University of Delhi
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The University of Delhi (Devanāgarī:दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय, DU) is a central university situated in Delhi, India and is funded by Government of India. Established in 1922, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the Chancellor of the university. It has been ranked as the top non IIT university in India by the THES - QS world universities ranking. The university has two campuses, namely north campus and south campus in the northern and southern part of the city respectively. The north campus is well connected with the yellow line of the Delhi Metro. The station is called Vishwavidyalaya, which means "university" in Hindi and Sanskrit. North campus is about 2.5 km from Delhi Vidhan Sabha and 7.0 km from ISBT.
History
The University of Delhi was established in 1922 as a unitary, teaching and residential university by an Act of the then Central Legislative Assembly. The the first convocation of Delhi University was also held in the Assembly Hall in Old Secretariat Building which now houses the Legislative Assembly of Delhi, on 26 March, 1923 with 750 invitees. Honorary Degrees were conferred on Lord Reading (Viceroy of India), Sir Md. Jahan and Sir Hari Singh Gaur, the first Vice Chancellor of the University . Only three colleges existed then in Delhi: St. Stephens College founded in 1881, Hindu College founded in 1899 and Ramjas College founded in 1917, which were affiliated to the University. The University thus had a modest beginning with just three colleges, two faculties (Arts and Science) and about 750 students. The first college to move to the campus was St Stephen's in 1942, followed by Hindu, Ramjas and Commerce (now known as Shri Ram College of Commerce).
In October 1933, the University offices and the Library shifted to the Viceregal Lodge Estate, which had been the residence of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Rufus Isaacs and later Lord Mountbatten, while on a royal tour with accompanied Edward, Prince of Wales, proposed to his wife-to-be Edwina Mountbatten, on February 22, 1922 in Room no. 13 of the lodge . Till today this site is the nucleus of the University (Main Campus).. Apart from central administrative offices, examination offices and the sports complex, the main departments of the Faculty of Science are housed in the Viceregal Lodge Estate. Sir Maurice Gwyer, who was the then Vice Chancellor, realizing the importance of a distinguished faculty, searched for talent all over the country and brought men of eminence to this University, such as Prof. D S Kothari in Physics, Prof. T R Sheshadri in Chemistry, Prof. P Maheshwari in Botany and Prof. M L Bhatia in Zoology.
The silver jubilee year of the university in 1947 also marked India's independence, and the National flag was hoisted in the main building for the first time by VKRV Rao, the convocation ceremony for the year, however could not be held due to partition disturbances, thus a special ceremony was held in 1948, which was attended by prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Mountbatten, Lady Mountbatten, Abul Kalam Azad, Zakir Hussain and S.S. Bhatnagar. Twenty-five years later the golden jubilee celebrations of 1973 were attended by then Prime minister, Indira Gandhi, Satyajit Ray, Amrita Pritam and M S Subbulakshmi . Over the last seven decades the University has grown into one of the largest universities in India. At present, there are 14 faculties, 86 academic departments and 79 colleges spread all over the city, with about 220,000 students., and the annual honorary degrees (Honoris causa) of the University have been conferred upon several distinguish people, including Amitabh Bachchan, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, cartoonist R K Laxman and scientist CNR Rao (2006) ; and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2008) .
The University of Delhi South Campus conducts various teaching programmes under different faculties. Students joining courses such as English, Hindi, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Political Science, History, Commerce and Mathematics at the masters level, have the option to get themselves enrolled in the University, either through college or directly at the South Campus. Students have to fill in a Centralized Registration Form for admission, as the classes for these programmes are held in the South Campus and not in the Colleges. In all other subjects, the students, after getting the Admission Slip, have to get enrolled in the South Campus itself.
Courses such as Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Economics (MBE), Master of Finance and Control (MFC), M.Sc. Informatics have their own admission procedure etc.
Admission tests are held locally in Delhi for courses such as M.Tech in Microwave Electronics, M.Sc. Electronics (50% seats), M.Sc. Genetics, M.Sc. Plant Molecular Biology, M.Sc. Environmental Biology, M.A. Applied Psychology, M.A. Russian, Intensive Adv. diploma in Russian, PG Hindi Journalism — Certificate/Diploma. Candidates are advised to contact the Department Offices for Admission Forms and details.
When University of Delhi was established, only three colleges existed:St. Stephens College founded in 1881, Hindu College founded in 1899 and Ramjas College founded in 1917, which were affiliated to the University.
