Nizam College
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Nizam College was established in 1887 during the reign of Nawab Mir Mahaboob Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. It is located at Basheerbagh.
Nizam College is currently celebrating the completion of 120 years. The yearlong celebration is being flagged off on 20th Feb 2008 by Sri Suresh Reddy, Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (an alumnus of the college). Many other alumni will participate in the 3-day inaugural and these will be followed by many academic, literary, cultural events. The present Principal Prof. S. Satyanarayana, also an alumnus, is taking keen interest in the celebrations.
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[edit] History
The college building was a palace of Fakhrul-ul-mulk II, a noble of Hyderabad.
Hyderabad School (Noble School) and Madrasa-i-Aliya were combined to form Nizam College. The founder of the college and of several other educational institutions in the Hyderabd State, was Nawab Imad-ul- Mulk, who did pioneering work in the field of education as the Director of Education. He scouted and then appointed Dr. Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, D.Sc. (Edin.) - father of Sarojini Naidu, Nightingale of India as the first Principal of the college.
[edit] Institution
This college is an autonomous,constituent college of Osmania University. It is located near Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad. Nizam College was originally a palace of Fakhrul-ul-mulk II, a noble of Hyderabad.
One of the premier colleges within the fold of Osmania University, Nizam College celebrated its centenary in 1987. The college is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education not only in Andhra Pradesh State but also in India. It was established in 1887 by the amalgamation of the Hyderabad School (Noble School) and Madras-I-Aliya. Initially it was affiliated to the University of Madras for 60 years and was made a constituent college of Osmania University on February 19, 1947.
In view of its consistently high degree of academic performance and long standing the college had been granted autonomous status by the UGC in the year 1988-89 at undergraduate level and continues to enjoy this status. It is also NAAC accredited and has been given CPE (College with Potental for Excellence)grant by the UGC. The college has its own academic bodies viz., Governing Body, Academic Council, Finance Committee, Internal Quality Assurance Cell and Boards of Studies for each department to monitor its academic, financial and other activities to the desired level of satisfaction of the appropriate authorities.
The College offers both the undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses in the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Science, and Commerce. At present the college has 29 teaching departments. In addition to these courses, several students are pursuing their Doctoral and Post-Doctoral programmes.
[edit] Alumni
The College stands with all its glory as the Alma Mater of thousands of students who have made a name for themselves as men of immense caliber on the national and international scene. To mention a few: Sir Mehdi Yar Jung, Ex-PM of Hyderabad State: Nawab Ali Yavar Jung, General Srinagesh and Mehdi Nawaz Jung, Ex-Governors of various States; Prof.Mohammed Abdur Rahman Khan,Educator, Scientist(Khan's Opital Bench),Zaheer Ahmed and Raja Rameshwar Rao, Ambassadors; A.M. Kushro, Abid Hussain and Ch Hanumanth Rao, Members of the Planning Commission; Iqbal Chand, K B Lal, B N Raina, Shravan Kumar, Mahender Reddy, J Bapu Reddi and Shiv Kumar Lal, civil servants; Suri Bhagvantham Ex-Vice Chancellor, OU and M K Venu Bapu world renowned astronomer; K. Venkata Ramiah , Founder Vice-chancellor, Kakatiya University and Member Upsc,G Rama Reddy, former Vice-Chancellor, Osmania University and Chairman, UGC and ICSSR, L N Gupta and Ali Akbar, Educations; I H Latif, Air Chief Marshall; Rakesh Sharma, the only Indian Cosmonaut; S B Chavan, Union Minister of Home; Ghulam Ahmed, M L Jaisimha, Abbas Ali Baig cricketing giants and the sportsmen known the world over; the international athlete, Dhana Lakshmi, and Shyam Benegal & N Balakrishna of the cine field, Syed Iqbal Ali and Maj. Nagulasingh Rao, Paradeshi Naidu and Umesh Chandra are men of extraordinary courage and valour who have been honoured with the highest gallantry award like Vir-Chakra. Suri Bhagavantham scientist. Rakesh Sharma pilot and astronaout. Dr Raja Rao literature famous for Kanthapura ,Serpent and the Snake and other novels. Raja Reddy of the Radha and Raja reddy couple of the National School of Dance and Drama at Delhi. Dr Sanjay Baru media Advisor to The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Mr Seethram Yechuri , member of Parliament and secretary and Spokes person CPI(M).
