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Hindu College, Delhi
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| Motto | Music of Truth |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1899 |
| Principal | Dr. Anju Srivastava |
Academic staff | 120 |
| Students | 2500 |
| Location | Delhi University (North Campus) New Delhi |
| Campus | Urban, 25 Acres |
| Affiliations | University of Delhi |
| Website | www.hinducollege.ac.in |
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Hindu College is now a constituent college of the University of Delhi[1] in Delhi, India. Established in 1899 [initially, at Kinari Bazar (Chandni Chowk, Delhi), later shifted to Kashmiri Gate (Delhi) and then to its present site in Delhi University (North Campus)], it is one of the oldest and most preferred[2] colleges in Delhi. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in sciences, humanities, social sciences and commerce.
Nationally, it is ranked 2nd in 2019 by National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) under Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India)[3]. It is awarded 'Star College' status for its Department of Biotechnology by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Government of India)[4].
The College has produced many notable (infra) alumni in the fields of law, economics, science, psychology, business, literature, media, cinema, military and politics. Notwithstanding its name, students from all religions are admitted to Hindu College.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Principals
2 Campus
2.1 Library
2.2 Hostel
3 Student Societies
4 Departments
5 Rankings
6 Notable alumni
7 References
8 External links
History
A 1999 stamp dedicated to Hindu College
Hindu College was founded in 1899 by Krishan Dassji Gurwale in the backdrop of the nationalist struggle against the British Raj. Some prominent citizens, including Gurwale Ji, decided to start a college that would provide nationalist education to the youth, while being non-elitist and non-sectarian. Originally, the college was housed in a humble building in Kinari Bazar, Chandni Chowk, and it was affiliated to Punjab University as there was no university in Delhi at that time. As the college grew, it faced a major crisis in 1902. The Punjab University warned the college that the university would disaffiliate the college if the college failed to get a proper building of its own. Rai Bahadur Lala Sultan Singh came to rescue the college from this crisis. He donated a part of his historic property, which originally belonged to Colonel James Skinner, at Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, to the college. The college functioned from there till 1953.[5] When the University of Delhi took birth in 1922, Hindu College along with Ramjas College and St. Stephen's College were subsequently affiliated to the University of Delhi, making them the first three institutions to be affiliated with the university.[6]
Hindu College was a centre for intellectual and political debate during India's freedom struggle, especially during the Quit India Movement. This is the only college in Delhi to have a Students' Parliament since 1935, which provided a platform to many National leaders including Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarojini Naidu, Annie Besant, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Subhash Chandra Bose for motivating the youth. Responding to Gandhi ji's Quit India Movement in 1942, the college played substantial role in India's Freedom Struggle and some of this college's teachers & students courted arrest[7], and the college even closed its gates for several months.[8]
Principals
- B.B. Mookerji, 1899–1906
- N.N. Roy, 1906–1911
- P.B. Adhikari, 1911–1915
- S. Sen, 1915–1917
- N.V. Thadani, 1917–1928
- S.K. Sen, 1928–1934
- N.V. Thadani, 1935–1950
- A. Bhattacharya, 1950–1957
- R.N. Mathur, 1958–1964
- B.M. Bhatia*, 1964–1971, 1973–1980
- P.C. Verma, 1980–1995
- S.N. Maheshwari, 1995–1997
- Kavita A. Sharma, 1998–2008
- S. Choudhary, 2008–2010
- Vinay K Srivastava, 2010–2012
- Pradumn Kumar 2012–2014
- Anju Srivastava 2015 – present
*Dr. B.M. Bhatia was on leave for two years, 1971–1973. During this period, Dr. P.C. Sood was the substituting principal.
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Campus
The college has a 25-acre campus. It also has one auditorium and a seminar room.[10] The college maintains a playground and a sports complex. Basketball, cricket, and table tennis are organised under the supervision of the Director of Physical Education. The college has physics and chemistry laboratories, NCC and NSS rooms. A computer room, photocopier and stationery shop are also available. A Students' Centre offers a bank and a canteen.[citation needed]
Library
Hindu College's library is one of the oldest among the University of Delhi's college libraries. It came into existence along with the foundation of the college in 1899.
Hostel
Hindu College's boys hostel is situated next to the sports complex of college. It is a structure with 119 rooms enclosing four lawns with rose beds and hedges (charbagh style). The hostel provides residential facilities to about two hundred undergraduate and postgraduate male students. A common room provides the residents recreational facilities such as carrom-board, chess, and a separate TV room apart from the newspapers and magazines. Due to its limited capacity, only the highly meritorious among the college students get admission to the hostel. The college plans to have a girls hostel, which has been delayed due to procedural delays.[citation needed]
Student Societies
Every department has its own society which is tasked with organising the department-specific co-curricular activities.
