Location and Brief History

Locked in the heart of Hyderabad, the City of Pearls, Nizam College shines brightly on the
firmament of the educational landscape of the newly formed state of Telangana.
Established in 1887 during the reign of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, thrugh the
amalgamation of Hyderabad School (Noble School) and Madrasa-I-Aliya in
Gunfoundry,Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. Syed Hussain Bilgrami (Nawab Imad-ul- Mulk), the
then Director of Education founded the college He appointed Dr. Aghorenath Chattopadhyay,
D.Sc. (Edin.) father of Smt.Sarojini Naidu, the Nightingale of India and noted poet Dr.
Harindranath Chattopadhyay, poet as the Principal. The present building was a summer palace of
Paigah Nawab Mulk Fakrul Bahadur, who he gifted it to the college administration. Mr. P. H.
Hodson, the first British Principal.

Initially, under the Madras University, Nizam College became a constituent college of Osmania
University in 1947. It is spread in 20.47 acres with sprawling grounds (built up area is 48562.3
sq.mts)

Major Milestones

In its academic sojourn, the college has crossed several milestones

 1987- Centenary Block was constructed to mark the centenary year

 Autonomous status conferred for undergraduate courses in 1988-89 (five cycles
completed and sixth cycle is in vogue)
 First cycle of NAAC Accreditation in 2005; reaccredited by NAAC with “A”
Grade (CGPA 3.19) in 2012
 College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)- 2004, 2010, and 2014
 Star College Scheme by the Department of Bio Technology 2009
 MHRD - UGC BSRG Phase I and II
 VIT University Institution of Excellence in Higher Education Award- 2015
 DST-FIST Level-0 was awarded by the Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India in 2012

Courses

The college has transformed the academic map in United Andhra Pradesh and in Telangana
through its variety of courses through its 33 departments offering 24 Undergraduate and 21 post
graduate programmes. Three Certificate, five Diploma, one PG Diploma course find favour
among students. Ten departments offer the doctoral programmes.
UG Programmes

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree

 PHYSICAL SCIENCES : 05 Combinations
 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: 04 Combinations
Bachelor of Commerce (Regular); e-Commerce and BBA
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree – English-Telugu Medium (02 +8 Combinations)
Bachelor of Computer Applications (B.C.A.)
PG Programmes-MA - 8 , M.Com -2, M.Sc-9, M.Sc-5 Years Integrated Course in Chemistry
MCA, MBA
P.G. DIPLOMA COURSES, DIPLOMA,

Faculty strength

The College has sustained its reputation as a Higher Education institution of excellence primarily
due to the scholarship of the finest, dedicated, committed and erudite faculty. Today, the college
has

233 Teaching staff

147 Non-Teaching Staff

And

68 Technical Staff

Infrastructure

The state of the art infrastructure matches the changing demands of academics and strengthens
the teaching-learning process and thereby facilitates an enriching learning experience.
.
 87 classrooms, 14 computer labs, 389 computers, 11 seminar halls and a language lab
 26 classrooms and seminar halls with ICT facilities
 30 LCD Projectors
 Three boys hostel (UG and PG) with capacity of about 900 students;
 One PG girls hostel in the OU campus; one girls hostel sanctioned in 2018
 Vast playing grounds for cricket, football, and hockey, courts for games like kho-kho,
kabaddi, volley ball and basket ball. Facilities for sports, games (indoor, outdoor),
gymnasium, and yoga centre etc., and cultural activities
  NCC and NSS units.
 Library stocks 1.5 lakh books ; subscribes to 21 newspapers and 21 magazines; more than
1000 rare books
 INFLIBNET connectivity
 30 departmental libraries housing 10,550 books
 Library automated using NewGenLib2.1.1 software. Online Public Access Catalog
(OPAC), an online database of the library material is accessible to all the users of the
library.
 High speed Internet connectivity

Ranking
• 2010- India Today
 1st in Faculty of Arts in Hyderabad, 27th in India
 1st in Faculty of Science in Hyderabad, 22nd in India
• 2015 -India Today
 2nd in Faculty of Commerce in Hyderabad, 29th in India
 3rd in Faculty of Arts in Hyderabad, 33rd in India
• 2015 -VIT University Institution of Excellence in Higher Education Award- 2015

Governance

The college runs under the over all administrative framework of Osmania University with Prof.
S.Ramchandram, as Vice Chancellor. It is governed by various academic and administrative
bodies under the able leadership of the Principal, Prof.Lakshmikanth Rathod who has been
working tirelessly to raise the academic benchmarks and visibility of the College nationally and
internationally.

Research Facilities

Research is one of the mainstay of the college steered by experienced Faculty.

