The Centenary of Kinnaird College For Women (1913 – 2013) Commemorative
Postage Stamp April 11, 2013:- This year Kinnaird College for Women
completes its hundred years of providing education and empowering women.
The name Kinnaird comes from a
Scottish titled family that helped and supported the college in its initial
years. Starting with just six students in 1913, Kinnaird grew into one of the
most prestigious women’s colleges in an area which was to become Pakistan. A
hundred years later Kinnaird boasts of more than 4200 students enrolled in its
Intermediate, Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs.
Kinnaird has glorious history of
achievements towards educating women. Since its inception in 1913, it has
produced countless graduates that have made major contributions in all walks of
life and made its alma mater proud. Today Kinnaird stands tall among women
colleges of Pakistan.
At the heart of the college is
the civic and academic goal to cultivate successive generations of women
leaders who possess the skills and resources to address the challenges of
social and economic advancement of their communities.
Kinnaird College for Women seeks
to empower its students by opening doors to newer opportunities. It seeks to
graduate students who will pursue paths as skilled and innovative individuals,
professionals, service-oriented leaders and promoters of tolerance and
understanding throughout the world.
As Kinnaird celebrates its
centennial year, it reaffirms its vision with an ever enlarging stance to
educate and empower women of tomorrow.
On the Centenary of Kinnaird
College for Women Lahore, a commemorative postage stamp of Rs. 15/-
denomination is being issued by Pakistan Post on April 11, 2013.
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