Government Arts College now known as Government College (Autonomous) is located on the banks of River Godavari in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established as a school in 1853 and upgraded to a college in 1885.
The Government Arts College was started as a District school in 1853 and was upgraded as a Provincial school of Madras Presidency in 1868. It was made a college in 1885. It was affiliated to University of Madras in 1891. It was reaffiliated to Andhra University in 1926.
Autonomous status was granted by the University Grants Commission in 2000. The college was accredited with 'A' grade by National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) in 2004.
E. P. Metcalfe (1877–1896)
E. W. Middlemast (1896–1903)
Mark Hunter (1903–1909)
O. J. Couldrey (1909–1919)
C. J. Wilkinson (1919–1921)
N. R. Krishnamma (1921–1924)
R. M. Statham (1925)
W. C. Douglas (1925)
H. C. Papworth (1926)
W. B. Brierley (1926–1929)
A. Chakravarthi (1930–1931)
M. S. H. Thompson (1931–1932)
T. K. Venkata Raman (1932–1934)
D. S. Sarma (1935–1938)
T. Suryanarayana (1932–1934)
C. D. S. Chetti (1942–1944)
K. Satyanarayana (1945)
C. D. S. Chetti (1945)
M. Karamchand Wade (1946)
K. P. G. Menon (1947–1948)
K. Satyanarayana (1948–1949)
K. V. Punnaiah (1949–1953)
T. Varundhara (1953–1954)
V. Habibullah (1954–1955)
T. U. Chako (1955–1956)
A. S. Tyaga Raju (1956–1958)
Lakshmi Narayana Rao (1958–1959)
K. Rajamannar (1959–1960)
K. V. Punnaiah (1956–1958)
S. Raghavachar (1959 1960)
Md. Nadimullah (1969)
V. Habibullah (1969)
Md. Nadimullah (1970–1973)
V. Satyanarayana Murthy (1974–1976)
K. S. R. Sarma (1976–1977)
R. S. Sudarshanam (1977–1981)
D. Seshagiri Rao (1981–1983)
K. Purushotham (1983–1986)
K. S. R. Sarma (1986–1988)
S. V. Raghavendra Rao (1990–1993)
V. S. Ratna Kumar (1990–1993)
B. Martin Luther (1995)
C. Somayajulu (1996)
G. Appa Rao (1996–1999)
D. D. Reddy (1999)
B. Venkateswarlu (2000–2001)
M. Viswanadham (2002)
P. Krishna Mohan (2004)
N. Ramakrishnaiah (2007–2009)
G. Samuel Moses (2010–2012)
R.S.VenkateswaraRao (2012–2013)
Dr.Ch Masthanaiah (2013– present)
Department of Biotechnology
Department of Botany
Department of Chemistry
Department of Commerce
Department of Computer Science
Department of Economics
Department of English
Department of Geography
Department of Geology
Department of Hindi
Department of History
Department of Library Science
Department of Management Studies
Department of Mathematics
Department of Microbiology
Department of Philosophy
Department of Physical Education
Department of Physics
Department of Political Science
Department of Sanskrit
Department of Statistics
Department of Telugu
Department of Zoology
Department of Chemistry
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Bachelor of Arts
Econonmics, History, Political Science
Economics, Statistics, Commerce,
Geography, History, Political Science
History, Philosophy, English Literature
Economics, Statistics, Computer Applications
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Science
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
Mathematics, Physics, Electronics
Mathematics, Physics, Geology
Mathematics, Chemistry, Geology
Mathematics, Economics, Statistics
Botany, Zoology, Chemistry
Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry
Geography, Geology, Computer Science
Mathematics, Physics, Computers
Mathematics, Statistics, Computers
Zoology, Microbiology, Chemistry
Adivi Bapiraju – Artist.
Damerla Rama Rao – Artist.
Gadicherla Harisarvottama Rao
Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu was a lawyer, professor, politician and Justice Party leader who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency.
Justice Koka Subba Rao former Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
Justice M. Krishna Rao former Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao former Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Tanguturi Prakasam the first Chief Minister of the Indian province Andhra state.
V. K. Krishna Menon former Defence Minister of India
Justice V. Parthasarathi former Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
