Vasireddy Sri Krishna shortly V.S.Krishna (October 8, 1902 - February 16, 1961), was Vice Chancellor of Andhra University

Andhra University

Andhra University or Andhra Viswa Kala Parishad , located in Visakhapatnam, north east coastal Andhra Pradesh, is one of the older premier universities in India with a broad focus...

 in Visakhapatnam

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, India

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He was born to Sriramulu and Veeramma in Tenali

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Tenali , is a town and a mandal in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It has a population of 149,839 . It is located 16 miles east of Guntur City. Three canals of the Krishna River flow through Tenali making it a part of the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. One of the canals is...

 taluq in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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, India

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He studied in Oxford University, London

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 in Economics

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 and obtained his B.A. in 1929.

He joined Andhra University in 1932 as Lecturer in Economics. He did his Ph.D. from Vienna University in Gold

Gold

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 Standardization. Later he joined back in the university as Warden, Registrar and head of newly established Economics department.

In 1949, he was elected as Vice chancellor by the university senate. He held this position for 11 years till 1961 and worked hard in the various developmental activities of the university. He developed the university library which was later named as Dr.V.S.Krisha Library.

In 1957, he was elected as president of Inter University Board of India. He was the chairman of University Grants Commission (India)

University Grants Commission (India)

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in 1961 and died during the same period.