Smt. N.P. Savithramma Government College for Women is the premier higher learning institution catering to the educational needs of Chittoor district in the Government sector. The institution has been established in 1982-83 with the sole aim of empowering women in all fields of national development and it is affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. The college was accredited at B+ in 2006 and B in 2015 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The college aims at achieving women empowerment by producing knowledgeable, competent, skilled, technical and resourceful women graduates and postgraduates in science, commerce, business and humanities streams. Accordingly, the college offers a wide variety of general (B.A., B.Com), restructured (B.A, Computers, B.Com, Computers, B.B.M., B.Sc., Computers and B.Sc., Microbiology) undergraduate courses and two postgraduate courses (M.Sc. Microbiology and M.Sc., Zoology), together with Ph. D and M. Phil programmes in Zoology. Additionally, the college offers some skill-based diploma programmes in Financial Management, Translation and Sericulture. In doing so, the college adopts the curriculum designed and developed by the affiliated university.