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Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan (22 December 1946 – 21 October 2013) was a member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, founder and chairman Shadan Group of Educational Institutions. He was called "Sir Syed of Deccan".
He was a two-time MLA from the Asifnagar constituency – in 1984 and 1985. Both times he was elected on the Majlis ticket. In 1994 also he contested the election on the MBT ticket but lost to Indian National Congress candidate D. Nagender.
Though he dabbled in politics, Vizarat Rasool Khan is known more as an educationist. He had set up a string of 56 minority institutions, including 18 engineering, five pharmacy and four medical colleges. The first B.Ed college in the Shadan group was established in April 1988 and first engineering college in 1995. He established first Muslim medical college and hospital for Girls after independence.
Positions held
- M.L.A. (A.P) for two terms representing the Asif Nagar Assembly Constituency, 1984-1989.
- Served as the Chairman of A.P. State Minority Financial Corp. Ltd., Govt.of A.P.1985
Personal life
He was survived by wife Shadan Tahniyat and four sons : Dr Sarib Rasool Khan, Dr Saqib Rasool Khan, Azib Rasool Khan, Shah Alam Rasool Khan.
His brother Virasath Rasool Khan was aMLA of MIM.
As educationist
After 1999 he left electoral politics and started concentrating where it mattered the most for him. He formed Shadan group of institutions in 1988 on his wife's name by establishing a B.Ed. College. Presently Shadan runs four medical colleges, 18 engineering colleges and 5 pharmacy, MBA, MCA, and B.Ed. Colleges, and many more junior and degree colleges.
Vizarat Rasool Khan earned the title of Sir Syed of Deccan (South India). In 2003 he started Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences in Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Telangana. The institute is 750-bed hospital attached with a medical college of 150 students as per the Medical Council of India. Then in 2011 he started a separate medical college for Muslim women, Dr. V.R.K. women's medical college. Which is the country's first women's minority medical college.
In April 2012 he received the 'Lifetime achievement award' from the Khan Bahadur Babukhan Foundation.
Death
On 21 October 2013, Dr Vizarat Rasool Khan died at Apollo Hospital undergoing treatment. He was suffering from prolonged illness and was frequently in and out of hospital.
His last rites were performed in around his educational institutes. His Namaz-e-Janaza was offered on Tuesday afternoon after Zohar prayer at Masjid-e-Shadan near its women's engineering college and burial took place at Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences at Himayat sagar road.