The city of Aurangabad with a glorious past was in deep slumber before the late Honorable Dr. Rafiq Zakaria (Ex. Minister and Member of Parliament) discovered it. Among many other plans, he envisioned a centre of higher learning at the site of this legendary base of learning at Rauza Bagh, Aurangabad. The College is situated in the large and beautiful campus with its Mughal architecture and beautifully laid gardens. Today there are two separate campuses running seventeen educational institutions.
The very first task that Dr. Rafiq Zakaria faced, with his ebullient wife, Madam Fatma Rafiq Zakaria when they took up the mission, was to ensure that the new buildings, would harmonize with the old. Thus today we have a pleasing blend of medieval and modern structures including an open-air auditorium with a futuristic dome embellished with minarets, Darwazas, arches and mausoleums with their old-world charm.
Dr. Rafiq Zakaria Today the Campus at its creative best, has over 10,000 boys and girls of diverse caste, class, creed and religion, learning science & technology etc. Its hostels houses around 350 varied students from all communities reflecting unity in cultural diversity.
The college has a large and beautiful Naval Tata Stadium and the Millennium Gymnasium & Sports Complex. There is a playground and large multi-gym with modern equipment for sportsmen and sportswomen from the student and staff community. There are four spacious canteens in the compound, a large parking area with adequate security and gardens with flowering trees, herbs and shrubs on the Campus.
It also offers through its postgraduate and research centre various postgraduate program like MA, M.Com, M.Sc., MPM, MMS etc. the college got recognition as a research centre for Ph.D. program in subject of Chemistry, Geology, English, Hindi, Urdu, Zoology, Botany, Mathematics, Commerce & Management Science..
The College visualizes the academic and Intellectual Development, Moral Upliftment, Social Commitment, Cultural Refinement, Spritual and Emotional Maturity of the future generation of India. The vision also includes the holistic improvemet in the realm of higher education in the jurisdiction of the institute.
To shape its vision into concrete reality the institution has the following mission.