New Delhi: R.D. and S.H. National College, established with the blessings and leadership of Rishi Dayaram Gidumal and Dr. Annie Besant in 1949, is one of the oldest colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai and the first of 24 educational institutions established by the Hyderabad Sind National Collegiate Board. A proud Sindhi Minority institute which is truly ‘national’ in spirit, it has grown from strength to strength in the past 7 decades.
We are the mother institution and so envelope within ourselves the cultural richness and the history of the Hyderabad and Sindh Board. In our legacy of 70 years, we have had leaders and prominent personalities from all walks of life from the late president of India. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to the music maestro, A.R. Rahman, visiting and motivating our students from time to time.
Furthermore, challenges are only opportunities to strengthen the mind, the race and the world at large, and our institute has been successful in transforming the ongoing pandemic challenge into an opportunity to empower the youth with the essential tools for overcoming such situations and providing assistance to civic and administrative bodies during such global crises through social outreach initiatives such as promotion of khadi masks, helpline for mental illnesses, launch of the innovation and entrepreneurship cell, virtual lab, skill-based online workshops and webinars, motivational talks on radio channels, to name a few.
Keeping in sync with this glorious 70 years’ legacy, we are actively involved in creating awareness and sensitizing young generations towards green practices through various activities and initiatives. One such is developing a Medicinal Plant Garden with approximately 200 species of plants in collaboration with Sushila Ayurveda Hospital & Research Centre, Nashik.
The initiative was inaugurated on 25th July 2021 at the hands of Aditya Thakeray, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Govt. of Maharashtra in the presence of Anil Harish, Trustee and the Immediate Past President of the HSNC Board, Dr Niranjan Hiranandani, Provost HSNC University, Trustee of the HSNC Board, trustees and the members of the HSNC Board, Dr. Neha Jagtiani (Principal) and the staff and students of National College.
This initiative is a part of “Swachh Campus Campaign” being launched by the college in the academic year 2021-22 and is aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission. This garden, with several medicinal plants, including endemic and threatened species, will be a permanent exhibition with information of the plants and their medicinal importance and will be accessible virtually to students, teachers and researchers of Botany and Ayurveda from November 2021 onwards.
