Agra College

Agra College

File:Agra College logo 2011.jpg
Type	Public
Established	1823 (1823)
Location	Agra , Uttar Pradesh , India
Affiliations	Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra
Website	agracollegeagra.org.in

Agra College is one of the oldest institutions in India. Pandit Gangadhar Shastri, a noted Sanskrit scholar founded the college in 1823. Till 1883 the institute was a government college and after that a board of trustees and a Committee of Management managed the college. Agra College produced the first graduate in Uttar Pradesh and the first Law graduate to Northern India.

Academics

The college offers graduate and postgraduate degrees in the following subjects: Hindi, English, Sanskrit, philosophy, political science, history, economics, psychology, military studies geography, law, engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, zoology and botany. It also offers one year diploma in Mass Communication & Journalism, degree course in Commerce, B.Ed and Biotechnology under self finance scheme. The college offers Ph.D programs in the field of arts and sciences.

The Faculty of Engineering and Technology was also established in 1999, which offers bachelor's degree in technology in computer science, electronics and communication and mechanical engineering, civil vngineering. It is affiliated to Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow.

Principals

• R. Barkley Dunken (1836)
• E. Lodge (1842–1844)
• J. Midolton (1844–1858)
• T.B. Kain (1858–1859)
• W. Enderson (1859–1862)
• C. Piyerson (1862–1864)
• K. Dieton (1864–1882)
• A. Thomson (1882–1901)
• T.C. Johns (1901–1925)
• Frederick J. Fieldon (1925–1937)
• H. Croll (1937–1945)
• Dr. Karamchandra Mehta (1945–1950)
• Dr. Nihalkaran Sethi (1950–1954)
• Dr. Haranarayan Singh (1954–1960)
• Dr. Manohar Ray, D.Sc. (1960–1970)
• Dr. Shaligram Sinha (1970–1973)
• Dr. Satyanarayan Dubey (1973–1977)
• Dr. Rajesh Parasad Verma (1977–1979)
• Dr. S.N. Srivastava, M.Sc. (1979–1982)
• Dr. Rajeshwar Prasad Verma (1982–1984)
• Dr. Gokul Chand Sharma (1984–1985)
• Dr. Mukhtar Singh (1985–1985)
• Dr. S. N. Srivastava (1985–1990)
• Dr. Mukhtar Singh (1990–2001)
• Dr. (Smt.) RajKumari Sharma (2001–2002)
• Dr. A.V. Singh (2002–2002)
• Dr. Santosh Kumar (2002–2003)
• Dr. K.M. Garg (2003–2003)
• Dr. A.V. Singh (2003–2008)
• Dr. A.K. Johari (2008–2008)
• Dr. U.C. Sharma (2008–2009)
• Dr. Manoj Kumar Rawat (2009-2016)
• Dr. A. K. Gupta (2016–2018)
• Dr. Vinod Kumar Maheshwari ( 14 Dec 2018-25 July 2020)
• Dr. Rekha Patsariya ( 26 July 2020 - 27 September 2020)
• Dr. S. K. Mishra ( 28 September 2020 - Current)

Mr. Narendra Singh (physical education instructor) was illegally appointed as officiating principal on 12 August 2016. He was later found ineligible as he did not possess educational qualification for officiating principal and his tenure was nullified by the Vice Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Arvind Kumar Dixit by the order of Honorable High Court of Allahabad and Dr. A.K Gupta took charge as officiating principal on 21 March 2017. Singh tenure is not shown as officiating principal.

Notable alumni

• Ajit Doval, 5th National Security Adviser of India
• Bhagwan Singh, former High Commissioner in Fiji
• Charan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
• Sir Chhotu Ram, Unionist leader in the pre-independence era.
• Era Tak, Filmmaker, Author and Painter
• Moti Lal Nehru, Lawyer & President of the Indian National Congress
• Raj Babbar, film actor and politician
• Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India
• G. Taru Sharma, N-Bios laureate
• Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru a famous lawyer and leader of Moderates
• Yatendra Kumar Gupta, Pro Chancellor Sharda University, Greater Noida
• Shankarlal Dwivedi, Famous Poet of Hindi & Brajbhasha