Veeranari Chakali Ilamma Women's University, formerly Osmania University College for Women, is a state university in

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

, India. It was formerly a constituent women's college of

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, issued a ''firman'' calling f ...

. The main building of this college, which was part of the British legacy in India, is a monument of great aesthetic, architectural and historical importance. Commissioned in 1803 for the British resident, J. A. Kirkpatrick, his builder the Lt. Samuel Russell of the Madras Engineers, has produced a structure capable of rivaling the Governor's house in Kolkata. The college building has been included in the list of heritage structures compiled by INTACH.

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has included the building in its ''2025 World Monuments Watch''.

History

The college started in 1924. In 1939, the college was shifted to Golden Threshold. It was moved to its present location belonging to

James Achilles Kirkpatrick Lieutenant-Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick (1764 – 15 October 1805) was an East India Company officer and diplomat who served as the Resident at Hyderabad Deccan from 1798 until 1805. Kirkpatrick also ordered the construction of the Koti Re ...

's mansion Koti Residency in 1949. In 2022, the college was upgraded to a state university, called Telangana Mahila Viswavidyalayam. It had plans to start offering engineering courses. In 2024 the college was once again renamed as Veeranari Chakali Ilamma Women's University after Telangana armed struggle leader

Chakali Ilamma Chityala Ilamma ( – 10 September 1985), better known as Chakali Ilamma, was an Indian revolutionary leader during the Telangana Rebellion. Her act of defiance against Zamindar Ramachandra Reddy, known as Visnoor Deshmukh, to cultivate her l ...

Campus

The campus is spread over 42 acres.

Academics

Women's College offers graduate and postgraduate courses for women.

Graduation ceremonies

XIVth Convocation of the college was held on 4 October 2018 at the college premises. It was presided by the Honourable Vice-president of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu.

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