Golden Threshold

13/09/2026

🎉 𝗚𝗧 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗼𝗛’𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱! 🌟

On December 28, 2024, 70 alumni from the 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 (𝗨𝗼𝗛), representing the Humanities and Social Sciences, reunited to relive their cherished days at the iconic 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 (𝗚𝗧) campus. These alumni, who graduated between the late 1970s and 1980s, have become civil servants, academics, and business leaders.

🏛️ GT, a hub of intellectual activity and friendships, housed Humanities and Social Sciences until 1988 before becoming home to the Sarojini Naidu School of Performing Arts. Alumni paid tribute to their esteemed faculty, including:
📖 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗥𝗩𝗥 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗼, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗮, 𝗚. 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗹
📚 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆: 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗻𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝗶𝗱𝘂, 𝗚𝗦 𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗮
📊 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀: 𝗥. 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗮, 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘂
✍️ 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵: 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗷𝗲𝗲, 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲
🧠 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆: 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗶, 𝗦𝗚 𝗞𝘂𝗹𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶

A two-minute silence honored teachers and classmates who are no longer with us. Many credited their success to GT’s rigorous training.

🗞️ 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀:
Current faculty shared plans to restore GT as a heritage structure and transform it into a museum for Sarojini Naidu, as well as a hub for literary and cultural events. Alumni pledged their support for this vision.

📅 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
The GT Vintage group will now meet every December to keep the memories alive.

Here’s to celebrating the legacy of Golden Threshold and shaping its future! 🌟

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31/10/2024

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28/03/2023

20/08/2021

The new Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad , Prof.B.J.Rao prioritising the restoration of the heritage complex of Golden Threshold, home of Sarojini Naidu, and promising to use the renewed space for turning University of Hyderabad into University FOR Hyderabad. Prof. Vinod Pavarala with Dr. Jeelani, Director, CDVL, and Dr. Janardhan Rao Cheeli during the Vice Chancellor's visit to the Golden Threshold on August 10, 2021

25/06/2021

Deepika Ratan gets an honorary mention for the Urban Communication Foundation / IAMCR Urban Communication Research Grant for 2021

Deepika Ratan, a PhD Research Scholar working under the guidance of Prof Vinod Pavarala at the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad has been awarded the 'UCF/IAMCR Urban Communication Research Grant Honorary Mention for 2021' for her project: "Role of Communication in Production of Space: An ethnographic study of a working class migrant community in Hyderabad, India"

The selection committee includes noted scholars such as
Janet Wasko (Chair), University of Oregon, USA
Susan Drucker, Hofstra University, USA
Gary Gumpert, Urban Communication Foundation, USA
Cees Hamelink, Netherlands
Nico Carpentier, Charles University, Czech Republic

Her proposal foregrounds Henri Lefebvre’s The Production of Space to understand the role of communication in the processes employed by a working class Odiya (people of eastern Indian state, Odisha) migrant community for producing and negotiating space in an urban setting.

The work done by her will contribute to understanding the dynamics between migrant communities and the cities they move to, by highlighting the phenomenological aspect of production and negotiation of spaces that manifest themselves in a range of, sometimes subtle, communicative forms.

By adopting ethnographic approach, this study highlights that community development is the main fulcrum through which the community produces and reproduces space. Among the various aspects of community development, this study focuses on three strands which are communicative in nature and scope. They are i) Cultural performativity, ii) Community narrative and iii) Community communication hotspots.

This study is an on-going doctoral research project which seeks to examine the complicated, yet intertwined, relationship between migration, communication, and the production of space in an urban landscape.

The awards will be formally granted during IAMCR's 2021 online conference from 11-15 July 2021 hosted in Nairobi

Funded by the Urban Communication Foundation, the annual $1,750 research grant supports communication and media research that advances our understanding of the growing complexity of the urban environment. It is predicated on the assumption that communication scholars have a valuable contribution to make to understanding the urban landscape. https://iamcr.org/awards/ucf21