BADRUKA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ARTS (BCCA)

Vision

Badruka College of Commerce works towards the goal of continuous improvement, discovery and sharing of knowledge with young men and women by providing them broad based quality higher education on international standards. The institution strives to transform them into enlightened, spiritually inspired, emotionally balanced, self reliant, morally upright and socially committed citizens of the country.

Badruka College of Commerce & Arts

Badruka College of Commerce and Arts (BCCA) was established in 1950 at Daru Shifa to educate young boys and girls by instilling in them,the noble values of justice,truth and dignity of life.Initially, it was started with a two-year Intermediate Course and within two years it was upgraded to a degree college in 1952. Later, the College was shifted to a spacious and centrally located 'Gadwal Palace' at Nampally, to cater to the growing needs of the student community. After two years, an evening college was started to encourage the working students who could not pursue their studies in the day-time due to economic compulsions.In 1958-59, the College secured permission to conduct pre-university and a three-year degree course in the evening. As the College was growing gradually, year after year the accommodation at Gadwal Palace was found to be inadequate for the holistic development of the students coming from varied backgrounds.In 1964,the College acquired a sprawling campus on Kachiguda Station Road. The College is housed in an impressive heritage building with spacious classrooms, library, reading rooms, conference halls, computer labs, audio-visual lab and an excellent state-of-the-art auditorium. The campus atmosphere is student friendly and cosmopolitan in nature for the over-all development of the students.

The Government of AP abolished evening colleges in 1988. The evening college sections were shifted to day-time and started functioning as a separate shift, i.e., afternoon shift. The College started B.Com.(Computers) course in 1998-99 and B.Com.(Hons)in 2005-06,which are well received by the students. Apart from its infrastructure BCCA has earned high reputation in the academic field. The students have brought laurels to the College by securing highest marks at the University examinations.The students always secured at least 5 out of 10 ranks in the university exams. The credit not only goes to the industrious and hard-working students of the College, but also to its team of dedicated and highly experienced faculty members.

Courses Offered

Day Shift	B.Com [Regular]
	B.Com [Computers]
	B.Com [Honours]
Afternoon Shift	B.Com [Regular]

Those who have qualified at Intermediate or equivalent examination are eligible for admissions to B.Com courses. Students are admitted on the basis of merit.

Dr GSR Somayaji, BSc, LL.B, ACS, MBA, Ph.D

Principal

Dr. P. Venkateswar Rao

Vice Principals

Dr. K. Someshwar Rao
Mr. Rajesh Agarwal

Governing Body

Distinguished Faculty

When the College started in 1950 it had a Principal and two permanent lecturers. Now, it has 47 permanent faculty members constituting the core academic resource. The criteria for appointment, retention and promotion are designed to attract the high quality of faculty as per the guidelines of UGC and the Government of AP. Extension lecturers are arranged, by inviting professionals from Industry, Banking, Marketing, Psychology and Medicine to update our students about the latest developments in these areas. Academicians from leading Institutions are invited to guide and interact with the students.

Faculty expertise in latest teaching methods is constantly updated through refresher courses, seminars, workshops and internal feed-back as per the norms of NAAC, UGC, Government of AP and Osmania University. The College has a dedicated team of lecturers who sincerely believe in value and need-based teaching and the growth of student community to compete with the global standards of education. Majority of the faculty members have put in over two decades of service in the College. They have also undertaken providing guidance for M.Phil, PhD and other projects. They have presented papers in national and international seminars, apart from publications to their credit in leading magazines / journals.

BCCA faculty also shares their knowledge and expertise to some of the leading educational institutions Of India as part of its faculty training and exchange programs. Several members are invited as visiting faculty at different institutions, universities and also industries. The faculty also plays a vital role in the administration of different departments. Many BCCA lecturers serve in various important academic committees in capacities like Senates, Board of Studies, syllabus framing bodies of Osmania University and various autonomous colleges. BCCA has carved a niche for itself in the academic world due to the sincerity, dedication and commitment of its faculty.

The faculty members of the College have authored and co-authored several text books and reference books for the students of Osmania University and other universities in India and abroad. The faculty consists of ‘Best Teacher’ awardees conferred by the Government of AP and recognized bodies like Lions Club of India, etc. It is a tradition in this College for the teachers to update their knowledge with the latest developments in their respective fields for the benefit of the students. The faculty members are always approachable to students for clarifying doubts in academic and non-academic matters.

Library

Books open broader avenues to the human mind. Our College library is a treasure house of over 50,000 books in different fields of commerce Economics, Management, Computers, General Knowledge, as well as for various competitive exams. It also contains books for international exams like IELTS, TOEFL, etc. The Library is fully computerized with internet-facility. Several CDs are also available for the reference of the students. There is a spacious reading-cum-reference room. Books can be borrowed from the library, as per rules stipulated by the Library Committee. The library also subscribes to newspapers, magazines and exclusive journals. A student is allowed to borrow six books at a time, besides using reference facility for reading. World-famous encyclopedias are preserved for reference. The library is maintained through UGC grants and funding from Badruka Educational Society.

