About DU

The University of Delhi main building, housed in former Viceregal Lodge (1912-19 31) [3] The University of Delhi is the premier university of the country and is known fo r its high standards in teaching and research and attracts eminent scholars to i ts faculty. It was established in 1922 as a unitary, teaching and residential un iversity by an Act of the then Central Legislative Assembly. The President of In dia is the Visitor, the Vice President is the Chancellor and the Chief Justice o f the Supreme Court of India is the Pro-Chancellor of the University. Ever since its inception, a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research has m ade the University of Delhi a role-model and path-setter for other universities in the country. Its rich academic tradition has always attracted the most talent ed students who later on went on to make important contributions to their societ y. When the University took birth, only three colleges existed in Delhi then: St . Stephen s College founded in 1881, Hindu College founded in 1899 and Ramjas Colleg e founded in 1917, which were subsequently affiliated to it. The University thus had a modest beginning with just three colleges, two faculties (Arts and Scienc e) and about 750 students. In October 1933, the University offices and the Libra ry shifted to the Viceregal Lodge Estate, where Viceroy Lord Hardinge stayed (19 12-1931)[3], and till today this site houses the offices of the main functionari es of the University. The University has grown into one of the largest universit ies in India. At present, there are 16 faculties, 86 academic departments, 77 co lleges and 5 other recognised institutes spread all over the city, with 132435 r egular students (UG: 114494,PG:17941) and 261169 students (UG:258831,PG:2338) in non-formal education programme. Sir Maurice Gwyer, the then Vice-Chancellor, re alizing the importance of a distinguished faculty to act as role models, relentl essly searched for talent all over the country and roped in men of eminence to t his University, such as Prof. D.S. Kothari in Physics, Prof. T.R. Sheshadri in C hemistry, Prof. P Maheshwari in Botany and Prof. M L Bhatia in Zoology. Five Dep artments namely Chemistry, Geology, Zoology, Sociology and History have been awa rded the status of the Centres of Advanced Studies. These Centres of Advanced St udies have carved a niche for themselves as centres of excellence in teaching an d research in their respective areas. In addition, a good number of University d epartments are also receiving grants under the Special Assistance Programme of t he UGC in recognition of their outstanding academic work. 10 Departments (German ic & Romance Studies, Hindi, Persian, Geography, Music, East Asian Studies, Anth ropology, Mathematics, B.R.Ambedkar, M. I.L.) are getting grants under DRS, 2 De partments (Buddhist Studies, English) are getting grants under DSA, 3 Department s (English, Buddhist Studies, Social Work) are getting grants under AISHSS and 3 Departments (African Studies, East Asian Studies, Developing Countries Research Centre) are getting grants under Area Studies Programmes. Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension and Women s Studies & Development Centre of the U niversity are also getting special funding from UGC. The University today boasts of as many as 15 big libraries apart from libraries in colleges. The University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC) which is now situated close to the Physic s and Chemistry Departments houses a number of sophisticated and high-end resear ch instruments. These instruments are used quite frequently by Teachers and Rese arch Scholars of postgraduate departments of the University as well as by many o ther institutions in Delhi and its neighbourhood. The University has recently la id fibre-optic network in the North and the South Campuses connecting all colleg es and departments. When the University of Delhi expanded in many directions to keep pace with a rapidly growing city, South Campus was established in 1973 to f acilitate access for the residents of South Delhi. It moved to its present locat ion on Benito Juarez Road, near Dhaula Kuan, in 1984. The Campus is now spread a cross 69 acres of green, hilly terrain and its buildings blend attractively with the natural surroundings. The various departments are located in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Inter-disciplinary and Applied Sciences. S.P. Jain Cent

