Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNAFAU), is an architecture and
fine arts
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university located at
Masab Tank, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. JNAFAU has two colleges which offer several undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD research programs, with an emphasis of two different colleges: School Of Planning & Architecture and College of Fine Arts. It was established by the erstwhile
Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and ...
in 1940, as the "College of Fine Arts".
In School Of Planning & Architecture offers courses such as Architecture, Digital Techniques for Design & Planning, Facilities and Services Planning, Interior Designing, Planning, etc. in School of planning and Architecture.
In College of Fine Arts courses such as painting, Applied Arts, Photography, Animation, Sculpture, etc., are offered.
History
The University has its roots in College of Fine Arts, which started as a 'School of Arts and Crafts' to promote arts and local crafts, the College has gradually grown in stature as the "Government College of Arts and Architecture" under the management of the Department of Technical Education,
Government of Telangana, Hyderabad.
With the establishment of
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Oct. 1972, the College merged with the university and became a Constituent College of the JNT University. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University has been bifurcated and divided into four different universities, such as
JNTU Anantapur,
JNTU Kakinada,
JNTU Hyderabad, &
JNAFAU, Hyderabad established under A.P. Legislature Act No.31 of 2008 as per the above act, the JNTU College of Fine Arts, has become one of the Constituent College of newly firmed Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture & Fine Arts University, Masab Tank, Hyderabad w.e.f. 2008-09.
Affiliated institutions
Following educational institutions are affiliated the JNAFAU:
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Annapurna International College of Film & Media,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
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ICAT Design & Media College
ICAT Design and Media College is a college specializing in digital design and media. It offersFull-Time Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree and Post Graduate Professional Programs. The college has three campuses around South India: Chenna ...
,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
* Creative Multimedia College of Fine Arts,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
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* C.S.I. Institute of Technology,
Secunderabad
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* S.A.R. College of Architecture, Agiripally
* Sri Venkateshwara College of Architecture,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
* Maestro school of planning and architecture,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
* Vaishnavi School of Architecture and Planning,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
* Masterji College of Architecture,
Vijayawada
Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises N ...
,
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
* Deccan School of Planning & Architecture,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
* Varaha College of Architecture & Planning,
Visakhapatnam
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* School of Architecture & Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies,
Secunderabad
Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the South Central Railway ...
.
* J.B.R. Architecture College, Hyderabad
* Lumbini School of Architecture & Town Planning,
Nalgonda,
Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...
* Aurora's Design Academy, Hyderabad
* Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, School of Architecture & Planning, Hyderabad
* Aurora Design Academy,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
* Aurora's Design Institute, Hyderbad
* Ashoka School of Planning and Architecture,
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
* Woxsen School of Arts & Design, Hyderabad
* Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Fine Arts Academy for Women, Rajanna
Siricilla District,
Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...
* St. Mary’s Visual Arts & Design Degree College,
Sanga Reddy District, Telangana
See also
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Education in India
Education in India is primarily managed by state-run public education system, which fall under the command of the government at three levels: central, state and local. Under various articles of the Indian Constitution and the Right of Chi ...
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Literacy in India
Literacy in India is a key for social-economic progress. The 2011 census, indicated a 2001–2011 literacy growth of 97.2%, which is slower than the growth seen during the previous decade. An old analytical 1990 study estimated that it would tak ...
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List of institutions of higher education in Telangana
References
External links
JNAFAU, Official websitejntu worldjntu world
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Universities in Hyderabad, India
Architecture schools in India
Art schools in India
2008 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
Educational institutions established in 2008
State universities in Telangana