The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet or HPS, Begumpet (formerly Jagirdars’ College) is a privately funded public school in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The school has grades from pre-primary to the 12th (ages 3 to 17). The school is affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE, ISC), the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Cambridge International Education (CIE). It is managed by the Hyderabad Public School Society and the Board of Governors.
History
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. After the Zamindari system was abolished in 1950, it was renamed as the Hyderabad Public School in 1951.
Campus The school has a campus with buildings built in the Indo-Saracenic style.
Recognition HPS, Begumpet has widely been recognized as one of the best lower educational institutions in India. Accolades include:
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. Future 50 Award: The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet has been ranked as one among the Future 50 schools shaping the success in the Country. Education Today's 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. 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. 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.
Notable alumni +NameOccupationReferences Satya Nadella CEO of MicrosoftShailesh JejurikarPresident & CEO of Procter & GambleAjaypal Singh Banga President of the World BankFormer CEO of MastercardVice Chairman of General AtlanticChairman of Exor Shantanu NarayenPresident and CEO of Adobe Inc.Prem WatsaBusiness magnate and CEO of Fairfax FinancialJonnalagedda ChalapatiAir MarshalRaghu Ram Pillarisetti Padma Shri Awardee & Founding Director, KIMS-Ushalakshmi Centre for Breast Diseases at KIMS HospitalsT. K. KurienCEO of WiproSoumith ChintalaCofounder & Lead of PyTorch Megha MittalFormer chairman and MD of Italian fashion house EscadaKaran Bilimoria, Baron BilimoriaFounder and CEO, Cobra BeerSaad Bin JungCricketer and conservationistSyed AkbaruddinIndian diplomat and Permanent Representative of India to the United NationsMenaka GuruswamySenior advocate in the Supreme Court of IndiaAshok Gajapathi RajuFormer Civil Aviation MinisterM. M. Pallam RajuFormer Minister of Human Resource DevelopmentNallari Kiran Kumar ReddyFormer Chief Minister of Andhra PradeshY. S. Jaganmohan ReddyFormer Chief Minister of Andhra PradeshGaddam Vivek VenkatswamyLok Sabha MPAsaduddin OwaisiLok Sabha MPAkbaruddin OwaisiTelangana MLAMekapati Goutham ReddyMLANagarjunaActor and producer in the Telugu film industry and entrepreneurRam CharanActor and producer in the Telugu film industry and entrepreneurSharwanand Actor in the Telugu film industryRana DaggubatiActor in the Telugu film industrySumanthActor in the Telugu film industryHarsha BhogleCricket commentatorD. Bala Venkatesh VarmaDiplomatRamendra KumarAuthor of children's booksNikhil SiddharthaActor in the Telugu film industrySridhar TayurEntrepreneur and professor at Carnegie Mellon UniversityTeja SajjaActor in the Telugu Film Industry Samay RainaIndian Stand-up Comedian and YouTuber
See also The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur List of schools in Hyderabad, India
References
External links
Official website