Temple of Learning- History
This college was founded in the year 1949 as "THE NARSAPUR COLLEGE" by
Sri Yerramill Narayanamurthy, an eminent Advocate and Educationist to cater the needs and to improve the facility of collegiate education in the Godavari Districts. His Firm, undeterred and unflinching efforts won the munificence of the Govt. of Andhra State in transferring its sub-collector's quarters to house the college.The transferred quarters of the sub-collector is a 300 year monumental DUTCH BUILDING situated in an area of 14 Acres on the bank of river Godavari and is a real picture of sylvan beauty and serenity. Now the age old Dutch Building, surrounded by state-of -the-art blocks and buildings constructed from the U.G.C grants, presents a unique picture of a "Temple of Learning" in its real sense.
Just as from a tiny sprout emerges a gigantic banyan tree, the college from a humble size of secondary college has grown to huge structure of an institution offering nine P.G.Courses of study in addition to Degree and pre-Degree courses with a multitude of subject combinations and is recognized by U.G.C as a lead college in the Andhra University area. The college in 1967 was named after its founder as "Sri Yerramilli Narayanamurthy College" popularly known as "Sri Y.N.College".
The Alumni of the college comprises people from all walks of life IAS Officers, Eminent Doctors, Judges, Lawyers,Software-Engineers, Scientists what not including popular Thespians and Matinee idols of the silver screen.