 Nanomaterial and Catalysis Research Centre (Chemistry); Centre for Biophysics

(Physics); Centre for Life Sciences (Botany and Zoology); Centre for Environmental
Studies
 Central Instrumentation Facility and Central Analytical Lab to support the research
activities
 Research grants from funding agencies like UGC (Major and Minor research Projects,
Start-Up Grants, SERO), ICSSR, DST (FIST, SERB) CPE.
 Research Publications in last five years
o 66 books
o 142 books and chapters in edited volumes / books published, and papers in
national/international conference-proceedings
 o 177 research publications (peer reviewed) research papers in the Journals notified
on UGC website
 36 research projects
 399.99 Lakhs Grants from various funding agencies
 32 linkages with institutions/industries
 93 Collaborative activities for research, faculty exchange, student exchange during the
last five years

Innovative Institutional and Student centric initiatives

 Foreign Students Cell

 Voice4Girls
 Mentoring
 Encouraging extra-curricular activities
 Career Guidance and Placement Cell
 Equal Opportunity Cell
 Cell for Differently Abled
 Women Empowerment Cell
o Self Defence Training
o International Women’s Day Celebrations
 English Language Training Centre
 Remedial teaching for slow learners
 Multimedia Lab
 Language Lab
 Commerce Lab
 Psychological Counseling Centre
 Academic Awards
 MoUs facilitating internship for the students
 Research Culture and Research Centres
 Health Centre
 Fieldworks and Student Projects
 Yoga and Meditation
 Green Landscaping and Butterfly House

Facilities for Differently Abled (Divyangjan)

To provide a better ambience for differently abled (Divyangjan) and to develop a strong sense of
Inclusiveness, the institution provides hostel facilities to Divyangjan
A Cell for the Differently Abled was established in 2013 in addition to the computer lab to
access econtent and a free screen reader software like JAWS, NVDA etc. The audio-files are
available. The students are given “Reader Charges’ to have a reader to facilitate collecting/
reading of study material.
The Cell organizes Louis Braille Day to motivate the Divyangjanse. In June 2018, Nizam
College has entered an MoU with IIIT for focused interventions

Gender related

Being a co educational institution, the College priorities safety of girl students . It has set up
cells and committees like Women Empowerment Cell, Internal Complaint Cell, Grievance
redressal committee to strengthen gender sensitivity and gender equality.

CCTV cameras at vantage points help in providing security and quicker response . the college
works closely with SHE teams of Telangana Police to sensitise girl students and women with
gender related crimes.

The Department of Psychology offers counseling to the students in general and those from the
vulnerable sections, first generation learners, marginal communities, girl students.

The spacious and well ventilated ladies rooms are frequented by girls to spend their leisure ours

There ar egym facilities for both boys and girls.

Outreach

In order to give back to the society, the college engages in several outreach and extension
activities.
NCC cadets and NSS volunteers participate in Republic Day Celebrations at New Delhi,
Adoption of Village, Anti-Tobacco rally, Peace Rally, WoW (Wealth out of Waste) connects
students with the larger social issues
The College has an MoU with OYSTER a student’s based NGO-Organization by Youth for
Social Transformation and Environmental Recoup (OYSTER) working with Orphanages,
environmental issues etc by involving youth and facilitates various extension programmes.
Three clubs- Bio-Diversity Club , Energy Conservation Club and the Science and Innovation
Club augment the student engagement in learning
The College celebrates the Louis Braille Day with awareness talks on employment
opportunities.

Foreign students
With its cosmopolitan culture, the College has emerged as a major educational destination for
students from Afghanistan, Middle-East, African, South Asia and East Asia.
Sports

The College has been a dominant force in diverse sports and has produced national and
international athletes in cricket, volley ball, basketball, boxing etc. to name a few…….

Alumni

The College Alumni are scattered across the globe and the nation in diverse spheres, distinguished
themselves and are leading lights.

Diplomacy

Syed Akbaruddin, Permanent Representative of India at the United Nations

Politics

N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, cricketer turned Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, leading figure in the current ruling Telangana rashtra samithi

Sri Asaduddin Owaisi, long term member of parliament

Adventure & Space, SPorts

Anand Kumar, noted Mountaineer

Rakesh Sharma, Astronaut

Mohd.Azharuddin , former Indian captain

Education and allied fields

Prof. G. Ram Reddy, father of Open learning

Ali Nwaz Jung Bahadur, Engineer
Idris Hasan Latif, Chief of Armed Forces and Air chief Marshal

The phrase, 'Mighty oaks from little acorns grow” is apt to describe Nizam college which is surging ahead
towards celebrating its 125 years shortly further augmenting education in the state and the country