Government Degree College for Women

Government Degree College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad was established in 1971. It is located centrally at Begumpet and caters to the needs of the girl students of twin cities and also the nearby districts. The college provides university education to deserving candidates in a secular atmosphere and is committed to serve the economically weak, socially underprivileged and needy students. During the last four decades the college has grown from strength to strength and presently helps about 2000 students to access higher education. With an objective of ?Empowerment of Women through Knowledge?, the college helps the students to become truly empowered citizens. The college celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1996. Keeping in tune with the changing needs of the society, new courses are being introduced from time to time. Since1994, three Vocational courses and several restructured Courses have been introduced. PG Courses like M.Sc. Chemistry, (Drug Design) MA English and M.Sc Mathematics. Recognizing the potential of the college the UGC has conferred autonomous status to the college in the year 2012. As such the first year students admitted into UG programme will conform to the autonomous pattern of education. The college has two floors with spacious class rooms and laboratories, a good Library with a Reference section and a Reading Room. The Jawahar Knowledge Centre (JKC), the Computer Centre, the Health centre, the Gymnasium, the MANA TV and the Audio-Visual Department are the other supporting services provided by the college. During the academic year 2010-2011, the college was assessed and re-accredited by NAAC with B grade (securing PGPA 2.76 on a 4 point scale). There are about fifty experienced teaching Staff, a Librarian, a Physical Director and Computer Instructors. Most of our lecturers received Best teacher Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and other organizations. The Administrative Officer and the twenty members of Non-Teaching Staff help in the maintenance and smooth functioning of the college. The overall academic, administrative and financial responsibility of the college is vested with the Principal.