Noble College, Machilipatnam

Noble College in Machilipatnam was founded by Robert Turlington Noble, ^[1] an English missionary, in 1843. Noble came to then Masulipatnam (now Machilipatnam also known as Bandar) as a Christian Missionary in 1841 and stayed until his death. He and his friend Mr. Sharkey opened a native English school on 21 November 1843 as Noble High School. The institution was later established as Noble College. The Governor of Madras referred to the school as "The Cambridge of South India." It was among the first four educational institutions established in India during the British colonial administration.

In 1864 Noble High School attained the College status, affiliated to Madras University. In 1938, the Lindsay Commission suggested that Noble College, Machilipatnam and Andhra Christian College, Guntur should be merged and a new college to be started at Vijayawada. Accordingly, Noble College was closed in 1938, however the proposed new college was permanently shelved.^{[ citation needed ]}

Noble College was revived in June 1966 after getting from the approval the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The college was formally inaugurated on 27 August 1966 by Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, the then Honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and a former student of Noble College B.V.Subba Reddy the then Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh. K.R.Srinivasa Iyengar, the then Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University delivered the inaugural address.^{[ citation needed ]}

The revived Noble College was formally affiliated to Andhra University, Waltair till 1985. Then, in 1985 the affiliation was shifted to Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur and presently it is affiliated to Krishna University, Machilipatnam since 2010. The college attained Autonomous Status in the year 2007-08.^{[ citation needed ]}

It is now administered by the Krishna Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India.^{[ citation needed ]}

Academics

Courses

• Intermediate (equivalent to Plus 1 and Plus 2) with subjects like MPC, BiPC, CEC, MEC, HEC, Special ENGLISH, Special Telugu, MLT, MPHW, LMD, and CSE in Telugu and English medium.
• Bachelor degrees in B.A. Economics, History, Political Science, Special English, Special Telugu, B.Com. General, B.Com. Computers, B.B.A., B.Sc. Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Botany, Electronics, Computer Science, etc., in Telugu and English medium.
• Postgraduate courses in M.Sc. Organic Chemistry

Notable alumni

• Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of the Indian National Congress
• Mutnuri Krishna Rao, founder A.J. Kalasala, Machilipatnam
• Viswanatha Satyanarayana, poet, winner of Jnanpith Award
• Banda Kanaka Lingeswara Rao, dramatist
• Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
• Kala Venkata Rao, former vice-president and general secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
• Lanka Sundaram, member of parliament and expert in International Law
• Most. Rev. Dr. Govada Dyvasirvadam, former bishop in Krishna-Godavari Diocese and moderator in the Church of South India
• Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao, Indian film director popularly known as Pouraanika Chitra Brahma
• B. V. Subba Reddy, speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Dukkipati Madhusudhana Rao, Telugu cinema
• K. Jeeva Sagar, Indian ambassador to Kuwait ^[2]

Notes

1. Anderson, Gerald H. (1999). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN   9780802846808 . Retrieved 30 May 2018.
2. "Jeeva Sagar becomes first Telugu diplomat to Kuwait". Telangana Today. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2021.