Sri Pratap College, commonly known as SP College, is an academic and professional college in

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, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The college has been accredited by NAAC with an 'A' Grade. It is the oldest institute of higher education in the

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Location

It is located in the heart of

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of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, i. e.,

, at M.A. Road, Srinagar.

History

Established in 1905 by

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for the then ruler of Jammu and Kashmir Shri Maharaja Pratap Singh. Before Indian independence, the college was affiliated with University of Punjab and post independence Banaras Hindu University gave affiliation to S.P. college until the University of Kashmir was founded in 1956. It was established in 1905, as an intermediate college by upgrading the famous Hindu High School, Srinagar. It was the personal effort of notable British Social Reformer and educationist, Annie Besant who directed the Central Hindu College Trust, Banaras(to which it was affiliated) to appoint, Mr M.U. Moore, a noted Irish Scholar as the first principal of the institution. Beginning with a modest roll of eight students and only six teachers on its staff, in a few years' time, the college rose to the degree level in Arts by 1911 when state government took it over and renamed it as Sri Pratap College after the name of the then ruler of the state Maharaja Pratap Singh. In 1912 the college was affiliated to the University of Punjab, Lahore with the state patronage available to it by virtue of which the growth of S.P College received a notable fillip. Ever since, the development of the college has been a steady process through the entire span of the 20th century. During the tenure of Prof. I.K Sharga (1911–1921) the science stream up to intermediate level was introduced in the college curriculum. The dynamic and ablest academics and administrators like Prof. M.U. Moore, Prof. Vinamali Chakaravati, Prof. I.K. Sharga, Prof. Lawrence Mac Dermot, Prof. M.M. Ibrahim, Dr. M. D. Taseer, Prof. Jia Lal Kaul and Prof. Saif ud Din have served the college and contributed to the level that the hundreds of the college alumni rose to eminence in different fields of human activity in the state and outside, by occupying important positions. The college has celebrated its centenary year in 2005, and in this year people from the world participated in the college function, as the different departments of the college organized different workshops and exhibitions. The history of S.P College is, in-fact, the history of progress of higher education in Kashmir. Almost for the first half of the 20th century, S.P. College had the distinction of being the only institution to provide facilities for imparting higher education in Arts and Sciences in the valley. Despite a good number of colleges coming into existence in the valley after 1947, this college continues to maintain its primacy and academic excellence all along. With the delinking of arts faculty from it in 1975, S.P. College is now an exclusively science college imparting science education at Undergraduate level in a broad spectrum of subjects like

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, Environment and Water Management,

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. The college also offers add-on course in Spoken Arabic, Environmental Sciences, Communicative English, Personality Development, Physical Education, Diagnostic Lab Technology etc. The college also offers Postgraduate level programmes in various science subjects. The institute has been declared as a part of the

Cluster University of Srinagar ''Cluster University of Srinagar'' (C-U, CUS) is a collegiate state university located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is a cluster of five colleges of the Srinagar city. It has been established under ''The Srinagar and Jammu Cluster U ...

under the

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) (Hindi for "National Higher Education Mission") is a holistic scheme of development for higher education in India initiated in 2013 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. The centrally spons ...

. The institute shall run School of Sciences under this initiative offering more postgraduate as well as research intensive programmes. With operationalization of the school of Sciences under RUSA cluster University proposal, research is expected to get a flip with more funding coming for the purpose. The infrastructure for this project is being funded by Central Government and is coming-up at brisk pace. The school is likely to start from 2017. It is worth to mention that the college got submerged in the September 2014 deluge. This resulted in huge loss of infrastructure, labs, some 60,000 books, and other support facilities.

Courses

The college offers a range of nationally and internationally recognized undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in a variety of academic disciplines including Science and

. It is recognized by the

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, (UGC). It is affiliated to

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. The college offers following courses: *Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Physics *Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Zoology *Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Chemistry *Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Environmental Science *Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Information Technology *Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Water Resources & Waste Water Technology *Five-Year (Integrated) M.Sc. in Botany *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Statistics *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in I.T *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Botany *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Water Resources & Waste Water Technology *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Electronics *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Geography *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Biotechnology *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Bioinformatics *Six-Semester based B.Sc. (Hons) in Clinical Biochemistry

Departments

*Department of English *PG Department of Biochemistry *Department of Biotechnology *PG Department of Botany *PG Department of Chemistry *Department of Electronics *Department of Environment and Water Management *PG Department of Environmental Sciences *Department of Geography *Department of Geology *PG Department of Information Technology *Department of Mathematics *PG Department of Physics *Department of Physical Education *Department of Statistics *PG Department of Zoology *Department of Human Genetics *Department of Bio Informatics *Department of Clinical Biochemistry IGNOU Study Centre: S.P. College IGNOU Study Centre (1209) is steaming ahead since its inception in 2004. At present, the centre provides counselling and guidance to number of UG and PG courses. During the current year, the student enrolment has touched 4000 making an increase of staggering 90% and the number of programmes offered has also risen to 39. This centre has a distinction of holding practical sessions for students in all science streams and conducting all types of examinations. This centre also holds distinction in actuating highly market oriented courses in PG Analytical Chemistry, GIS & Remote Sensing, etc.

Postage stamp

On 15 June 2006,

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released a commemorative postage stamp on Sri Pratap College.2006 Stamps
Stampsofindia.com. Retrieved on 3 December 2018. The stamp depicted the heritage building of the college.

Notable alumni

Amanullah Khan Ghazi Amanullah Khan (Pashto and Dari: ; 1 June 1892 – 25 April 1960) was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1919, ...

Karan Singh Karan Singh (born 9 March 1931) is an Indian politician and philosopher. He is the son of the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Sir Hari Singh. He was the prince regent of Jammu and Kashmir until 1952. From 19 ...

Mirza Hassan Khan Mirza Hassan Khan ( ur, ), of Nagar state, was a captain of the 6th Infantry of the Jammu and Kashmir State Forces. Placed at Bunji in the Gilgit ''wazarat'' (now Astore district, Gilgit-Baltistan), Khan rebelled against the Maharaja's regi ...

* Rafiq Ahmad Pampori *

Ramanand Sagar Chandramauli Chopra ( ; 29 December 1917 – 12 December 2005) known professionally as Ramanand Sagar, was an Indian filmmaker, editor, playwright, poet and an author. He is best known for making the television show '' Ramayan'' (1987-1988). The ...

Rehman Rahi Abdur Rehman Rahi (6 May 1925 – 9 January 2023) was an Kashmiri poet, translator and critic. He was awarded the Indian Sahitya Akademi Award in 1961 for his poetry collection ''Nawroz-i-Saba'', the Padma Shri in 2000, and India's highest li ...

* Mufti Mohammad Sayeed * Om Prakash Malhotra *

Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982) was an Indian politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir Abdullah was the founding leader of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (later re ...

Yasin Malik Yasin Malik (born 3 April 1966) is a Kashmiri separatist leader and former militant who advocates the separation of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan. He is the Chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, which originally spearheaded ar ...

Ashfaq Majeed Wani Ashfaq Majeed Wani (5 September 1966 – 30 March 1990) was the first Commander in Chief of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, a militant Kashmiri-separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was killed by Indian Paramilitary Forces in 19 ...

References

External links

S P College Website
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