any business or establishment in vijayawada. We are expanding this to all the neighbouring cities and towns as well. It is the third largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India and is located on the banks of the Krishna River, bounded by the lndrakeeladri Hills on the west and the Budameru canal on the north. It is situated along the Madras-Howrah, and Madras-Delhi rail route, this is the largest railway junction of the South Central Railways. The city is in the Krishna District, about 275 km from the state capital Hyderabad and is known as the business capital of Andhra Pradesh. Vijayawada is also known as Vidyalawada (Educational area). Many great people were educated from the colleges in Vijayawada. Some prominent colleges are Andhra Loyola College, Maris Stella College, Koneru Lakshmaih College of Engineering, P.V.P Siddhartha Institute of Technology, P.B. Siddhardha College, D.M. Siddardha Women's College,S.R.R. College , V.R. Siddhardha Engineering College (VRSEC), Siddardha Law College etc. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences is located in Vijayawda itself. Vijayawada is also famous for pre-university education. Some of the very first private pre-university institutions like Nalanda, Chaitanya, Goutham etc... which are now very popular in the entire state of Andhra Pradesh had been started in Vijayawada. And these are the choicest places of pre-university and post-schooling institutions across Andhra Pradesh, with students coming in from across it.