Agra College

Agra College
Type	Public
Established	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 Engineering. 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-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

Moti Lal Nehru, Lawyer & President of the Indian National Congress
Ajit Doval, 5th National Security Adviser of India
Sir Chhotu Ram, Unionist leader in the pre-independence era
Bhagwan Singh, former High Commissioner in Fiji
Raj Babbar, film actor and politician
Charan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India
Yatendra Kumar Gupta, Pro Chancellor Sharda University, Greater Noida
G. Taru Sharma, N-Bios laureate[1]

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References

"NAAS Fellows". National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

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[NAAS_Fellows-1] "NAAS Fellows". National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.