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Adikavi Nannaya University was established on 22nd April 2006, by an Act of the Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly to meet the higher education needs of East Godavari, Kakinada, Dr B R Ambedkar Konaseema, Alluri Sitharamaraju, West Godavari and Eluru districts. It is an affiliating residential university with territorial jurisdiction over East Godavari, Kakinada, Dr B R Ambedkar Konaseema, Alluri Sitharamaraju, West Godavari and Eluru districts of Andhra Pradesh. named after the first poet of Telugu culture, Nannaya the eleventh century translator of Mahabharata from Sanskrit to Telugu, the court poet of Rajah RajahNarendra, the Eastern Chalukya King. The University was established to fulfil the cherished dream of the people of this region, on the sacred banks of River Godavari.
