About The Nagarjuna Education Society (NES)

The Nagarjuna Education Society (Regd.), Guntur, was established and registered in 1967 by philanthropists, medical doctors, industrial and commercial houses, and the elite of Guntur with a mission of serving the society through the promotion of education, literature, and culture.

The Nagarjuna Education Society (NES) was founded with the social objective of providing educational opportunities to rural youth who had been migrating to towns in pursuit of education. This concept gained momentum, leading to the establishment of the society, which was registered on 27th December 1967 (No. 56 of 1967) under the Societies Act XXI of 1860 with the following objectives:

• To establish, aid, and maintain educational, cultural, and other institutions to impart education at all stages, promoting literature, arts, sciences, and other subjects for the diffusion of useful knowledge in Andhra Pradesh.
• To raise necessary funds to maintain educational institutions under its management and administer them.
• To grant aid to deserving students for the promotion of studies.
• To arrange ‘extension lectures’ in one or more branches of knowledge.
• To print and publish journals or magazines with articles contributing to the growth of knowledge, human understanding, and culture.
• To do all such other things as may be conducive to the development or incidental to attain the above objects.

The strength of the Society lies in the fact that it is not a religious, charitable, social, or family trust. No individual holds a controlling interest, and the society does not bequeath large endowments that confer managing rights or controlling interest on any group or individual. It is purely an educational society to which numerous people, organizations, and individuals have donated, contributing to the cause of education rather than for personal gain.

The enthusiasm, spirit of service, and pursuit of objectives have been sustained for over forty years by a succession of members. Power struggles, management crises, and individual dominance in the society’s affairs have been absent from its history. General Body Meetings and elections to the Executive Body are regularly conducted in a cordial manner, with elected members vested with defined responsibilities as per the memorandum of articles. Most Executive Members are unanimously elected, all sharing the common mission of promoting education.

The guiding principles in running the institutions focus on quality of instruction through student-centered teaching, updating teacher capability and qualifications, exploiting student talent, and developing personality and citizenship among students. Seminars and workshops for teachers and students are regularly held to diffuse knowledge beyond the curriculum.

Financial assistance to poor and needy students is generously provided through scholarship endowments, ensuring that the vision of the Nagarjuna Education Society continues to thrive and benefit the community.