re for Management Studies is also located at the South Delhi Campus. Besides the se, the Campus has a good library, a Health Centre, a Bank, a Post Office, DTC P ass Section and administrative and examination blocks. South Campus also provide s some residential quarters for faculty members and the non-teaching staff. Outs tation students are offered accommodation in three hostels. [edit]History The University of Delhi was established in 1922 as a unitary, teaching and resid ential university by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly. The first convo cation 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 w ith 750 invitees. Honorary Degrees were conferred on Lord Reading (Viceroy of In dia), Sir Md. Jahan and Sir Hari Singh Gaur, the first Vice Chancellor of the Un iversity.[4] Only three colleges existed then in Delhi: St. Stephens College fou nded 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 beginn ing with just three colleges, two faculties (Arts and Science) and about 750 stu dents. The first college to move to the campus was St Stephen's in 1942, followe d by Hindu, Ramjas and Commerce (now known as Shri Ram College of Commerce). The re was Zakir Husain College also, The origin of the Zakir Husain College can be traced to the closing years of the 17th Century.[5] 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. Till today this site is the n ucleus of the University (Main Campus).[6] Apart from central administrative off ices, examination offices and the sports complex, the main departments of the Fa culty of Science are housed in the Viceregal Lodge Estate. Sir Maurice Gwyer, wh o was the then Vice Chancellor, realizing the importance of a distinguished facu lty, searched for talent all over the country and brought men of eminence to thi s University, such as Prof. D S Kothari in Physics, Prof. T R Sheshadri in Chemi stry, 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 independen ce, 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 a ttended by prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Mountbatten, Lady Mountbatten, Abul Kalam Azad, Zakir Hussain and S.S. Bhatnagar. Twenty-five years later the g olden jubilee celebrations of 1973 were attended by then Prime minister, Indira Gandhi, Satyajit Ray, Amrita Pritam and M S Subbulakshmi.[7] Over the last seven decades the University has grown into one of the largest uni versities in India. At present, there are 14 faculties, 86 academic departments and 79 colleges spread all over the city, with about 220,000 students.,[8] and t he annual honorary degrees (Honoris causa) of the University have been conferred upon several distinguish people, including Amitabh Bachchan, Delhi Chief Minist er Sheila Dikshit, Cardiologist Dr. Jayantibhai Patel, cartoonist R K Laxman and scientist CNR Rao (2006);[9] and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2008).[10 ] List of Chancellors No. Chancellors Tenure 1 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 13 May 1952 - 12 May 1962 2 Zakir Hussain 13 May 1962 - 12 May 1967 3 Varahagiri Venkata Giri 13 May 1967 - 3 May 1969 4 Gopal Swarup Pathak 31 August 1969 - 30 August 1974 5 Basappa Danappa Jatti 31 August 1974 - 30 August 1979 6 Muhammad Hidayat Ullah 31 August 1979 - 30 August 1984 7 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 31 August 1984 - 27 July 1987 8 Shankar Dayal Sharma 3 September 1987 - 24 July 1992 9 Kocheril Raman Narayanan 21 August 1992 - 24 July 1997 10 Krishan Kant 21 August 1997 - 27 July 2002 11 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 19 August 2002 - 21 July 2007