St. Stephens College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. It was founded in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission in response to a colonial government policy promoting English-language education in India. The college admits both undergraduates and post-graduates, and awards degrees under the purview of the University of Delhi. Read More ....
Hindu College is one of the oldest and well-known colleges of the University of Delhi. It offers facilities for a large number of courses in sciences, humanities and social sciences. It was founded in 1899 with a humble beginning in a small building in Kinari Bazar, Chandni Chowk. Apart from academic excellence, Hindu College believes in overall development of an individual in the moral, physical and intellectual realms. For this there are various college societies to foster comradeship amongst the students. Read More ....
Ramjas College is one of the oldest colleges of the University of Delhi. It was founded in 1917 by the Rai Kedar Nath. The college is located on the north campus of Delhi University. It offers courses in offered in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Economics, History, Political Science, Music, Mathematics, life sciences, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany , Statistics ,Physics etc. Read More ....
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| College || Hans Raj || Hindu || Kirori Mal || Ramjas ||Sri Venkateswara || Miranda House ||Deshbandhu
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| Physic || 86 || 89 || 85|| 78||83||78||72
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| Physic || 87 || 90.33 || 86|| 82||87||80.66||72
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Below is a list of distinguished Delhi University alumni in alphabetical order:
List of Chancellors
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| 1
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
| 13 May 1952 - 12 May 1962
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| Zakir Hussain
| 13 May 1962 - 12 May 1967
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| 3
| Varahagiri Venkata Giri
| 13 May 1967 - 3 May 1969
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| 4
| Gopal Swarup Pathak
| 31 August 1969 - 30 August 1974
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| 5
| Basappa Danappa Jatti
| 31 August 1974 - 30 August 1979
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| 6
| Muhammad Hidayat Ullah
| 31 August 1979 - 30 August 1984
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| 7
| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
| 31 August 1984 - 27 July 1987
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| 8
| Shankar Dayal Sharma
| 3 September 1987 - 24 July 1992
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| 9
| Kocheril Raman Narayanan
| 21 August 1992 - 24 July 1997
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| 10
| Krishan Kant
| 21 August 1997 - 27 July 2002
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| 11
| Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
| 19 August 2002 - 21 July 2007
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| 12
| Mohammad Hamid Ansari
| 11 August 2007 - Till-date
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List Of VC's
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|1.||Hari Singh Gaur||1922-26
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|2.||Moti Sagar||1926-30
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|3.||Abdur Rehman||1930-34
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|4.||Ram Kishore||1934-38
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|5.||Maurice Gwyer||1938-50
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|6.||S.N. Sen||1950-53
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|7.||G.S. Mahajani||1953-57
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|8.||V.K.R.V. Rao||1957-60
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|9.||N.K. Sidhanta||1960-61
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|10.||C. D. Deshmukh||1962-67
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|11.||B.N. Ganguli||1967-69
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|12.||K.N. Raj||1969-70
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|13.||Sarup Singh||1971-74
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|14.||R.C. Mehrotra||1974-79
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|15.||Gurbakhsh Singh||1980-85
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|16.||Moonis Raza||1985-90
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|17.||Upendra Baxi||1990-94
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|18.||V.R Mehta||1995–2000
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|19.||Deepak Nayyar||2000–2005
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|20.||Deepak Pental||2005-Till Date
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Facilities at South Campus
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Library
Delhi University Library System (DULS)
DULS has 34 libraries with web activity and a subscription to 29 electronic databases. In addition to this 20 more databases are also accessible through UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium. DULS also promotes Open Access e-resources. DULS is regularly conducting Information Literacy Programs (ILP) for the benefit of students, researchers and Faculty members .
Selected Libraries
Correspondence
Campus of Open Learning
Colleges
For full list see List of colleges under Delhi University
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|+ Comparison of »QS World Rankings
! University !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009
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| bgcolor="#BCC8F5"|University of Delhi ||bgcolor="#BCC8F5"|307 || bgcolor="#BCC8F5"|254 || bgcolor="#BCC8F5"|274 || bgcolor="#BCC8F5"|291
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|Calcutta University ||441 || 461 || 401-500 || 401-500
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|Mumbai University ||432 || 480 || 501+ || 401-500
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| IIT-Delhi|| 36
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| IIT-Madras|| 49
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|bgcolor="#BCC8F5"| University of Delhi ||bgcolor="#BCC8F5"| 60
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|IIT-Roorkee || 63
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|University of PUNE || 100
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|University of CALCUTTA || 110
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|University of Mumbai || 130
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