Hindu College, Delhi

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Hindu College
Hindu College, Delhi shield.svg
MottoMusic of Truth
Type Public
Established1899;125 years ago (1899)
Accreditation NAAC (A+ Grade)
Principal Professor Anju Srivastava
Academic staff
120
Students3,000 +
Location
Delhi
,
National Capital Territory of Delhi
,
India
Campus Urban
Affiliations University of Delhi
Website hinducollege.ac.in
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Hindu College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. [1] [2] Founded in 1899, it is one of India's oldest and most renowned colleges. It is ranked second best among colleges in India as per the latest National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF). [3] It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in sciences, humanities, social sciences and commerce,It has also been awarded 'Star College' status for its Department of Biotechnology by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Government of India). [4]

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The college has produced many notable alumni in the fields of Law, Economics, Science, Psychology, Business, Philosophy, Literature, Media, Cinema, Military, Sports and Politics. Notwithstanding its name, students from all religions are admitted to Hindu College.

History

A 1999 stamp dedicated to Hindu College Hindu College 1999 stamp of India.jpg
A 1999 stamp dedicated to Hindu College

Hindu College was founded in 1899 by Krishan Dassji Gurwale and Pandit Deen Dayal Sharma [5] [6] in the backdrop of the nationalist struggle against the British Raj. Some prominent citizens, including Rai Bahadur Amba Prasad, Gurwale Ji, decided to start a college that would provide nationalist education to the youth, while being non-elitist and non-sectarian. Originally, the college was housed in a humble building in Kinari Bazar, Chandni Chowk, and it was affiliated to Punjab University as there was no university in Delhi at that time. As the college grew, it faced a major crisis in 1902. The Punjab University warned the college that the university would disaffiliate the college if the college failed to get a proper building of its own. Rai Bahadur Lala Sultan Singh came to rescue the college from this crisis. He donated a part of his historic property, which originally belonged to Colonel James Skinner, at Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, to the college. The college functioned from there till 1953. [7] When the University of Delhi took birth in 1922, Hindu College along with Ramjas College and St. Stephen's College were subsequently affiliated with the University of Delhi, making them the first three institutions to be affiliated with the university. [8]

Hindu College was a centre for intellectual and political debate during India's freedom struggle, especially during the Quit India Movement. It is the only college in Delhi to have a students' parliament since 1935, which provided a platform to many national leaders including Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarojini Naidu, Annie Besant, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Subhash Chandra Bose for motivating the youth. Responding to Gandhi's Quit India Movement in 1942, the college played a substantial role in India's freedom struggle and some of this college's teachers and students<patel> courted arrest. [9] The college also closed its gates for several months. [10]

Principals

  1. B.B. Mookerji, 1899–1906
  2. N.N. Roy, 1906–1911
  3. P.B. Adhikari, 1911–1915
  4. S. Sen, 1915–1917
  5. N.V. Thadani, 1917–1928
  6. S.K. Sen, 1928–1934
  7. N.V. Thadani, 1935–1950
  8. A. Bhattacharya, 1950–1957
  9. R.N. Mathur, 1958–1964
  10. B.M. Bhatia*, 1964–1971, 1973–1980
  11. P.C. Verma, 1980–1995
  12. S.N. Maheshwari, 1995–1997
  13. Kavita A. Sharma, 1998–2008
  14. S. Choudhary, 2008–2010
  15. Vinay K Srivastava, 2010–2012
  16. Pradumn Kumar 2012–2014
  17. Anju Srivastava 2014–present


*Dr. B.M. Bhatia was on leave for two years, 1971–1973. During this period, Dr. P.C. Sood was the substituting principal. [11]

Campus

The college is spread across a 25-acre campus. It has one auditorium, a seminar room and maintains a playground and a sports complex. [12] Basketball, cricket, and table tennis is organised under the supervision of the director of physical education. The college has physics and chemistry laboratories, NCC and NSS rooms, a computer room, a photocopier and a stationery shop. A Students' Centre offers a bank and a canteen.[ citation needed ]

Library

Hindu College's library is among the oldest college libraries in the University of Delhi. It was set up in 1899, along with the foundation of the college. Also, students as well as teachers can refer to various books in the library.

Hostel

Hindu College's Boys' Hostel is situated next to the sports complex of the college. It has 119 rooms enclosing four lawns with rose beds and hedges (charbagh style). The hostel provides residential facilities to about two hundred undergraduate and postgraduate male students. A common room provides the residents recreational facilities such as Carrom-board, chess, and a separate TV room apart from the newspapers and magazines. Due to its limited capacity, only highly meritorious college students get admission to the hostel. The college started building a girls' hostel in 2013. It has been named Smt Indu Punj Girls' Hostel. It accommodates 156 female students. [13]

Organisation and administration

Departments

Academics

Rankings

College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Colleges) (2022) [14] 2

Hindu College is ranked second among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023. [15]