12 Mohammad Hamid Ansari 11 August 2007 - Till-date [edit]List Of VC's S.No. Name Tenure 1. Hari Singh Gaur 1922-26 2. Moti Sagar 1926-30 3. Abdur Rehman 1930-34 4. Ram Kishore 1934-38 5. Maurice Gwyer 1938-50 6. S.N. Sen 1950-53 7. G.S. Mahajani 1953-57 8. V.K.R.V. Rao 1957-60 9. N.K. Sidhanta 1960-61 10. C. D. Deshmukh 1962-67 11. B.N. Ganguli 1967-69 12. K.N. Raj 1969-70 13. Sarup Singh 1971-74 14. R.C. Mehrotra 1974-79 15. Gurbakhsh Singh 1980-85 16. Moonis Raza 1985-90 17. Upendra Baxi 1990-94 18. V.R Mehta 1995 2000 19. Deepak Nayyar 2000 2005 20. Deepak Pental 2005 2010 21. Dinesh Singh 2010-till date [edit]South Campus The South Campus made a beginning in 1973 by starting postgraduate programmes in some departments of the Faculties of Arts[11] and Social Sciences in a rented b uilding. It was allotted land near Dhaula Kuan and offices and teaching activiti es shifted to this campus in 1983. This campus is known for excellence in life s ciences with the departments like Plant molecular Biology, Genetics, Microbiolog y, and Biochemistry. The Biotech centre in this campus of University of Delhi is running various industry integrated research. The centre of Plant Molecular Bio logy in this department is one of the seven centers in INDIA funded by DBT. Sout h campus is presently running various masters and doctoral degree programs in va rious field like Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Microbiology, Bioche mistry, Electronics, Information Technology etc. [edit]Faculties Arts Arabic Buddhist Studies English Germanic & Romance Studies Hindi Hindi Journalism and mass comm. Library & Information Science Linguistics Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies Persian Philosophy Psychology Punjabi Sanskrit Urdu Medical Sciences Anaesthesiology & Critical Care Anatomy Community Medicine

Dermatology & Venereology Forensic Medicine Medical Bio-Chemistry Medical Microbiology Medicine Obstetrics & Gynaecology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Otolaryngology (ENT) Paediatrics Pathology Pharmacology Physiology Psychiatry Radiology, Radiotherapy, Radiodiagnosis Surgery Tuberculosis & Respiratory Disease Physical Rehabilitation Physiotherapy[12] Occupational Therapy[12] Prosthetics and Orthotics[12] Commerce & Business Studies Commerce Financial Studies Social Sciences History: History department is housed in the New Social Sciences Building along with Political Science, African Studies, etc. Political Science African Studies East Asian Studies Economics: Popularly known as the Delhi School of Economics, this department is housed along with the departments of Sociology and Geography. Sociology Geography Social Work: This department is housed in a separate building of its own. Adult, Continuing Education & Extension Int. Disp. & Applied Sciences Bio-Physics Biochemistry Biological Science Informatics(IIC) Electronic Science Genetics Microbiology BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Physical Education & Sports Sciences Plant Molecular Biology Science Anthropology Botany Chemistry Environmental Biology Geology Home Science Nursing Pharmacy Physics Zoology Ayurvedic & Unani Medicine Education

Faculty of Law, University of Delhi Law FMS Delhi - Management Studies Mathematical Sciences Computer Science[13] or DUCS Mathematics Operational Research Statistics Music & Fine Arts Technology at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) Computer Engineering Electronics and Communication Information Technology Instrumentation and Control Manufacturing Processes and Automation Bio Technology [edit]Library [edit]Delhi University Library System (DULS) DULS has 34 libraries with web activity and a subscription to 29 electronic data bases. In addition to this 20 more databases are also accessible through UGC-INF ONET Digital Library Consortium. DULS also promotes Open Access e-resources. DUL S is regularly conducting Information Literacy Programs (ILP) for the benefit of students, researchers and Faculty members .[14] [edit]Selected Libraries University Library Central Science Library Arts Library Ratan Tata Library Law Faculty Library South Campus Library DUCC Library [edit]Correspondence [edit]Campus of Open Learning School of Open Learning Centre for Professional and Technical Training DU-GENPACT Project Courses Under Professional skills Project in Collaboration with CII DU-MetLife Insurance Course[15] [edit]Hostels Gwyer Hall Jubilee Hall, Delhi Mansarovar Hostel P. G. Men's Hostel D. S. Kothari Hostel V. K. R. V. Rao Hostel International Students House for Men International Students House for Women Meghdoot Hostel University Hostel for Women North Eastern Hostel for Girls Ambedkar Ganguly Students House for Women Saramati P.G. Men's Hostel(South Campus) Aravali Boys Hostel (South Campus) Geetanjali Hostel for Women (South Camous) [edit]Colleges For full list see List of colleges under Delhi University When University of Delhi was established, only three colleges existed:St. Stephe

