nagpur come monday hislop college will become the first educational institute of the region to have a commemorative postage stamp released on itthe stamp will be released at the concluding ceremony of the bicentennial anniversary celebrations of the institutes founder reverend stephen hislop which will be held on monday governor of tamil nadu banwarilal purohit will be the chief guest while union minister of road transport and highways nitin gadkari will be the guest of honourthe college is the third educational institute in the country to get a stamp released this year the stamp is not just an addition to the rich legacy of the 135yearold college but is also significant for the region said principal dipti christianset up in 1883 the institute bagged the stamp for its significant contribution in spreading education said viceprincipal prantik banerjee the selection process was carried out by a scrutiny committee under the ministry of communicationsin 2016 hislop was granted heritage status by the university grants commission new delhi from the current academic session the college is starting a bachelor of vocation in tourism bvoc we are the first in the city to offer this course tourism industry is at a nascent stage and with nagpur being declared as the tiger capital we hope to boost employment said christianthe college was established in an era when the district of nagpur was under the rule of bhonsla king archives reveal stephen hislop had arrived in nagpur on february 13 1845 and founded the first school in shukrawari on may 2 1846in 1883 the first college named after hislop was started in mahal with reverend jg cooper as its first principal in 1941 the college got its first indian principal dg moses it was then shifted to civil lines in the same year the first batch of girl students was admitted thus creating opportunity for the girls of the region to pursue higher educationends