Dyal Singh College, Delhi

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NIRF (Colleges) (2020)	21

Dyal Singh College
दयाल सिंह कॉलेज
	File:Dyal Singh College logo.jpg
Other names	DSC
Motto	"Gather Ye The Wisdom of East And West"
Established	1959
Academic affiliation	University of Delhi
President	Aman Lohmod
Principal	Vinod Paliwal, Ph.D. (Officiating Principal)
Address	Lodhi road, Pragati Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi, 110003, India; 28°35′26″N 77°13′47″E / 28.5905684°N 77.2297249°E
Campus	Urban
Website	dsc.du.ac.in
	Location in Delhi Dyal Singh College, Delhi (India)

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

It has been ranked 21st all over India in the national institutional ranking framework in 2020. Dyal Singh College has been awarded "A" grade by the National assessment and accreditation council in the year 2017. The college admits students from all communities irrespective of gender, caste, religion and physical challenges.

Location[edit]

The college is centrally located at Lodhi Road in New 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. The college is surrounded by prominent and splendid neighbourhoods, markets and societies as Khan Market, Golf Links, Jor Bagh, Rabindra Nagar, Delhi Golf Club, Delhi Race Club and so on. It is often regarded as the most beautiful college of DU. 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 and Delhi Metro.

History[edit]

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 at Rouse Avenue as a constituent college of the University of Delhi w.e.f 5 August 1959 and at present location since 16 October 1962. It was taken over by the University of Delhi as a university maintained institution in 1978.^[1]

College During Festive Season

College Lawns

Departments[edit]

The college currently has the following departments.

Ranking[edit]

Dyal Singh College is ranked 10th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020.[1]

Notable alumni[edit]

Abayi, notable name in the Physics World. And AJRocks, The future aspiring Mathematician, Deep learning researcher.
Alka Lamba, Former member of Delhi legislative assembly
Dr. Govind Singh, Associate Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University,^[3] and Director, Delhi Greens.^[4]
Pankaj Singh, Member of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly
Pooja Kaul, Founder of Organiko. Forbes 30 under 30 | Women Entrepreneur of the year
Priyanka Kothari, Indian actress
Rajvir Singh, former Indian wushu player
Sandeep Kumar, Indian politician
Sehban Azim, Indian actor
Shruti Choudhry, former Member of parliament

References[edit]

↑ "Dyal Singh College – University of Delhi, All India Rank 8th NIRF-17".
↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
↑ "Our Faculty". Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability. O.P. Jindal Global University. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
↑ "Core Team". Delhi Greens. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

External links[edit]

dsc.du.ac.in/main.htm

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[1] "Dyal Singh College – University of Delhi, All India Rank 8th NIRF-17".

[Rankings_NIRF_C_2020-2] "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.

[3] "Our Faculty". Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability. O.P. Jindal Global University. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[4] "Core Team". Delhi Greens. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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