ns College founded in 1881, Hindu College founded in 1899 and Ramjas College fou nded in 1917, which were affiliated to the University. The University at present has 65 colleges that have liberal courses in humanitie s, social sciences and science courses. Twenty five of these colleges are affili ated to the South Campus while the others are to the North Campus. All these col leges except two, Lady Irwin College and Institute of Home Economics, are underg raduate colleges. Though the colleges are all constituent to the University of Delhi, depending on the funding and the management the colleges can be classified into three types - the University maintained colleges, the trust colleges and the Delhi Governmen t colleges. Of the Delhi Government colleges twelve are 100 per cent funded by t he Government of the NCT of Delhi and were founded in the late 1980's or early 1 990's. The total number of colleges under the University goes up to 77 if you include t he colleges that run the professional courses. The academic session the University starts on 21st July every year while admissi ons for the regular courses are held in June-July. Admission in courses that are done through entrance examination follow a different schedule. [edit]Admission to the Undergraduate courses in Colleges Admission to all the undergraduate courses (except the professional ones) is car ried out by each college though the system and schedule is common and announced by the University each year in the month of May. From the year 2011 onwards, the University is doing away with the requirement of preregistration for admission: See link. The University does not hold any entrance exam (except for B.A. (H) English) but scores of Higher Secondary School examination are taken into consideration. The colleges decide the cut off percentage (minimum marks required) for each of their courses and is released by the University on re-decide date as cut off lis ts. Once the cut off percentage is released, any student who has the requisite p ercent can approach the college and seek admission within a number of days speci fied by University. If seats are available, university announces second cut-off list and calls for admission. Up to five lists are announced by the university. If seats are completely filled in certain courses in a college, no further cut-o ff of that course is announced.Here is the First cut-off list of 2010 for scienc e courses. It must be noted that those who do not take admission despite falling in the range released will not be admitted when the next list with lower percen tage is announced. Admissions based on excellence in Extracurricular Activities and Sports is carri ed out after conducting trials by the colleges. Students need to apply separatel y to each college for being considered for admission under these categories. The University also reserves seats for students who are physically handicapped o r belong to the Scheduled castes or scheduled tribes as per GOI policy. Students who seek admission under these categories need to register centrally in the Uni versity of Delhi. The University allocates the course and college to these stude nts based on their choice and availability. [edit]Ranking Comparison of QS World Rankings University 2006 2007 2008 2009 University of Delhi 307 254 274 291 Calcutta University 441 461 401-500 401-500 Mumbai University 432 480 501+ 401-500 Comparison of QS Asian University Rankings University 2009 IIT-Delhi 36 IIT-Madras 49 University of Delhi 60 IIT-Roorkee 63 University of PUNE 100 University of CALCUTTA 110 University of Mumbai 130

