Osmania University
This article is about the Indian University. For the phenomenon pertaining to the Osmonds see that article.Osmania University is a
university situated in the city of
Hyderabad in
Andhra Pradesh,
India.
Founded in 1917 by the
VIIth Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawwab 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 contribution 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.
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 acorss 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 5000. 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.
The
Department of Business Management, Osmania University has been offering an MBA program since 1964. This program has been consistently ranked 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.
The
Department of Geography is the oldest and largest in South India.It was established in 1942.It has sustantial infrastructure with high Tech labs for Geography and Geoinformatics, which include Image Processing lab, Photogrammetry lab and Geoinformatics lab besides GIS Lab, Cartography Lab and Soil Lab. It is
matchless in terms of infrastructure among the Geography Departments in India. It also has some of the best and most commited and well known Geographers on its Faculty. It offers M.Sc Geography and M.Sc Geoinformatics courses besides P.G. Diploma in Geographical Cartography, M.Phil and Ph.D. Programs.Prof. Manzoor Alam as Head of the Department gave the initial boost to this Department by getting Substantial funding from the University Grants Commission for various facets of development of this Department and placed it on the National map of India. The Second boost came during the period of Prof. Kalpana Markandey when could bring a grant of Rs one Crore from the Department of Science and Technology and the University Grants Commission for the development of labs and starting a course M.Sc Geoinformatics and tried to place the Department on the International map.
The
College of Engineerinng (OUCE) estd in 1929 is offering B.E, M.E and Ph.D programs in various streams. This is an Autonomous Institute and arguably the best engineering college in Andhra Pradesh. Upgrade to IIT is suggested for its achievements and excellent academic pursuits.
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, Government of India.
*Late Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui, mathematician, physicist, and Nobel Prize Nominee.
*Late
P.V. Narasimha Rao, Scholar , Statesman and former
Prime Minister of India.
*Barrister
Asaduddin Owaisi, Politician and Current
Member of
Parliament of India.
*Late
Syed Ali Mohammed Khusro, Economist, Director, Reserve Bank of India, and former Indian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.
* Muhammad Khutub Uddin, M.D., Ph.D, Physician and professor of Religious Studies and Theology
*
Haroon Siddiqui,
Indo-Canadian journalist
*Osmania University College of Engineering. (estd. 1929) ([www.uceou.edu])
OUCE*Osmania University College of Technology(OUCT)
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Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology.(estd. 1979)
*
Vasavi College of Engineering(estd.-1981) ([www.vce.ac.in])
*Muffakham Jah College Of Engineering and Technology,(
MJCET) Road No.2, Banjara Hills, (estd.1979) http://mjcollege.ac.in
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M.V.S.R College of Engineering.(Mathrushri--estd.-1980) http://www.mvsrec.ac.in/
*Deccan College of Engineering.(estd.-1982)
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Osmania University *
Osmania Unversity Department of Business Management*
NAAC*
Osmania University Alumni Association(OUAA)*
OUCE
