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{{Infobox college
| name = Kirori Mal College
| image = Kmcfront.jpg|caption=Arts and Humanities Department Building
| established = {{Start date and age|1954}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| nickname = KMC
| academic_affiliation = [[University of Delhi]]
| principal = Vibha Singh chauhan
| campus = North campus
| coordinates = {{Coord|28|40|57|N|77|12|23|E|display=inline}}
| website = {{url|http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/}}
| address = [[University of Delhi|North Campus]], University Enclave
| city = [[New Delhi]]
| parent =
| state =
| country = India
| logo =
}}
'''Kirori Mal College''' is a constituent college of the [[University of Delhi]]. Established in 1954,<ref>{{cite web |title=About KMC |url=http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/about-kmc.html |website=Kirori Mal College |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> it is located in the '''North Campus''' of the university in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the [[sciences]], [[humanities]], [[social sciences]] and [[commerce]]. The [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] accredited it with a CGPA of 3.54 (A++)<ref>{{cite web |title=NAAC Accreditation |url=http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/naac-accreditation.html |website=Kirori Mal College |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> in 2016, which is the third highest among all [[Delhi University]] colleges.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kar |first1=Srivedant |title=KMC bags third highest NAAC score in Delhi University |url=http://dubeat.com/2016/11/kmc-bags-third-highest-naac-score-in-delhi-university/ |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=12 November 2016}}</ref>

==History==
The college began as Nirmala College and was located on Delhi Road. Faced with problems relating to the staff in the period following the [[Partition of India|partition]], the management of the college changed hands and the trust founded by Seth Kirori Mal took over. It shifted to its present campus on 1 February 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/all-the-world-is-a-stage/story-A1ouI4GOPaI7bt5wbkjZ4K.html|title=All the world is a stage|date=24 August 2012|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> The foundation stones of the college were laid down by the first President of India, [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] in the summer of 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/principals-desk.html|title=:: Welcome : Kirori Mal College, University Of Delhi Powered By : Redox Systems|website=www.kmcollege.ac.in}}</ref> The campus infrastructure was designed by the famous architect duo Anand Apte and CSH Jhabvala.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/A-planners-sketches-of-Delhi/articleshow/16025756.cms|title=A planner’s sketches of Delhi | Delhi News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

The first Principal of the college was Ch. Hardwari Lal (1954–57). Kirori Mal College began its first full-fledged functioning from the academic session 1956-57. He was followed by Dr Sarup Singh (1957–65) who later became the Professor-and-Head, Department of English, University of Delhi and then the Vice-Chancellor, DU, followed by becoming the Lt. Governor, Delhi and then the Governor of Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070429/spectrum/book5.htm|first=R.W.|last=Desai|title=Pride of Haryana|website=www.tribuneindia.com|date=29 April 2007|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>

Kirori Mal College was one of the few institutions of the University of Delhi selected for sports training during the [[Commonwealth Games]] in 2010 which led to new facilities being created in the form of a new building and a gymnasium to facilitate sports and other activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/du-starts-vacation-in-advance-83043-2010-10-02|title=DU starts vacation in advance|first=Ritika|last=Chopra|date=2 October 2010|website=India Today|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/commonwealth-games/cwg-du-hostels-all-decked-up-but-where-are-the-visitors-434144|title=CWG: DU hostels all decked up, but where are the visitors?|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/accommodation-tougher-for-du-aspirants-as-games-takes-over-hostels/627576/|title=Accommodation tougher for DU aspirants as Games takes over hostels|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>

== Departments ==

*Department of Bengali
*Department of Botany
*Department of Chemistry
*Department of Commerce
*Department of Computer Science
*Department of Economics
*Department of English
*Department of Geography
*Department of Hindi
*Department of History
*Department of Mathematics
*Department of Philosophy
*Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
*Department of Physics
*Department of Political Science
*Department of Sanskrit
*Department of Urdu
*Department of Statistics
*Department of Zoology

==Student Societies==
The college has activities in drama, debate, quiz, music, fine arts, photography, astronomy, robotics, environment, dance, and film. The drama society of the college is called Players.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/theatre-enthusiasts-flock-to-kirori-mal/article3612868.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Theatre enthusiasts flock to Kirori Mal | date=7 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-06-22/delhi/27827189_1_societies-kirori-mal-amitabh-bachchan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811091743/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-06-22/delhi/27827189_1_societies-kirori-mal-amitabh-bachchan|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2011|title=All the world's a stage at DU|date=Jun 22, 2006|first1=Abantika|last1=Ghosh|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=January 16, 2021}}</ref>

==Hostel==
The college hostel is situated next to the sports complex of the college. Its 89 rooms house around 170 undergraduate and postgraduate students from both India and abroad.<ref>{{cite web |title=KMC Hostel |url=http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/hostel.html |website=Kirori Mal College |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> Hostel seats are allocated to various courses and admission is made on the basis of merit.

