About Dyal Singh College

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