Admissions etc, 
  

Programmes offered:

Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

• The method adopted by the faculty is lecture method for teaching.
• The academic standards of the students are assessed by periodical conduct of   oral, slip tests and internal examinations.
• To make teaching more effective, charts, ppts etc., are used.
• Slow learners are identified and improve them by supplying the notes, repeated the important lessons and paying personal attention.
• The faculty on their part update their knowledge by referring reference books, journals and participating in seminars, refresher courses and workshops.

SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: