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{{Short description|College in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India}}
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| name = Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science
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| founder = [[Rafiq Zakaria]]
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'''Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science''' was founded in 1963 by [[Rafiq Zakaria]]; who formed a trust called [[The Maulana Azad Education Trust Aurangabad|Maulana Azad Education Society]] to manage the affairs. The college building is the [[Naukhanda palace]]; a royal palace of the [[Nizam]]s, once occupied by [[Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II]].

==History==
In the 17th century Peer Ismail Shah a [[Sufi]] and tutor of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] prince [[Aurangazeb]] laid the foundation stone of a [[Madarassa]] at Rauza Bagh [[Aurangabad Maharashtra|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 [[United Kingdom|British]] and was ruined. The mansion, which is a fine blend of [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]] style [[architecture]] interlaid with [[Pashtun people|Pathan]] features, was deteriorating. It caught the eye of [[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, Zakaria created the Maulana Azad Education Society's campus at Rauza Bagh.<ref name="The Maulana Azad Education Trust">[http://www.macabad.itgo.com/bs.html 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 (university)|faculty]] 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.<ref name="The Maulana Azad Education Trust"/>

===Marathwada College of Education===
Not one of the seven [[districts]] of the Marathwada region had a single college with using the [[Urdu]] language. Therefore, Zakaria started Marathwada College of education in 1970 with 70 seats earmarked for [[Urdu]] and the remaining 50 for other [[languages]], particularly [[Marathi language|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.<ref>[http://www.mcea.ac.in/ Marathwada College of Education]</ref>

===Y.B. Chavan College of Pharmacy===
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There was no training in [[pharmacy]] in the jurisdiction of [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University]] Zakaria started the [[Kamla Nehru]] [[Institute of technology|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 leader and the first [[Chief Minister]] of [[Maharashtra]] 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.<ref>[http://www.ybccpa.ac.in Y.B.Chavan College of Pharmacy]</ref>

Y.B. Chavan College of Pharmacy was ranked 76th in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) pharmacy ranking in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2024/PharmacyRanking.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115010958/https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2024/PharmacyRanking.html |archive-date=2025-01-15 |access-date= |website=www.nirfindia.org}}</ref>

===Hinduja Technological Center===
To provide jobs for school dropouts, the trust has started the Hinduja Technological Center, which specializes in two ITI courses [[Drafter|Draughtsman]] (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]].

===Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad===
The Institute of Hotel Management runs in collaboration with the [[Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces|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 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ihma.ac.in/indexflash.htm |title=Institute of Hotel Management |access-date=11 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121104613/http://ihma.ac.in/indexflash.htm |archive-date=21 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Horniman College of Journalism===
One of the latest additions to the Maulana Azad Educational Campus is the College of [[Journalism]] and [[Mass Communications]]; it has been started to give training in the field of mass media; such as [[newspapers]] and [[Magazine|journals]], [[television]], and radio. [[Journalists]] and [[authors]] and television personalities have agreed to be visiting or guest [[professor]].

===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]] and affiliation of [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University]], Aurangabad.<ref>[http://www.tpicit.ac.in/profile.htm The Tom Patrick Institute of Computer & Information Technology] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424021500/http://www.tpicit.ac.in/profile.htm |date=24 April 2009 }}</ref>

===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]] [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Asaf Jah I]] was living. It also runs a nursery for Toddlers called the Rose Academy for Toddlers at [[Naukhanda palace]] situated near [[Gates in Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Bhadkal Gate]], 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.
<ref>[http://www.mima.ac.in/profile.htm Millennium Institute of Management]</ref>

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