Dyal Singh College, Delhi

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Dyal Singh College
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Other names
DSC
Motto"Gather Ye The Wisdom of East And West"
TypeUniversity Maintained Institution [1] [2] [3]
Established1959;64 years ago (1959;64 years ago)
Founder Dyal Singh Majithia [2] [1]
AffiliationUniversity of Delhi
Academic affiliation
University of Delhi
President Harsh Bhadana
Principal Dr. V.k Paliwal
Address
Lodhi road, Pragati Vihar
,
New Delhi
,
Delhi
,
110003
,
India

28°35′26″N77°13′47″E / 28.5906°N 77.2297°E / 28.5906; 77.2297
CampusSouth Campus
Website dsc.du.ac.in
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Location in Delhi
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Dyal Singh College, Delhi (India)

Dyal Singh College is a co-educational institute of University of Delhi. It was established in 1959 in Delhi, India. It is a constituent college of Delhi University. [1] [2] It comes under South Campus of Delhi University and is a top ranked college of South Campus. It offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses in science, the humanities and commerce.

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It has been ranked 8th all over India in the national institutional ranking framework in 2017. In the year 2021, it secured 29th place in the college category, while in 2022 it got 35th place.In this year according to NIRF Ranking 2023 this college secured 48th place in the category.

Dyal Singh College has been awarded "A" grade by the National assessment and accreditation council in the year 2022.

It is one of the best colleges for geography courses.

Location

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

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. [4]

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College During Festive Season
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College Lawns

Departments

The college currently has the following departments.

Ranking

College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Colleges) (2023) [5] 48

Dyal Singh College is ranked 48th among colleges in India by the NIRF in 2023. [5]

Notable alumni

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