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Raja Balwant Singh College, Agra (formerly Balwant Rajput College, Agra), was established way back in 1885 by Raja Balwant Singh Ji of erstwhile Awargarh estate. Initially it started as Rajput Boarding House for education and upliftment of the Rajput community of India. In 1885, it was upgraded as Balwant Rajput High School. Col. Dobson and Sir E.H. Forsyth were its headmasters for quite long period. Prominent Rajputs of India, especially of UP, owe their education to this institute. For this high school Balwant Educational Society was created to safeguard the interests of the institution. And for this Raja Sahib insisted and got it implemented that the president of the society will always be the Distt. Judge of Agra.
The High school was raised to the level of intermediate college in 1928 and to that of a degree college in 1940. The pace of development of the college from 1940 onwards has almost been breath-taking and is apparent from its gigantic stature presently. At present RBS College, Agra, is spread over 1000 acres of land and 5 campuses. The college is having a number of faculties including Arts, Science, Education, Library Science and Agriculture and teaching at postgraduate level is done in as many as 31 subjects. The college also have 6 agriculture projects funded by ICAR, New Delhi and Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India including two Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs). It is supposed to be the largest college of Asia Pacific region as far as the area covered and number of subject taught are concerned.
Raja Balwant Singh Management Technical Campus(formerly FMCA) and Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) were established in 1999 and 1996 respectively under the aegis of Balwant Educational Society for imparting quality engineering and management education to all sections of the society without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, culture, religion etc. These two institutions are affiliated to Mahamaya Technical University , Noida (formerly U.P technical University, Lucknow) and are approved by AICTE, New Delhi for B. Tech,M.TEch, MBA , MBA Tourism Mgmt., MCA and Dual Degree MAM , MCA courses. At RBSMTC(formerly FMCA) we have Two year Full time MBA , Two year Full time MBA Tourism Mgmt. , Three year full time MCA and Dual Degree MAM, MCA courses with annual intake of 120,60,60,60 and 60 students respectively.
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