Lady Shri Ram College for Women

Lady Shri Ram College for Women
Motto Sã vidyã yã vimuktaye
"That alone is knowledge which leads to liberation"
Type Public women's college
Established 1956
Founder Lala Shri Ram
Parent institution
 University of Delhi
Principal Dr Suman Sharma
Academic staff
 150
Students 2000 approx.
Campus 15 Acres
Website http://www.lsr.edu.in/

Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) is a constituent women's college of the University of Delhi for Social Sciences, Humanities and Commerce. It is one of the well-known arts colleges of University of Delhi, and, in 2014, it was selected as India's Best Arts College by India Today.[1]

History and evolution

Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife Phoolan Devi (Lady Shri Ram), the college had its modest beginnings in a school building in Daryaganj, Central Delhi with 243 students, 9 faculty, 4 support staff and 3 distinct courses of study. Today, the college, located in a 15-acre (61,000 m2) campus in Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi, has approximately 2000 students, over 150 faculty, administrative and support staff and 16 courses of study.[2] LSR's infrastructure includes a newly refurbished, computerized user-friendly library with internet access 1,20,000 books, 5000 online journals & 127 in house journals & periodicals.[3] It is guided by a Board of Governors, drawn from the fields of industry, law, journalism, academics and the bureaucracy, under the Chairmanship of industrialist and philanthropist, Dr. Bharat Ram. The new principal of LSR is Dr Suman Sharma.

Departments

Festivals

Tarang is the annual cultural festival of Lady Shri Ram College. Tarang is known for bringing together the best student talent from across the country in fields of music, dance, dramatics, debating, fine arts, quiz, films.

Notable alumni

External links

References

  1. ↑ "INDIA'S BEST ARTS COLLEGES 2014". Retrieved 2014-01-17.
  2. ↑ Article on Lady Shri Ram College for Women, delhilive.com on Sat, 02/06/2007-06:03
  3. ↑ Lady Shri Ram College Library

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