Education has long been a central theme of AKDN’s work in India. The first Aga Khan school was founded in Mundra, Kutch in 1905. During Mawlana Sultan Mohammed Shah’s Diamond Jubilee in the 1940s, more schools were established in India and Pakistan, particularly for girls. 

Today, the Aga Khan Schools in India serve more than 8,000 students per year in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Telangana, via eight schools, one Academy, 19 preschools and one hostel.

More than 90 students currently reside at the Aga Khan Hostel in Hyderabad, which serves as a home away from home and enables students to access quality schooling. The all-boys hostel, established in 1955, provides students with a safe residential environment, alongside academic, co-curricular, and socio-emotional support.

The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, a co-educational residential school established in 2013, offers merit-based admissions and prides itself on a multicultural student body of more than 750 students from India, Afghanistan, the USA, Syria, Germany, Canada, Taiwan, Tajikistan, and more.

An experienced team of educators provide a world-class standard of education to students who excel, year after year, attaining seats at top ranking universities and millions of dollars worth of university scholarships each year.

In an effort to improve its environmental credentials and contribute to AKDN’s aim to achieve net zero carbon by 2030, the Academy recently installed solar panels that will provide 70 percent of its energy requirements. Other Aga Khan Schools in India have also installed solutions to reduce waste and produce green energy. This includes windmills, water treatment plants, plants which convert wet waste into biogas, and moving towards being plastic-free.