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Dr.Rafiq Zakaria
started the Maulana Azad Education Society at Aurangabad with Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science in 1963 which is affiliated to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Aurangabad.
prince Aurangazeb laid the foundation stone of a Madarassa at Rauza Bagh Aurangabad where children of noble lineage were to be taught Arabic and Persian. The Madarassa, which later became the mausoleum
of its founder fell into the hands of British
and was ruined. The mansion, which is a fine blend of Mughal
style architecture
interlaid with Pathan
features, was deteriorating. It caught the eye of Dr.Rafiq Zakaria
the scholar-politician, who was making rounds of the Aurangabad constituency during the 1962 Assembly Elections. He set about the task of restoring the Madrassa.
Moved by the extreme poverty and backwardness of the people of the region, Dr.Rafiq Zakaria created the Maulana Azad Education Society's campus at Rauza Bagh.
of Commerce
was added and later on, Geology
, Industrial Chemistry
, Instrumentation Practice, Electronics
and Microbiology
course were introduced. At the Junior college
level vacation courses at the +2 level were introduced.
language. Therefore Dr. Zakaria started Marathwada College of education in 1970 with 70 seats earmarked for Urdu
and the remaining 50 for other languages, particularly Marathi
, state language.
The college has a strength of 230; it is one of the biggest colleges of education in Marathwada and has the distinction of obtaining the highest number of merit students in the University examinations.
in the jurisdiction of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Dr. Zakaria started the Kamla Nehru Polytechnic
(Pharmacy) in 1974 with a capacity of 60 students. From the academic year (1989–90) the Trust was given permission to start the B.Pharm College
which is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education
, and the Directorate of Technical Education of Maharashtra
. The intake capacity is 60 every year. This college has been named after the veteran national leaader and the first Chief Minister
of Maharastra Mr. Y B Chavan who was a patron and well wisher of the Maulana Azad Educational Trust.
In 1985 a hospital was started to provide training to the pharmacy
students, and to cater to the needs of the local people living in the vicinity. The trust has persuaded pharmaceutical company
Wockhardt
Ltd. to enter into collaboration with it to manage the Y.B. Chavan College of Pharmacy and provided students with their expertise and practical training in their factory and research center in Aurangabad.
(Civil and Electronics) and runs the institute as full fledged Industrial Training Institute
. More courses are being added such as electronics
, Civil engineering
and Carpentry
.
which grants its degree of B.A. in Hotel Management to the successful students of the institute.
It has arrangement with Wider University in the United States which permits the diploma holder of IIHM to enroll with a transfer of credits to their degree course in USA. The American Hotel and Motel Association that runs an educational institute in the campus of Michigon State University has after evaluating that IIHM programmes and facilities, agreed to offer their diploma to IIHM students. On the successful completion of this Diploma course a person gains the highest Administrator (CHA) diploma, which means the person is certified as a member of the industrial elite in hospitality worldwide.
and Mass Communications; it has been started to give training in the field of mass media; such as newspapers and journals
, television
, and radio. Journalists and authors and television personalities have agreed to be visiting or guest professor
.
whose association with the college may assist Indo-America collaboration in this field. The institute offers Master of Computer Application (M.C.A.), a 3 year Master Degree Course, with accreditation from AICTE, New Delhi
and affiliation of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
, Aurangabad.
, Aurangabad.
To meet the need of those aspiring for education in the English medium, the Model High School was started in 1980 with 80 students. The strength has now grown to over 1000.
Rafiq Zakaria
Rafiq Zakaria was an Indian politician and Islamic scholar and father of well known Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria and former Merrill Lynch investment banking head Arshad Zakaria...
started the Maulana Azad Education Society at Aurangabad with Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science in 1963 which is affiliated to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University is located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.BAMU was established as "Marathwada University" on August 23, 1958. 153 colleges are affiliated to the university...
Aurangabad.
History
In the 17th Century Peer Ismail Shah a Sufi and tutor of the MughalMughal Empire
The Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
prince Aurangazeb laid the foundation stone of a Madarassa at Rauza Bagh Aurangabad where children of noble lineage were to be taught Arabic and Persian. The Madarassa, which later became the mausoleum
Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the...
of its founder fell into the hands of British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and was ruined. The mansion, which is a fine blend of Mughal
Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture, an amalgam of Islamic, Persian, Turkish and Indian architecture, is the distinctive style developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is symmetrical and decorative in style.The Mughal dynasty was...
style architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
interlaid with Pathan
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
features, was deteriorating. It caught the eye of Dr.Rafiq Zakaria
Rafiq Zakaria
Rafiq Zakaria was an Indian politician and Islamic scholar and father of well known Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria and former Merrill Lynch investment banking head Arshad Zakaria...
the scholar-politician, who was making rounds of the Aurangabad constituency during the 1962 Assembly Elections. He set about the task of restoring the Madrassa.
Moved by the extreme poverty and backwardness of the people of the region, Dr.Rafiq Zakaria created the Maulana Azad Education Society's campus at Rauza Bagh.
