Sri Aurobindo College

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Sri Aurobindo College
Motto in English
Lead me from Darkness to Light
Type Government College
Established1972
Chairperson Mr. Sanjay Mishra
Principal Dr. Vipin Kumar Aggarwal
Academic staff
132
Undergraduates 3200
Location, ,
28°31′59″N77°12′15″E / 28.533120°N 77.204236°E / 28.533120; 77.204236
Campus Urban
Language English
Nickname SACIANS
Affiliations University of Delhi
Website www.aurobindo.du.ac.in

Sri Aurobindo College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi [1] in India. It was established in 1972, the birth centenary of the philosopher and poet, Sri Aurobindo. The college is situated in South Delhi in Malviya Nagar, in the vicinity of Qutab Minar, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, IIT (Delhi), NCERT and Qutab Institutional Area. [2]

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References

  1. "Sri Aurobindo College". www.aurobindo.du.ac.in. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. "Sri Aurobindo College to recruit 14 assistant professors". India Today. Retrieved 24 October 2018.