The college facilities include the Central Library, the Computer Center, the Health Center, the girls hostel, an auditorium with a seating capacity of 600, a botanical garden and elaborate sports infrastructure, particularly for cricket and swimming.
Shri E. Candler 1906 to 1915 (a novelist and travel writer)
Shri T.L. Vaswani 1915 to 1919
Shri Manmohan 1919 to 1921
Shri A.K. Sharma 1921 to 1927
Shri Vishwa Nath 1927 to 1927
Shri B.N. Khosla 1927 to 1945
Shri H.K. Bhattacharya 1945 to 1949
Shri Teja Singh 1949 to 1952 (an eminent scholar and writer)
Dr. Hardit Singh Dhillon 1952 to 1953
Shri A.R. Khanna 1953 to 1957
Shri K.L. Malhotra 1957 to 1958
Dr. G.L. Bakhshi 1958 to 1962
Shri M.L. Khosla 1962 to 1967
Dr. Bhagat Singh 1967 to 1972
Shri Gursewak Singh 1972 to 1976 (great sportsperson and educationist)
Shri Umrao Singh 1976 to 1977
Shri Harbakhsh Singh 1980 to 1982
Dr. Jogindar Singh 1982 to 1987
Dr. Gian Singh Mann 1987 to 1988
Dr. Ujagar Singh Banga 1988 to 1989
Shri Sarvjit Singh Gill 1989 to 1989
Shri Parkash Singh 1991 to 1991
Shri Mukhtiar Singh 1992 to 1996
Shri Parminder Singh Sidhu 1996 to 1996 June
Dr. S.K. Sarad 1996 to 1997 September
Shri M.M. Singh 2000 to 2000 May
Shri Sarwan Singh Chohan 2000 to 2000 October
Dr. Vidwan Singh Soni 2000 to 2001 October (an eminent physicist, prehistorian & a popular science writer)
Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma 2001 to 2005 April
Dr. Daljit Inder Singh Brar May 2005 to July 2009
Dr. Sudeep Bhangoo 12 August 2009 to February 2011
Dr. Roopa Saini March 2011 to November 2012 (World cup gold medalist and Arjuna Award winner)
Dr. Sukhbir Singh Thind November 2012 to July 2017
Dr. Sangeeta Handa July 2017 to June 2019
Smt. Harpal Kaur June 2019 to October 2019
Dr. Simrat Kaur October 2019 to January 2023
Prof. Amarjit Singh March 2023 to till the present
Shri Atul Krishna Ghosh was the longest serving Principal and instrumental in most of the early development works of this college. He was MA, Esq in English and was Professor of English with high credential. To make way for his British successor E Candler who was a journalist basically and was based in Bengal then and also his life was in danger from revolutionaries, Sri Ghosh was transferred to Muir College, Allahabad. He spent his last phase of his life in Allahabad in the company of Sri Motilal Nehru and Sri Madan Mohan Malaviya silently working for the freedom movement of India. The matter regarding his super-cession in Mohindra College, Patiala by Candler was even raised in British Parliament then, the transcript of which is preserved in British Library archive. He wrote several books and commentaries but because of later days association with the freedom movement, Britishers underplayed, suppressed and destroyed his records of achievements. He was great educationist and in those days appointed from Indian Education Service.
("Shri" is a term used in India as a title of respect.)
The college offers financial assistance to the economically disadvantaged sections of society. Undergraduate tuition is exempt for girls.
Women represent over half of the 200 member faculty while about a third of the faculty holds doctoral and post-doctoral credentials.
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