The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet (HPS, Begumpet) 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) and is managed by the Hyderabad Public School Society and the Board of Governors.

History

thumb|A cricket match being played with the main building of the Hyderabad Public School in the background, c. 1940s

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.

  • 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

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|Satya Nadella

|CEO of Microsoft

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|Shailesh Jejurikar

|President & CEO of Procter & Gamble

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|Ajaypal Singh Banga

| President of the World Bank<br/>Former CEO of Mastercard<br/>Vice Chairman of General Atlantic<br/>Chairman of Exor

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|Shantanu Narayen

|President and CEO of Adobe Inc.

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|Prem Watsa

|Business magnate and CEO of Fairfax Financial

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|Raghu Ram Pillarisetti

|Padma Shri Awardee & Founding Director, KIMS-Ushalakshmi Centre for Breast Diseases at KIMS Hospitals

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|T. K. Kurien

|CEO of Wipro

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|Soumith Chintala

|Cofounder & Lead of PyTorch

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|Megha Mittal

|Former chairman and MD of Italian fashion house Escada

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|Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria

|Founder and CEO, Cobra Beer

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|Saad Bin Jung

|Cricketer and conservationist

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|Syed Akbaruddin

|Indian diplomat and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations

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|Menaka Guruswamy

|Senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India

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|Ashok Gajapathi Raju

|Former Civil Aviation Minister

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|M. M. Pallam Raju

|Former Minister of Human Resource Development

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|Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

|Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

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|Asaduddin Owaisi

|Lok Sabha MP

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|Akbaruddin Owaisi

|Telangana MLA

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|Ram Charan

|Actor and producer in the Telugu film industry and entrepreneur

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|D. Bala Venkatesh Varma

|Diplomat

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See also

  • The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur
  • List of schools in Hyderabad, India

References

  • Official website