14 centrespread centrespread 15 JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 04, 2017 JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 04, 2017 Oldest Universities in the World

University of Bologna, Italy The year 2017 marks the bicentenary (200 years) which was originally the Hindu College, Kolkata, which was set University of Established in: 1088 up as an institution for imparting liberal education in 1817 and renamed Presidency College in 1855. In 1852, it Madras University of University of Oxford, UK turned into a public institution open to all communities. The college, earlier affiliated to the University of Jadavpur Established in: 1096-1167 SET-UP IN: 1857 Calcutta Aligarh Muslim Calcutta, was given the status of an independent university in 2010. As celebrations to mark the 200 years kicked University University, off last week with President and former Prime Minister visiting the campus, Established along with SET-UP IN: 1857 Kolkata University of Salamanca, Spain Mumbai and Kolkata SET-UP IN: 1875 Established in: 1134 ET Magazine shines a light on some of 's oldest and most pedigreed universities universities at the same The third university SET-UP IN: 1901 :: Ishani Duttagupta time, it now has six established in 1857 Established by Sir Syed University of Paris, France Established in: 1160-1250 campuses across Ahmad Khan as Was set up as the Chennai FAMOUS ALUMNI: Mohammedan Anglo- National Council of While India can boast of the world’s most ancient university, Nalanda, which flourished in the Ashutosh Oriental College it Education (NCE) in University of Cambridge, UK Established in: 1209 fifth century in Magadha, below are are some of the oldest institutions in modern India FAMOUS ALUMNI: Mukherjee, became Aligarh Muslim Bengal as a Verghese Kurien, social educationist; University in 1920. It is Nationalist response entrepreneur; CV Raman, Jagadish now a central to the universities set physicist; Sarvepalli Chandra public university up by the British as Famous Radhakrishnan, former Bose, scientist; part of the Swadeshi President of India Rabindranath Tagore, FAMOUS ALUMNI: movement. The aim Presidency Nobel laureate Mohammad was to impart Alumni Hamid Ansari, education — literary, Vice-president scientific and Former West of India; technical on Bengal CM Zakir nationalistic lines Buddhdeb Husain, exclusively under Bhattacharjee Serampore College, Howrah, University of former national control West Bengal Mumbai President of Former Lok Sabha India; Mufti In 1910 the Society speaker Somnath SET-UP IN: 1818 SET-UP IN: 1857 Mohammad Sayeed, former for the Promotion of Chattejee J&K chief minister Technical Education This is the oldest college in The University of Mumbai (known in Bengal which India and was set up by English earlier as University of Bombay) is looked after Bengal Former missionaries William Carey, among the first three universities set Technical Institute state Joshua Marshman and up by the British — the other two being (which later became finance minister William Ward and Calcutta. The College of Asim Dasgupta main campus is at Kalina, Santacruz Engineering and Founder of FAMOUS ALUMNI: Lynn Alton de Silva, Sri Technology, Bengal) Ramakrishna Lankan theologian; Roger Adrian Herft, FAMOUS ALUMNI: Mukesh Ambani, CMD was amalgamated Mission Swami Archbishop of Perth; Hokishe Sema, Reliance Industries; BR Ambedkar, chief into NCE Vivekananda former Chief Minister of Nagaland and a architect of Indian constitution; Anil former Governor of Himachal Pradesh Kakodkar, nuclear scientist After Independence, Author the government of Bankim West Bengal, with the Allahabad Chandra concurrence of the Chatterjee University government of India, enacted the SET-UP IN: 1876 Indian Institute of necessary legislation Nationalist leader to establish Jadavpur Subhaschandra Technology, Roorkee The University of University in 1955 Bose Allahabad is a public SET-UP IN: 1847 central university with its Jadavpur University First President origins in Muir Central has successfully Established in the British Empire as of India College, named after Lt. established itself as a India’s first engineering college, The Dr Rajendra Prasad Governor of North- foremost university Roorkee College was later renamed Western Provinces, Sir with a vast repertoire Scientists as The Thomason College of Civil William Muir. It later of courses offered Satyendranath Engineering in 1854. It was given the evolved into an Bose and status of University of the United of Roorkee to Indian Institute of university and in 2005 FAMOUS ALUMNI: Subir Meghnad Saha Province (Uttar Pradesh) in 1948 and Technology Roorkee was given the Central Raha, former MD, ONGC; in 1949 Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first University status. Arundhati Film director Prime Minister of India, elevated it to FAMOUS ALUMNI: Amit Singhal, senior Bhattacharya, the first engineering university of vice-president of engineering at FAMOUS ALUMNI: Chandra CMD, SBI; independent India Uber; Naveen K Jain, founder and Shekhar, former Prime Hemanta Nobel laureate former CEO of InfoSpace; Ashok Minister of India and VP Mukherjee, Amartya Sen In 2001, the university was declared Soota, entrepreneur, cofounder Singh, also former PM singer an institute of national importance, of Happiest Minds and Govind Ballabh Pant, changing its status from University Indian freedom fighter Sources: QS, TopUniversities.com, Presi200.com