==Rankings==
The [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] accredited it with a CGPA of 3.54 (A++) in 2016, which is the third highest among all [[Delhi University]] colleges. The college was ranked 18th among colleges in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework|NIRF]], [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in 2019 and 19th in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2019/CollegeRanking.html|website=www.nirfindia.org|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.careers360.com|title=NIRF College Ranking Analysis 2020: LSR jumps to rank 2, Presidency drops to 5|url=https://news.careers360.com/nirf-college-ranking-analysis-2020-lsr-jumps-rank-2-presidency-drops-5|access-date=2020-11-28|website=news.careers360.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
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Kirori Mal College has a large alumni base. Notable members include:

===Actors, directors and singers===


* [[KK (singer)|KK]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dailyaddaa|title=Know How Singer KK, Kirorimal Graduate Make It To Bollywood: Birthday Treat|url=http://www.dailyaddaa.com/entertainment-news/know-how-singer-kk-kirorimal-graduate-make-it-to-bollywood-birthday-treat-676737.html|access-date=2020-11-28|website=dailyaddaa.com|language=en}}</ref> - Playback Singer
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] - actor
* [[Ravi Baswani]] - film actor
* [[Siddharth Narayan]] - actor
* [[Prashant Narayanan]] - actor
* [[Sanam Puri]] - Singer
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] - actor and comedian
* [[Vijay Raaz]] - film actor
* [[Divyendu Sharma]] - actor
* [[Sushant Singh]] - film and television actor
* [[Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub]] - actor
* [[Ali Abbas Zafar]] - director
* [[Vijay Krishna Acharya]] - screenwriter and director
* [[Kabir Khan (director)|Kabir Khan]] - director
* [[Sargun Mehta]] - television actress
* [[Sonam Sherpa]] musician [[Parikrama]]

===Politicians===

* [[Naveen Patnaik]] -Indian politician, Chief Minister of [[Odisha]], India and the chief of Biju Janata Dal, a regional political party in Odisha. He is a writer and has published three books
* [[Madan Lal Khurana|Madanlal Khurana]] - former Chief Minister of Delhi
* [[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]] -politician
* [[Girija Prasad Koirala|G.P. Koirala]] - Former Prime Minister of Nepal
* [[Pravesh Verma]], Delhi politician

===Others===


* [[Padmavathy Bandopadhyay]] - first woman Air Marshal of Indian Air Force
* [[Habib Faisal]] - Hindi screenwriter and director
* [[Gaurav Bidhuri]] - boxer who won medal at World Championship
* [[Yogesh Kathuniya]] - Paralympic Athlete - Discus throw
* [[Vaibhav Singh Yadav]] - World Boxing Council(WBC) Asia & Asian Boxing Federation(ABF) Titles Champion
* [[Mohan Singh Kohli|M.S. Kohli]] - Indian mountaineer
* [[Massoud Khalili]]
* [[M. S. Krishnan (professor)|M. S. Krishnan]] -Chair of Business Information Technology at the [[University of Michigan]]'s [[Ross School of Business]]
* [[Abhay Kumar]] - poet, artist and diplomat
* [[Sanjivan Lal]] - film maker
* [[Harbans Mukhia]] - Indian historian
* [[Saeed Naqvi]] - journalist
* [[Parikrama (band)|Parikrama]] - band
* [[Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore|Raghuvendra Singh Rathore]]
* [[Rajshekhar]] -Indian lyricist
* [[Himanshu Sharma]] - Bollywood screenwriter
* [[Mrityunjay Kumar Singh]]
* [[Dinesh Thakur]] - theatre director
* [[Mirza Waheed]] - Writer
* [[Arjun_Dev_(historian)]]- Writer, Educationist and Historian, he co-wrote some of the extremely popular NCERT books<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arjun-dev-a-legendary-historian-passes-away/article31201575.ece|title=Arjun Dev: a legendary historian passes away|first1=Aditya|last1=Mukherjee|first2=Mridula|last2=Mukherjee|date=29 March 2020|via=www.thehindu.com|access-date=January 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/education/arjun-dev-historian-tribute|title=Remembering Historian Arjun Dev, Who Spearheaded the Effort to Create Modern Textbooks|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article9290.html|title=Professor Arjun Dev, The Historian of ‘Contemporary World’ - Mainstream|website=www.mainstreamweekly.net}}</ref>

===Notable faculty===
* [[Hiren Gohain]]
* [[Krishna Kumar (educationist)|Krishna Kumar]]
* [[Sarup Singh]] (ex-VC, University of Delhi and former governor of Kerala and Gujarat )

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.kmcollege.ac.in/}}

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