[edit]Notable alumni Main article: List of alumni of the University of Delhi Below is a list of distinguished Delhi University alumni in alphabetical order: Amitabh Bachchan, actor Ajay Maken, Politician(INC), MP from New Delhi Alok Bhargava, academic economist Amitav Ghosh, author Anjum Chopra, former captain of the National Women's Cricket Team Anurag Kashyap, director Arjun Rampal,actor Arnab Goswami, journalist, Editor-in-Chief, Times Now Aroon Purie, editor-in-chief, India Today Arun Lal, former Indian cricketer and currently television cricket commentator Arun Shourie, former Union Minister for Disinvestment, and editor of the Indian Express Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for D emocracy in Myanmar, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barkha Dutt, television anchor and journalist Benjamin Gilani, Indian Film Actor Chandan Mitra, editor of The Pioneer, Delhi Devyani Rana, Member of Nepalese royal family Digvijay Singh, Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Former President of India Gauri Khan, film producer and owner of Red Chillies Entertainment with her husba nd Shahrukh Khan Gopala Krishna Goswami, ISKCON initiating guru G.P. Koirala, former Prime Minister of Nepal Jai Parkash Aggarwal, Politician(INC) Jaspal Rana, Asian Games gold medallist shooter Kabir Bedi, Indian Film Actor KK, Indian TOP SINGER Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India Kaushik Basu, economist and commentator Khushwant Singh, prominent Indian novelist and journalist Kirti Azad, cricketer for Delhi and India, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Memb er of Parliament Konkona Sen Sharma, Indian Film Actor Krishna Tirath, Politician(INC), MP from North West Delhi Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Indian Film Actor Lala Hardayal, Founder of the Ghadar Party Madanlal Khurana, former Chief Minister of Delhi Maneka Gandhi, BJP politician, estranged member of Nehru-Gandhi political dynast y Manoj Joshi, Journalist, Deputy Editor, Mail Today Mansher Singh, Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Meenakshi Gopinath, Principal, Lady Shri Ram College & Recipient of the Padma Sh ri Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Former President of Pakistan Mukul Kesavan, Indian essayist and author Nabila Jamshed, author Naina Lal Kidwai, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India Nandita Chandra, theatre actor Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Orissa Navin Chawla, Chief Election Commissioner & author of Mother Teresa's biography Nidhi Razdan, NDTV anchor Niharika Acharya, VOA Aaj Tak reporter, anchor Omkar Goswami, Chairman and Founder, CERG Advisory Nisar Ahmed Faruqi

Partap Chauhan, Director of Jiva Ayurveda Pallavi Aiyar, author and China correspondent of The Hindu Parikshit Sahni, Indian TV Actor Prabhu Chawla, editor of India Today and host of Seedhi Baat on Aaj Tak Pramod Bhasin, CEO of Genpact Pran Nath, theoretical physicist Prem Shankar Jha, columnist; former Editor, The Hindustan Times Rahul Bajaj, Chairman of the Bajaj Group Rahul Gandhi, Congress M.P. (Amethi, U.P.) Rajiv Mehrotra, writer, television producer-director and documentary film maker Nidhi Razdan, writer & columnist Rannvijay Singh - VJ MTV India, current host and director of MTV Roadies Rohit Bal, fashion designer Romola Butalia, journalist, author Roshan Seth, actor Sagarika Ghose, news editor and columnist, CNN-IBN Saakshi Tanwar, TV actor, star of a Star Plus daily Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii Salman Khurshid, Minister of State for Corporate and Minority Affairs Sandeep Dikshit, Politician(INC), MP from East Delhi Satinder Bindra, India Bureau Chief, CNN S P Parashar, Finance and Business Education Expert SM Razaullah Ansari, Physicist Satish Kaushik actor and director Shah Rukh Khan, actor Shakti Kapoor, actor Shashi Tharoor, MoS for External Affairs, and former U.N. Under Secretary Genera l. Sheila Dikshit, current Chief Minister of Delhi Shekhar Kapur, Film Director Shereen Bhan, Delhi Bureau Chief and Executive Editor, CNBC-TV18 Shikha Swaroop, Miss India Siddhartha Basu, television producer and quizmaster Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Leader and Politburo Member Subhav Sinha, Invented Personal Mover - Mitra, Graduated from Delhi College of E ngineering Sucheta Kripalani, India's first lady Chief Minister Swaminathan Aiyar, economist and former editor of The Economic Times Upamanyu Chatterjee Vinod Dham - Invented Pentium Chips, Graduated from Delhi College of Engineering Vinod Dua - Journalist Vivek Bhandari, director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand Anupriya Kapoor, television actress. [edit]See also Education in Delhi List of colleges under Delhi University List of alumni of the University of Delhi Educational Institutions in Delhi Delhi University Community Radio DUSU [edit]References ^ "DU History". ^ "Delhi University Ranking".