The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet

The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet (HPS, Begumpet) is a privately funded public school in Hyderabad, Telangana State, India. It was established in 1923 as Jagirdars College by the Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, and served as a school exclusively for the sons of nawabs, jagirdars and other aristocrats and elites. Its chief architect was Nawab Khan Bahadur Mirza Akbar Baig. It was renamed as the Hyderabad Public School in 1951 after the Zamindari system was abolished in 1950.[1] The school has a 152-acre (0.62 km2) campus with building designs ranging from Deccan Osmanian to contemporary architecture.

Hyderabad Public School
Location
Begumpet

Hyderabad
,
Telangana State

India
Information
Other nameHPS, Begumpet
Former nameJagirdars College
TypePublic school (privately funded)
Established1923 (1923)
FounderH.E.H. Nizam VII of Hyderabad
School districtHyderabad State Capital
PrincipalSkand Bali (from August 2017)
Faculty155
Enrollment3200 (PP1 - 12)
Campus size152 acres (89 acres of which allotted by H.E. Lady Viqar-ul-Umara)
Websitewww.hpsbegumpet.org.in

Children are schooled from the pre-primary stage to the 12th standard (ages 3 to 17). The school is affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE, ISC) and is managed by the Hyderabad Public School Society and the Board of Governors.

Recognition

Education World: The Hyderabad Public School was ranked first in Telangana & Hyderabad and sixth in India in the Co-ed Day-cum-Boarding Schools category for 2018-19.[2]

Future 50 Award : The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet has been ranked as one among the Future 50 schools shaping the success in the Country.[3]

Education Today: India School Merit Awards : The Hyderabad Public School has been ranked third in India and first in the state and city under India's Top 20 Day-cum-Boarding Schools for exemplary contribution to the education field.[4]

India's Best Standalone Senior Secondary School and Best Innovative K-12 School Awards : In 2018, at the GTF Education Summit & Awards conducted by Global Triumph foundation in New Delhi, The Hyderabad Public School was honoured as India's Best Standalone Senior Secondary School and Best Innovative K-12 School.[5]

Great Place to Study by Global League Institute : The school was selected in the list of 'great places to study' by the Global League Institute based on the Student Satisfaction Survey. The honour was awarded by the British House of Commons.[6][7]

Notable alumni
Name Class

Year

 Notability References
Ajaypal Singh Banga CEO of Mastercard [8]
Akkineni Nagarjuna actor [9][10]
Yarlagadda Sumanth Kumar Telugu Cinema Actor [11]
Harsha Bhogle cricket commentator [12]
Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria founder and CEO, Cobra Beer [13]
M. M. Pallam Raju former Minister of Human Resource Development [13]
Menaka Guruswamy senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India [14]
Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh [15]
Prem Watsa business magnate and CEO of Fairfax Financial [8]
Ram Charan actor [9][10]
Rana Daggubati actor [9][10]
Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft [8][16]
Shantanu Narayen President and CEO of Adobe Inc. [17]
Syed Ali Co-Founder, President and CEO of Cavium [18]
Syed Akbaruddin Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations [19]
T. K. Kurien CEO of Wipro [20]
Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh [9][10]
Asaduddin Owaisi Lok Sabha MP
Akbaruddin Owaisi Telangana MLA
Megha Mittal former chairman and MD, Escada [21]
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References
  1. "Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet". My-Telugu.com. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. Education World Rankings, Education World, retrieved 5 November 2018
  3. "Future 50 schools shaping success" (PDF). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. EducationToday.co. "The Hyderabad Public School". Educationtoday.co. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. "Awards| Global Triumph Foundation". globaltriumphfoundation.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. "The Hyderabad Public School Begumpet" (PDF). Forbes India Marquee: 50. February 2018.
  7. "youandimag You & I Monthly Magazine dated Mon, 2 Jul 18". Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. "All for love: When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella surrendered his Green Card for wife Anu". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 3 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  9. "Hyderabad Public School, where Eagles soar". The Hans India. 5 February 2014.
  10. "Famous Hyderabad Public School Alumni". Ranker.
  11. "Hyderabad Public School, notable alumni".
  12. "Hyderabad Public School, where Eagles soar". The Hans India. 5 February 2014.
  13. "The Hyderabad Public School: Institution which produces Nadellas of the world". www.hindustantimes.com/. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  14. reddy, gayatri (31 July 2015). "A top legal honour: Oxford, Harvard and now Yale". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  15. "From classmate to Kiran's deputy". 3 June 2011 – via www.thehindu.com.
  16. "Satya Nadella: Executive Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise".
  17. "Shantanu Narayen, President and Chief Executive Officer - Adobe Executive Profiles". www.adobe.com.
  18. "Here's all you must know about Hyderabad Public School, where the CEOs of Microsoft, Adobe and Mastercard Studied". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  19. "What do Satya Nadella, Ajay Banga, Syed Akbaruddin have in common? It's the Hyderabad Public School - Mumbai Mirror -". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  20. IANS (5 February 2014). "Satya Nadella's story to inspire youngsters with humble backgrounds" – via Business Standard.
  21. {{Cite web|url=https://hpsbegumpet.org.in

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