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If you find everything about Villa Marie usual, savor one last factoid. Have you ever seen 45 boys being beaten up by cops and put behind bars for loafing around in your college?
Where: 6-3-1089, Somajiguda (3.5 km)
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on your way to the college, if you are hassled by a bus-full of students who are incessantly screaming "Coca-Cola, Pepsi... Vasavi Sexy," do forgive them. They are, after all, just being honest!
Where: 9-5-81, Ibrahimbagh
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Whether or not it's true that the buildings were once the stables for the elephants of the Nizam, the alumni of Nizam's have certainly gone on to achievements of truly mammoth proportions.
Where: LB Stadium Rd, Fateh Maidan, Basheer Bagh (1 km)
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The name of this college holds a challenge. The challenge is to rattle it all off in one breath!
Where: Ramakrishna campus, Sainikpuri (12.4 km)
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Students who earn a seat at this college walk around bathed in a sweet satisfied glow. It's understandable - the competition to get in here is not just fierce, it's rabid.
Where: Kukatpally Housing Board Colony, Kukatpally (13.3 km)
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And who would have thought old Alwal to have had such a large college in it?
Where: Plot Number 336, Citizen Colony, Old Alwal, Old Alwal (11.9 km)
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There really isn't a dull moment at perhaps South-India's best private engineering college. Not counting the class-hours, that is.
Where: Ocean Park Rd, Kokapet Village, Gandipet Mandal, Gandipet
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They were young, underdressed and scared for their life. Who are these girls? And why do they run?
Where: Street.No.6, Umanagar, Begumpet (4.6 km)
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BITS-Pilani needs no introduction, and neither do any of its off-shoots. Yet, the Hyderabad campus, with its 200-acre campus, commands a visit, even if you're not an aspiring student screened by its rather well-known, rigorous test.
Where: Jawahar Nagar Village, Shamirpet
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Anything with two 'I's and a 'T' in it should technically remind you of nerds. And IIIT makes nerds remind you of cool people to hang around with!
Where: Gachibowli (2.6 km)
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If you can afford the money, you could do much worse. Yes, Toto, you're not in Kansas anymore.
Where: ISB Campus, Gachibowli (11.5 km)
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Better known as Reddy Women's, RBVRR is an underrated educational institution. The place has plenty of personality, both in terms of its Nizam-era origins and the quality of it students, and is easily one of the top-tier women's colleges in Hyderabad.
Where: 3-4-527, Narayanaguda (2.9 km)
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St. Ann's is known to be conservative, and, yet has a reputation for imparting education that is well-rounded. Its mere presence on the Mehdipatnam road, commands the respect due to a venerable institution.
Where: Santhoshnagar Colony, Mehdipatnam (7.9 km)
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MOUs with universities in the US, the UK and Australia, technology conferences, and an active engineering students' community - all hint at a hard-working culture. Literary leanings, sports, and the occasional rock concert hint at coolth. Overall, this is easily one of the most respected engineering colleges in the state.
Where: Yamnampet, Ghatkesar (1.9 km)
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In a land where an IIT is considered a monument of learning – not without good reason – Hyderabad has an excuse to feel elated. Okay, so technically, Medak is not Hyderabad, but technically, neither were Gandipet and Madhapur until a decade ago.
Where: IITH Main Road, Near NH-65, Sangareddy, Kandi