In the 17th century Peer Ismail Shah a Sufi and tutor of the Mughal prince Aurangazeb laid the foundation stone of a Madarassa at Rauza Bagh Aurangabad where children of noble lineage were to be taught Arabic and Persian.
Moved by the extreme poverty and backwardness of the people of the region, Zakaria created the Maulana Azad Education Society's campus at Rauza Bagh.
The faculty of Commerce was added and later on, Geology, Industrial Chemistry, Instrumentation Practice, Electronics and Microbiology course were introduced.
This college has been named after the veteran national leader and the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr. Y B Chavan who was a patron and well wisher of the Maulana Azad Educational Trust.
Chavan College of Pharmacy and provided students with their expertise and practical training in their factory and research center in Aurangabad.
It has arrangement with Wider University in the United States which permits the diploma holder of IIHM to enroll with a transfer of credits to their degree course in USA.
Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch whose association with the college may assist Indo-America collaboration in this field.
), a 3-year master's degree Course, with accreditation from AICTE, New Delhi and affiliation of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad.
[7] The college was set up in 1968 to provide higher education facilities to girls whose parents were averse to the co-educational system.
A separate section for the girls was started at the Navkhanda place, a historic landmark, where the first Nizam Asaf Jah I was living.