Hindu College, University of Delhi

Hindu College, University of Delhi
Motto Music of Truth
Type Public
Established 1899
Principal Dr. Anju Srivastava
Academic staff
 120
Students 2500
Location University Enclave, New Delhi
28°41′3.21″N 77°12′39.65″E / 28.6842250°N 77.2110139°E / 28.6842250; 77.2110139
Campus Urban
Affiliations University of Delhi
Website hinducollege.org

Hindu College is one of the most distinguished colleges in India and functions under the affiliation of University of Delhi in Delhi, India. Founded in 1899, it offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Science, Humanities and Social Sciences. The college is also amongst the oldest in Delhi.

Hindu College is ranked among the top colleges in India for humanities, science & commerce. There are more than 100 faculty members of the college.[1][2][3] The college has also been awarded the 'Star College' status for the DBT - Department of Biotechnology, by the Ministry of Science and Technology of India.[4] Notwithstanding its name, students from all religions are admitted and many have grown up here and excelled in the chosen areas of their interests. The college provides a liberal, lively and competitive environment enabling students to carve out a niche for themselves in their chosen arenas.[5]

History

Hindu College was founded in 1899, by Late Shri Krishan Dassji Gurwale. In the backdrop of the nationalist struggle against British Raj. Some prominent citizens including Shri 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 fails to get a proper building of its own. But fortunately, 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.[6] When the University of Delhi took birth in 1922, Hindu College along with Ramjas College and St. Stephen's College were subsequently affiliated to the University, making them the first three institutions to be affiliated with University.[7]

Hindu College was a centre for intellectual and political debate during India’s freedom struggle, especially during the Quit India Movement. This is the only college in Delhi to have a Students’ Parliament since 1935, which in fact, provided a platform to many national leaders including Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarojini Naidu, Annie Besant, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Subhash Chandra Bose for motivating the youth. Responding whole-heartedly to Gandhi Ji's Quit India call in 1942, the college played a leading role in India’s freedom struggle as some teachers and students of the college even went to prison[8] and had closed its gates for several months.[9]

Principals[10]

  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.

Campus

The twenty-five acre college campus is well known for its well-maintained gardens and lovely trees. It also has one of the finest auditoria in Delhi, a state-of-the-art seminar room.[11] The college maintains a playground and a sports complex. Basketball, Cricket, Lawn Tennis and Table Tennis are organised under supervision of the Director of Physical Education.[12] The college has well equipped physics and chemistry laboratories, NCC & NSS rooms. Additionally, a computer room, photocopier & stationary shop are also available.[13] There is also a Students’ Centre that offers the facility of a bank[11] The college also has a canteen, which is famous for serving delicious food.[14][15]

Library

Hindu College's library is one of the oldest among University of Delhi's college libraries. It came into existence along with the foundation of the college in 1899. The library is fully air conditioned and computerised. The library is open to bonafide students of all the classes. All important textbooks are kept in the reserve section to enable the students to write their tutorials. It has more than one lakh books and 2000+ eJournals. There is a well equipped reading room, which subscribes to a large number of dailies, weeklies, periodicals and journals on a variety of subjects.[16]

Hostel

Hindu College's hostel, with its architectural grandeur and aesthetics, has been an abode to many luminaries in a wonderful kaleidoscope that the time-space spectrum is situated next to the sports complex. The hostel is a spacious structure with 119 rooms enclosing eight lawns with rose beds and hedges. The hostel provides residential facilities to about two-hundred undergraduate and postgraduate male students. There is also a common room, which provides the residents recreational facilities such as Carrom-Board, Chess, and a separate TV room apart from the newspapers and magazines to keep them on the qui vive.[17]

Fees

The fees of this college is very nominal, it is around 5000 rupees a year. The fees of other courses are : BA - Rs 4,725, B.Sc - Rs 4,044, MA - Rs 4,661, M.Sc - Rs 4,661, B.Com - Rs 5,425, M.Com - Rs 5,261.[18]

