Andhra Christian College

Andhra Christian College (A.C. College) is a Christian college in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1885 by Protestant missionaries from the United States.

The college is administered by the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church through its Board of Education. It comprises a day college, an evening college, and a college of law, and offers intermediate, undergraduate, and postgraduate programmes.

History A.C. College was established in 1885 in Guntur City and was one of the first colleges in India to offer graduate programs. Protestant missionaries from the U.S.A established the college. The then United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) through Rev. Fr. John Christian Frederick Heyer (known as Father Heyer) established the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church on 31 July 1842.Luther Richardson, Kolluri, Rev., Towards Self-Reliance, p. xi, Editorial by Rev. Dr. D.V. Daniel

Succession of Administrators The college has had distinguished pastors serving as administrators since its founding. The current Principal is Dr. Moses.

Sl. No Name Tenure Domicile Highest earned credentials 1The Rev. Luther Benaiah Wolf, ELCA1885–1891United StatesM.A. (Gettysburg)2The Rev. John Aberly, ELCA 1891–1892United StatesM.A. (Gettysburg)3The Rev. Luther Benaiah Wolf, ELCA1892–1899United StatesM.A. (Gettusburg)4The Rev. Victor McCauley, ELCA1899–1901United StatesM.A. (Gettysburg) 5The Rev. Luther Benaiah Wolf, ELCA1901–1907United StatesM.A. (Gettusburg)6The Rev. Lemon L. Uhl, ELCA1907–1913United StatesPh.D. (Johns Hopkins)7The Rev. John Roy Strock, ELCA1913–1916 United StatesM.A. (Gettysburg)8The Rev. George Alleman Rupley, ELCA1916–1919United StatesM.A. (Princeton)9The Rev. John Roy Strock, ELCA1919–1922United StatesM.A. (Gettysburg)10The Rev. Victor McCauley, ELCA1922–1923United StatesM.A. (Gettysburg) 11The Rev. Hiram Hill Sipes, ELCA1923–1927United StatesM.A. (Pennsylvania)12The Rev. John Roy Strock, ELCA1927–1933United StatesM.A. (Gettysburg)13The Rev. Hiram Hill Sipes, ELCA1933–1936United StatesM.A. (Pennsylvania)14The Rev. John Roy Strock, ELCA1936–1939United StatesM.A. (Gettysburg)15Sri Valaparla China John1939–1941India16The Rev. Hiram Hill Sipes, ELCA1941–1943United StatesM.A. (Pennsylvania)17The Rev. C. H. Swavely, ELCA 1943–1945United StatesM.A. (Pennsylvania)18The Rev. Hiram Hill Sipes, ELCA1945–1948United StatesM.A. (Pennsylvania)19The Rev. C. H. Swavely, ELCA 1948–1950United StatesM.A. (Pennsylvania)20Rao Saheb T. S. Paulus1951–1962IndiaM.A. (Madras)21Sri John Bob Williams1962–1965IndiaPh.D. (Columbia)22Sri Jonnakutti Paulus1965–1968IndiaM.A.23Sri M. G. Thomas1968–1972IndiaPh.D.24Sri N. Issac1972–1976IndiaPh.D. (Poona)25Sri C. Devadanam1976–1982IndiaPh.D.26Sri P. Prabhudass1982–1986IndiaPh.D.27Sri G. Samuel1986–1987IndiaPh.D.28Sri Balla Jyothi Raju1987–1992IndiaPh.D. (Iowa)29Sri B. Chandra Paul1992–1998India30Sri R. R. S. Sundar Das1999–2001India31Sri P. Andrew2001–2003IndiaPh.D. (Nagarjuna)32Smt. D. M. Sujata2003–2004India33Smt. R. Sulochana Devi2004–2005India34Smt. D. M. Sujata2005–2006India35Smt. K. E. Manorama Bai2006–2013India36Sri K. E. Sasi Kiran2013–2014India37Sri P. Mutyam2014–2017IndiaPh.D.38Sri M. Emmanuel2017–2018IndiaM.Sc. (Nagarjuna)39Sri G. Deva Kumar2018–2019IndiaPh.D. (Nagarjuna)40Smt. T. Anita Susan2020–2021IndiaPh.D. (Nagarjuna)41Sri K. Moses2022–IndiaPh.D. (Nagarjuna)

Administration Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) through its Board of Education administers the college. The school consists of three entities: Day College Evening College College of Law

Academic profile

Intermediate

Notable alumni

In film Pilla Zamindar, a Telugu film, was filmed at the college. It was named Mangamma Memorial College in the movie. Chalo a Telugu film, starring Naga Shaurya and Rashmika Mandanna, was filmed in the college. It was named as KGN college in the movie. Brochevarevarura, a Telugu film, starring Sree Vishnu and Nivetha Thomas, shot here

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