Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Women’s College is one of the oldest and most reputed women’s colleges of Hyderabad, established in the year 1954 by the Hyderabad Mahila Vidya Sangham (HMVS). With the vision of empowering women through quality education, the very college stands as a testimony to the vision of Sri Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy, who was the Kotwal (Commissioner of Police) of the erstwhile Hyderabad State, a firm believer in the fact that modern education was the way to empower women. The college has had the rare honour of hosting several distinguished national leaders: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, laid the Foundation Stone on 3rd January 1954; Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the then President of India, inaugurated the college building on 6th January 1955; and Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, inaugurated the Hostel Building on 28th July 1965. The Golden Jubilee Celebrations in 2004–05 were graced by the then President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, at the Valedictory function. College operates, in the spirit of its founding values, at the forefront of providing quality education to women, particularly from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds of the state, thus continuing in its tradition of academic excellence and empowerment.