Deshbandhu College

Deshbandhu College

Motto	"कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते"
Type	Government
Established	1952 ; 72 years ago
Accreditation	NAAC (A++ Grade)
Principal	Dr. Rajiv Aggarwal
Address	Kalkaji Main Rd, Block H, Kalkaji , Delhi , 110019 , India 28.5401439°N 77.254214°E / 28.5401439; 77.254214
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	University of Delhi
Website	www.deshbandhucollege.ac.in
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Deshbandhu College (Hindi: देशबंधु कॉलेज) is a college established in 1952 and affiliated to University of Delhi. Deshbandhu College was established in 1953 by the Ministry of Rehabilitation, as a memorial to freedom fighter Deshbandhu Gupta.^[1]

Academics

Academic programmes

Undergraduate

• B.A. (Hons) Economics
• B.A. (Hons) English
• B.A. (Hons) Hindi
• B.A. (Hons) History
• B.A. (Hons) Political Science
• B.A. (Hons) Sanskrit
• B.A. Programme
• B.Com.
• B.Com. (Hons)
• B.Sc. Applied Physical Sciences (Comp. Sc)
• B.Sc. Applied Physical Science (Industrial Chemistry)
• B.Sc. Life Sciences
• B.Sc. Physical Sciences
• B.Sc. (Hons) Botany
• B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
• B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics
• B.Sc. (Hons) Physics
• B.Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry
• B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology

Postgraduate

• M.Com.
• M.A. Hindi
• M.A. English
• M.A. Economics
• M.A. Mathematics
• M.A. Political Science
• M.A. Sanskrit
• M.Sc. Mathematics^[2]

Rankings

It is NAAC A++ college and ranked 16th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.^[3]

University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Colleges) (2024)[4]	16

Student life

Societies

Following is the list of societies of Deshbandhu College (excluding Departmental societies) -

• Deshbandhu Dramatics Society - Stage players
• Oculis - Film society
• Deshbandhu Dramatics Society - Street theatre Society
• Dialecticians - English debating society
• Antdristi - Hindi debating society
• Art Meister - Art and craft society
• Physica - The Physics society
• Fiontrai - Entrepreneurship Cell
• Quizzards - Quizzing club
• Sharpshooters - photography society
• YUVA - Youth United for Vision and Action
• Timbre - music society
• IGNIS - flashmob group
• National Cadet Corps
• National service scheme
• Enactus Deshbandhu
• Deshbandhu Express - College media channel owned and run by students
• DESH - college magazine
• Leaders of tomorrow - NGO
• POLIENZ - The Political Science society

Events

Deshbandhu College organises its annual fest Sabrang in even semesters. Each department has their societies which organise seminars and lectures by eminent scholars and scientists.

Notable people

Notable faculty

• Om Prakash Kohli, former member of Rajya Sabha, Governor of Gujarat
• Ravish Kumar, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee

Notable alumni

• Prabhu Chawla; Editorial Director of The New Indian Express
• Vedant Kaushik; YouTuber, Podcaster, Founder of Rusty Media
• Gulshan Kumar; Founder of the T-Series, Bollywood movie producer
• Late Rajiv Goswami; Activist, President of Delhi University Students Union
• Ajay Dutt; MLA, Delhi Legislative Assembly
• Ashok Lavasa; Former Election Commissioner of India
• Ravish Kumar; Journalist and news anchor at NDTV
• Late Major Udai Singh; Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal
• Shantanu Moitra; Music composer,^[5] National Film Award winner for music direction
• Raghu Ram, MTV's Roadies Producer
• Sahil Uppal, Actor

See also

• Education in India
• Literacy in India
• List of institutions of higher education in Delhi

References

1. About us
2. "Welcome to Deshbandhu College".
3. "2024 NIRF Ranking" (PDF).
4. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
5. Hindustan Times, Brunch, 5 August 2012, p. 22.

External links

• Official website of Deshbandhu College
• Delhi University website profile of Deshbandhu College