Hyderabad: BC welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B Mahesh Kumar Goud have appealed to the Exhibition Society to expand the non-profit educational institutions under its aegis to remote rural areas in Nizamabad, Adilabad, Mulugu and Karimnagar districts so that the students coming from the poor families could avail affordable education.
During the inauguration of the All India Industrial Exhibition (AIIE) Numaish 2025, at the Exhibition Grounds on Friday, January 3, Ponnam expressed hope that the exhibition society would set a target to expand its portfolio of educational institutions from 20 at present, to 30 in a year.
He assured the society that the state government would give all permissions, allot land, and other infrastructure if the exhibition society planned to expand its educational institutions.
Speaking on the occasion, Mahesh Kumar Goud said that the foundation stone for Kamala Nehru Polytechnic College for Women on Exhibition Grounds was laid by former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. It was inaugurated by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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He praised the seventh Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan for initiating the annual Numaish 85 years ago, which he said had become “the poor people’s most accessible entertainment.” It is pertinent to note that the ticket prices have been hiked to Rs 50 this year.
Former MP V Hanumantha Rao recalled the request of the exhibition society to transfer the exhibition grounds land from the roads and buildings department to the society, which has been a long-standing one.
“Every chief minister says they would ensure the transfer but nobody has done that. The ministers present here should give a representation to the chief minister and see that it is done this time around,” he hoped.
Institutions financed by exhibition society
1. Kamala Nehru Polytechnic for Women, Exhibition Grounds, Hyderabad
2. Sarojini Naidu Vanita Maha Vidyalaya, Exhibition Grounds, Hyderabad
3. Sri Venkateswara Engineering College, Suryapet
4. Sardar Patel College, Secunderabad
5. Lal Bahadur College, Warangal
6. Sri Laxmi Narasimha Swamy College, Bhongir
7. Sarojini Naidu Vanita Maha Vidyalaya College of B. Pharmacy, Exhibition Grounds, Hyderabad
8. Sri Venkateswara College, Suryapet
9. Kasturba Gandhi Degree College for Women, Secunderabad
10. Kasturba Gandhi Junior College for Women, Secunderabad
11. Sri Ramalingeswara Degree College, Kulekcharla, Ranga Reddy District
12. Central Institute of Commerce, Secunderabad
13. Rajiv Gandhi Industrial Central, Nirmal, Adilabad District
14. Shankarji Memorial Girls High School, Exhibition Grounds, Hyderabad
15. LN Gupta Memorial Dispensary, Exhibition, Hyderabad
16. Exhibition Society Osmania Graduates Association College of Education, Parigi
17. Lal Bahadur College of Education, Warangal
18. Sri Bramarambhika Mallikarjuna Swamy College of Education, Kalvakurthy
19. JV Nursing Rao Vidyaniketan School, Nirmal
20. Osmania Graduates Association
21. Economic Committee.
