Hyderabad, September 25, 2026:The Prof. G. Ram Reddy Centre for Research and Development, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, invites nominations for the Prof. G. Ram Reddy Social Scientist Award for the year 2026–27. The Award aims to promote excellence and recognise outstanding contributions by social scientists for their work carried out primarily in India during the last three years preceding the year of the Award, commemorating the birth anniversary of Prof. G. Ram Reddy. The Award recognises outstanding contributions in the following fields Public Policy, Local Governance and Education.
The candidate should be a social scientist engaged in research in any of the identified fields. The candidate should be not more than 50 years of age. The candidate should be a regular faculty member, as per UGC rules. The Award recognises and celebrates outstanding research work carried out during the last five years. Nominations may be submitted in the prescribed proforma, along with any three of the candidate’s best research papers. A covering letter enclosing all the required documents should be addressed to the Director, Prof. G. Ram Reddy Centre for Research and Development. Nominations may also be submitted by email to director-grcrd@braou.ac.in. The nominations must reach the Centre on or before 10 October 2026.
Hyderabad, September 10, 2026: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University has invites for application for eligible candidates for admissions into Ph.D. programmes for the academic year 2025–26 in English, Telugu, Chemistry, Economics, History and Sociology.
Admissions into Ph.D Programmes Entrance Test shall be Computer Based Test (CBT) mode followed by an interview. Candidates who have qualified in UGC/CSIR-JRF/NET/GATE/CEED set are exempted from the test, however they have to submit online application form and register themselves for the admission by paying the required fee and appear for the interview.
Hyderabad, September 9, 2026: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University paid rich tribute to Sri. Kaloji Narayana Rao on his 112th Birth Anniversary at its campus on September 9, 2026. Prof.Ghanta Chakrapani, Vice-Chancellor, BRAOU Prof.G.Pushpa Chakrapani, Director Academic; Dr.L.Vijaya Krishna Reddy, Registrar; Prof.E.Sudha Rani; Prof. Vaddanam Srinivas; Prof. Pallavi Kabde; Prof.B.Srinivas, Prof.P.Venkata Ramana; Prof.N.Rajani; Prof.K.Sridevi; Prof.K.Prameela; Dr.Y.Venkateshwarlu; N.C.Venugopal; Kantham Prem Kumar; B.Pandu; Miya Jani; all Directors, Deans, Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff members, Representatives of service associations garlanded to Sri. Kaloji Narayana Rao Portrait and rich offered floral tributes.
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