Gargi College

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Gargi College
Gargi College.jpg
Other name
GC
Type Public
Established1967 (1967) ; 57 years ago
Accreditation NAAC (A+ Grade)
Principal Sangeeta Bhatia
(acting principal) [1]
Academic staff
120
Students4,000 +
Location
Delhi
,
India
Campus Urban
Affiliations University of Delhi
Website gargicollege.in

Gargi College is one of the top colleges affiliated to the University of Delhi. It was established in the year 1967 and offers education in Arts and Humanities, Commerce, Science and Education for women. [2] Gargi College has been honoured with Star College Status by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. [3]

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History

Gargi College was established in the year 1967.[ citation needed ]

Gargi College was named after an enlightened woman named Gargi Vachaknavi, figuring in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishada of the Vedic Age.[ citation needed ]

Campus

It is one of the South Campus colleges of the University of Delhi.[ citation needed ]

Gargi possesses infrastructural facilities. The whole campus is WiFi enabled and this facility is available to all students and staff members. An auditorium and seminar hall with a seating capacity of 750 and 150 respectively, exist.

Academics

Academic activities

The college arranges inter-disciplinary seminars at national level every year. Research is encouraged even at the undergraduate level. Summer workshops are conducted regularly for science students. Students regularly make presentations in departmental activities.

The result of the last two years University examinations records 99% pass and about 45-50% first divisions. On an average about 10 students obtain positions within the top 3 of the University of Delhi and about 35 within the top 5 of the South Campus.

Rankings

Gargi College ranked 31st among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2023. [5]

Gargi has been ranked 9th among art colleges of India according to the India Today Survey, 2016. [6] and 7th in the Department of Sciences.

College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Colleges) (2023) [5] 31

Student life

Sports programmes

Gargi College owns a sports field where students train in various sports. Its students have been selected to represent DU in state and national tournaments in Judo, Basketball, Taekwondo, Volleyball and Tennis. In 2012, Gargi students emerged as chess champions of DU and the Judo team was runner up. In 2013, the college won gold medal in athletics and Judo and emerged second in tennis tournaments of DU and volleyball team also doing well.

Social outreach programmes and fests

The NSS, NCC, Equal Opportunity Cell and Women's Development Centres of the college arrange events that sensitise Gargi's students to gender, economic and other issues. These create awareness about the social responsibility and provide the opportunity for rendering service to the society. College has several student lead society for overall development of students while giving back to the society as large. Such an society is Eco Club Avani. The 2018 Fest - Reverie was noted to be one of the biggest in Delhi University. Artists including Aman Bathla (Painter), Candice Redding and Myris (DJ), Monali Thakur (Singer), Rahul Makin (RJ) and Faridkot (Band) were present at the event. [7]

Notable alumni

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