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
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 University of Delhi. It was established in 1959 and is situated in Delhi. It offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses in Science, 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 the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Metro Station on the Violet Line of 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 in 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.

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

Departments

The college currently has following departments.

• Bengali
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Commerce
• Computer science
• Economics
• English
• Geography
• Hindi
• History
• Mathematics
• Philosophy
• Physical Education
• Physics
• Political science
• Punjabi
• Urdu
• Zoology

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)

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

External links

• Dyal Singh College Delhi
• University of Delhi
• Dyal Singh College Karnal
• Dyal Singh College Lahore
• Dyal Singh College, Delhi at wikimapia

• Dyal Singh College Velfies Page

• http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-minister-stands-taller-for-touching-wifes-feet-everyday/