Aryabhatta College

Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi
Motto ज्ञानं विज्ञानं समुब्दोंधनम्
Type Public
Established 1973
Chairperson Dr. Chandan Mitra
Principal Dr. Manoj Sinha
Students 2200
Location Delhi, India
Campus Urban
Affiliations University of Delhi
Website www.aryabhattacollege.ac.in

Aryabhatta College (Hindi:आर्यभट्ट महाविद्यालय) is a constituent College of the University of Delhi named after the great mathematician of ancient India Aryabhatta. It is an institution directly maintained by the University of Delhi . The college is located in the green and hilly terrain of Aravali range of South Delhi at Benito Juarez Marg, Delhi, South Campus. It awards degrees under the university of Delhi and offers courses at the undergraduate level in Humanities, Commerce and Science. There are presently around 2200 students on the rolls of the College.

History

Aryabhatta College,formerly known as Ram Lal Anand College(Evening) became a full fledged morning college from the academic session 2014-15.Ram Lal Anand College (Evening) was established in 1973 when the University of Delhi took over the college from the Trust that managed the RamLal Anand college . The Trust was set up in 1964 by a philanthropist and legal luminary Late Sh. Ram Lal Anand, a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India, to impart education at the university level, Aryabhatta College is now a full-fledged morning college having state of the art facilities to impart education in line with the present needs.

Campus

The college has a lush green campus.It is adjacent to the South Campus of the University of Delhi in the picturesque surroundings of the South Delhi section of the Aravali range. The college is equipped with all modern facilities to facilitate the students.It consists of modern class rooms, auditorium and a seminar room. The college maintains a huge playground for sports . Various games like volleyball, cricket, football, which are organised under the supervision of the Director of Physical Education. The college has well equipped computer lab, NCC and NSS rooms. , computer room and photocopier. The college also has a newly constructed double storied canteen.

Library

The college has a rich and modern library. The library is fully air conditioned and computerised. It is open to bona fide students of all classes. All important textbooks are kept in the reserve section to enable 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.

Hostel

At present the College does not provide hostel accommodation to its students. However lots of private accommodation are easily available in the vicinity of the College.

Student Societies

Apart from academic excellence, the college firmly believes in the 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.

A number of student's societies function in the college. Purpose of these societies is to provide opportunities to students for self-expression and training. They also help in all round development lege also hosts and conducts seminars, debates, cultural programmes etc. to encourage creative activities among the students.

Departmental Societies

  • Business Economics Society
  • Srijan , The Psychology Society
  • Commerce Society
  • English Society
  • Hindi Society
  • History Society
  • Political Science Society
  • Economics Society
  • TechPioneers, Computer Science Society
  • Mathematics Society
  • Sankalp, the BMS society

Extra-Curricular societies

  • Debating Society
  • Theatre Group
  • Arts and Cultural Society
  • Adventure Society
  • Photography Society
  • Dance Society

Other Societies

  • TEDxAryabhattaCollege
  • CDF Aryabhatta
  • Enactus Aryabhatta
  • Finance and Investment Cell
  • The Placement and Internship cell
  • Marketing Cell
  • E-Cell: The Entrepreneurship Cell
  • Environment Study Circle
  • Gandhi Study Circle
  • Film Appreciation Club
  • NSS

Departments

  • Department of Business Economics
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of English
  • Department of Hindi
  • Department of History
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Psychology

Undergraduate Programmes

The college offers following courses: [1]

  • B.A(H) Business Economics
  • B.Com
  • B.Com(H)
  • B.A(H) Economics
  • B.A(H) English
  • B.A(H) Political Science
  • B.A(H) Hindi
  • B.A. Programme (political Science)
  • B.A. Programme (History)
  • Bachelor in Management Studies
  • B.A (H) Psychology
  • B.A (H) History
  • B.Sc (H) Mathematics
  • B.Sc (H) Computer Science

References

  1. ↑ http://aryabhattacollege.ac.in/course_offerd.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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