Maharaja Agrasen College

Maharaja Agrasen College
Maharaja Agrasen College logo
Established 1994
Academic affiliation
 University of Delhi
Principal Dr. Sunil Sondhi
Undergraduates 1,800
Location East Delhi, Delhi, India
Campus Vasundhara Enclave 110096
10-acre (4.0 ha)
Website http://mac.du.ac.in/

Coordinates: 28°36′11″N 77°19′19″E / 28.603193°N 77.321863°E / 28.603193; 77.321863

Maharaja Agrasen College is a college of the University of Delhi,[1] located in Vasundhara Enclave (East Delhi), National Capital Region of Delhi.

Background

Maharaja Agrasen College was established in 1994 with the objective of catering to the educational requirements of a densely populated East Delhi. The college is fully funded by the Government of India. The college has now shifted to its modern and spacious building complex covering 10 acres (40,000 m2) in Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi. It includes an auditorium, a computer centre, fully computerized library, laboratories, and a conference hall. The new building complex has acquired several new facilities like an Information and Communication Technology Center, a Language Laboratory, a Media Laboratory, an Indira Gandhi Open University Center, and a University Grants Commission Research Center among others. The college also provides residential facilities for girl students.[2]

Recent Achievements

Macinterns, the Internship Cell of College was set up in 2016 and since then it has been able to provide students with excellent internships through its internship drives both online and on campus, the last internship fair in April 2017 saw 15 companies coming up and offering numerous positions to the students.

In 2013, Maharaja Agrasen College was awarded with the Best College Award by the University of Delhi for its good practices towards creating the best academic environment amongst all the colleges of the University. The Award was given by the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, on 24 February 2013, in the presence of Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi, Dinesh Singh. In the same event i.e. 'Antardhvani'. In 2014, it again won second position in ANTARDHVANI.

Academic Programs

The College offers admission to the following courses :[3]

Undergraduate Programs

Maharaja Agrasen College

In 2013, Maharaja Agrasen College, as a constituent college of the University of Delhi, introduced a four-year undergraduate programme but in 2014, FYUP rolled back and Now College provides these Undergraduate Programs:

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  • Bachelor's in Business Economics
  • Bachelor's of Arts (Programme)
  • Bachelor’s in Journalism
  • Bachelor's in Hindi
  • Bachelor's in Economics (only erst while FYUP batch)
  • Bachelor's in English
  • Bachelor's in Political Science (H) - vibrant department of the college. Students participation, staff's teaching methods, semester results, discipline and punctuality makes the department as the top one.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc)

  • Bachelor's with Honors in Mathematics(FYUP)
  • Bachelor's in Mathematical science
MACNOVA PROJECTS

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)

  • Bachelor's with Honors in Commerce

===Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) AICTE Approved[Formerly till 2014,currently not available]===[4]

  • Bachelor's of Technology in Computer Science[Formerly till 2014,currently not available]
  • Bachelor's of Technology in Electronics[Formerly till 2014,currently not available]

Distinguished Alumni

  • Pratima Mishra, ABP News
  • Twesh Mishra, Bloomberg TV
  • Shweta Kothari, TV 18
  • Shivani Bajaj, TV 18
  • Prashant Jha, Zee Media
  • Richa Kalra, NDTV
  • Sahil Menghani, CNN IBN.
  • Sahil Yadav Aj[5]

Publications

  • Indian Journal of Social Enquiry is the quarterly interdisciplinary journal of the college
  • Agranika is the annual magazine of the college
  • Macroscope is the monthly newsletter of the Dept. of Journalism of the college
  • Agrasar is the magazine of NSS unit at Maharaja Agrasen College
  • BEAM is the magazine of business economics and management studies department of college

References

  1. ↑ "List of colleges affiliated to Delhi University". Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "A newspaper article about the new campus". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "The official college website enumerating the courses offered by the college". Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  4. ↑ www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Rules_Policies.../Acts/20613_Amendment_Ordinance.pdf
  5. ↑ "Self Study Report 2015 submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore" (PDF). Maharaja Agrasen College. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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