Computers and Audio-Visual Facilities

Computers play an important role in the educational field of any nation. The national policy on education (NPE) 1986 emphasized the introduction of technology in education. Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) is a popular technique used for education all over the world. Keeping this in view, 170 Compaq Pentiums are installed in centrally air-conditioned computer labs with internet-facility, exclusively for B.Com. Students. Highly qualified and experienced faculty caters to the needs of the students in this ever changing environment. With the changing examination pattern, there was a need for one more computer lab which was established with 60 PCs and server facilities. A separate computer lab is also established for English Language training and communications skills with 40 Compaq Pentiums and head phone facilities suitable for English language.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Extra-Curricular activities are encouraged in our College for the overall development of the students. They participate in various competitions conducted in the College and also by other Colleges in the Twin Cities as well as state and national levels.

Achievements of Talented Students

• Mr G Joyson, Mr Sameer Dattani, Mr Vineeth Suresh and Mr Anoop were selected to participate in CHAOS'11 organized by IIM-A.


• Mr Aman Chindalia and Mr Vineeth Suresh participated in QUARK - National level competition organized by BITS Pilani, Goa campus and bagged prize in Business Quiz.


• Mr Kamal Deep Raghu participated in ‘ArthaShastra -2011’ at St. Francis Women’s College, Begumpet and won the title of ‘Mr CEO’.


• Ms Haritha won a cash prize of Rs1,000 at a singing competition conducted by Hindi Maha Vidyalaya.


• Mr Bajrang Bhati and Mr Anil Kumar Ozha bagged the first and second prizes in Hindi elocution and received cash prize of Rs1,000 each.


• Mr Pradyumna and Ms Haritha bagged the first and second prizes in singing competition conducted by AV College of Arts &Science, Hyderabad and received cash prizes.


• Mr Aditya bagged second prize in Bhagwad Gita recitation competition conducted by Jai Srimannarayana Vikas Tarangini and won a cash prize of Rs 6,000.

Games & Sports

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. The College believes in recreation and recreation is required to refresh the mind and body. Our College has adequate facilities for games and sports; both outdoor and indoor games facilities are made available to the students.

Achievements

• Mr Raghavendra Goud bagged the bronze medal in the ‘Best Physique’ competition at Osmania University. He also bagged a silver medal for power lifting in the University.


• Mr Sandeep won a silver medal in fencing in Osmania University and was selected for an international event in Philippines.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)

Our college has an army wing NCC Infantry Company affiliated to 5 (Andhra) Battalion with Group Head Quarters at Hyderabad. The authorized strength is 200 cadets and a Commissioned Officer with Company Commander Designation. In several state level and national level competitions and camps conducted by NCC Directorate of Andhra Pradesh, our Cadets participated and brought laurels to the institution as ‘Best Cadets’ and ‘Best All round Cadets’. Every year our cadets get selection to participate in prestigious Republic Day Parade at New Delhi and Youth Exchange Program (YEP) in different countries. University and Government give due recognition to the candidates having passed ‘B’ and ‘C’ certificate in higher studies and employment opportunities in Civil and Military disciplines. Many of our cadets have been selected as officers in the Indian Army. Our college NCC is also having a separate girls wing of NCC.

Achievements

• Ms Simran received the ’Best Cadet’ award in the academic year 2010-11.


• Our SD cadets were trained in Aizwal Contonment, Kanchanjanga Mountaineering Camp and Rann of Kutch Trekking Camp, Ladakh, Leh-Kargil Mountain Warfare and Infantry ‘Close-Quarter Battle’ methods, etc.

National Service Scheme (NSS)

The college is spearheading the social service activities with the dedicated and committed program officers guiding the volunteers to take up the social responsibilities and dedicate themselves for the cause. From past one decade every year NSS volunteers have participated in National Level and State Level programs and every time bagged prizes and brought laurels to Osmania University and the college. The committed volunteers have taken up the task of participating in the Blood Donation Campus and free eye-check up and health check up camps. Prof K Ramakrishna, NSS Coordinator, O.U selected college premises to hold the Program Officers’ Meet Wherein 125 program officers from Hyderabad and Rangareddy Districts participated. Mr Bhaskar Rao, State Liasion Officer,NSS, Dept of Higher Education, Govt of A.P. was the chief guest. He praised the college NSS units and extended his full support to conduct mega activities.

Placement Cell

BCCA has a well equipped Placement Cell established by Badruka Educational Society to assist all wings of the Badruka Group. It provides employment opportunities to final-year students and has more than 200 organizations as our clients. Our students are well placed in several Indian and multinational companies like GE Capital International, Global Trust Bank, DELL Computers, Infosys,Deloitte International etc. The Placement and Grooming cell conduct campus Recruitment Training for the students. The students are trained in Soft Skills, Communication Skills and Personality Development by renowned institutions like TIME, Career Launcher, etc.

Alumni Association

It is a matter of great pride that more than 75000 students have graduated from this great institution. They are spread far and wide within the country and abroad. We find a ‘Badrukan’ in every office and firm holding a good position, be it in banks or MNCs. Practicing Chartered Accountants produced by Badruka Institution are found all over Hyderabad. To gain from their enormous experience and expertise and facilitate an academic interaction between the past and present students, an Alumni Association has been formed, which is registered with the Government of AP (vide Regd No.130/08).Alumni Dayis celebrated every year on 2 August, which also happens to be the Foundation Day of the College.