NREC Post Graduate College

The famous Seth and education lover Late Sri Rai Bahadur Naththi Mal KCIE & his brother Seth Ram Sahai Mal founded a primary institution Edward Coronation School on 22nd March 1901 in the memory of coronation of King Edward VII in a beautiful garden of the pottery town of Khurja in western Uttar Pradesh. The school might have crept in to all round progress and success when the Hon?ble Governor of United Province of Agra and Avadh Sir James Latoos established the foundation stone of main building of the school and declared starting of teaching on 14th December 1904. The school again started to build steps of progress when it gained the status of high school in 1905 and the district Collector of Bulandshahr Mr. A. B. Ford and later the Hon?ble Lt Governor of Agra and Avadh Province Sir J. P. Heiwett laid the stone of Govind Hostel on 8th November 1906 and Heiwett Hostel on 22nd February 1909, respectively. The huge and beautiful building of present Arts and Science faculties that are A & B blocks and Physics department were also constructed during 1908 to 1909. Later in 1913, the foundation of Ram Sahai Mal library was celebrated by the hands of another Hon?ble Lt Governor of Agra & Avadh Province Sir James Meston. The man of fame and valour in the foundation of the institution unfortunately left to paradise in 1915 and the then management, in the perennial memory of first founders, added two names and the school was renamed as Naththi Mal Ram Sahai Mal Edward Coronation School. The school again jumped from Intermediate School in 1923 to Degree College in 1946 and again when gained the status of Post Graduate College in 1950. The college existed in the race of infrastructural innovations and constructed chemistry department in 1951 which had been given foundation by Respected C. B. Gupt who has later been four times Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The college enormously, again enriched its education status by enhancing LL. B. in 1952, graduation in Zoology and Botany in 1959, B. Ed in 1960, M. Sc. in Physics and Chemistry in 1965 and M. Sc. in Zoology & Botany in 1992. The NREC College is one of the three oldest colleges of C.C.S. University, Meerut and is running in a 80 acre campus of well laid out with aesthetically configurated landscape and planned imperial buildings of Arts, Science, Commerce, Law and Education departments commencing classes in 14 post graduate and 4 graduate subjects with research in all subjects. The college has three grand hostels, very sophisticated central library and departmental libraries of more than one & a half lakh books, well equipped labs, big lecture theaters, Moot Court, latest computer system to facilitate the learning of modern techniques, a grand and marvelous examination Hall, N. R. S. Centre, Proctor Office, D.S.W. office, Students Grievance Removing centre, Students Information Centre, Students Union Room, Teachers Association Room, Guest House, Swimming Pool, Broad Sports Ground and very expansive embowered Green Gardens. With prudence eager readiness and subsist equities, the historic establishment of the college ostensibly is looking for transparency and real equity to meet the challenges and ethics of modern education with vision, planning and good governance towards a more competitive, level field oriented environment, improved productivity and efficiency, institutional innovations, flexible tariff regimes and ensuring modified interests of students. The well qualified, learned, experienced and highly accomplished team of teachers adore to mobilise the students to become more competitive through mind oriental ways of education and the students also are coached for achieving a full national integration and ultimately leading to universal fraternity. On the occasions, the principal and teachers of the college preach the eternal values of ancient saints, philosophers, thinkers and national heroes and efforts are made to keep the students away from the world torn with rivalry, contempt and strife. The college staff also exercise for enhancement of scientific approach and vision among students and full personality development along with NCC, NSS, Sports, literary and cultural activities. This is the age of competition, creativity and the talent with unique blend of imagination, therefore, the college regularly invites eminent academicians to interact with students. Students themselves are involved in extra curricular and co-curricular activities such as seminars, group discussions, cultural and social activities thus are strengthening their practical orientation and are developing themselves in to a successful future. The eminent persons like Hon?ble President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain, The Then Hon?ble Vice President of India Dr. S. Radha Krishanan, Hon?ble Mr. Morarji Desai and Mr. Chandra Shekhar the Prime Ministers of the country, American Ambassador Mr. Jeorge V. Ellen who during his lecture in convocation became very impressed and called the college N.R.E.C. University, visited the college. Among other persons Smt. Tarkeshwari Sinha, Prof. Kalka Prasad Bhatnagar, the then V. C. of Agra University, the biggest University of Asia, Dr. Bal Krishna Rao, Babu Gulab Rai, the renowned Hindi writer, Dr. Ram Narayan Saxena, Prof. Mohd. Habib, Prof. Irfan Habib the renowned historians of A. M. U., Aligarh, Dr. Deevan Chand, Principal Madan Mohan, Dr. C. B. Agarwal, Dr. Sri Ranjan, Prof Govind Trigunayat, Prof.RameshChandra, Dr. R.P.Singh, Prof. S.K. Kak and Dr. Vipin Garg the Vice-chancellor of C.C.S. University Meerut, visited the college and praised its configuration infrastructures, management , teaching and discipline.