Rafiq Zakaria
Rafiq Zakaria (5 April 1920 – 9 July 2005) was an Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric. He was closely associated with the Indian independence movement and Indian National Congress party. He was known for his advocacy of tradition ...
Nizam
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s, once occupied by
Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II
Mir Nizam Ali Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah II (7 March 1734 – 6 August 1803) was the 2nd Nizam of Hyderabad State in South India between 1762 and 1803. He was born on 7 March 1734 as fourth son to Asaf Jah I and Umda Begum. His official name is ''A ...
.
History
In the 17th Century Peer Ismail Shah a Sufi and tutor of the Mughal prince Aurangazeb laid the foundation stone of a Madarassa at Rauza Bagh
Aurangabad
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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
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and was ruined. The mansion, which is a fine blend of Mughal style
architecture
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interlaid with
Pathan
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features, was deteriorating. It caught the eye of
Rafiq Zakaria
Rafiq Zakaria (5 April 1920 – 9 July 2005) was an Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric. He was closely associated with the Indian independence movement and Indian National Congress party. He was known for his advocacy of tradition ...
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
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
.
Moved by the extreme poverty and backwardness of the people of the region, Zakaria created the Maulana Azad Education Society's campus at Rauza Bagh.The Maulana Azad Education Trust /ref>
Dr. Rafiq Zakaria Campus
Zakaria started with Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science in 1963 with 144 students. The faculty of
Commerce
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was added and later on,
Geology
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Electronics
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and Microbiology course were introduced. At the Junior college 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
Marathi
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*
* ...
, state language.
The college has a strength of 230; it is one of the biggest colleges of education in
Marathwada
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and has the distinction of obtaining the highest number of merit students in the University examinations.
Kamla Nehru
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Polytechnic
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(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
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which is recognized by the
All India Council for Technical Education
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, and the Directorate of Technical Education of Maharashtra. The intake capacity is 60 every year. This college has been named after the veteran national leader and the first
Chief Minister
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Y B Chavan
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: əʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after l ...
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
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Wockhardt
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History
Wockhardt was foun ...
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.
Y.B. Chavan College of Pharmacy was ranked 40 in India by the
National Institutional Ranking Framework
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(NIRF) pharmacy ranking in 2020.
Hinduja Technological Center
To provide jobs for school dropouts, the trust has started the Hinduja Technological Center, which specializes in two ITI courses Draughtsman (Civil and Electronics) and runs the institute as full-fledged Industrial Training Institute. More courses are being added such as
electronics
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,
Civil engineering
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Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad
Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad is a hotel management school located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It was established in 1989 by The Maulana Azad Education Trust Aurangabad in association with Taj Group and is situated in Dr. Raf ...
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
, mottoeng = Thus not for you alone
, established = 1825 – Huddersfield Science and Mechanics' Institute1992 – university status
, type = Public
, endowment = £2.47 million (2015)
, chancellor = George W. Buckley
, vice_chancell ...
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 Michigan 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
Journalism
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and
Mass Communications
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; it has been started to give training in the field of mass media; such as
newspapers
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...
television
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, and radio. Journalists and authors and television personalities have agreed to be visiting or guest
professor
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.
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 Lynch 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's degree Course, with accreditation from AICTE,
New Delhi
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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
The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...
Asaf Jah I was living. It also runs a nursery for Toddlers called the Rose Academy for Toddlers at Naukhanda palace situated near
Bhadkal Gate
Bhadkal Gate is a structure in Aurangabad City in Maharashtra, India. This gate is the biggest in the city. It was built by Ahamadnagar's Murtaza Nizamshah's vizier Malik Ambar to commemorate the victory against the Mughals in 1612. It is also ...
, 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.
Millennium Institute of Management
Millennium Institute of Management, is approved by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), New Delhi and affiliated to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Maharashtra, India. The Millennium Institute of Management is dedicated to the development of business professionals. The program and courses are driven with industry partnerships such as its association with TMTC (Tata Management Training Centre), Pune, which is a training facility of the TATA group.
Millennium Institute of Management /ref>