Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy was born on August 22,1869, in a middle class family at Rayampet in Wanaparthy. He lost his parents early in his childhood and was brought up by his uncle, William Wahab, who had a great influence on him. Raja Bahadur had a great passion for education, which made him pursue further studies, inspite of opposition from his relatives. At the age of 18, Venkata Rama Reddy entered the police services of the erstwhile Hyderabad state and rose to the position of Kotwal of Hyderabad city. The first Hindu to do so. The Nizam of Hyderabad honoured Sri Venkata Rama Reddy with the title of “Raja Bahadur” in recognition of his services to the state. King George of England conferred the title of “Order Of British Empire “ for solving the Indian Labour problem. A statue has been installed in his memory in the city which is a unique feature for a police officer.

A pioneer in the field of education, he took several measures to spread literacy among the people of the Telangana region and to promote Telugu as the medium of instruction.

The education of the backward area of Telangana girls, in particular, received powerful impetus form him. It is this pioneering spirit of his, which made him take the first step in establishing a college for women. The college was started in the year 1954 and is named after him.R.B.V.R.R.Women’s College was founded by Hyderabad Mahila Vidya Sangham to translate the dreams of Raja Bahadur Venkat Rama Reddy into reality. He was a philanthropist, social reformer and a staunch supporter of women’s upliftment.
It was the Raja Bahadur , who as the president of the managing committee of the Girl’s High School, secured a centrally located land for this college building. This first step proved to be a grant leap in the field of women’s education for generations to come. The Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy women’s college stands today as a proud testimony of his foresight and interest in the upliftment and education of women.
The other educational institutions established by him or with his help and co-operation include Madapati Hanumantha Rao Girls’ High School and Andhra Vidyalaya for Boys. He also established the Reddy Hostel in the heart of the city to facilitate students from the districts to come to Hyderabad to pursue education.

The autonomous status helped the college to introduce several new degree programmes with popular subjects like Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Computer Science, Medical Lab Technology, Electronics and Biochemistry. This has helped the institution in restructuring the syllabi, thereby giving a new impetus to the conventional subjects that were on the verge of loosing their demand amongst the student fraternity.In tune with the changing scenario of modern day trends in Science and Technology a new combination has been offered at B.Sc. level with Biotechnology, Chemistry and Bio-Informatics in the academic year 2000-2001. It was the first batch to come under the semester system right from its inception. The course has been attracting the brightest students from outside the State also like Meghalaya and Nepal. It is a self-financing course and the intake of 30 per class has been increased to 40 in order to meet the rising demands. The cut-off percentage of marks for admission to the course is 60%. The demand for the course has been on the rise and the first batch has left the portals of the college in April 2003 in flying colours.
Medical Lab Technology(MLT) is offered as one of the optionals along with Chemistry and Microbiology at the degree level from the academic year 2003-04. The Board of studies in Chemistry, Microbiology and an adhoc committee comprising experts in the field of Medicine finalized the syllabi in the respective subjects. The Academic Council has made the Intermediate Vocational students also eligible for admission into the course, keeping in view the several requests made by the parents and the students of Intermediate vocational course with MLT as an optional subject. A bridge course in Chemistry is arranged for these students to tide over their difficulties in grasping Chemistry.
During the academic year 2004-2005, subjects such as Biochemistry and Electronics at B.Sc level are introduced. A Language Lab has been established in order to promote Communicative Skills in English. The objective is to equip the students with a cutting edge to face the challenges of a professional career with confidence.
A new subject ‘Environmental Science’ has been introduced for all the First Year students. The college has constituted QAC and IQAC to initiate preparation for re-accreditation as per the guidelines sent by the NAAC.