Student life

Student Societies

Every department has its own society which is tasked with organising department-specific co-curricular activities. Ibtida is the dramatics society of Hindu College which performs both stage and street plays. It was formed by Imtiaz Ali while he was a student at the college. [16] The women's development cell of the college has been very active in gender sensitisation and after the scrapping of section 377 successfully led pride parades to create awareness about LGBTQ+ rights.[ citation needed ] Caucus l [17] is the discussion forum of Hindu College and works as a mini think tank. It was founded in 2008 and organises group discussions, speaker sessions, roundtable discussions, runs an active blog on its website www.caucus.in and publishes a monthly magazine The Probe. Caucus also functions as the international cell of the college and is responsible for managing the international collaborations of the college. Recently, they have collaborated with King's College London. The intellectual fest of Hindu College - Compass is also organised annually by Caucus and has hosted various eminent personalities in the past like Prof. Arvind Panagariya, Mr. William Dalrymple, Amb. Shivshanker Menon, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Mr. Shekhar Gupta among others. It is one of the most active societies of the college.

Hindu College runs the Naval Wing of NCC since 2004. It aims to develop character, discipline, and the ideals of selfless service amongst the youth of country and to contribute to creation of organized, trained and motivated youth through camps and social activities. It also aims to provide leaderships to students in all walks of life and be always available for the service of the nation. The national cadet corps navy wing Hindu College is associated with 1 Delhi Naval Unit Kashmere Gate, has given exemplary performance in various activities & actively participated in various social service activities, Blood Donation, Tree Plantation Drive, Yamuna Cleaning Drive, National integration camps, Swimming Cadre, Nau Sainik camp, Annual Training Camp, Republic Day Camp, Prime Minister's Rally and Overseas Deployment Camp with friendly countries. Prof. Harinder Kumar was chosen for the Best ANO Award by DG, NCC in 2010. The College started "Arihant", the annual festival of the NCC wing in 2013 and hosted many General Rank Officers.

Hindu College in 2017 established Electoral Literacy Club (Jagriti) which aims to promote electoral awareness. The Electoral Literacy Club acts as a representative body of the college, having members from all sections of society. The club, also promotes democratic values and vigilance among students through various engaging activities, programs and hand-on experiences. The club conducts the Annual Youth Dialogue at Hindu College as its annual student festival by the name 'Drishti' and also conduct other important events and enthusiastically celebrates days like Constitution Day, National Voter's Day, etc. It hosted its annual student festival 'Drishti: Annual Youth Dialogue 2023', on 9 May 2023 with a resounding success. The Indian music society, Alankar, holds its annual festival Harmony every year. [18] The English debating society, popularly known as the Debsoc, is representative of an inquiring and active intellectual life on campus. Debsoc is the only debating society at Delhi University to organise four major debates in an academic year. [19]

The Science Forum is a group of diverse science enthusiasts dwelling in Hindu College. [20]

The Symposium Society is the policy and deliberation forum of Hindu College, University of Delhi. The organization follows a 'General Body' structure, with the President and vice-president at the core. Among its many activities the prominent ones are the Prime Ministerial Debate and Interviews, Hindu Darbar, Hindu Mock Indian Parliament (HMIP), and Hindu Policy Forum (HPS).[ citation needed ] Furthermore, the society promotes independent student journalism through its bimonthly publication- Hindu College Gazette. The publication also reviews and publishes opinions and analyses from scholars and writers from across the country. [21] However, this society has become inactive lately.

Other societies include Abhyas - The Internship Cell; The Finance & Investment Cell; Abhirang, the Hindi Dramatic Society; Adhrita, The Indian Dance Society, that works to maintain culture and heritage and conduct the only dance fest of DU; Abstraction, the Fine Arts Society; Aria, the Western Music Society; Manthan, the Quiz Society; Srijya, the Contemporary Dance Society; Scribe: The Literary Society; Masque, The English Dramatic Society; Vagmi, the Hindi Debating Society; and Vivre, The Film and Photography Society, the Entrepreneurship Cell, or more commonly just Ecell.[ citation needed ]

Students' Parliament

The college has a Students' Parliament. The Hindu College Parliament is a unique student organisation in the country. All the students and teachers of the college are its members. The students elect the Prime Minister from amongst themselves at the beginning of the year. There is also a Leader of the Opposition. The Speaker of the Parliament is a teacher nominated by the Principal in his/her capacity as the President of the Hindu College Republic. [22] The College Parliament is a forum for discussions on academic and other issues. It allocates funds to various societies. The parliament is in continuous operation since 1935. Members of the Cabinet of students' Parliament are elected by students. The students' parliament takes care of student demands. [23]

Hindu college features prominently in the movie Rockstar where the protagonist Janardhan Jakhar [played by Ranbir Kapoor] studies during the early part of his life. The choice of location is not surprising, as Imtiaz Ali, the director of this movie, has been an alumnus of this college.[ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

The alumni of Hindu College are called Hinduites.

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