Raja Bahadur Venkat Rama Reddy Women’s College, Narayanguda, Hyderabad was established in the year 1954 by the Hyderabad Mahila Vidya Sangham. The college has the history and rare privilege of having had the presence of Dr.S.Radhakrishnan, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru , Smt.Indira Gandhi and Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam as dignitaries at different functions organized by the college. The main objective of the institution is to promote quality education among women, hailing from the backward regions of the state. In consonance with this objective, 60% of the seats at the undergraduate level are reserved for girl students hailing from rural areas. As a positive step in this direction, the college provides hostel facility in the campus.
Several innovative programs are offered periodically through
- Menu of subjects introduced at UG level,
- Value addition certificate courses
- Highly qualified and committed faculty
- State of arts infrastructure
The college is an autonomous and a partially grant-in-aid institution, affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. It is centrally located in the city on a campus comprising a 3.5 acre plot with five buildings. There are 48 class rooms, 29 Science labs, and 13 staff rooms. The college libraries have about 1,00,000 volumes. The college has an Audio-Visual Room, a spacious Auditorium and an open air theatre.
The foundation stone for the college was laid by Late Shri Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru the then Prime Minister of India.
The visit of the then President of India, His Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on 5th August 2005 to deliver the Golden Jubilee Valedictory Address is yet another landmark. The U.G.C conferred autonomous status on the college in 1989. It was the first non-minority college to have the autonomous status under Osmania University jurisdiction. The College was accredited with Grade ‘A’ by NAAC in October 2005. The college has made innovations in curriculum designing with a view to
- contribute to National Development
- foster Global competence
- inculcate a value system
- promote use of Information Technology
- quest for excellence
- The college has 20 departments for U.G. programmes, 5 in Arts, 12 in Science, 1 in Commerce, 1 in Business Management and 1 in Physical Education.
- There are 4 departments at P.G. level, 3 in Science and 1 in Management.
- The college offers 31 programmes among which 4 programmes are at U.G. level, 4 programmes at P.G. level are run on self-financing basis. There are 22 certificate courses The faculty consists of 29 government aided teachers and 77 un-aided teachers among whom there are 20 with Ph.D. degrees, 4 with M.Phil. degrees and 2 with M.Tech. degree.
- The college has 76 non-teaching and support staff. Among them 26 receive government aid. The student enrollment is about 2000 with 800 students in Science, 200 in Arts, 800 in Commerce at undergraduate level and 200 in P.G. programmes. The college has NCC and NSS units. The sports activities are conducted under the supervision of a Physical Directress.
- The college encourages meritorious students by awarding gold medals, merit scholarships, rolling shields and cash prizes.
The visit of the President of India,His Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on 5th August 2005 to deliver the Golden Jubilee Valedictory Address is yet another landmark.
The foundation stone for the college was laid by Late Shri Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru the then Prime Minister of India.
