Dyal Singh College (Delhi)

Dyal Singh College
Motto "Gather Ye The Wisdom of East And West"
Established 1959
Academic affiliation
University of Delhi
Principal Inderjeet S. Bakshi[1]
Location Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Campus Urban
Website dsc.du.ac.in

Dyal Singh College, Delhi is a co-educational institute of University of Delhi. The college is one of the institutions of University of Delhi. It was established in 1959 and is situated in Delhi. It offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses in Science, Humanities and Commerce.

Location

The college is centrally located at Lodhi Road in South Delhi near Lodhi Gardens, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Safdarjung Tomb, Humayun's Tomb, India Habitat Centre, India International Centre and many other institutions of national and international significance. It is next to the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Metro Station on the Violet Line of Delhi Metro. The college has connectivity through buses of the Delhi Transport Corporation.

History

The college's origin arose from the estate of Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, founder of The Tribune and Punjab National Bank, who willed his estate in 1895 for the establishment of an educational trust for a secular college. Consequently, Dyal Singh College was established at Lahore in 1910. After the Partition of India, Dyal Singh College was established in Karnal and in Delhi. It started functioning in the capital as a constituent College of the University of Delhi in 1959 and was taken over by the University of Delhi as a University maintained institution in 1978.[2]

Courses Offered

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Departments

The college currently has following departments.

Cultural Societies

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Notable Alumni

References

External links

  1. http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-minister-stands-taller-for-touching-wifes-feet-everyday/
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