Deshbandhu College

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NIRF (Colleges) (2024)	16

Deshbandhu College
Motto	"कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते"
Type	Government
Established	1952 ; 72 years ago
Accreditation	NAAC (A++ Grade)
Principal	Dr. Rajiv Aggarwal
Address	Kalkaji Main Rd, Block H, Kalkaji, Delhi, 110019, India; 28°32′25″N 77°15′15″E / 28.5401439°N 77.254214°E
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	University of Delhi
Website	www.deshbandhucollege.ac.in
	Location in Delhi Deshbandhu College (India)

Deshbandhu College (Hindi: देशबंधु कॉलेज) is a college established in 1952 and affiliated to University of Delhi. Deshbandhu College was established in 1953 by the Ministry of Rehabilitation, as a memorial to freedom fighter Deshbandhu Gupta.^[1]

Academics

Academic programmes

Undergraduate

B.A. (Hons) Economics
B.A. (Hons) English
B.A. (Hons) Hindi
B.A. (Hons) History
B.A. (Hons) Political Science
B.A. (Hons) Sanskrit
B.A. Programme
B.Com.
B.Com. (Hons)
B.Sc. Applied Physical Sciences (Comp. Sc)
B.Sc. Applied Physical Science (Industrial Chemistry)
B.Sc. Life Sciences
B.Sc. Physical Sciences
B.Sc. (Hons) Botany
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics
B.Sc. (Hons) Physics
B.Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry
B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology

Postgraduate

M.Com.
M.A. Hindi
M.A. English
M.A. Economics
M.A. Mathematics
M.A. Political Science
M.A. Sanskrit
M.Sc. Mathematics^[2]

Rankings

It is NAAC A++ college and ranked 16th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.^[3]

Student life

Societies

Following is the list of societies of Deshbandhu College (excluding Departmental societies) -

Deshbandhu Dramatics Society - Stage players
Oculis - Film society
Deshbandhu Dramatics Society - Street theatre Society
Dialecticians - English debating society
Antdristi - Hindi debating society
Art Meister - Art and craft society
Physica - The Physics society
Fiontrai - Entrepreneurship Cell
Quizzards - Quizzing club
Sharpshooters - photography society
YUVA - Youth United for Vision and Action
Timbre - music society
IGNIS - flashmob group
National Cadet Corps
National service scheme
Enactus Deshbandhu
Deshbandhu Express - College media channel owned and run by students
DESH - college magazine
Leaders of tomorrow - NGO
POLIENZ - The Political Science society

Events

Deshbandhu College organises its annual fest Sabrang in even semesters. Each department has their societies which organise seminars and lectures by eminent scholars and scientists.

Notable people

Notable faculty

Om Prakash Kohli, former member of Rajya Sabha, Governor of Gujarat
Ravish Kumar, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee

Notable alumni

Prabhu Chawla; Editorial Director of The New Indian Express
Vedant Kaushik; YouTuber, Podcaster, Founder of Rusty Media
Gulshan Kumar; Founder of the T-Series, Bollywood movie producer
Late Rajiv Goswami; Activist, President of Delhi University Students Union
Ajay Dutt; MLA, Delhi Legislative Assembly
Ashok Lavasa; Former Election Commissioner of India
Ravish Kumar; Journalist and news anchor at NDTV
Late Major Udai Singh; Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal
Shantanu Moitra; Music composer,^[5] National Film Award winner for music direction
Raghu Ram, MTV's Roadies Producer
Sahil Uppal, Actor

References

^ About us
^ "Welcome to Deshbandhu College".
^ "2024 NIRF Ranking" (PDF).
^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
^ Hindustan Times, Brunch, 5 August 2012, p. 22.

External links

[1] About us

[2] "Welcome to Deshbandhu College".

[3] "2024 NIRF Ranking" (PDF).

[Rankings_NIRF_C_2024-4] "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.

[br-5] Hindustan Times, Brunch, 5 August 2012, p. 22.

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