D.A.V. Post Graduate College, Dehradun

Dayanand Anglo Vedic Post Graduate College

Other name	D.A.V. PG College
Motto	"तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय"
Established	1948;77 years ago (1948)
Affiliation	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
Principal	S. K. Singh
Academic staff	140
Students	12500
Address	DAV College Road, Karanpur , Dehradun , Uttarakhand , 248001 , India
Website	www.davpgcollege.in

D.A.V. (Post Graduate) College Dehradun is a government aided college in the city of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

History

The Arya Samaj evening school was transferred from Meerut to the valley of Dehradun in the year 1892. ^[1] It was later developed into the D.A.V. School. It became Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Postgraduate College, Dehradun, in 1948.

Affiliation

• Agra University-1948 ^[2]
• HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand.

Faculties

• Arts
• Science
• Commerce
• Education
• Law

Courses

Bachelor of Arts

(Three-year degree course)

1. Economics
2. English Literature
3. History
4. Maths
5. Drawing & Painting
6. Indian Classical Music
7. Geography
8. Political Science
9. Statistics
10. Hindi
11. Sociology
12. Sanskrit
13. Psychology
14. Education ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Bachelor of Science

(Three-year degree course)

1. Physics
2. Chemistry
3. Maths
4. Zoology
5. Botany
6. Statistics

Bachelor of Commerce

All subjects ^[3]

Bachelor of Laws

Three-year degree course ^[3]

Bachelor of Education

All subjects ^{[3] [5]}

Master of Arts

Two-year degree course

1. Economics
2. English Literature
3. History
4. Maths
5. Drawing & Painting
6. Geography
7. Political Science
8. Psychology
9. Sociology
10. Sanskrit
11. Statistics
12. Hindi
13. Education

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Master of Science

1. Botany
2. Zoology
3. Physics
4. Statistics
5. Chemistry ^{[6] [5]}

Master of Commerce

All prescribed subjects ^[5]

Notable alumni

• Bachendri Pal (First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest)
• Harbans Kapoor (8-Times and Current MLA for Dehradun Cantt. Constituency)
• Ajay Kothiyal (Founder of Youth Foundation and member of AAP)
• Sushil Chandra (Chief Election Commissioner of India)
• Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi (Plant Biologist and Former Director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research)
• O.P. Bhatt (Chairman of Tata Steel, former chairman of the State Bank of India)

References

1. Pioneer, The. "DAV (PG) college faces infrastructure woes, staff shortage". The Pioneer. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
2. "DAV PG College, Dehradun » History". Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
3. "DAV PG College, Dehradun » U.G. Programmes". Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
4. "HEMVATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA GARHWAL UNIVERSITY (A Central University) Srinagar (Garhwal) Uttarakhand-246174 : Courses". Davpgcollege.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
5. "Affilation of the following courses in the respective Institutes / Colleges are valid for the academic year 2014 - 2015" (PDF). Hnbgu.ac.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
6. "Davpgcollege Resources and Information". Davpgcollege.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.