[1] The university was named after Tanguturi Prakasam, a political leader, social reformer and anti-colonial nationalist.
[2][3][4][5] Earlier, the university is the outgrowth initiative of the Post-Graduate centre of Acharya Nagarjuna University, which was established on 16 November 1993 with the aim of ensure better education to poor and backward communities in and around Prakasam district.
[6][7][8] On 24 November 2021, Government of Andhra Pradesh introduced a bill in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly to upgrade the Post-Graduate centre into an autonomous university.
The said multidisciplinary university is proposed to be established in Pernamitta village of Santhanuthalapadu mandal, Prakasam district, with an exclusive focus on Teacher Education, by relocating the existing P.G centre of Acharya Nagarjuna University.
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