Wednesday, December 4, 2024

College Profile

Established in 1887 by the amalgamation of Hyderabad School and the Madarsa-i-Aliya, Nizam College is one of the oldest and most esteemed institutions of higher education in South India. It was affiliated to the University of Madras for 60 years after its inception, and was made a Constituent College of Osmania University on 19th February 1947.

Nizam College offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Faculties of Arts, Social Sciences, Commerce and Sciences in addition to professional courses such as MBA, MCA, M.Sc.(IS) and BCA. Several of our students are also pursuing doctoral and postdoctoral research. The college received the status of the College with Potential for Excellence both under the X Plan and the XI Plan period. The College is accredited by NAAC in March 2019 with 'B++' grade with a CGPA of 2.92.

The Placement Centre organises on-campus recruitments involving industries and MNC's like Wipro, Infosys, Cognizant, Satyam, Nipuna, GE, etc. totaling to more than 25 to 50 reputed companies visit the college every year. Students come from a wide range of social status and different regions which creates a healthy atmosphere and an ambience of a global community with rich cultural exchange. Nizam College is foremost in the preference of students from various Asian and African countries. Foreign students constitute 25% of the total strength of the college.

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Origin And History

The Nizampur University College was originally the "Mirsarai" of Nawab Safdar Jung Musheer-ud-Daulah Fakhrul-ul-Mulk II the owner of the grand Errum Mnzil palace Fakhar ul mulk and Khan-i-Khanan II, who were the son's of Nawab Fakhar-ul-mulk I, a noble of Hyderabad.
The founder of the college and of several other educational institutions in the Hyderabad State, was Syed Hussain Bilgrami (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 ( father of Sarojini Naidu, Nightingale of India) as the first Principal of the college. The present building, was a summer palace of Paigah Nawab Mulk Fakrul Bahadur, later he gifted the palace to the college administration.
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.

To continue as a centre of excellence in education and research and consolidate our position as a reputed institution of higher education in the country.

ToBuild across the college a culture of excellence in teaching and learning along with support activities

Enhance college standing as the college of choice for students across the country, and cater to international standards of teaching and learning

• Provide the students with a teaching learning experience that develops in them the capacities for creativity, critical judgement, effective communication, and in-depth knowledge

Enhance interaction with industry/ business /academic in teaching programmes through guest lectures, seminars, adjunct faculty programs, and industrial/business/academic internships for students

Increase the participation of faculty from reputed national and international institutions in symposia/seminars/short-term courses for students and faculty

Ensure effective evaluation of teaching/ learning curricula, co-curricular opportunities of students and teachers

Provide incentives to teachers/learners for research and consultancy

To develop an environment-friendly campus.

• Be able to create innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs

Achieve excellence in application-oriented research in different areas so as to contribute to development of the region and the nation

Promote co-curricular activities for over-all personality development of the students

Develop responsible citizenship through awareness and acceptance of value based education

Simplify procedures and increase awareness towards individual accountability

Provide efficient administration and responsive support for all activities of the college

Provide remedial courses to preferentially admitted students and special attention to the physically challenged

Develop an environment friendly campus

Build alumni family, friends to create a network of allegiance & support for college

Be able to foster among alumni the pride in their alma mater.

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya Founder Principal-1887

P.H Hodson 1888-1895

P.H Hodson 1888-1895

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

E.A. Seation 1895-1911

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

P.H. Struge 1911-1918

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

K. Burnett 1919-1929

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

B.C. Mc Ewen 1930

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

W. Turner 1930-1937

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Quadir Husain Khan 1938-1943

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Syed Ali Akber 1943-1945

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Haroonkhan Sherwani 1945-1946

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

P.K. Ghosh 1946-1952

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Syed Hussain 1952-1957

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

M. Prasada Rao 1957-1959

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

S. Mohd Ali Khan 1959-1960

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

R. Satyanarayan 1960-1961

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

S. Raghunathan 1961-1964

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

P.G. Puranik 1964-1971,1972-1977

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

K.V. Krishna Rao 1971

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

M.M. Taqi Khan 1977-1979

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

M.L.N. Reddy 1979-1981

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Shyam Sunder Simha 1981-1982

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

M.V. Pattabhiraman 1982-1984

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

B.P. Rao 1984-1985

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Bharath Kumarm 1985-1987

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

P.K. Sai Prakash 1987-1988

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

K.S. Upadhyaya 1988-1991

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

P. Raghuveer Rao 1991-1992

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Dhrubash Karan 1992-1993

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

G. Gopala Krishna 1993-1995

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

B. Gopal Rao 1995-1997

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

P. Hanumantha Rao 1997-1999

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

P. Uma Maheswar Reddy 1999-2003

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Kasiram 2003-2005

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

S. Satyanarayana 2006-2009

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Naidu Ashok 2009-2012

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

TLN Swamy 2012-2016

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Syed Rahman 2016-2018

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

L.B.Laxmikanth Rathod 2018-2021

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Prof. B Narayana 2021-2022

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Prof. B Bhima 2022-2024

Aghorenath Chatopadhyaya

Prof. A V Rajshekar 2024 onwards