Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology

Overview

The Zakir Husain College of Engineering & Technology was established on 21st November 1938, after a great scholar of AMU and the former President of India, Dr. Zakir Husain. It is affiliated by Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. The College is accredited by AICTE and also approved by NBA. AMU Roboclub fosters enthusiasm towards electronics to implement new, innovative ideas.AMU Roboclub alumni attribute a portion of their successes to the time and effort they spent at AMU Roboclub.It was formed in 2006 to motivate the ZHCET to improve their soft skills.

Zakir Husain Delhi College (formerly known as Zakir Husain College, Anglo Arabic College, and Delhi College), founded in 1696, is the oldest existing educational institution in India, and is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, accredited with NAAC 'A++' grade. The college comprises an area of 150 acres. The college is situated in south campus of University of Delhi[2] It has had a considerable influence on modern education as well as Urdu and Islamic learning in India, and today remains the only Delhi University college offering BA (Hons) courses in Arabic and Persian.

It was initially founded by Ghaziuddin Khan in 1696, a general of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, a leading Deccan commander and the father of Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I, the founder of the Asaf Jahi dynasty of Hyderabad, also known as the first Nizam of Hyderabad, in 1690s, and was originally termed Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan after him. However, with a weakening Mughal Empire, the Madrasa closed between 1790 and 1791, but with the support of local nobility, an oriental college for literature, science and art, was established at the site in 1792.

It stood just outside the walled city of Delhi outside the Ajmeri Gate, near Paharganj close to the New Delhi railway station. It was originally surrounded by a wall and connected to the walled city fortifications and was referred to as the College Bastion. It was reorganized as the 'Anglo Arabic College' by the British East India Company in 1828 to provide, in addition to its original objectives, an education in English language and literature.