Osmania University

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Image:Omsania University.jpg Osmania University is a university situated in the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India.

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[edit] History

Founded in 1917 by the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, Osmania University is the seventh oldest institution of higher learning in India, the third oldest in southern India and the first to be established in the erstwhile princely State of Hyderabad. Throughout its existence of almost nine decades, it has shown remarkable progress and sustained an integrated development of all faculties. It has made significant contributions to the academic, social, and economic development of not only the region but to the nation as a whole. Its alumni have distinguished themselves nationally and internationally in various spheres of life and are spread far and wide around the world.[citation needed]

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With a sprawling campus of nearly 1600 acres (6 km²) and buildings of majestic beauty and architectural splendor, Osmania University is perhaps the symbol of the largest higher education system in the country. With its strong reputation, the University has always attracted students from all across the nation as well as from various other countries. It is the home to nearly 300,000 students pursuing their higher studies in its campus, constituent affiliated colleges and district centres. Its faculty and staff number nearly 5,000.

It is a multi-faculty and multidisciplinary university, offering rich and varied courses in the fields of Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Engineering,Medicine, Technology, Commerce and Business Management, Information Technology and Oriental Languages. The University’s strategic planning, teaching-and-learning policies and research direction have always emphasized respect for the concerns of the society and the need to address the issues that challenge it.

In the year 2001, Osmania University had the distinction of being awarded the five-star status by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission, part of the Government of India.

[edit] Business

The Department of Business Management, Osmania University has been offering an MBA program since 1964. This program has been consistently ranked as one of the best MBA programs in India. Only 60 students from over 100,000 applicants make it into this MBA program through a competitive exam.

[edit] Geography

The Department of Geography is the oldest and largest geography department in south India. Established in 1942, it has a substantial infrastructure with high-tech labs for geography and geoinformatics, which include the Image Processing lab, the Photogrammetry lab, and the Geoinformatics lab. Its infrastructure is perhaps the best of any geography department in India. It has a hundred computer systems spread over five labs, ARC INFO software—multiple single user and multiple user licences, ERDAS Imagine, and LIECA photogrammetry suite—again multiple user licences, GIS software, an automated office, and networked labs.

The Department of Geography has some of India's best-known geographers on its faculty. It offers Masters and Doctorate degrees in both geography and geoinformatics. Prof. Manzoor Alam, the department head, gave the initial boost to this department by getting substantial funding from the University Grants Commission for various facets of development of this department. Prof. Kalpana Markandey gave the department a second boost, after helping to bring a grant of one crore rupees (over US $220,000 in October 2006) from the Department of Science and Technology and the University Grants Commission for the development of labs and new courses - especially M.Sc Geoinformatics. She had envisioned the M.Sc Geoinformatics course as Head of the Department and made it effective in the Geography Department as Chairperson, Board of Studies.

[edit] Engineering

The College of Engineering (OUCE), established in 1929, offers B.E (Bachelor of Engineering), M.E (Master of Engineering), and Ph.D. programs in various engineering fields. It is an autonomous college and arguably the best engineering college in Andhra Pradesh. An affiliation with the IIT is suggested due to its achievements and excellent academic pursuits.[citation needed]

[edit] Medicine

Osmania is very famous for Medicine. Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Osmania Medical College.

[edit] Notable alumni

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  • Late P.V. Narasimha Rao, Scholar , Statesman and former Prime Minister of India.
  • Late Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui, mathematician, physicist, and Nobel Prize Nominee.
  • Late Prof. Afzal Mohammad former Vice Chancellor, BRAOU, Hyderabad
  • Late Syed Ali Mohammed Khusro, Economist, Director, Reserve Bank of India, and former Indian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Urdu poet and Communist activist

[edit] List of Engineering Colleges Affiliated with Osmania University

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 17.413341° N 78.528063° E

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