Dyal Singh College (Delhi)

Dyal Singh College

Motto	"Gather Ye The Wisdom of East And West"
Established	1959
Academic affiliation	University of Delhi
Principal	Inderjeet S. Bakshi^[1]
Location	Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Campus	Urban
Website	dsc.du.ac.in

Dyal Singh College, Delhi is a co-educational institute of University of Delhi. The college is one of the institutions of the University of Delhi. It was established in 1959 and is situated in Delhi. It offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses in science, the humanities and commerce.

Location

The college is centrally located at Lodhi Road in South Delhi near Lodhi Gardens, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Safdarjung Tomb, Humayun's Tomb, India Habitat Centre, India International Centre and many other institutions of national and international significance. It is next to Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Metro Station on the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro. The college has connectivity through buses of the Delhi Transport Corporation.

History

The college's origin arose from the estate of Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, founder of The Tribune and Punjab National Bank, who willed his estate in 1895 for the establishment of an educational trust for a secular college. Consequently, Dyal Singh College was established at Lahore in 1910. After the Partition of India, Dyal Singh College was established in Karnal and Delhi. It started functioning in the capital as a constituent college of the University of Delhi in 1959 and was taken over by the University of Delhi as a university maintained institution in 1978.^[2]

Courses offered

BA Programme
BA (Hons.) Hindi
BA (Hons.) Economics
BA (Hons.) History
BA (Hons.) Political Science
BA (Hons.) Geography
BA (Hons.) English
Bachelor in Commerce (Programme)
Bachelor in Commerce (Hons.)
B.Sc Physical Science
B.Sc Physical Science-Computer Science
B.Sc Life Science
B.Sc (Hons.) Mathematics
B.Sc (Hons.) Botany
B.Sc (Hons.) Chemistry
B.Sc (Hons.) Physics
B.Sc (Hons.) Zoology

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Departments

The college currently has the following departments.

Cultural societies

Photography Society (Xposure)
Art And Cultural Society (Jamini)
Drama Society (Astitva)
Dance Society (Zest)
Fashion Society (Glamorratti)
Debate Society (Cognitio)
Music Society (Roots)
Creative Writing Society (Spilled Ink)

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Notable alumni

Sandeep Kumar, politician, Aam Aadmi Party
Alka Lamba, politician, Aam Aadmi Party
Dr. Govind Singh, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi^[5]

References

University of Delhi

Leadership	Chancellor: Honorable Vice-President of India- Mohammad Hamid Ansari Vice-Chancellor: Dinesh Singh

Colleges	Aditi Mahavidyalaya Acharya Narendra Dev Ambedkar Atma Ram Bhagini Nivedita College Bhaskraycharya Daulat Ram Deen Dayal Delhi College of Arts and Commerce Delhi School of Economics Department of Business Economics Deshbandhu Dyal Singh College Faculty of Management Studies Gargi College Hans Raj Hindu Indraprastha Institute of Home Economics Janki Devi Memorial College Jesus and Mary College Kamala Nehru College Keshav Mahavidyalaya Kirori Mal Khalsa College Lady Hardinge Lady Irwin Lady Shri Ram Maharaja Agrasen Maharishi Valmiki College of Education Maitreyi Maulana Azad Miranda House Motilal Nehru Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand Anglo Vedic College Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped Rajdhani Ramanujan Ramjas Ram Lal Anand College Satyawati School of Open Learning Shaheed Bhagat Singh College Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies Sherubtse Shivaji Shri Ram College of Commerce Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College Sri Venkateswara St. Stephen's Swami Shraddhanand Tibbia College UCMS Zakir Hussain

Categories	University Vice-Chancellors Academics Alumni DUSU Presidents

Sports	Delhi University Stadium

Delhi portal

External links

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