Ibtida is the dramatics society of Hindu College which performs both stage and street plays. It was formed by Imtiaz Ali while he was a student at the college.[11]
The Indian music society, Alankar, holds its annual festival Harmony every year.[12] The English debating society, popularly known as the Desboc, is representative of an inquiring and active intellectual life on campus. Debsoc is the only debating society in Delhi University to organise four major debates in an academic year. Vivre, the film society, screens almost 15 films a month in the college seminar room and holds an annual fest named Snap.[13]
Other societies include Abhyas- The Internship Cell; The Finance & Investment Cell; Abhirang, the Hindi Dramatic Society; Abstraction, the Fine Arts Society; Aria, the Western Music Society; Manthan, the Choreography Society; Srijya, the Quiz Society; Masque, The English Dramatic Society; Vagmi, the Hindi Debating Society; and Vivre, The Film and Photography Society.[14]
The college has a Students' Parliament. The Hindu College Parliament is a unique student organisation in the country. All the students and teachers of the College are its members. The students elect the Prime Minister from amongst themselves at the beginning of the year. There is also a Leader of the Opposition. The Speaker of the Parliament is a teacher nominated by the Principal in his/her capacity as the President of the Hindu College Republic.[15]
The College Parliament is a forum for discussions on academic and other issues. It allocates funds to the various societies. The parliament is in continuous operation since 1935. Members of students' parliament are elected by students. The students' parliament takes care of demands of students.[16]
Departments
- Department of Botany
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Economics
- Department of English
- Department of Hindi
- Department of History
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Physics
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Sanskrit
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Zoology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Physical Science – Chemistry
Rankings
| College rankings | |
|---|---|
| General – India | |
NIRF (Colleges) (2019)[17] | 2 |
Hindu College was ranked second among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2019.[17]
Notable alumni
The alumni of Hindu College are called Hinduites.
Eenam Gambhir, The First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations.
Roshan Abbas, presenter
Mira Aggarwal, politician; Mayor of Delhi
Imtiaz Ali, film director
Mirza Farhatullah Baig, Urdu writer
Siddhartha Basu, businessman
Rekha Bhardwaj, singer
Vishal Bhardwaj, film director and music composer
Tahir Raj Bhasin, actor
Manvinder Bisla, Indian cricketer
Bipan Chandra, historian and former professor of Modern History at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Abhishek Chaubey, film director
Brahma Chellaney, author; professor at Centre for Policy Research
Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
Tisca Chopra, actress
Deep Dasgupta, Indian cricketer
Prithvi Nath Dhar, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Office, India
Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer
Leela Gandhi, Professor of English at University of Chicago
Papiya Ghosh, historian; Professor of History at University of Patna
Arnab Goswami, former Editor-in-Chief of Times Now and Chief Editor and Co-founder of Republic TV[18]
Sanjeev Goyal, economist; Professor of Economics at University of Cambridge
Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer
Pema Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Ashish Kothari, environmentalist
Amitava Kumar, journalist, professor of English at Vassar College
Manoj Kumar, actor
Mayanti Langer, journalist
Meenakshi Lekhi, National Spokesperson of Bhartiya Janta Party
Ajai Malhotra, Indian Foreign Service Officer; Ambassador of India to Russian Federation
Kadambari Murali, Editor-in-Chief of Sports Illustrated India
Shiv Pandit, actor
Ila Patnaik, Principal Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance of India
Hardeep Singh Puri, Indian Foreign Service officer; former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (2009–13)
Vinod Rai, 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India and current Interim President of BCCI
Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO of Global Fund for Women
Arjun Rampal, actor
Mahesh Rangarajan, historian
Luv Ranjan, film director
Saqib Saleem, actor and model
Adarsh Shastri, former Sales Head, Apple Inc. India; political activist, MLA, Dwarka, NCT of Delhi, National Spokesperson, AAP of Aam Aadmi Party
Anil Shorey, infantry officer in Indian Army; writer
Tuhin Sinha, writer
Rana Hemant Singh, titular Maharaj Rana of Dholpur
Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State, India
Rao Narbir Singh, politician
Subramanian Swamy, economist, politician and Minister of Commerce and Industry, India
Tabu Ram Taid, author
Loveleen Tandan, film director
Manish Tiwary, film director
Ashish Vidyarthi, Indian film and TV actor and theatre personality
Sonam Wangchuk, Colonel in Indian Army; recipient of Maha Vir Chakra Gallantry Award
Ankur Warikoo, angel investor; co-founder and CEO of NearBuy
Imran Zahid, actor
Nitin Tyagi, politician
Mallika Dua, Comic & Snapchat celebrity.
Jasleen Royal, Singer-Songwriter
Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, Film Director
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