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* Syed Altaf Hussain Shah, WAPDA, Pakistan
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* [[Imran Anwar]], IMRAN.TV/EverTrac
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Revision as of 06:44, 5 November 2008

Aitchison College
File:Aitchison-logo.jpg
"Perseverance Commands Success"
Established November 3, 1886
Main Contact Iftikhar A. Malik
Location Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Homepage Aitchison.edu.pk

Aitchison College is a semi-private boys' boarding university-preparatory school located in Lahore, Punjab, in Pakistan. Aitchison College is the descendant of the wards’ School at Ambala and the Chiefs’ Colleges.The college sprawls on a 200-acre (0.81 km2) campus, located in the heart of the city of Lahore.

History

Aitchison College was established on November 3, 1886, when the cornerstone of the school was laid by Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of Dufferin, at the time Governor-General of India. The college was named after Charles Umpherston Aitchison, lieutenant governor of the Punjab at the time of the college's establishment. Starting off as a purely boarding school with one main teaching block, the college has evolved into an institution with a multitude of facilities.

Addressing the boys in 1888 Sir Charles Aitchison said

...much, very much, is expected of you. I trust you will use well the opportunities here afforded of you both for your education and for the formation of your character ... This is an institution from which you will banish everything in thought and word and act that is mean, dishonorable or impure, and in which you will cultivate everything that is virtuous, true, manly and gentlemanly

In undivided India,along with Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow and Mayo College in Ajmer,it was regarded as the most prestigious public school in the Indian plains. The College motto reads:

Perseverance Commands Success

(For day-to-day life in its early days see Historical log of Aitchison College )

The Old Building
Barry Block, the senior school building

Organization and curriculum

Aitchison College is divided into three schools:

  • Junior School (Grades 1-5)
  • Prep School (Grades 6-8)
  • Senior School (Grades 9-13)

Each school is subdivided into houses that have members from each grade of that school. Houses are designed to promote inter-house competitions and mentor ship opportunities, led by prefects and house masters.

The Senior School offers two types of diplomas/certifications, following the British UCLES system. These are the School Certificate/O-level (grades 9 through 11) and the Higher School Certificate/A-level (grades 12 & 13).

School Facts

Fluency in English is the prime criterion for admission in the college. The minimum requirement for 'A' Levels admission is 8 A's and at least a 'B' in English (only in a single attempt) at GCE 'O' Level. The matriculation curriculum was also until 2002 available to students who did not wish to pursue the UK Board examinations. It was cancelled by Principal Shamim Khan when the Campus Girls' High School inside the College (for the daughters of the staff) achieved a better Matriculation result than the students of the college.


Noted alumni

Main page: Category:Old Aitchisonians

Statesmen

Sportsmen

Industrialists

  • Shahzada Alam Monnoo, Founder Monoo Group of Industries
  • Jahangir Alam Monnoo, Director Monoo Group of Industries
  • Aamir Hussain Shirazi, President Atlas Group (Honda Pakistan)
  • Malik Munawer Ali Noon, Ali Pur Noon
  • Osman Khalid Waheed. Ferozsons Pharmaceuticals
  • Sheharyar Sarwar, Al-Hafiz Group.
  • Ch Imran Ahmed, World Trade Inc, Health Aid Pharmacy
  • Syed Babar Ali, owner of packages Pakistan

Science and technology

  • Usman Mobin, Chief Technology Officer at the Government of Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority
  • Asim Mughal, NASA
  • Dr. Umar Saif, Researcher. MIT, LUMS, Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI), Awarded the IEEE Percom'08 Mark Weiser Award and Microsoft Research Digital Inclusion Award
  • Dr. Wasiq Bokhari, Ph.D MIT, Researcher Fermilab, Top quark discovery. Technology entrepreneur.

Corporate

  • Zill-e-Rehman Khan Niazi, Qatar Telecom[1], photographer, writer and contributor to National Geographic[2]
  • Syed Altaf Hussain Shah, WAPDA, Pakistan
  • Imran Anwar, IMRAN.TV/EverTrac
  • Omar Malik, Director, Carbon Services
  • Waqar Ahmad Bajwa, CPA Gujranwala
  • Asad Humayun, HSBC - Global Banking & Markets, London, U.K
  • Mamur Mustapha - CEO , Crescent LTD.
  • Tufail Nadeem, Vice President, Bank of America, Charlotte
  • Muhammed Mamoon Rashid Malek, Vice President, Bank of America
  • Syed Javed Hamid, Senior Economist at World Bank.
  • Jowdat Waheed, President Shritt International
  • Zeshan Saleem Sultan , Arp Hansen Hotel Groups
  • Salman Saleem Sultan, Cinemax Entertainment
  • Syed Zaigham Jaffery, A2Z Endeavors
  • Ali Zulfiqar Khan, A2Z Endeavors
  • Iqbal Aziz ,Director,A2Z Limos 4U Uk Ltd
  • Farhad A. Mian, Aviva Investors North America[3]
  • Nauman A. Khawaja, Co-Founder/ CEO, Vibrant Solutions, U.S.A (www.vibrantsolutions.biz)
  • Naeem Aftab, NetSol Technologies Inc. (www.netsoltek.com)

Religious

  • Baba Madhsudan Singh Bedi (1932-1940), Sikh Spiritual leader.

Performers

  • Basim Usmani - Lead singer The Kominas, a Punjabi taqwacore punk band from the suburbs of Boston, MA
  • M. Usman Khalid Kashmiri - The Poor Souls of Pompeii, an alternative indie rock band from London, UK

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References

  1. ^ a b c Genealogy of the Nawabs of Loharu Queensland University.

Further reading

  • F. S. Aijazuddin, Aitchison College Lahore : 1886-1986 : the first hundred years, Lahore (1986)

External links

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