DYAL SINGH COLLEGE was founded in accordance with the will of
Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, one of the greatest sons of Punjab, in Lahore.
Sardar Dyal Singh belonged to the Shergil or Gill clan of Sardars of Majitha
village near Amritsar. He is also well-known as the �Founder of The Tribune�
and one who bequeathed his largely self-earned assets including prestigious
buildings in Lahore and lands in Amritsar, Lahore and Gurdaspur districts
worth about Rs.30 lakh in 1898 to two trusts which established Dyal Singh
College and Dyal Singh Public Library in Lahore. Sardar Dyal Singh Majitha
was a great philanthropist and lover of education. A man of great visoin and
action, he donated all his assets for the propagation of education. He had
an unusually farsighted vision. He wanted to generate a scientific outlook in
the minds of the common people who suffered from blind faith and
superstition. He wanted to eradicate orthodox and irrelevant views.
A little lesser known fact is that Sardar Dyal Singh was one among the 17 "good men and true"
who decided in 1884 to found the Indian National Congress. He sailed for England in 1874, and in his
interactions with intellectual luminaries there, he gained an enormous intellect. While in India, he
came into contact with many architects of Modern India such as Rabindranath Tagore, Swami
Vivekanand, Swami Dayanand, Dadabhai Naoroji and Mahadev Ranade, which influenced his beliefs
and thought processes.
After independence, the torch of his three Trusts was kept alive in India. In the field of education,
one college was established at Karnaland another in Delhi by late Dewan Anand Kumar, an eminent
educationist and ex-Vice-Chancellor of Punjab University.
The College started functioning in the capital as a constituent College of the University of Delhi in 1959 and was taken over by the University of Delhi as a University maintained College in 1978.
The College is centrally located at Lodhi Road in South Delhi in the
vicinity of Lodhi Gardens, Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Stadium , CII , WWF,
Safdarjung Tomb , Humayun Tomb, India Habitat Centre, India International
Centre, CGO Complex and many other institutions of national / international
significance.
During recent years, the College has registered an impressive quantitative and
qualitative improvement. The quality of the incoming students and the
University results have shown a progressive upward movement; the addition
of essential amenities and other facilities for students has made the College
a prestigious institution for academic and co-curricular activities. The College magazine, The �NEW STAR� provides a forum to the students for expressing their views and reviewing the various activities during the year.
Presently, the College is imparting education to 3300 students including foreign students in 19 courses (including 2 post graduate courses) through 19 departments consisting of over 200 well qualified faculty members and about 100 non teaching staff members.
The faculty of the College has been encouraged to take interest in research programmes besides teaching and at present eight research programmes are going on in the College in the departments of Physics, Chemistry, Political Science and Commerce.
Presently, the College has the following infrastructure ;
1. 36 class rooms
2. Laboratories in seven departments
3. A seminar hall with a seating capacity of 120,
4. One open air amphitheatre with a seating capacity of 1000,
5. Two computer laboratories one each for commerce and computer science departments
6. A well equipped library with over 90000 books and subscribe to a large number of periodicals and journals. The library has been fully loaded with internet facility.
7. A spacious canteen.
8. The College has a generator for power back up
During the last about one year the following additions have been made to the College infrastructure:
1. An auditorium with a seating capacity of 210 with state of arts facilities
2. The College has installed Security Lights for sufficient visibility during night.
3. The College has 600 KVA Electric Panel
4. The College has state of art synthetic basket ball court
5. 40 computers internet enabled laboratory for students and faculty
6. A lush green lawn which won prize in University Flower Show.
7. 7 Eco friendly bamboo based class rooms.
8. Furnished Faculty Rooms
Projects in Progress
Multi Storey Science Block ( 7000 sqm covered area) after due approval of funds to the tune of Rs. 11.25 crores by University of Delhi
New Academic Block for the Evening College. Project is estimated to the tune of Rs. 4.5 crores.
Disabled Friendly College Campus ( hand rails, ramps, toilets signages etc.)
New Computer Laboratory(2500 sqft) (one each for Morning and Evening Colleges ) with 80 computers each linked through optic fiber with Delhi University.
Disabled Friendly lift
Re carpeting of College roads
Proposal submitted to UGC for Girls Hostel for capacity of 120 inmates costing about Rs. 7.5 crores
The University of Delhi has also sanctioned grant to the tune of Rs. 2 crores separately for undertaking the various repair and renovation works in the College.
The College has been selected as one of the Centres for evaluation of scripts of University Annual Examination and is also providing infrastructure for conduct of classes for students of School of Open Learning, University of Delhi.
LIST OF MEMBERS
Ms.Shailaja Chandra Chairperson, Governing Body
Ms.Janaki Kathpalia Ex-Officier Member
Shri S.K. Chawla Member
Dr. Daljit Singh Claire Member
Dr. R.P. Sharma Member
Dr. Sunil Bhargava Member
Prof. V.K. Bhasin Member
Shri M.N. Verma Member
Prof. J.P. Khurana Member
Prof. R.C Kuhad Member
Dr. I.S. Bakshi Principal (Morning)
Shri. Deepak Malhotra Principal (Evening)
Teachers' Representatives(Morning & Evening)
Ms.Poonam Bahl (Morning)
Dr. Aruna Chhikara (Morning)
Dr.(Ms.) Usha Jagdeeshan (Evening)
Ms. Shivani Singh (Evening)
Principal(Mr.I.S.Bakshi)
As the Principal of Dyal Singh College, I am glad to welcome you on the
site.You would find this site very effective and interactive. If you want
any specific information or simply want to learn more about this prestigious college, you will find our website to be an exciting gateway to all things at Dyal Singh College.
Dr. Inderjeet Singh Bakshi
