Sri Pratap College

Sri Pratap College

Sri Pratap College

سری پرتاپ کالج سرینگر

Ad Aethera Tendens
Motto Ad Aethera Tendens
Motto in English
 Fly high and higher
Type Science College
Established 1905
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi
Principal Prof. Yaseen Ahmad Shah
Location Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Campus Urban, 24.2 acres [1]
Language English & Urdu
Colours              
Sports Cricket, Volley Ball, Basket Ball, Foot Ball, Badminton,
Affiliations

University of the Punjab (1912-1947)

Banaras Hindu University (1948-1955)

University of Kashmir (1956-Present)

[2]
Website www.spcollege.co.in

Sri Pratap College Srinagar (Urdu, سری پرتاپ کالج سرینگر) (formerly Pratap Hindu College) commonly known as SP College is an academic and professional college in Kashmir. It is the oldest institute of higher education in Kashmir.[3]

Location

Heritage Building

It is located on M.A Road near Women's College Srinagar.[4]

History

Annie Besant established the Hindu College, Srinagar, in 1905.

Established in 1905[5] by Annie Besant 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.[6] 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 govt. 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.[7] 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.[8][9]

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 English, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Environment and Water Management, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Human Genetics, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Geology, Geography, Electronics, Information Technology. 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.[10][11]

The institute has been declared as a part of the cluster university of Srinagar under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan.[12] The institute shall run School of Sciences under this initiative offering more postgraduate as well as research intensive programes.[13] 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.[14]

It is worth to mention that the college got submerged in the the September 2014 deluge. This resulted in huge loss of infrastructure, labs, some 60,000 books, and other support facilities.[15]

Courses

The college offers a range of nationally and internationally recognized undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in a variety of academic disciplines including Science and Information Technology. It is recognized by the University Grants Commission of India, (UGC). It is affiliated to University of Kashmir. The college offers following courses:

1) Six-Semster based B.Sc in Physical, Earth & Bio-Sciences

2) Six-Semster based B.Sc in I.T

3) Four-Semster based M.Sc

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Departments

⦁ Department of English

⦁ Department of Biochemistry

⦁ Department of Biotechnology

⦁ Department of Botany

⦁ Department of Chemistry

⦁ Department of Environment and Water Management

⦁ Department of Zoology

⦁ Department of Environmental Sciences

⦁ Department of Geography

⦁ Department of Geology

⦁ Department of Physics

⦁ Department of Mathematics

⦁ Department of Statistics

⦁ Department of Information Technology

⦁ Department of Electronics

⦁ Department of Physical Education

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.

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Notable Alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR)" on official website of the college
  2. ↑ The Pratap Prospectus - 2016, p. 08
  3. ↑ College profile
  4. ↑ "NAAC Document, 2015"
  5. ↑ Sri Pratap College was founded in 1905. "List of Colleges: Jammu and Kashmir". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
  6. ↑ Chitralekha Zutshi Languages of Belonging: Islam, Regional Identity, and the Making ... 2004- Page 178 "The darbar also instituted a number of college scholarships for Kashmiris to study in Lahore. Annie Besant started a Hindu College in Srinagar in 1905, which was taken over by the government in 1911 and renamed Sri Pratap College."
  7. ↑ "NAAC Document, 2015"
  8. ↑ The Pratap Prospectus-2016, p. 8
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ The Pratap Prospectus- 2016
  11. ↑ "NAAC Document, 2015"
  12. ↑ [ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jk-to-have-two-cluster-varsities/article7465478.ece]
  13. ↑ "NAAC Document, 2015
  14. ↑ "NAAC Document, 2015
  15. ↑
  16. ↑ [The Pratap Prospectus-2016
  17. ↑ "NAAC Document, 2015
  18. ↑
  19. ↑
  20. ↑ The Pratap Prospectus, p. 25

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