This is a NAAC accredited Grade 'A' college. The Institute attempts to integrate class room learning with actual work experience in Industry or in the concerned professional field into a single educational process. One of the Important goals of the institute is to ensure that the integral process established for a student, the meaningfulness of what he studies, in this institute through appropriate experience while on this job.

Sri Yerramilli Narayanamurthy college was established in the year 1949 in Narsapur Town of west Godavari on the banks of river Godavari.It attained the status of the full fledged college in 1956 and has been elevated to Post-Graduate level in the year 1989-90.The entire college is affiliated to Andhra University, Visakhapatnam and is spread over 14 Acres. It has an excellent accommodation with impressive infrastructure.Such as Administrative, Post Graduate,Physical and Biological Science blocks, permanent class rooms, spacious Auditorium, Library buildings for UG and PG, Gymnasium, Seminar Hall,Computer Labs for Both UG and PG etc..

During the year 2000, this college has celebrated its Golden Jubilee celebrations with Pomp and Pageantry.

This college was founded in the year 1949 as "THE NARSAPUR COLLEGE" BY SriYerramilli Narayanamurthy, an eminent Advocate and educationalist 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 banks 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, present a unique picture of "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.

Vision: To emerge as a Deemed university and a central for Excellence with special emphasis on Research.

To equip the students with the right knowledge, skills and attitudes to meet the present day challenges of the competitive world and prepare them for meaningful individual and social life in tune with the college logo "Tamasoma Jyothirgamaya"

Mission: To impart value based job- Oriented and multi - skilled higher education to this remote area to make the students more self-reliant to serve the needs of the society, and thus to contribute to the national progress.

Goals:
1) To provide quality and value based education and facilities for the all round development of the students.

2) To lay emphasis on rural upliftment.

3) To provide the necessary facilities to women and differently - abled students.

4) To lay emphasis on the basic and advanced skills for employment and empowerment in general and women empowerment in particular.

5) To Introduce latest subjects like Biotechnology and Microbiology in view of the changing trends in Higher Education.

Objectives:
1) To provide necessary infrastructure, laboratories, library, necessary teaching aids and other facilities and competent faculty to impart quality education, while constantly updating the infrastructure facilities.

2) To provide facilities like NCC, NSS, Physical Education, Fine Arts, Library Activities and career guidance. To encourage students to participate in curricular , co-curricular and extra-curricular activities like community services, thus striving or the overall development of the students by bringing out hidden talents and creativity.

3) To encourage and facilitate faculty improvement by encouraging teachers to attend seminar, refresher courses etc.. to promote research activity among faculty members and students and to motivate the teachers to impart value based education.

4) To establish, maintain and develop Book Banks, Libraries and reading rooms.

5) To institute studentships, Scholarships, Stipends, Medals, Prizes etc.. to help encourage deserving students and to provide monetary aid to physically handicapped, mentally retarded and economically poor students. To provide financial help to scholars and teachers for pursuing their education.

6) To organize and conduct lectures, seminars and symposia on Arts , Science , Commerce and other subjects of general academic interest to students and faculty.

7) To have tie- ups and memorandum of understandings with other educational research institutes, other organization and jointly organize various academic activities, seminars and research programs etc..

8) To organize Alumni Association and utilize services of Alumni or the development o the college.

9)To Establish, maintain and improve the new courses of importance from time to time.