Dr. Rafiq Zakaria Campus
Dr. Zakaria started with Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science in 1963 with 144 students. The facultyFaculty (university)
A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas...
of Commerce
Commerce
While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...
was added and later on, Geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
, Industrial Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, Instrumentation Practice, Electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
and Microbiology
Microbiology
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
course were introduced. At the Junior college
Junior college
The term junior college refers to different educational institutions in different countries.-India:In India, most states provide schooling through 12th grade...
level vacation courses at the +2 level were introduced.
Marathwada College of Education
Not one of the seven districts of the Marathwada region had a single college with using the UrduUrdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
language. Therefore Dr. Zakaria started Marathwada College of education in 1970 with 70 seats earmarked for Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
and the remaining 50 for other languages, particularly Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
, state language.
The college has a strength of 230; it is one of the biggest colleges of education in Marathwada and has the distinction of obtaining the highest number of merit students in the University examinations.
Y.B.Chavan College of Pharmacy
There was no training in pharmacyPharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
in the jurisdiction of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University is located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.BAMU was established as "Marathwada University" on August 23, 1958. 153 colleges are affiliated to the university...
Dr. Zakaria started the Kamla Nehru Polytechnic
Institute of technology
Institute of technology is a designation employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system...
(Pharmacy) in 1974 with a capacity of 60 students. From the academic year (1989–90) the Trust was given permission to start the B.Pharm College
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
which is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education
All India Council for Technical Education
The All India Council for Technical Education is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development...
, and the Directorate of Technical Education of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
. The intake capacity is 60 every year. This college has been named after the veteran national leaader and the first Chief Minister
Chief Minister
A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of Maharastra Mr. Y B Chavan who was a patron and well wisher of the Maulana Azad Educational Trust.
In 1985 a hospital was started to provide training to the pharmacy
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
students, and to cater to the needs of the local people living in the vicinity. The trust has persuaded pharmaceutical company
Company
A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...
Wockhardt
Wockhardt
Wockhardt Ltd. is a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company has manufacturing plants in India, UK, Ireland, France and US, and subsidiaries in US, UK, Ireland and France. It is a global company with a more than half of its revenue coming from Europe. The...
Ltd. to enter into collaboration with it to manage the Y.B. Chavan College of Pharmacy and provided students with their expertise and practical training in their factory and research center in Aurangabad.
Hinduja Technological Center
To provide jobs for school dropouts, the trust has started the Hinduja Technological Center, which specializes in two ITI courses DraughtsmanDraughtsman
A draughtsman or draftsman , is a person skilled in drawing, either:*drawing for artistic purposes, or*technical drawing for practical purposes such as architecture or engineering...
(Civil and Electronics) and runs the institute as full fledged Industrial Training Institute
Industrial training institute
Industrial Training Institutes & "Industrial Training Centers" are training institute which provide training in technical field and constituted under Directorate General of Employment & Training , Ministry of Labour & Employment, Union Government of India.-Structure:Industrial Training Institutes ...
. More courses are being added such as electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, Civil engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
and Carpentry
Carpentry
A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....
.
Institute of Hotel Management (IHM-A)
The Institute of Hotel Management runs in collaboration with the Taj Group of Hotels. For every IHM seat, there are over twenty applicants from all over India. The institute was started in 1989 with a donation from the House of Tatas. The institute is residential, and affiliated to the Huddersfield University of the United Kingdom,which grants its degree of B.A. in Hotel Management to the successful students of the institute.
It has arrangement with Wider University in the United States which permits the diploma holder of IIHM to enroll with a transfer of credits to their degree course in USA. The American Hotel and Motel Association that runs an educational institute in the campus of Michigon State University has after evaluating that IIHM programmes and facilities, agreed to offer their diploma to IIHM students. On the successful completion of this Diploma course a person gains the highest Administrator (CHA) diploma, which means the person is certified as a member of the industrial elite in hospitality worldwide.
Horniman College of Journalism
One of the latest additions to the Maulana Azad Educational Campus is the College of JournalismJournalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
and Mass Communications; it has been started to give training in the field of mass media; such as newspapers and journals
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, and radio. Journalists and authors and television personalities have agreed to be visiting or guest professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
.
The Tom Patrick Institute of Computer and IT
The institute was set up by Maulana Azad Educational Trust in 1999. Tom Patrick is the Senior. Executive Vice President of Merrill LynchMerrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...
whose association with the college may assist Indo-America collaboration in this field. The institute offers Master of Computer Application (M.C.A.), a 3 year Master Degree Course, with accreditation from AICTE, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
and affiliation of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University is located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.BAMU was established as "Marathwada University" on August 23, 1958. 153 colleges are affiliated to the university...
, Aurangabad.
Aurangabad College for Women
The college was set up in 1968 to provide higher education facilities to girls whose parents were averse to the co-educational system. A separate section for the girls was started at the Navkhanda place, a historic landmark, where the first Nizam was living. It also runs a nursery for Toddlers called the Rose Academy for Toddlers at Navkhanda situated near Bhadkal GateGates in Aurangabad, Maharashtra
One of the things that makes Aurangabad stand out from the several other medieval cities in India were its 52 "gates", each of which have a local history or had individuals linked with them...
, Aurangabad.
To meet the need of those aspiring for education in the English medium, the Model High School was started in 1980 with 80 students. The strength has now grown to over 1000.