St. Ann's College For Women Mehdipatnam

MANAGEMENT HOME » ABOUT US » MANAGEMENT About Us Vision & Mission Management Institutional Governance Statutory Bodies Strategic plan and Deployment Organogram Policies Faculty Details Infrastructure SOCIETY OF ST. ANNE PHIRANGIPURAM (SSAP) Hyderabad The origin of the Society of St. Anne, Phirangipuram can be traced back to 19th century in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by Thatipatri Gnanamma, a lay woman, who hailed from Phirangipuram, a small village in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. During her time, the education of young girls was an impossible dream. Gnanamma kept constantly in touch with the illiterate girls in the locality and identified education as a principal means of empowering them. For this vision to materialize, she started a school exclusively for girls in 1863. Inspired by her committed service to the cause of women, two young girls requested mother Gnanamma to let them help her in the wonderful cause in the capacity of nuns. Accepting their request, she sent them to be formed at St. Ann’s Novitiate of the Good Shepherd Congregation in Bellary. After their initial formation, these two young girls, became sisters in 1874 and thus a religious Congreg