Student societies

Apart from academic excellence, the college firmly believes in overall development of moral, physical and intellectual realms. For this there are college societies to foster comradeship amongst the students. Every department has its own society which is tasked with organising the department-specific co-curricular activities. Ibtida is the dramatics society which performs both stage and street plays. It is counted among one of the best dramatics societies in University of Delhi. Ibtida has a well-known alumnus, namely, Imtiaz Ali, Ankit Chaddha, Anuj Ravda, and many other well-known names in theatre, bollywood, radio and movies.[19]

The Indian music society, Alankar, holds its annual festival Harmony every year.[20] The English debating society, popularly known as the Desboc, is representative of an inquiring and active intellectual life on campus. Vivre, the film society, screens almost 15 films a month in the college seminar room and holds an annual fest named Snap.[21]

Abhirang - The Hindi Dramatic Society, Abstraction - The Fine Arts Society, Aria - The Western Music Society, Manthan - The Quiz Society, Masque - The English Dramatic Society, Vagmi - The Hindi Debating Society, Vivre - The Film and Photography Society. [22]

Also, 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.[23]

The College Parliament is a forum for discussions on academic and other issues. It is an excellent training ground for public speaking and leadership qualities. It allocates funds to the various societies.The parliament is in continuous operation since 1935. Members of students' parliament are elected by students. The students' parliament takes care of demands of students.[24]

Departments

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Alumni

The alumni of Hindu College are called Hinduites. Its alumni stands tall in public esteem. All the students of Hindu College have grown up here and excelled in the chosen areas of their interests, be it academics, sports, or extra-curricular activities.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/bestcolleges/2015/ranks.jsp?ST=Arts&LMT=4&Y=2015
  2. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/bestcolleges/2015/ranks.jsp?ST=Science&LMT=6&Y=2015
  3. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/bestcolleges/2015/ranks.jsp?ST=Commerce&LMT=4&Y=2015
  4. ↑ http://www.globaleducates.com/colleges/about/hindu-college-delhi
  5. ↑ http://www.minglebox.com/college/Hindu-College-New-Delhi
  6. ↑ http://www.eduage.org/hindu_aboutus.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=about-du-2
  8. ↑ https://www.toptalent.in/college/113/hindu-college-delhi/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C7019261277
  9. ↑ http://hindu-college.learnhub.com/lesson/12595-hindu-college-general-info
  10. ↑ "::: Hindu College ::: - About Us". www.hinducollege.org. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  11. 1 2 http://dubeat.com/du-colleges/hindu/
  12. ↑ http://www.entranceexams.co.in/hindu-college-delhi/
  13. ↑ http://collegedunia.com/college/1904-hindu-college-new-delhi
  14. ↑ http://www.letsintern.com/blog/top-colleges-in-the-university-of-delhi/
  15. ↑ http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/DEL-hindu-from-hostel-to-hangout-zones-know-your-du-college-4293361-NOR.html
  16. ↑ http://welcomestudent.com/2014/05/hindu-college-delhi-university/
  17. ↑ http://www.getmyuni.com/college/hindu-college-delhi-university-facilities
  18. ↑ "Hindu College* Delhi - Courses | Cut off and more - DU Admissions". DU Admissions. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  19. ↑ http://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/realised-i-liked-direction-while-working-in-theatre-imtiaz/story-8v0o4l43YqbgwKlZVfIL4J.html
  20. ↑ http://heyevent.com/event/ycmpe4rmifvoga/harmony-2015-music-festival-hindu-college
  21. ↑ http://m.photos.timesofindia.com/events/delhi/hindu-college-photography-festival/articleshow/34153022.cms
  22. ↑ http://www.universityexpress.co.in/delhiuniversity/2013/06/hindu-college-university-of-delhi/
  23. ↑ "::: Hindu College ::: - Campus Life". www.hinducollege.org. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  24. ↑ http://www.studiebay.com/experiences-hindu-college-du/
  25. ↑ http://www.dukhabar.com/colleges-delhi-university/hindu-college/
  26. ↑ http://buzzepedia.com/8-famous-alumni-of-hindu-college-delhi-university/
  27. ↑ http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/democracy-at-crossroads-debunk-silent-majority-cag/747604

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