Dyal Singh College, Delhi

College of the University of Delhi, India

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Dyal Singh College

Other names

| DSC
Motto| "Gather Ye The Wisdom of East And West"
Type| University Maintained Institution[1][2][3]
Established| 1959 (1959)
Founder| Dyal Singh Majithia[2][1]
Affiliation| University of Delhi

Academic affiliation

| University of Delhi
Principal| Dr. V.k Paliwal
Address|

Lodi road, Pragati Vihar

New Delhi

Delhi

110003

India

28°35′26″N 77°13′47″E﻿ / ﻿28.5906°N 77.2297°E﻿ / 28.5906; 77.2297
Campus| South Campus
Website| dsc.du.ac.in

Location in Delhi

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Dyal Singh College, Delhi (India)

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Dyal Singh College is a co-educational institute of University of Delhi. It was established in 1959 in Delhi, India. It is a constituent college of Delhi University.[1][2] It comes under South Campus of Delhi University and is a top ranked college of South Campus. It offers undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses in science, the humanities and commerce.

It has been ranked 8th all over India in the national institutional ranking framework in 2017. In the year 2021, it secured 29th place in the college category, while in 2022 it got 35th place. In this year according to NIRF Ranking 2024 this college secured 34th place in the category.

Dyal Singh College has been awarded "A" grade by the National assessment and accreditation council in the year 2022.

It is one of the best colleges for geography courses and Science related courses.

Some Colleges of the University near it are Lady Shri Ram College, Kamla Nehru College and Dyal Singh Evening College.

## Location

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The college is centrally located at Lodhi Road in New 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. The college is surrounded by prominent and splendid neighbourhoods, markets and societies as Khan Market, Golf Links, Jor Bagh, Rabindra Nagar, Delhi Golf Club, Delhi Race Club and so on. It is often regarded as the most beautiful college of DU. It is next to Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Metro Station on the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro. The college has connectivity through buses of the Delhi Transport Corporation and Delhi Metro.

## History

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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 Delhi. It started functioning in the capital at Rouse Avenue as a constituent college of the University of Delhi w.e.f 5 August 1959 and at present location in Delhi since 16 October 1962, it was contracted by Sir Sobha Singh.[4] It was taken over by the University of Delhi as a university maintained institution in 1978.[5]

College During Festive Season College Lawns

## Departments

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The college currently has the following departments.

* Bengali
* Botany
* Chemistry
* Commerce
* Computer science
* Economics
* English
* Geography
* Hindi
* History
* Mathematics
* Philosophy
* Physical Education
* Physics
* Political science
* Punjabi
* Urdu
* Zoology

## Ranking

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College rankings

General – India
NIRF (Colleges) (2024)[6]| 34

Dyal Singh College is ranked 34th among colleges in India by the NIRF in 2024.[7]

## Notable alumni

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* Alka Lamba, Former member of Delhi legislative assembly
* Anil Chaudhary, former member of Delhi legislative assembly, president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
* Dr. Govind Singh, associate professor at O.P. Jindal Global University,[8] and Director, Delhi Greens.[9]
* Pankaj Singh, Member of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly
* Priyanka Kothari, Indian actress
* Rajvir Singh, former Indian wushu player
* Sandeep Kumar, Indian politician
* Sehban Azim, Indian actor
* Shruti Choudhry, former member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
* Sheikh Noorul Hassan, Member of Manipur legislative assembly
* Neeraj Basoya, Member of Delhi legislative assembly

## See also

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* Education in India
* Literacy in India
* List of institutions of higher education in Delhi

## References

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1. ^ a b c RTI - INFORMATION HANDBOOK UNDER RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT-2005
2. ^ a b c "Dyal Singh College | University of Delhi - Homepage". Dyal Singh College | University of Delhi.
3. ^ "Welcome to Dyal Singh Evening College". www.dsce.du.ac.in.
4. ^ Dayal, Mala (2010). Celebrating Delhi. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-670-08482-1.
5. ^ "Dyal Singh College – University of Delhi, All India Rank 8th NIRF-17". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
6. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
7. ^ Cite error: The named reference `Rankings_NIRF_C_2023` was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
8. ^ "Our Faculty". Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability. O.P. Jindal Global University. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
9. ^ "Core Team". Delhi Greens. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

## External links

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* Official website

Portals:

* India
* Education

* v
* t
* e

Delhi University

Governance|

* Chancellor: Vice-President of India
* Vice-Chancellor: Yogesh Tyagi
* Pro-Chancellor: Chief Justice of India
* Visitor: President of India

People|

* List of Delhi University people

Faculties|

* Law
* Management Studies

Colleges|

| North Campus|

* Aditi Mahavidyalaya
* Daulat Ram
* Hindu
* Hansraj
* Indraprastha
* Kirori Mal
* Miranda House
* Ramjas
* St. Stephen's
* SSCBS
* SRCC
* Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa
* SOL
* Swami Shraddhanand
* Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute

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South Campus|

* Acharya Narendra Dev
* Aryabhatta
* ARSD
* DCAC
* Jesus and Mary
* Maitreyi
* Motilal Nehru
* Motilal Nehru (Evening)
* Ram Lal Anand
* Sri Venkateswara
* CVS
* DIPSAR
* Deshbandhu
* Dyal Singh
* Gargi
* IHE
* Kamala Nehru
* Lady Shri Ram
* P.G.D.A.V.
* P.G.D.A.V. (Evening)
* RAKCON
* Ramanujan
* Sri Aurobindo
* Sri Aurobindo (Evening)
* Shaheed Bhagat Singh
* Shaheed Bhagat Singh (Evening)

Central Campus|

* Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia
* College of Art
* Janki Devi Memorial
* Lady Hardinge Medical
* Lady Irwin
* Mata Sundri
* MAIDS
* MAMC
* Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa
* Zakir Husain Delhi
* Zakir Husain Delhi (Evening)

Other|

* Maharaja Agrasen
* MVCE
* Shaheed Rajguru
* Shyam Lal
* Shyam Lal (Evening)
* Vivekananda
* NHMC&H
* Bhim Rao Ambedkar
* UCMS
* Bharati
* Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
* IGIPESS
* Kalindi
* Rajdhani
* Shivaji
* SPM
* Keshav Mahavidyalaya
* Lakshmibai
* Satyawati
* Satyawati (Evening)
* SGGSCC
* Bhagini Nivedita
* BCAS

Institutes|

* Ahilya Bai College of Nursing
* Amar Jyoti Institute of Physiotherapy
* Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya
* Durgabai Deshmukh College of Special Education
* Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Physically Handicapped

Facilities|

* Delhi University Stadium

Student life|

* Students Union
* DUCR 90.4 MHz

Controversies|

* FYUP Row
* 2017 DU protests

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