Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College
Coordinates: 28°39′45″N 77°08′59″E / 28.662486°N 77.149622°E
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दीन दयाल उपाध्याय कॉलेज | |
 Official seal of college | |
| Motto | सत्यमेव जयते |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Truth Alone Triumphs |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1990 |
| Chancellor | Venkaiah Naidu |
| Principal | Dr. S. K. Garg |
| Undergraduates | 1800 |
| Postgraduates | 110 |
| Location | Delhi, India |
| Campus | Sector-3, Dwarka |
| Nickname | DDUC |
| Affiliations | University of Delhi |
| Website | http://dducollegedu.ac.in/ |
| Constituent college of University of Delhi | |
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (informally known as DDUC) (Hindi: दीन दयाल उपाध्याय कॉलेज) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Delhi in India, located at Phase 1, Dwarka Sector-3, Dwarka, New Delhi,[1] Delhi 110078. It is fully funded by Government of Delhi.[2] It was established on August 1990 in the memory of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, a renowned philosopher, thinker and social worker.
Courses Offered
The college, informally known as DDUC, offers many undergraduate courses, a full list of which is given below:
Bachelor of Management Studies
B.Sc. (Hons.) Computer Science
B.Com.(Hons.)
B.A.
B.A.(Hons.) English
B.Sc.(Hons.) Electronics
B.Sc.(Hons.) Mathematics
B.Sc.(Hons.) Physics
B.A. Programme
B.Sc. Life Sciences
B.Sc. Physical Sciences with computer
B.Sc. Physical Science with chemistry
B.Sc.(Hons.) Chemistry
B.Sc.(Hons.) Botany
B.Sc.(Hons.) Zoology
B.Sc Mathematical science
In order to cater to business and management education at the undergraduate level, a three-year Bachelor of Business Studies was inaugurated on 18 July 2007. This unique course being offered in only three colleges of the University for Delhi, follows a National Level entrance test, for which more than 25,000 students appear, who undergo a rigorous process of selection including Group Discussion followed by a personal interview, of which very few are selected.
College ranking
In the 2017 Ministry of Human Resource Development's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya college was ranked 1st in a list of "general degree" colleges. The ranking considered colleges which had applied for the ranking process and was based on data submitted by the institutions themselves.[3]
Student life
The college's student life includes various student organizations (both academic and cultural) which organize extra curricular activities.
Ecclesia is the annual convention of Department of Management Studies, DDUC.
It stands out as a platform which encourages interaction between students from various colleges of Delhi University and excellent speakers from all walks of life and the economy. Its main objective to is to mitigate the gap between students and the economy by giving a first-hand experience to the future workforce by helping them delve into the global work culture.
Kalrav is the annual festival of DDUC, usually organized in February–March each year. It is a conglomerate of the activities of all societies and departments of the college. Kalrav seeks participation of students pan-India and has events & competitions including those of Music, Dance, Drama, Debating, Model UN, Quizzes and many more informal events. The Star nights at Kalrav in the previous years have witnessed performances by youth icons like Mika, Indian Ocean, The Circus etc. Kalrav 2012 was rated as one of the biggest festival of the University of Delhi in 2012, by media houses like The Asian Age & Navbharat Times, witnessing a total footfall of over 20,000 students on over three days. The Star Nights at Kalrav'12 saw the performance of Pop Sensations like Honey Singh (W/ J Star & Money Aujla), Desi Playaaz(India's Got Talent) & Stand Up Comedy by Nitin Gupta (Entertainment Engineers). Kalrav'12 hosted over 25+ competitive events for school as well as college students, having participation from students pan-India.
Zucitva is the Annual Commerce Festival of DDUC organized by the Department of Commerce every year and the events like Corporate Fashion Show,Forensic Accounting,Business Plan,Marketing Management Competition,Mock Stock, etc. give a platform to students of all over India to uplift themselves in an innovative way. The fest is organized every year by CommUnity, The Department Of Commerce and the fest has become quite famous not among the Delhi University colleges but all over India.
"KALAMKAAR" the Hindi kavi sammelan was organised in the college on 18 February on the behalf of silver jubilee year.
There are may academic and cultural societies that are open for all DDUC students to join. Some of them include:
- Kalamkaar - The Literary Society
- Yavanika - The Theatre Society
- Sangyaan-The Quizzing Society
- The Debating Society
- Rhapsody - The Music Society
- The Model UN Club
- Raaga - The Dance Society
- Fin-S - The Finance Society
- Eco Club
- Spic Macay
- Reflections - The Magazine Society
- DDUC Photography Society
- Spettro - Department of Business Studies
- Women Development Cell
- Synapses - The Zoological Society (Department of Zoology)
- Aryabhatta Science Forum (Department of Physics)
- Zest - Department of English
- Sanganika - The Computer Science Society
- Covalence - Department of Chemistry
- CommUNITY - Department of Commerce
- Kalpavriksha- The Botanical Society (Department of Botany)
- Delonix- Annual Festival of Department of Botany
- Astral- The Management Society of Department of Management Studies
References
- ↑ "College's Address". Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ↑ "Plan to reserve college seats impossible, dangerous: Delhi University". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
There are 12 colleges under DU which are fully funded by the Delhi government. These include Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College and Maharaja Agrasen College.
- ↑ "Six DU colleges among India's top 4 in HRD ministry's ranking". The Hindu. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.